Homeschooled Teen Job Performance
Today, I created a homeschooled teen job performance evaluation form.
I don’t want to sound corny, but some of the best forms I love to create are ones that help you and me both. I got this email.
I have a 16 year old who has her first job. We are utilizing this as a time management and financial portion of her homeschool. I have been unsuccessful in locating, for lack of better terminology, a questionnaire to have her employer fill out to let us know how well she preforms her job, interacts and demeanor while away from our nest. We know that she has had perfect attendance (she cannot drive yet) but still as her parents and little time to continue to influence her before the real world hits I was hoping that there would be a template of sorts out there and I have yet to locate one. Would you be able to help?
Evaluations by my employer were part of my grade too when I was in high school so I loved this idea.
Teen’s First Job Performance
Excited about sharing this next form with you, I jumped on this idea.
Too, though it was REAL hard I restrained myself from using colors because I wanted it stay more professional looking or something that you could present to your teen’s employer.
Thank you always for your suggestions as we build the 7 Step Homeschool Planner together and I hope when the time comes you can use this form.
I am just in love with it and with it being part of your teen’s final high school credit course.
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Hugs and love ya,
Hi Tina,
You know, I had been thinking about this exact thing. I’d like to know how my son is doing in his first job – whether his performance is meeting expectations. I’d like to get his employer’s perspective.
And then I put on the brakes. This kind of seems like snooping. I mean, I want to know, but this is his gig. Am I undermining his independence by asking for a review of his work performance? Will his employer think that my son needs supervision from me for a job they hired him (not me) to do? I assume that if they have a problem with his performance they will let him know and expect him to make corrections. If not, he won’t have the job long and I guess that would show me what I wanted to know.
I’m sorry. I don’t want to be a downer on the worksheet you created. I am not sure exactly what I would use it for. Would it be useful for transcripts? I would think that holding a job for a long enough period of time would be enough of an indicator of performance. My son will eventually need letters of recommendation and one from an employer might be a good one to get.
What do you think? As I said, I had been thinking about this exact thing, but then worried about being too involved in what, perhaps, should be his responsibility.
Thanks,
Sarah
Hey Sarah,
No, no downer, I value your opinion here.
Every parent is different and I don’t feel like I am snooping, but some teens might feel that way. But then on the other hand, even as adults we always have to answer somebody whether it’s our husbands or employers. There is a balance.
So that is what you will have to determine what is good for him.
Job performance evaluation is part of any job as adults. And one option is for your son to give it to his employer directly if he wants the feedback.
I had job performance evaluation when I was in public school high school vocational program and nobody ever asked me.
However, I can say after I saw the job evaluation and positive comments, it made me work that much harder.
Job evaluations filled out by my employer were part of my grade and as the “supervising teacher’, she required it.
So you can decide if you will require it as part of your curriculum. Too, I think a lot depends on the age, maturity and for sure personality of your teen.
Like I mentioned, I was kind of a snarly teen …lol when my teacher told me that was part of my grade because I knew I was a responsible person,etc. but after having the copies or reports given to me, I knew they could be attached to future resumes for those wanting job references.
They make a great reference for a teen when he or she does not have much work experience and sometimes feeling those out saves an employer time if he doesn’t always have time to give referrals or recommendations.
If you want it to be his responsibility, he can give it to the employer, if he wants to.
No set rules with teens, which is the beauty of deciding if it works for you or not.
Thanks for sharing always!!
I think you are right that it depends on the teen. My oldest, the one I was thinking about when I commented, would definitely not want me asking for an evaluation. I also don’t think he would ask for an evaluation himself. His attitude would very much be, “If they have a problem, they will let me know”. He’s my shy one, so he is not likely to solicit feedback if he doesn’t have to.
My younger son, has just filled out a job application. He is excited about working (unlike the other who only did it out of necessity – to pay for gas and such). I can imagine that the younger one would be willing to ask for feedback because he would want to know how he is doing and where he needs to improve. He would do it for his own information.
I will probably not make the older one ask for an evaluation, but I might suggest it to the younger one after he has worked for awhile. Your form will make it easy for his employer to evaluate him!
Thanks, and thanks for the explanation.
Sarah
Hey Sarah,
Have to love how our teens are all different and so glad that homeschooling gives us the choice to be flexible for each child’s needs.
My oldest sons wants “details” and have always been that way. For example, if somebody said “You’re doing a good job”, he would ask me even when little “good at what?” When I started teaching him writing, I had to tell him SPECIFICALLY what he was doing good instead of just saying “beautiful handwriting”
My second son sounds like your first one, a bit more shy.
Thanks for your comment Sarah, enjoyed it so much!!