Career exploration is an important activity as students begin to look towards their future and assess potential employment in either part-time or full-time work.
Explore Career Pathways highlights eight career clusters. These career pathways were specifically chosen for this curriculum since they were identified as the top careers in the United States over the next 25 years. It's important to explore the most in-demand jobs in your local communities as well to customize the exploration process to businesses hiring in your area. It will be important to discover each student's interest areas and match those with available jobs in their community.
The Career Pathways include:
1. Healthcare
2. Food Service & Hospitality
3. Retail
4. Childcare
5. Office Administration & Information Technology
6. Animal Care
7. Manufacturing
8. Construction & Trades
Each of the eight chapters (divided by pathway) will include the most common types of jobs found within the eight career clusters. The lessons are divided into specific jobs within each career pathway and include typical job duties and skill requirements for the job. There are a total of 48 different careers highlighted in this curriculum. Each chapter includes:
- Learning Objectives
- Vocabulary
- Materials Lists
- PowerPoint
- Lesson Preparation
- UDL charts, including ideas for Representation, Expression, and Engagement to reach all learners
- Scripted lessons
- Student Activity
- Day in the Life Student Activity
- Take it Further: Real-World Connections and Extension Activities
The Explore Career Pathways Curriculum comes with an Instructor's Guide, Student Book (teacher reference copy), 2 consumable Student Workbooks, a Picture Vocational Interest Inventory Assessment, Career Cards, PowerPoints, vocabulary cards, and digital resources on the HUB.
The Curriculum Plus Kit comes with everything in the Curriculum plus a total of 20 consumable Student Workbooks, interactive PDFs, and samples of communication overlays.
| Subject | Transition |
|---|---|
| Age Group | Transition |
| Author | Janet Estervig, MS, RN |
| Format | |
| Copyright | 2024 |
| Grade Range | 9-12 |
