Inside BERKS business: iBbat

KAUTTER & KELLEY ARCHITECTS by

Judy TreichlerA summer work-site internship where

educators will be informed of the occupations, job skills, and abilities that are

required so today’s students can better prepare for tomorrow’s workforce.

Photograph by Judy Treichler

KAUTTER & KELLEY ARCHITECTS 5 Belmont AvenueWyomissing, PA 19610-2001610-372-9960

My Business Experience:•Observing in action a full service small private practice architectural design firm.•Gained a greater understanding of how they build client relationships while coming up with design solutions.

Photograph by Judy Treichler

Educational Skill Requirements of New Hires

•A bachelor's or Master’s of Architecture

•Internship of 3 years minimum

•Pass an exam that has five parts

Photograph by Jeffrey Totaro

Salary Range and benefits for entry –level positions

$27,000- $33,000 with no experience working toward exam

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KAUTTER & KELLEY ARCHITECTSGreatest Asset

A one on one approach to new projects and individual design.

Photograph by Jeffrey Totaro

Technology

•Revit – allows architects to develop accurate, high-quality architectural designs

•AutoCAD – 3D designs

Photograph by Jeffrey Totaro

KAUTTER & KELLY ARCHITECTS Greatest Challenge

•Wanting to do the project right.

* This is overcome by building client relationships and explaining the reasoning behind the design. Photograph by Jeffrey Totaro

Skills Needed to be Successful in the Work Place

1. Creativity

2. People Skills

3. Organizational Skills

From Kautter and Kelley Website

Abstracts• Project Abstract•• Abstract 1• Name: Business Letter • Unit Title: Letter Writing• Subject Area: Language Arts Grade Level: 2nd

• PA Academic Standards Addressed and Content Academic Standards Addressed: Standard Area - CC.1.4: Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.

• Standard Area- 13.2.3 Career Acquisition (Getting a Job) C. Compose a personal letter • Activity:• Vocabulary•• HEADING- The heading includes the sender’s address and date.• INSIDE ADDRESS- The inside address includes the receiver's name and the receiver’s address.• GREETING/ SALUTATION- The greeting or salutation- says “hello” to the reader. It includes receiver's name and ends with a colon.• BODY- The body is the message to the receiver. It is the main part of the letter. • CLOSING- The closing wraps up the letter and says “good-by” to the reader. A comma follows the last word in the closing.• SIGNATURE- The signature tells who wrote the letter. It should be written in cursive with the sender’s name typed below it. • Objectives• In this lesson, students will use the Letter Generator to write a business letter.• Students will:• identify parts of a business letter.• use correct business letter format to write a letter.• assess personal work for accuracy.• Lesson Essential Question(s)• What is the purpose of writing a letter?• How do I correctly write a business letter?•• Duration• 1 class period (45 minutes)•• Materials• “Letter Generator.” ReadWriteThink.org. Thinkfinity.org Web.22 Mar. 2010. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/letter_generator/• computer for each student• Access to a printer• pencils •••••••

• Procedure: • Instruct students on proper format of the letter and conventions.• A. Identify: heading, inside address, salutation/ greeting, body, closing, and signature.• B. Discuss placement• C. Common errors with commas• 1. Address: Reading, PA 19604; not City, State, Zip• 2. Date: May 13, 2017; not December, 13, 2010• 3. Salutation: Dear Mrs. Armstong:; not Dear, Mr. Jones:• 4. Closing, missing comma, Sincerely•• Students will then work independently to write a business letter. The student activity sheet has directions.• Student Prompt: Write a business letter to the principal Mrs. Armstong explaining why the playground needs a new design. • Sample directions are on the activity sheet.• 1. Use the letter generator to write a business letter.• 2. Before you print, check for these common mistakes. Press the edit arrow to fix mistakes.• a. In your address, check for 1 comma. Ex: Reading, PA 19604• b. Check your date for a comma in the correct location.• Ex: March 12, 2017• c. Use a colon (:) at the end of the salutation. Ex: Dear Mrs. Armstong:• d. Place a comma after the closing. Ex: Sincerely,• 3. Print your letter.• 4. Label the parts of your business letter.•• Closure: Use the 3-2-1 summarization strategy. Share this information out orally:• 3- three mistakes you don’t want to make when writing a business letter• 2- two types of punctuation used in the salutation and closing• 1- one time or topic you could have wrote a business letter•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

• Project Abstract•• Abstract 2• Name: Designing a Playground • Unit Title: Neighborhoods• Subject Area: Social Studies Grade Level: 2nd

• PA Academic Standards Addressed and Content Academic Standards Addressed: • Standard - 3.4.3.D1 Identify people’s needs and wants and define some problems that can be solved through the design process.• Standard Area- 13.4.3 Entrepreneurship B. Describe the character traits of successful entrepreneurs, such as, but not limited to: • Adaptability• Creative Thinking• Ethical behavior• Leadership• Positive attitude• Risk-taking• Activity:• Vocabulary• Student generated word box of playground equipment• Objectives• Students will:• use creative thinking to design a playground• Lesson Essential Question(s)• What are some things that are needed on a playground?• How much space do you need between equipment?• Should you plan for people with special needs?• What about planning for weather?••• Duration• 2 class periods (45 minutes each)•• Materials• Playground equipment catalogs• Markers• Crayons• Paper• Rulers• Colored Pencils• Pencils •• Procedure: • Create a word bank with students listing items found on a playground.•• Student Prompt: Design a playground on the paper that you would like our school to have. Use the word bank and catalogs. Sample directions are on the activity sheet. Review the

expectations on the rubric. •• The Summative Assessment will be a rubric. •• Closure: Use the 3-2-1 summarization strategy. Share this information out orally:• 3- three items you put on your playground and why• 2- two ideas you missed after talking with your classmates• 1- one new design idea you would like to work on and why

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