Check out these links to various Arts, A/V and Communications resources that teachers can use as part of their classroom curriculum today. 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.
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Interested in embedding ACP content into your ELA classroom? Here are a few websites to get started.
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Family & Consumer Science careers can be found in more than just the Food career cluster! FACS-related careers can also be found in the following Career Cluster Chart.
Material Type: Reading
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.
Material Type: Reading
Art careers can be found in more than just the Art career cluster! Click here to find Art, A/V and Communication-related careers in the attached Career Cluster Chart.
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Whether you are a brand new CTE Administrator or an experienced Administrator new to CTE, thess lessons highlight the leadership and administrative skill necessary for the successful operation of CTE programs. The goal is to provide topics for you to explore further in your professional development and to equip you with a general knowledge of the world of CTE Administration.
Material Type: Lesson
The partnership with Accenture provides ACTE member institutions and their faculty free access to the rich resources from the Skills to Succeed (S2S) Academy. Available free of charge to CTE educators, the S2S Academy, an online experience for students, features an engaging multimedia interface that delivers high-quality career planning, job exploration and a unique ‘flight simulator for job seekers’.
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Introduces 4 main reasons why people work with interactive matching activity for whole group lesson.
Material Type: Interactive, Lesson Plan
Students will be able to research careers and learn more about the careers that interest them.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment
Students will discuss what study skills they already have for school success, and then focus specifically on study skills. Students will be able to identify different study skills/study behaviors and why they are important. Students will be able to identify how their behaviors affect their success in school.
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Students can use their skills in child care, child development or even graphic design to complete a children's storybook. The book made be hand drawn or computer generated. They should include a theme and moral of the story related to appropriate age ranges and abilities.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Use the resources in this folder to conduct your own parent/student financial aid information session.
Material Type: Lecture
Once you have completed your career match assessment online on Xello, you will be selecting one career of your choice from your highest career match that you would like to research further. This career can be one that interests you as a possible career choice or it could simply be a career that you have never heard of before or know little about. In your brochure you will need to provide the following information; a general overview of the career, education/training required for this specific job, the salary amount (yearly or hourly), work responsibilities/duties, and a few examples of related jobs. You should also include pictures and any other interesting information about the career in your brochure. To create your brochure you will use Microsoft Publisher, click on the brochure and select the format you like. They will be printed in black and white so when choosing a color scheme, select light colors.This assignment is worth 50 points and will be the main artifact in your career portfolio. Make it look professional but be creative.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students will need to plan out a short term, mid-term, and long term SMART goal. They will need to label each portion of their goal with the appropriate letter from the acronym SMART. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timeline.
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In planning your future, consider your dream career, housing, car, and other items owned. Next consider the type of training or education that will be needed to, how can you help yourself best by getting training, and additional education to meet your goals. Can your dream career only be achieved through one educational pathway? Can you get an apprenticeship? Do you need to join a union to pay for your training? Would a 2 or 4-year school help me to achieve my goals?
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Students will take an interest survey. The students will discuss the outcomes of the surveys with the class. Children will develop self-knowledge, a basic understanding of interests, likes and dislikes, and discover jobs that fall within their selections of high interest.
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Students will explore different jobs throughout the community. Children will complete a self-awareness survey and explore careers in their community.
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Students will identify jobs known as “blue-collar” and identify opportunities, advantages of these jobs, and explore labor market data. Students will identify categories of jobs known as “blue-collar”. Students will assess the opportunities and advantages of these types of careers. Students will investigate labor market information and demand for occupations.
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This 7th-grade Biases and Career Choices lesson leads students through a comparison of two careers in the Xello platform.
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Students will develop a brochure based on the topics they learned on careers in Food Science. The students should explain the job of interest and the educational background needed to be successful. They can also include potential salary, working conditions and training requirements. Careers may include but are not limited to: Food Technologist, Food Scientist, Food Safety and Inspection, Nutrition and Wellness, Agriculture, Sales and Marketing, Education, etc.
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