In this lesson, students will identify careers at local businesses. By communicating with area employers and identifying potential careers, students could possibly find a career they identify with and could pursue as a career path. This would help both students with career choices and local businesses with possible new employees.

Check out  these links to various Manufacturing career resources that you can use as part of your classroom curriculum today.

Click on this resource to find lesson plans and web resources aligned to the Marketing Career Cluster. Be sure to think outside the box--many careers can be found in multiple career clusters and many career clusters can be taught as part of the curricula in multiple middle and high school classes! Disciplinary Literacy resources are included because reading, writing, speaking, and listening in this content area are critical skills for students to master if they are pursuing careers in this content area.

All careers rely on Math-related skills like measurement and computation. Specifically Math-related careers can also be found in the following Career Cluster Chart.

Districts in the initiating phase of Academic and Career Planning are increasingly looking for a suggested calendar of ACP activities that can be used to fulfill the PI26 requirements for ACP. The following example calendar of activities can be a place to start. In the chart you’ll find:

* One 30-minute ACP time per month
* Activities which align to the Xello scope and sequence (which means alignment with high school suggested scope and sequence)
* Introduction to other online career research resources
* Some Xello interactive lessons which require students to save careers or interests as prerequisites--please follow the lessons in this order to have the correct prerequisites completed before the Xello lessons
* Struggling students may need additional time to complete activities, while accelerated students can choose from the optional activities for each grade if they complete the activity before class is done
* Optional activities which can be used for enrichment

Life comes at today’s students fast, so it’s important they’re confident in their future plans and ready to take on their goals. Money Path opens students’ eyes to the reality of how the academic and career choices they make now impact their life and long-term financial wellbeing. You can help them make confident decisions about their future.

Music and Dance careers can be found in more than just the Arts career cluster! A variety of Music and Dance-related careers can be found in the attached Career Cluster Chart.

Welcome to the the Career Readiness Hub! We're excited to see so many of you joining the group. To make sure we have a consistent understanding of OER resources and sharing content appropriately, please take some time to navigate the attached WISELearn slide decks, especially the "Curating and Rating Resources" deck. And don't forget to join the "Wisconsin District ACP Resources" group!

If you're looking for ACP lessons which aren't directly tied to Xello, this document live links all of the Wisconsin ACP lessons which don't require Xello access.

Use this Community of Practice webinar to create the conditions for successful family engagement in career readiness.

Does your district need to learn more about equity? This Padlet contains a learning guide and resources on equity and special populations to help your district learn more about providing career readiness programming for all students.

Once your district has identified special populations to target, use this Padlet to create an action plan for increasing equity and engagement of identified special populations of students in the components of your ACP program.

Do you know which occupations are considered non-traditional, and for whom? The list is so much broader than male nurses and females in construction! Check out the NTO programs identified by our Wisconsin Technical College System.

Physical Education careers are about much more than professional sports! A variety of Physical Education-related careers can be found in the attached Career Cluster Chart.

Overview / Description: Students will work in small groups and prepare an appropriate work readiness warmup program based on a particular company that they are assigned.

Overview / Description: Students will work in small groups and prepare an appropriate work readiness warmup program based on a particular company that they are assigned.

2021-22 Career Pathway Showcase Series webinar recording and slide deck on Project-Based Learning and Simulated Worksites.

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that believes “change is good”. “Kai” means change and “zen” means good. In business settings, Kaizen is also a strategic tool that brings about continuous improvement, in terms of increased productivity, superior quality, lower costs, efficient processes, increased safety and better customer experience. The word “Continuous” is worth remembering here as Kaizen is a never-ending improvement process. In this professional development activity, the Bonduel School District will be introduced to a quick and easy way to incorporate kaizen continuous improvement strategies into the education setting.

Centering equity is key to the purpose and mission of any collective impact work, no matter the issue area or focus. It is very difficult to move population or systems change without redressing disparities that exist in almost every community. Part of the challenge is there is not one path to achieve equity, and the work of advancing equity is an ongoing practice, built on work that is very personal, relational, and structural. Though it is a continuing journey without a definitive finish line, structured processes, goals, and metrics can support individuals and collectives to advance the work intentionally and strategically.

Check out  these links to various STEM career resources that you can use as part of your classroom curriculum today.