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.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will relate school subjects to various tasks, reflect on your favorite school subject, and explore ways to use your favorite school subject in a career that interests them.

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will explain why time management is important in school and on the job, create a time budget to assess how you currently manage your time, and explore ways to improve your time management skills.

In this activity, you will identify how time management is an important skill for one saved career. Then add and rate this skill and six time management strategies within your profile.

Students will be able to
- Understand the rising national trends in student debt
- Compare federal and private loans and explain what it means to take out each type of loan
- Identify various strategies they can use to be a responsible borrower
- Analyze three student profiles to determine the best course of action to take for their student loans

Featuring an interview with Alexis Alvarez, 2022 NEWMA AllStar from TIDI Products in Neenah. (2:35 minutes)