High school teachers Jamie Anaforian and Kevin Pina have a 30-minute window every Tuesday they want to fill with practical career skills training for their seniors.

The perfect solution: Emerge online program.

The All Access curriculum is designed as a library of 20 to 30-minute exercises for writing and speaking skills for college and career opportunities.

Anaforian and Pina, who teach at Tokay High School in Lodi, California (south of Sacramento), decided to create “Rubin Tuesdays” and use various activities from the program to impart valuable employability skills like email etiquette and resume writing.

“The Rubin Education topics are relevant to our students’ lives. Plus, each activity provides a smart, focused lesson in a short amount of time,” said Anaforian, Tokay High School’s director of the school-to-career academy. “We’re excited to bring the material into our classrooms this fall.”

Below is the tentative “Rubin Tuesdays” schedule at Tokay High School for fall 2019:

Email Etiquette

Tuesday, August 6

• Video – Email Etiquette overview
• Discussion on appropriate vs inappropriate email addresses
• Activity – How to Create a Professional Email Address
• Activity – Understanding the Difference Between Texting and Email

Tuesday, August 13

• Activity – Part 1: How to Compose a Subject Line
• Activity – Part 2: How to Address People Appropriately
• Discussion: How to address your teacher in emails

Tuesday, August 20

• Activity – Part 3: How to Write the Email Body
• Activity – Part 4: How to Craft an Effective Email Signature
• Quiz: Identify the essential parts of an email

Life Skills 101

Tuesday, August 27

• Activity – How to Shake Hands in the Business World
• Activity – How to Hold a Face-to-Face Networking Conversation

Tuesday, September 3

• Activity – Phone Etiquette
• Activity – How to Do a Video Interview

Tuesday, September 10

• Activity – How to Learn from a Mentor
• Activity – How to Address and Mail an Envelope

Tuesday, September 17

• Activity – How to Email Your Instructor About a Poor Grade
• Activity – How to Email Your Instructor About Missed Class Time

Tuesday, September 24

• Activity – How to Email Your Instructor to Ask for a Reference Letter

Unforgettable Resumes

Tuesday, October 15

• Pre-test
• Video – Unforgettable Resume Overview
• Definition of resume
• Discussion – What if you don’t have work experience yet?

Tuesday, October 22

• Discussion of a sample resume
• Discussion of a resume outline
• Activity – Never, Ever be Vague

Tuesday, October 29

• Activity – Resume Objective Statement
• Activity – How to Write a Resume Skills Section

Tuesday, November 5

• Activity – Work Experience Bullet Points 1 and 2
• Activity – Work Experience Bullet Points 3 and 4

Tuesday, November 12

• Activity – Resume Miscellaneous Section
• Activity – Resume Education Section

Tuesday, November 19

• Activity – How to Select and Create a Personal Hashtag
• Start “Storytelling Cover Letter” and learn the power of a short story of success in a cover letter, personal statement or scholarship essay
• Video about telling stories in cover letter
• First Step: Map Out Your Story

Tuesday, November 26 (Thanksgiving week)

• Activity – How to Tell a Story in a Cover Letter (parts 1-3)
• Activity – Storytelling Cover Letter (parts 4-6)