Advocacy In Motion
Advocacy In Motion
Save the Date: April 9, 2020
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
8:30AM-11:00AM - Competitions
11:00AM-11:45AM - Lunch
11:30AM - Mascot Presentation.
11:45AM-1:00PM - Awards in Yardley Hall
2:00PM - Dismissal
Intensive (Pre-Basic) (All envets in this group only)
Basic/Advanced
A Computer Applications Computer App Template
B Folding Towels/Washcloth washcloth video
A Job Application - Advanced
Job application Advanced Practice
B Job Application - Basic
Job Application Basic Practice
A Job Interview - Advanced
B Job Interview - Basic
B Product Matching Picture of event
A Stuff/Label Envelopes - Advanced Video
B Stuff/Label Envelopes - Basic
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.
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.