You’ve done a tremendous amount of learning this year around learning strategies, biases, pathways, etc. Use the section below to reflect on the work that you’ve done. Next year will be an important year, since you will be planning your transition to high school, and you’ll be one year closer to your career!

Think about these questions: Who gives you the best advice? Who gives you great advice on dating? Who gives you advice on your math homework? You probably have three different people you turn to, depending on the topic. How about this question--Who gives you the best advice about career planning? You can probably name a few people. What would the advantages be of consulting an expert in the field that interests you? In this activity, you will have the opportunity to get advice about an occupation that interests you from a career coach who performs that job.

Welcome back to Xello! You’ll be using the resources on the Xello platform again this year as you start thinking about and planning for your future career. Follow the directions below to log into Xello and personalize your Xello page.

It’s natural to make assumptions about careers. But it’s also important to know that the ideas and biases we have about fields of work can have an impact on our career decisions. Although laws have been written to combat biased hiring practices, it does not mean the stereotypes or assumptions no longer exist. In this activity, you will work as a team to share the story of one individual who overcame the odds in their field of work.

It’s important to build awareness of workplace biases that may be influencing your career decisions. In today’s Xello interactive lesson, you will explore common career biases, learn how bias can influence career choices, and reflect on the bias(es) that may have influenced your initial opinion of a career.

We’ll be using a new tool today—Gladeo! You will answer a brief series of questions to find out a little about your work personality and how that can give you an idea of the careers which you might like.

After you completed the first phase of Xello’s Matchmaker career assessment, were you surprised by any matches? What first came to mind when you saw some matches? Matchmaker is not meant to predict or identify your future path, but rather introduce you to professions you may not have considered before, expanding your career choices rather than limiting them.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will investigate postsecondary pathway options and explore the postsecondary pathways to various careers.

Today we’re going to start exploring career pathways. A career pathway map helps students by providing a bridge from high school career components to the post-secondary options you just learned about such as the military, 2- or 4-year colleges, or working full time right after high school. Even though you aren’t in high school yet, it’s important to know what type of options you will have once you get to high school. Following a career pathway map can help you determine the courses you should take, the co-curriculars you might join, and the certifications you can achieve to give you a big jump-start to your career.

Today we’re going to start exploring career pathways. A career pathway map helps students by providing a bridge from high school career components to the post-secondary options you just learned about such as the military, 2- or 4-year colleges, or working full time right after high school. Even though you aren’t in high school yet, it’s important to know what type of options you will have once you get to high school. Following a career pathway map can help you determine the courses you should take, the co-curriculars you might join, and the certifications you can achieve to give you a big jump-start to your career.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will take the information you’ve learned about career pathways and apply it to three careers which you have previously saved. You’ll identify what you like and dislike about the learning pathways to these three saved careers and evaluate your likelihood of pursuing the required training.

In this Xello activity, you will be introduced to 3 learning styles before completing Xello’s 20 question Learning Style quiz, where you’ll discover how you learn and remember information best. After you complete the quiz in Xello, regroup as a class for a post discussion.

It’s great to know which careers align with your skills and interests. But where will you find a job in one of these career fields? Do you know businesses in your community or state which have employees doing the kind of work you are interested in? In this activity, you will have the opportunity to find some employers which hire for your career interests and do a little research into these companies.

Welcome to Xello! You’ll be using the resources on the Xello platform through middle and high school as you start thinking about and planning for your future career. Follow the directions below to log into Xello and personalize your Xello page.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will understand the importance of making informed, responsible decisions when faced with important choices. You’ll learn about the importance of considering the consequences of potential decisions, explore the difference between gut and logic decisions, and reflect on an important decision you’ve recently made.

So, what do you like to do? Play basketball? Cook? Read? Sometimes our interests can help us determine our future careers. Today you’ll have the opportunity to add some of your interests to your Xello page.

Today you’ll be using Xello to start doing some career exploration. Xello has a number of filters which will help you narrow down careers you might be interested in.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will reflect on some of the interests you have saved in Xello's interest inventory, explore the link between interests and various careers, and investigate how you interests match up with a career you like.

You’ve already saved 3 careers in Xello—great job! Today, you’ll learn how your interests and abilities might align with a career that you are interested in.