Job Olympics

2022 RESULTS:

OVERALL:

BLUE VALLEY HIGH - 1st Place

BLUE VALLEY WEST - 2nd Place
LAWRENCE HIGH - 3rd Place

See results for each competition HERE.

Download SlideShow Results for each competition HERE.

Download a Certificate of Participation for any student HERE.

Job Olympics 2022!

March 31, 2022

Update: We are waiting to hear from JCCC regarding their guidance and protocols due to COVID-19. Once we receive this information, we will know how many students we can host at the event.

1. Masks must be worn by all attendees.

2. Capacity reduced to 70% (650 attendees including participants, staff, and volunteers)

We will once again offer the opportunity for schools and school districts to host Job Olympics within their buildings this year if they choose not to attend at JCCC or our capacity limits do not allow a school to attend. In this instance, we will offer all scoring guides and ribbons to schools just as we did last year for the "Virtual" Job Olympics.

Job Olympics is a competition developed to promote transition and employability skills for a broad spectrum of high school students in special education. Job Olympics brings together over 500 students from 40 different schools throughout the area. Competitions representing actual job and employment situations are judged by business people from the community and professionals in education. At the awards ceremony, the top schools and competitors will be recognized with ribbons, medals and trophies.

Questions can be sent to: info@advocacyinmotion.org

Download 2022 Event list

AIM W-9 2022 Form

AIM Waiver of Liability and Media/Photo Release for Job Olympics 2022

Day Of Details!

JO Map

JO Events and Rooms List

Judges Instructions

Captains Instructions

Volunteer Email sent on 3/28/2022

Be a Volunteer!

Job Olympics is Thursday, March 31, 2022 at Johnson County Community College

Be an event judge! - We encourage students, professionals from the disability field, community members and employers to sign-up as a judge. You will interact with students one-on-one and use a rubric to evaluate student performance of the job skill. Please only sign-up for one event. (8:00AM – 11:30AM)

Be an event Captain! - Event Captains must be an educator, paraprofessional, or previous captain at Job Olympics. The Captain will train the volunteer judges of the event and manage check-in of students at the specified event. Please only sign-up for one event. (7:30AM – 11:30AM)

Be a General Volunteer! - General volunteers assist with the management of the event, which includes set-up, clean-up, registration, awards ceremony and directing participants at the event. (7:00AM – 3:00PM)

Student-Peer Sign-up! – Student-Peers from the high schools competing at Job Olympics can sign-up to volunteer at this link.

Be a Job Olympics Sponsor!

Download a Sponsorship letter and form

Advocacy In Motion, Inc. (AIM), is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community. We believe in real work for real pay, but finding meaningful employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. The Job Olympics competition was developed to promote transition and employability skills for a broad spectrum of high school students in special education. Job Olympics brings together over 500 students from 33 different schools throughout the area. Competitions representing actual job and employment situations are judged by business people from the community and professionals in education. At the awards ceremony, the top schools and competitors will be recognized with ribbons, medals and trophies.

We ask that you consider being an event sponsor of one of our 28 employment skill events. Students with special needs have spent months practicing for these competitions in skill categories that align with their strengths and interests. We would love the opportunity to allow these candidates to showcase their skills in front of potential community employers like you!