Students will discuss their future career preferences. They will practice how to be persuasive with their speech to achieve something or to be convincing. Students will decide appropriate ways to talk about themselves and their talents in a formal setting.
Students will identify key elements to include in a resume, discuss best practices, analyze another person’s resume, and write a first draft resume.
This is a template for participants in the Middle School Career Exploration Pilot Project to use in the construct of lessons, or to share existing lessons, with the broader network of Pilot Project partners.
This is a 4-day Set of Contextualized Digital Literacy Lessons that culminate in students writing their own letter requesting a reference. These lessons include all materials or links to materials. It was taught in a computer career class for ELLs. Students need to have basic computer and word processing skills.
¡Listos! is a series of units for Heritage Spanish learners in grades 6-12. Three lessons aligned to the K12 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) form four thematic clusters. Relevant scenarios related to personal life, college tasks, career readiness and civic participation frame each lesson and increase student engagement by making learning authentic and relevant to real issues that students face. Each lesson identifies an intermediate or advanced proficiency target that supports language acquisition in the interpersonal, interpretive and presentational modes. The project also provides teachers with a replicable approach to lesson design for adapting or creating their own materials.
Objective: Students will be able to:Define job outlook.Describe the purpose of the Occupational Outlook Handbook.Explain why job outlook is important to consider when selecting a career.Compare and contrast two occupations with different levels of growth that do not require a formal education.
Using a graphic organizer (attached) with careers listed and their math books, studentswill brainstorm and create list of what Math is utilized in the careers. The teacher will lead discussion and record student responses on board.
Over the course of this five lesson unit, students will explore how their preferences, interests, needs, and strengths (PINS) connect to a future career. Lessons can be taught as stand alone or as a comprehensive unit.
My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. My Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers. Users can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or through the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person's interests and level of work experience.
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