The middle grades are a natural time for self-exploration and self-directed learning. The concrete ideas presented in this guide for how to infuse career exploration in both developmentally and academically meaningful ways are exciting for the opportunity they provide to transform the way educators approach schooling in the middle grades. Whereas educators sometimes associate career education as a narrower, vocational curriculum, this playbook highlights ASA’s more expansive view of career exploration – an opening up of students’ worlds rather than a narrowing into particular tracks.

8th grade students work independently on a career project that will be presented by the students during the “8th Grade Career Fair.” This project could easily be done within a classroom setting as well.

The Career Infographic encourages students to research and showcase a career topic of their choice in a visual way.  An attachment in the resource library includes the guidelines and rubric for this project.   Waunakee Community High School students take a course called Career Workshop at the sophomore level.  They are required to choose two projects from a list of options which are referred to as enhancement projects.  Career Infographic is one of these options.  Students have access to shared Google Docs related to these projects.  Other project options may be found under WISELearn Resources include a Career Presentation, Web Portfolio, Career Cruising Video Project, Job Shadow, and Professional Interview.  

For more information about career pathways in your region, contact your Regional Career Pathway Coordinator. You can find their information and more resources on this DPI web page: https://dpi.wi.gov/pathways-wisconsin/regional-pathways-project

For more information about career pathways in your region, contact your Regional Career Pathway Coordinator. You can find their information and more resources on this DPI web page: https://dpi.wi.gov/pathways-wisconsin/regional-pathways-project

For more information about career pathways in your region, contact your Regional Career Pathway Coordinator. You can find their information and more resources on this DPI web page: https://dpi.wi.gov/pathways-wisconsin/regional-pathways-project

For more information about career pathways in your region, contact your Regional Career Pathway Coordinator. You can find their information and more resources on this DPI webpage: https://dpi.wi.gov/pathways-wisconsin/regional-pathways-project

For more information about career pathways in your region, contact your Regional Career Pathway Coordinator. You can find their information and more resources on this DPI web page: https://dpi.wi.gov/pathways-wisconsin/regional-pathways-project

For more information about career pathways in your region, contact your Regional Career Pathway Coordinator. You can find their information and more resources on this DPI web page: https://dpi.wi.gov/pathways-wisconsin/regional-pathways-project

The Career Presentation encourages students to research and showcase a career of their choice.  An attachment in the resource library includes the career presentation requirements as well as the career presentation rubric. Waunakee Community High School students take a course called Career Workshop at the sophomore level.  They are required to choose two projects from a list of options which are referred to as enhancement projects.  Career Presentation is one of these options.  Students have access to shared Google Docs related to these projects.  Other project options may be found under WISELearn Resources include an Infographic, Web Portfolio, Career Cruising Video Project, Job Shadow, and Professional Interview.  

One in ten Americans is foreign-born, and local communities --urban, suburban, and rural—are growing more diverse. One in five jobs is tied to international trade. This means that CTE educators face a critical new imperative: to prepare all students for work and civic roles in an environment where success increasingly requires the ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds in global markets.

These lessons answer the essential question, "As the world becomes more interconnected, how do I ensure my CTE students are prepared with the skills to connect, compete, and collaborate in a global economy?"

Use this Community of Practice presentation to assist classroom teachers in embedding career readiness skills in their classroom curriculum.

In this unit, high school juniors will research one career of their choice, based on analysis of results of their three assessments on Career Cruising (Career Matchmaker, Ability Profiler and Learning Styles Inventory). In this process, students will develop the skills necessary to writing a high-quality, well-founded research paper. Topics will include source integrity, works cited pages (both formatting and the creation of citations for works cited page), the correct format for various in-text citations, stages of research, development of graphic organizers, translation of graphic organizer in the creation of an outline, transferring outline topics to paragraphs, developing strong introductory and concluding paragraphs, creating effective transition sentences, formatting cover pages, editing, revising, peer editing and submission of final draft.

Students will research a career of their choice and present information about their chosen career in the form of a wax museum where they dress like the people would in that career and report basic facts about the chosen career path, such as education, salaries, and daily activities.

Measurement and common math are required to perform your job duties in nearly every aspect of conveyor manufacturing. I have compiled a list of skills relating to math and measurement that are essential for successful job performance. This include being able to:

Read a tape measure accurately
Add or subtract fractions
Convert fractions to decimal form
Use a decimal equivalent card or chart (drill gage)

Here you'll  find links to additional free (although not OER) career-based learning resources found on the Internet.

This multi-disciplinary career exploration unit builds on lesson plans available through the Michigan Agriculture in the Classroom website. Students will spend a week investigating different aspects of agriculture careers, while incorporating skills from math, English, and social studies. The unit culminates in a "Day in the Life" summative writing assignment.

You will choose from list of jobs at Green Valley Dairy. Your work will include researching this career, interviewing personnel from Green Valley Dairy within these positions, and creating a presentation which you will share with class.

This lesson will be an introduction to the many areas where math is utilized in an iron foundry.

Self Discipline is an important factor for academic achievement as much as it is for athletic achievement. This lesson focuses on developing good habits for academic and athletic achievement.