1. OFFICE OF CAREER GUIDANCE, EXPLORATION, AND PREPARATION Module 3: Instructional Curriculum

2. Instructional Curriculum and Assessment Curriculum must be aligned with frameworks Lessons must be aligned to an overall cohesive and coherent plan Activities should be aligned to student interests and community/regional needs Career planning should be aligned to the district programs of study

3. Self-awareness – Develop honest awareness of self and personal preference for the purpose of self-promotion, advocacy and management necessary for Locate Career Information – Analyze occupational and career resources necessary to digest current, accurate, and unbiased information Career Decision-making – Formulate career decisions based upon a decision-making process necessary for choosing a career High School and Career Planning – Develop tentative high school and career plans with a logical sequence of courses and achievable steps Career Readiness – Assess and explain fundamental career readiness skills which form the basis for further career preparation. Career Development Standards

4. Facilitate Learning Allow the student to fail at what they don’t have the aptitude for and excel at what they are naturally good at. Career Development Theory –People are rewarded for success and gravitate toward reward –People find a niche for their aptitude and develop a pathway of learning toward a career

5. Model Career Guidance Programs High expectations for all students Allow each student to focus their studies in their career path Make the instruction relevant to the student from the first day of instruction to the last day of assessment Make the instruction rigorous and challenging Develop project based, team oriented, technology centered curriculum

6. Promote Education and Training “Beyond High School”  College (4-year degrees) is not the answer for every student even with the lottery scholarship money available  What does the student’s Career Goal require?  Promote the easiest route to success (obtaining the career goal)  (Further education can come later)  Students will take the path of least resistance or they may drop out.

7. Helping the Student Good understanding of attitude attitude Understanding of the world of work world of workworld of work –Occupational research –Employer expectations –Labor market opportunities Set Goals Set Goals and develop a Career Portfolio with an education and training plan Career Portfolio education and training plan Set Goals Career Portfolio education and training plan Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Hierarchy of NeedsHierarchy of Needs Make good sound decisions decisions

8. Student Activities Maintain a class folder/binder to organize and maintain daily work. Compete in state ACGA competitions. Prepare a Career Portfolio with a Career Action Plan to be updated regularly-or use the Kuder Curriculum Manager Provide opportunities for self realization

9. Assessments Comprehend and use both formal and informal career development assessment tools and resources Interest Inventories Interest Inventories Aptitude Assessments Aptitude Assessments Work Values Assessments Work Values Assessments Personality Typing Personality Typing Attitude Assessment Attitude Assessment Brain Orientation Brain Orientation Self Esteem Self Esteem

10. Student Activities Job Shadowing Job Shadowing Skits Bell Ringers Bell Ringers www.usaaedfoundation.org http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/student s/trade/index.htmhttp://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/student s/trade/index.htm Trading around the World http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/student s/trade/index.htm careersearch.comcareersearch.com. Crazy Careers careersearch.com

11. Activities Values Auction Values Auction Calculating Opportunity Cost Calculating Opportunity Cost – Math integration Calculating Opportunity Cost Creating a Newscast Creating a Newscast – Literacy integration Creating a Newscast Plans of study –Arts A/V Tech & Film Arts A/V Tech & FilmArts A/V Tech & Film –Sample Plans Sample PlansSample Plans –Plans beyond high school Plans beyond high schoolPlans beyond high school

12. Developing a Career Pathway Do not confine a student to an occupational goal Do encourage students to think globally within a career pathway with multiple entry and exit points to allow for barriers and opportunities.

13. When students have a career plan they… Make better grades Have more college and career information Believe their school has a positive climate Feel middle school is safer Have a better relationship with their teachers Are more satisfied with their education –Results from Lapan, Gysbers, and Sun concluded students in Missouri:

14. Career Development is progressive in nature and does not take a step backward

15. Hebrew proverb Do not confine your students to your own learning, for they were born in another time.

16. Expect the Best! Winners are not born they are made If we don’t expect the best we will not get the best Students have to fail before they know the real feeling of success A Facilitator allows the student to feel like they are in charge of their learning.

17. Assessing The Whole Person

18. Assessing the Pipeline to America’s Workforce More than 50% of employers couldn't find qualified applicants for entry-level jobs Over 50% of adults are unhappy in their jobs A 2004 Gallup poll indicated that more than 55% of people in the workforce were not engaged in their work An estimated 80% are underemployed

19. 500 dropouts, ages 16-25, were interviewed 47% said classes were not interesting 43% missed too many days to catch up 45% entered high school poorly prepared by their earlier schooling 69% said they were not motivated to work hard 35% said they were failing 32% said they left to get a job 25% left to become parents 22% left to take care of a relative

20. Low Expectations Two-thirds of students said they would have tried harder if more was expected from them Read more: http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm /dropouts_give_reasons#ixzz0RCVvzvrI http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm /dropouts_give_reasons#ixzz0RCVvzvrI http://educationalissues.suite101.com/article.cfm /dropouts_give_reasons#ixzz0RCVvzvrI

21. Career Trends… By the year 2010, 42% of job growth will require a vocational certificate, 2-year associate degree, a 4-year bachelor’s degree or more. Therefore, postsecondary education is becoming more and more critical to a young person’s future.

22. Career Trends… Employment growth will be concentrated in the service-providing sector of the economy. The strongest growth projections are in education, health, and business services.

23. Changes in Workforce Skills Needs Across Fifty Years 19552005 Unskilled60% Skilled20% Professional20% Skilled68% Professional20% Unskilled12%

24. Students are Disengaged Nearly 38 percent of the young adults said the freedom students enjoy in high school contributed to their disengagement. Too easy to skip class or join in activities outside of school, Too much freedom--included the school’s lack of order, discipline and rules failure to ensure students attend class inability to help students feel safe. inability to help students feel safe.

25. Knowing “who you are” is a critical part of the career planning process. Knowing what you like to do, what you can do, and what jobs are available are also extremely important.

26. The gap is growing between employer expectations and applicants’ competency, Professionalism/Work Ethic Professionalism/Work Ethic Oral and Written Communications Oral and Written Communications Teamwork/Collaboration and Teamwork/Collaboration and Critical Thinking/Problem Solving Critical Thinking/Problem Solving

27. Applied Skills expected to increase in importance 1 Critical Thinking/Problem Solving 2 Information Technology Application 3 Teamwork/Collaboration 4 Creativity/Innovation 5 Diversity 6 Leadership 7 Oral Communications 8 Professionalism/Work Ethic 9 Ethics/Social Responsibility 10 Written Communications –Percentage of 424 CEO respondents who expect skills to increase--

28. How to Engage Students in School Make school more relevant and engaging and enhance the connection between school and work Improve instruction and access to supports for struggling students More supervision and discipline in school is necessary Ensure strong adult-student relationships in the school. The respondents craved and appreciated attention from teachers…

29. How to Engage Students in School Make school more relevant and engaging Enhance the connection between school and work Successful engaged learners are responsible for their own learning Show appreciation and attention to student

30. Relevancy Projects that allow for self-discovery, self- expression, self-promotion and creation Allow independent and individualized career development planning Student centered interests, values, aptitudes, research, and aspirations Transferable 21 st Century skills

31. Break the evolutionary track with relevant and realistic career development

32. Find a better way

33. Learners need to be pushed and trainers need to learn how.

34. “In the years to come, your students may forget what you taught them. But they will always remember how you made them feel.”

35. Challenge Students Students like to be challenged to prove their worthiness to themselves and others. Students need to solve real world problems Students want to know what they are doing is important and not filling time Students really like to tell their parents that they have done something unusual, interesting, challenging, and fun.

36. New and innovative ways to solve problems

37. Rigorous Teaching Practices Create lesson plans using multiple learning styles Challenge students to excel on projects Require critical thinking skills Encourage students to go above and beyond the call of duty Incorporate math and literacy integration activities

38. Activities with Rigor Challenge Students With Open-ended Long-term Scenario-based Assignments Include a problem statement, Have an ultimate goal with limited minimum guidelines, Require teamwork, research, artistry and technology

39. How to Disengage Students BookworkLecture Long and/or old videos Down Time Filler Work Send them to the library

40. The good ole days My only skill is taking tests.

41. Conclusion of Curriculum and Assessment Will this be on the test? NO! Students learn when they want to learn. They don’t want to take tests, so therefore they do not learn by taking tests. Career Development is student centered, project based career planning