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 School To Career: Career Awareness |
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So . . . what do you want to be when you grow up?
Today, not only knowledge, but technology is advancing so fast it is a daunting challenge just to keep pace. As young people mature, they will be able to choose from a plethora of ever-changing career options. How will they know what the choices are? How with the know what skills and knowledge are required for each job? How willh they be able to make informed choices about what they want to study?
Therefore, it is critical that young people understand the “why” of what they are learning if they are to be expected to achieve their highest potential and become happy, productive citizens.
School to Career has commissioned a career awareness curriculum that will present “employability” skills and job-specific knowledge and skills in age-appropriate lessons for children Pre-K through 8th grade. The “employability” skills will be applicable to ALL work situations. Job-specific knowledge and skills will focus on the career clusters identified by the U. S. Department of Education, and thus be appropriate for students nationwide.
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The curriculum will highlight the careers of outstanding individuals representative of a variety of industries that will serve as role models. It will include opportunities for interaction with community and business partners both in the classroom and in the workplace. A variety of authentic assessment tools will also be provided with each lesson.
The goal of the career awareness curriculum is to prepare students to make informed choices for their high school course of study based on a 10-year sequential development of “employability” skills and an understanding of the career cluster job opportunities available to them.
It is critical that young people understand the “why” of what they are learning if they are to be expected to achieve their highest potential and become happy, productive citizens.
“Education cannot be for students in any authentic way if it is not of and by them.” William H. Schubert, John Dewey Society President
INCLUDE A LINK TO A SAMPLE LESSON FROM THE CURRICULUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
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