Career Exploration PDF

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Laura Fortson-Williams

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career exploration career interest inventory career clusters education

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This resource is a career interest lesson plan and activity for children. The plan includes a survey for students to determine potential career interests, and sample careers from each career cluster. It is designed to be used in a single classroom, and includes a copyright notice.

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Career Exploration HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE Hello Educator Friends! To use this fun and easy Career Interest Lesson Plan and Activity: *Please note this is a very unofficial and basic Career Interest Inventory designed to start children on the path to...

Career Exploration HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE Hello Educator Friends! To use this fun and easy Career Interest Lesson Plan and Activity: *Please note this is a very unofficial and basic Career Interest Inventory designed to start children on the path to thinking about potential careers. When students finish their inventory, they may find multiple areas with similar numbers. If this happens, they may choose their favorite area/cluster to talk about and read about. ! Copy the Career Survey (pages 1-4) for each student. ! Make copies of the sample careers. There are 2-3 sample careers for each career cluster. 2-3 copies of each should be fine. Store in a binder by cluster for organization, and if you will not be requiring the students to respond to the question at the bottom of the page. ! Use the lesson plan to instruct students on how to complete it. ! Once completed, give students sample careers from the Career Cluster where they scored the highest. ! Engage students in discussion about their thoughts on what career is best for them, and why. ! It is possible to stretch this lesson to a 2 day or 2 classroom visit (for school counselors) lessons. ! Day 1-Lesson Plan, discussion, and survey ! Day 2-Sharing results and exploring sample careers. For more college and career readiness lessons that your students will love, check out these resources below! © The Fancy Counselor What Will I Be? Circle your answer for each statement. Write your numbers and totals. AGRICULTURE. FOOD, NATURAL RESOURCES I am good at taking care of plants. I am good at taking care of 4) Strongly Agree animals. 3) Agree 4) Strongly Agree 2) Disagree 3) Agree I) Strong I y Disagree 2) Disagree I) Strongly Disagree TOTAL--- ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION like building with locks, Legos, and I eajoy drawing and designing toys. things. 4) Strongly Agree 4) Strongly Agree 3) Agree 3) Agree 2) Disagree 2) Disagree I) Strong I y Disagree I) Strongly Disagree TOTAL--- ARTS, AUDIO/VISUAL TECHNOLOGY, AND COMMUNICATIONS I like singing, dancing, and I eajoy taking pictures and making. per forming videos. 9 i_ ;; 4) Strongly Agree 4) Strongly Agree 3) Agree 3) Agree "'-'""la-' 2) Disagree 2) Disagree I) Strong I y Disagree I) Strongly Disagree TOTAL--- BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION I eajoy organizing and planning I am good at solving problems and things, like events or activities. making decisions. 4) Strongly Agree 4) Strongly Agree 3) Agree 3) Agree 2) Disagree 2) Disagree I) Strong I y Disagree I) Strongly Disagree TOTAL--- e The Fancy Counselor Pa e 1 ©Laura Fortson-Williams All rights reserved. Purchase of this product entitles the purchaser the right to reproduce the pages in limited quantities for single classroom or single counselor use only. Duplication for an entire school, an entire school system, colleagues, or commercial purposes is strictly forbidden without written permission from the publisher. Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These items placed on the internet can be picked up in a Google search and traced. Use this item for Give this item to your friends or personal/student use in a colleagues. Copy this item for use by others. single classroom. Post this item on a website for download. Purchase licenses at a big This includes personal websites, district discount for others to use this websites, etc. resource. Post this item or any like copy for sale or Enjoy this product for years to for free. come (check back for updated Claim this work as your own. versions). Alter this document. Purchase additional licenses Remove the copyright or watermarks. for colleagues at steeply Sell the file. discounted rates. Combine the file into another document for free or for sale. Recreate any part of this file and sell it as your own. CREDITS About the Author Hello educator friends! I’m Laura. I am a passionate school counselor and student advocate. I have been a public-school educator for over 25 years. I’ve spent time as; A first-grade teacher A second-grade teacher An elementary school counselor A high school counselor A middle school counselor 2023 New Jersey School Counselor of the Year In all the various roles I’ve held i n education, I remain steadfast in my belief that every child can and will learn. I advocate for student needs and work hard at making sure my work is collaborative with some of the most important people i n our schools-teachers! I love facilitating classroom lessons and group counseling. I’ve held leadership roles i n my local and state counseling associations and am always looking for new and exciting challenges i n counseling and education. I pour hours of work and research i nto my resources so that you can save time. I’m a dedicated mom and wife who is always happy and excited to bring you new, fun, easy to use content for your educational spaces. Click to Foll ow! You may also like: Let’s connect

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