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Subject Area - 13:
Career Education and Work
Career Education and Work
- Standard Area - 13.2: Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)
- Grade Level - 13.2.3: GRADE 3
Standard - 13.2.3.A
Identify appropriate speaking and listening techniques used in conversation.
Standard - 13.2.3.B
Discuss resources available in researching job opportunities, such as, but not limited to:
- Internet
- Magazines
- Newspapers
Standard - 13.2.3.D
Identify the importance of developing a plan for the future.
Standard - 13.2.3.E
Discuss the importance of the essential workplace skills, such as, but not limited to:
- Dependability
- Health/safety
- Team building
- Technology
- Standard Area - 13.2: Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)
- Grade Level - 13.2.5: GRADE 5
Standard - 13.2.5.A
Apply appropriate speaking and listening techniques used in conversation.
Standard - 13.2.5.B
Identify and review resources available in researching job opportunities, such as, but not limited to:
- Internet
- Magazines
- Newspapers
Standard - 13.2.5.C
Compose and compare a business and a personal letter.
Standard - 13.2.5.D
Identify individualized career portfolio components, such as, but not limited to:
- Achievements
- Awards/recognitions
- Career exploration results
- Career plans
- Community service involvement/projects
- Interests/hobbies
- Personal career goals
- Selected school work
- Self inventories
Standard - 13.2.5.E
Apply to daily activities, the essential workplace skills, such as, but not limited to:
- Commitment
- Communication
- Dependability
- Health/safety
- Personal initiative
- Scheduling/time management
- Team building
- Technical literacy
- Technology
- Standard Area - 13.2: Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)
- Grade Level - 13.2.8: GRADE 8
Standard - 13.2.8.A
Identify effective speaking and listening skills used in a job interview.
Standard - 13.2.8.B
Evaluate resources available in researching job opportunities, such as, but not limited to:
- CareerLinks
- Internet (i.e. O*NET)
- Networking
- Newspapers
- Professional associations
- Resource books (that is Occupational Outlook Handbook, PA Career Guide)
Standard - 13.2.8.C
Prepare a draft of career acquisition documents, such as, but not limited to:
- Job application
- Letter of appreciation following an interview
- Letter of introduction
- Request for letter of recommendation
- Resume
Standard - 13.2.8.D
Develop an individualized career portfolio including components, such as, but not limited to:
- Achievements
- Awards/recognitions
- Career exploration results
- Career plans
- Community service involvement/projects
- Interests/hobbies
- Personal career goals
- Selected school work
- Self inventories
Standard - 13.2.8.E
Explain, in the career acquisition process, the importance of the essential workplace skills/knowledge, such as, but not limited to:
- Commitment
- Communication
- Dependability
- Health/safety
- Laws and regulations (that is Americans With Disabilities Act, child labor laws, Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, Material Safety Data Sheets)
- Personal initiative
- Self-advocacy
- Scheduling/time management
- Team building
- Technical literacy
- Technology
- Standard Area - 13.2: Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)
- Grade Level - 13.2.11: GRADE 11
Standard - 13.2.11.A
Apply effective speaking and listening skills used in a job interview.
Standard - 13.2.11.B
Apply research skills in searching for a job.
- CareerLinks
- Internet (i.e. O*NET)
- Networking
- Newspapers
- Professional associations
- Resource books (that is Occupational Outlook Handbook, PA Career Guide)
Standard - 13.2.11.C
Develop and assemble, for career portfolio placement, career acquisition documents, such as, but not limited to:
- Job application
- Letter of appreciation following an interview
- Letter of introduction
- Postsecondary education/training applications
- Request for letter of recommendation
- Resume
Standard - 13.2.11.D
Analyze, revise, and apply an individualized career portfolio to chosen career path.
Standard - 13.2.11.E
Demonstrate, in the career acquisition process, the application of essential workplace skills/knowledge, such as, but not limited to:
- Commitment
- Communication
- Dependability
- Health/safety
- Laws and regulations (that is Americans With Disabilities Act, child labor laws, Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, Material Safety Data Sheets)
- Personal initiative
- Self-advocacy
- Scheduling/time management
- Team building
- Technical literacy
- Technology
