High School Job Shadow

Created Feb. 6, 2024 by Marcy Smith



Title:High School Job ShadowAuthor: Marcy Smith
Subject(s):  Career Development
Grade Level(s): 10-11Total Time: 45-55 min

Overview / Description:

Complete a half or full day job shadow in the chosen career field, interview, and submit reflection paper.

Learning goals/objectives:

Objectives 1: Students should have a better understanding of the future career they are pursuing

Objective 2: Students will gain professional, on the job skills  

Objective 3: Students will be able to reflect on their experience 

Workplace Readiness Skill: (place an X in front of all which apply)

X Social Skills                        X  Communication

   Teamwork                           X  Critical Thinking

 X  Attitude and Initiative        X  Planning and Organization

X   Professionalism                     Media Etiquette

Content Standards : Wisconsin Common Career Technical Standards (WCCTS)

  •  CD1.a: Identify personal strengths, aptitudes and passions.
  • CD1.a.3.h Evaluate various occupations and career pathways to identify personal, academic and career goals based on personal strengths, aptitudes and passions.
  •  CD1.b: Demonstrate effective decision making, problem solving and goal setting.
  • CD1.b.6.h: Develop an action plan to set and achieve realistic goals.

Materials: (link all necessary handouts, videos, additional resources)

  • Access to area businesses
  • Computer Access


LEARNING ACTIVITY

Describe each step of the learning activity including strategies that will be used to meet the learning objective.

WHO

T=Teacher Focus Lesson

WG=Whole Group

SM=Small Group

I=Independent

TIME

State approx. amount of time for each task


Introduce the Job Shadow Assignment to students

T

15 minutes

Answer any questions related to the assignment

T

10 minutes

Contact area businesses to set up job shadow experience

I

1 hour

Obtain parent permission and hand in slip to the teacher

I

5 minutes

Complete Job Shadow experienceI4-8 hours
Write 2 page reflection paperI1-2 hours
Present an overview of the job shadow experience to the classWG10 minutes each

Assessment: What evidence will you collect of student learning?  Link assessment tools here.

Wrap-Up:

Discuss the pros and cons students felt about their various experiences

Extension Activity:

Students could complete a job shadow at two separate locations in one day.  

OER Commons License:Go to the OER Commons at https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/ and follow the steps under “Choose a License.” Once your OER Commons license has been created you can cut and paste the license directly into this lesson template.

ATTACHMENTS

Download: Job_Shadow_Careers_11_2.pdf


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