Grade 1
- Students will identify one career of interest
Grade 2
- Students will identify student qualities that may be expected in a career
Grade 3
- Identify the names of 10 careers
Grade 4
- Students will match their personality according to Holland’s Interest Inventory
- Students will identify a career of interest in the category
Grade 5
- Students will demonstrate how to look up a variety of occupations and look for careers of interest to them
- Students will create a learner’s resume
Grade 6
- 6th grade orientation – Informational program provided for parents and students
- Students participate in Art, Computers, and General Music
- Students will:
- learn the scholarly behaviors that lead to achievement, i.e. managing assignments, workloads, and deadlines, prioritizing tasks and getting things done without constant reminders (Lythcott-Haims, 2017)
- define the five areas of soft skill competencies and self-evaluate their level of understanding and competence: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making
- evaluate self and apply self-knowledge to career exploration
- learn how to introduce himself or herself to an adult
- explore their interests and potential careers
- understand the connection between school subjects related to careers they like
- learn the importance of considering consequences before making decisions
Grade 7
- Students participate in Spanish, Agriculture, and Health
- Exploring Agriculture, FFA
- Students will:
- learn scholarly behaviors that lead to achievement, i.e. managing assignments, workloads, and deadlines, prioritizing tasks and getting things done without constant reminders (Lythcott-Haims, 2017)
- work on the five areas of soft skill competencies and self-evaluate and set goals on the five SEL competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making
- explore career pathways that play to strengths and interests
- understand how visual, auditory and tactile skills/strengths help them learn
- understand bias and how it affects the workplace
- explore the impact on bias on career choices
Grade 8
- Future Quest Career Exploration Expo
- Visit a technical college and university
- Parent Night for High School
- Students participate in Agriculture, Technology Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Writing about Careers
- FFA
- Intro to Family & Consumer Science
- 8th Grade Tech ED
- Computer Literacy
- Students will:
- learn scholarly behaviors that lead to achievement, i.e. managing assignments, workloads, and deadlines, prioritizing tasks and getting things done without constant reminders (Lythcott-Haims, 2017)
- work on the five areas of soft skill competencies and self-evaluate and set goals on the five SEL competencies: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making
- determine career pathways most suited to individual
- realize the connection between academic achievement and post-secondary opportunities
- plan course enrollments that reflect potential career pathways
- identify skills needed for different occupations
- complete the Career Match assessment and reflect on different careers
- identify activities, clubs, and resources that will help with the transition to high school
- understand transition as part of growing older
Grade 9
- Freshman Orientation – Informational session for parents and students
- Emphasize soft skills for employment
- Students participate in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Technology Education
- Small Animal Care, Large Animal Care, Wildlife Management, FFA
- Intro to Culinary Arts, Professional Foods, World of Culinary, Baking & Pastry Arts, Housing & Interior Design, Fashion & Textile Design
- Residential Construction, Small Engines, Computer Aided Design and Prototyping, Metal Fabrication, Material Processing
Grade 10
- Students participate in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Technology Education
- Small Animal Care, Large Animal Care, Wildlife Management, Food Science, Greenhouse Management, Ag. Leadership, FFA
- Intro to Culinary Arts, Professional Foods, World of Culinary, Baking & Pastry Arts, Housing & Interior Design, Fashion & Textile Design, Child Development, Food Science
- Residential Construction, Small Engines, Computer Aided Design and Prototyping, Metal Fabrication, Material Processing
- Personal Finance, FBLA
Grade 11
- Post-secondary Planning Conference with parents
- Emphasize soft skills for employment
- Students participate in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Technology Education
- Small Animal Care, Large Animal Care, Wildlife Management, Food Science, Greenhouse Management, Ag. Leadership, FFA
- Intro to Culinary Arts, Professional Foods, World of Culinary, Baking & Pastry Arts, Housing & Interior Design, Fashion & Textile Design, Child Development, Food Science
- Residential Construction, Small Engines, Computer Aided Design and Prototyping, Metal Fabrication, Material Processing, Herzing IT100, Herzing programming Logic
- Marketing I, Education for Employment, Accounting, FBLA
Grade 12
- Senior Conferences with parents and students
- Classroom guidance session on the application process
- Emphasize soft skills for employment
- Students participate in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Technology Education
- Small Animal Care, Large Animal Care, Wildlife Management, Food Science, Greenhouse Management, Ag. Leadership, FFA
- Intro to Culinary Arts, Professional Foods, World of Culinary, Baking & Pastry Arts, Housing & Interior Design, Fashion & Textile Design, Child Development, Food Science
- Residential Construction, Small Engines, Computer Aided Design and Prototyping, Metal Fabrication, Material Processing, Herzing IT100, Herzing programming Logic
- Marketing II, Education for Employment, Accounting, FBLA
Parents can help their students with the Academic and Career & Technical Planning process by:
- Asking your child to show you what they have been doing on Xello (Online Career Development Resource) or by completing career and education exploration activities with your child
- Knowing your child’s interests, skills, and values
- Encouraging your child that all careers have multiple pathways and encouraging them to explore all options
- Talking to your child about your career experiences
- Helping your child find the resources they need to be successful