Career Exploration Lesson Plans

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Uses critical thinking Demonstrates innovation and creativity Manages personal career development Attends to personal and financial well-being

Look At Our Community

• Students will recognize that basic educational skills are necessary in occupations throughout the community.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Manages personal career development

Me On the Job

• Students will explore different jobs throughout the community.

Career Standards
Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Demonstrates innovation and creativity

What Shoes Will You Wear?

• Students will explore varieties of career options and skills or tools needed for those careers.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Uses critical thinking Demonstrates innovation and creativity Models ethical leadership and effective management Manages personal career development

When I Grow Up

• Students will brainstorm a list of school and community workers and match their jobs to the NCE career fields.

Career Standards
Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Uses critical thinking Demonstrates innovation and creativity Manages personal career development

Career Exploration in STEM Careers

• Students will recognize different STEM career choices in the community.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Utilizes technology Manages personal career development

Our City at Work

• Students will explore places of employment in the community.
• Students will describe why businesses are helpful to a community.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them Uses critical thinking Models ethical leadership and effective management Manages personal career development Attends to personal and financial well-being

Career Bingo

• Students will identify titles of careers, occupations and postsecondary education and training options and/or career readiness terms.

Career Research

• Students will research career information: job titles, education and training options, required skills, workplace environments and income.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them Uses critical thinking Utilizes technology Manages personal career development

Career Interests

• The student will explore activities to participate in based on strengths and interests.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Utilizes technology Manages personal career development Attends to personal and financial well-being

Career Jeopardy

• Students will explore a wide variety of careers titles and career information.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Manages personal career development

A Day In the Life

• Students will categorize occupations or job titles in different career fields.
• Students will identify an occupation or job title of interest and research education, skills, tools and workplaces for that type of career.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Uses critical thinking Demonstrates innovation and creativity Manages personal career development

Career Exploration Online

• Students will explore a wide variety of career options in career fields/cluster options available to them.
• Students will evaluate career information to assure they are using reliable and valid sources of career information.
• Students will identify jobs for each career field that appear to be most interesting to him or herself at this time.

Career Standards
Applies appropriate academic and technical skills Communicates effectively and appropriately Contributes to employer and community success Uses critical thinking Demonstrates innovation and creativity Models ethical leadership and effective management Works productively in teams and demonstrates cultural competency Utilizes technology Manages personal career development