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Career Pathways

Lesson Plan

Career Pathways

Grade Levels

6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

Course, Subject

Career Awareness & Preparation
Related Academic Standards
CC.1.2.7.F CC.1.2.7.F
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in grade-level reading and content, including interpretation of figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
CC.1.3.8.F CC.1.3.8.F
Analyze the influence of the words and phrases in a text including figurative and connotative meanings and how they shape meaning and tone.
CC.1.3.8.J CC.1.3.8.J
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
13.1.8.B 13.1.8.B
Relate careers to personal interests, abilities and aptitudes.
13.1.8.F 13.1.8.F
Analyze the relationship of school subjects, extracurricular activities, and community experiences to career preparation.
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  • Big Ideas
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    Comprehension requires and enhances critical thinking and is constructed through the intentional interaction between reader and text
    Effective use of vocabulary builds social and academic knowledge
    Language is used to communicate and to deepen understanding.
    Spoken language can be represented in print.
    Career choice and preparation are lifelong processes based on many influences and using many strategies.
    Change impacts career options and choices.
    There is a definitive relationship between education and career planning and choice.
  • Concepts
    Acquiring and applying a robust vocabulary assists in constructing meaning
    In the English language words can be understood by analyzing both the phonetic and the morphological parts.
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    Components of a career plan.
    Economic factors impact employment opportunities.
    Effect of school subjects, extracurricular activities and community experiences on career preparation.
    Factors that impact career choices.
    The relationship of career interests to career choice.
  • Competencies
    Apply academic vocabulary across disciplines
    Develop an increasingly sophisticated working vocabulary including specialized vocabulary from academic content areas.
    Indentify and explain the literal and figurative meaning of vocabulary
    Use connections between and among words based on meaning, content, and context to distinguish nuances or connotations
    Use grade appropriate resources to confirm and extend meaning of vocabulary
    Use the knowledge of language, including word origins and morphology to unlock meaning of specialized vocabulary across disciplines
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    Describe the influences that impact personal career choices.

Rationale

The purpose of this lesson is to help students better understand the framework of career pathways and how they relate to their personal interests and the course selection process.

Vocabulary

Career Pathways - are an integrated collection of programs and services intended to develop students’ core academic, technical and employability skills.

Career Inventory -  tools that are designed to help individuals understand how a variety of personal attributes (i.e., interests, values, preferences, motivations, aptitudes and skills), impact their potential success and satisfaction with different career options.

Career Clusters - Careers grouped together because they share similar interests, strengths, and skills. 

Objectives

Students will correctly identify careers related to the 4 Career Pathways with 80% or higher accuracy.

Students will complete a Career Pathways Inventory and identify the Career Pathway correlates the strongest to their career interests with 100% accuracy.

 

Lesson Essential Question(s)

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 SAS EQ:  What careers would fit my unique interests, aptitudes, and abilities?

 

LEQ:  What are Career Pathways and which one is most closely related to my career interests?

Duration

This lesson takes approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Materials

Career Pathway Inventory .doc - Students will complete.
Career Pathway Selection Form - Futures.doc - Students will complete.
Career Pathways Quiz .doc - Students will complete.

Suggested Instructional Strategies

W: EQ will be posted and reviewed with students at the start lessons. 
H: Natasha Bedingfield song "Unwritten"  will serve as the hook for this lesson.
E: Strategies such as Think Pair Share will allow students to draw on personal experiences as they relate to each instructional activity. 
R:  The culminating activity requires students to review what they have learned and assimilate it with their own beliefs to identify their specific career pathway related to their career interests.
E:  The students will possess three documents at the end of this lesson including a graded quiz, a career inventory with results, and a Personal Career Pathway Selection!
T:  Modifications to this lesson will be made in accordance with students IEP's (specially designed instruction.) 
O:  This lesson is primarily student-student directed via individual completion of tasks or small group interaction.  Teacher directed instruction occurs intermittently at the beginning, middle and end of the lesson.

Instructional Procedures

 

FUTURES ~ Grades 6 & 7


SESSION ONE – Career Pathways Overview and Selection (DAY 4 of each 7-week Rotation)

 

1. Listen to and interpret Natasha Bedingfield’s song

 

 

Unwritten with the students. Have a general conversation regarding the importance of career exploration and planning and what begins heavily in 8th grade. Pair and share: Students discuss their top 2 career choices at this moment in time just to see where students are in their understanding/career planning process. Have some students to share their top career interests with the full group if willing. (10 min.)

 

2. Students work in groups of 2 to complete the

 

 

Career Pathways Quiz.

 

Review and discuss the correct answers with the full group. – (8 min.)

 

3.

 

Students complete the "Career Pathways Inventory" independently.

 

(Students will place a checkmark next to all careers of interest to them in each column. Students will then circle the pathway title that has the most checkmarks.) – (10 min.)

 

4. Physically group students in the room according to the 4 Career Pathways - just for a visual. - (5 min.)

 

5.

 

Distribute the "Career Pathway Selection" Form -

 

Students place a checkmark next to their career pathway. Make a copy of each student’s selection form for data analysis/future reference.)

 

– (5 min.)

 

6. Wrap up using remaining class time. Defer to the classroom teacher if the time is needed to review next steps with the students...(5 min.)

 

Formative Assessment

Formative assessment will occur during think pair share and will also occur at the completion of the student quiz, the career inventory, and personal career pathway choice.

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Author

Chris Herman and Alice Justice

Date Published

August 30, 2012
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