With the uncertainty of face-to-face contact due to COVID-19 this year, CESA 8 has developed Virtual Job Spotlights, in conjunction with NWTC, CESA 7, Ahnapee YA Consortium, UWGB and the NEW Manufacturing Alliance, Virtual Job Spotlights provide students in Northeast Wisconsin with virtual connections to employers each week through Zoom. These job shadowing opportunities will allow students, staff, and parents to hear from a variety of industry professionals and post-secondary educators discussing their education and career pathways.

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

Lesson Description:  Overview: When talking to numerous departments at Reinhart Foodservice, all department heads emphasized the need for communication between departments and wanting to hire employees who possess excellent soft skills. For this unit, students will complete a job experience, job shadow, or community service experience where they will observe communication at the workplace as well as note examples of soft skills in the workplace. Students will also explain how they used communication skills and soft skills. Finally, they will present their findings in a PowerPoint presentation.Learning Goals:  Students will be able to:Complete a job experience, job shadow, or community service experienceStudents will articulate soft skills seen in the experienceStudents will explain how they used communication skills and soft skillsStudents will present their findings in a presentation

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

Join Danny Rubin, founder of Rubin, and Craig Peck, a Hollywood producer, as they discuss how students can pursue careers in film/TV. Students and teachers should also make use of the webinar worksheet at https://rubineducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Rubin-Webinar-Worksheet-Q-and-A-about-Film-Industry.docx

Check out  these links to various Hospitality & Tourism resources that you can use as part of your classroom curriculum today.

Join Danny Rubin, founder of Rubin, and Stacey Shiflet who went from the front desk to general manager of a resort hotel in only three years. This conversation covers the power of employability skills, a day in the life of a hotel employee, how to prepare for the service industry while in school and much more. Students and teachers should also make use of the webinar worksheet at https://rubineducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Rubin-Webinar-Worksheet-Q-and-A-about-Service-Industry-March-8.docx

Experts say schools, government and industry need to work together more closely—and sooner—on career paths. Even high school is now too late to start comprehensive career exploration given the ever-evolving needs of the workforce. That’s why a growing number of middle schools are offering more robust career-connected learning so students can begin mapping out their future pathways.

Customer safety is a high priority for manufacturers. When designing a product, many prototypes are created and research is conducted to determine if the product is safe for customers. In the case of furniture, stability is a critical area to test. This video shows how mathematics and physics help to create a stable chair, and ultimately, keep customers safe.

With the purpose of assisting Wisconsin middle and high school students to better understand the various aspects of Academic and Career Planning, CESA 10 has reached out to past graduates. Young professionals will share information about their chosen occupation, as well as career-related experiences during high school that were beneficial in discovering their own ACP journey.

With the purpose of assisting Wisconsin middle and high school students to better understand the various aspects of Academic and Career Planning, CESA 10 has reached out to past graduates. Young professionals will share information about their chosen occupation, as well as career-related experiences during high school that were beneficial in discovering their own ACP journey.

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

"The FRONT PORCH of IT"! Hear about help desk careers with Jamie Garancis, (TEKsystems); Casey Buchta (West Bend Mutual Insurance); James Haley (Northwestern Mutual) and moderator Jasmin Treske (MKE Tech). The following videos will give you a look into the variety of tech jobs and careers available to you and how you can prepare for them. Watch one - or all - and hear from experts who are doing these jobs today. As you watch the videos, download our workbook at https://bit.ly/MKEWorksheet to help you reflect on each career path and if that might be the right one for you some day!

Studies show middle school is the ideal time to let students try on new identities and step into real-world experiences. Every student deserves engaging career exploration to make learning relevant and open doors to future job possibilities!

So, what does it take to broaden exposure to rewarding careers for students who are limited by location or circumstance? Download Stride Learning Solutions’ white paper, "Why Career Exploration Should Begin in Middle School—and How to Make it Happen" to learn four keys to a successful, virtual middle school career exploration program. This link will take you to the landing page, where you will need to fill in your contact information in order to access the white paper.

Dual enrollment includes a variety of programs through which high school students are enrolled simultaneously in both high school and college to earn both high school and college credit. Such programs make college more affordable for families and introduce students to higher level coursework before they immerse themselves in college life. This slide deck provides information on how to make sure dual enrollment opportunities are available for all of populations of students.

Join Danny Rubin, founder of Rubin, and Amber Miller and Kelly Hill on what it's like to work as a professional influencer marketer. This conversation covers the the day-to-day life as an influencer, what it takes to create new content, how to work with brands and much more.

https://rubineducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Rubin-Dream-Job-Webinar-Worksheet-Influencer-Marketer-October-2022.docx

IT jobs are are found in every career sector. Click here to find other IT-related careers in the attached Career Cluster Chart.