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Career Education Lesson Plans
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Using the Agriculture Career Education website to examine careers in the field of agriculture, high schoolers will identify the seven clusters within agriculture careers. Furthermore, they will explore technical and professional careers within each cluster. Additionally, they will look at entry, technical and professional levels for each career to analyze components. To end the lesson, they create their own career and education plan.
What is a hiring process? Youngsters will investigate the process of interviewing and finding a suitable career. They will learn more about various careers, practice interviewing skills, learn how to write a thank you, and meet guest speakers. additionally, they will demonstrate ways to treat colleagues and coworkers respectfully within their own peer groups.
Young learners will complete activities to research the career options for counselors and nurses. First they will brainstorm possible interview questions for guest speakers. Guest speakers will be invited to present to the class. Then they will listen to the guest speaker and write a group thank you letter on chart paper. Enrichment activities are also included.
First graders will take pictures of an adult at work focusing on the tools used, the work site, and job responsibilities. Each student will create a career book that includes their photos and captions describing each career. While completing the research and projects, 1st graders will also learn about photography, a camera, and appreciate the skills required for various jobs. Adaptation: You could download pictures from the Internet for some of the careers if needed.
Frist and second graders explore career options. First they will watch career videos and then prepare to interview school personnel regarding their job responsibilities. They will then send thank you cards to the interviewed subjects following the interview. In the end, they should have a good understanding of office work.
Primary students interview community members about their careers. They will interview, take pictures, put together a poster about careers, and write a group thank you letter to the people they interviewed about their careers around a filed trip theme.
Introduce eigth graders to the idea of career development. As a class, they discuss the types of occupations their family members are in and compare them with those of the past. In groups, they work together to complete a job application and complete one of their own for a job they are interested in doing. To end the lesson, they practice writing their own business letter in the correct format.
What kind of careers does a resort have? Using the Greenbrier Resort as a model, 10th graders will explore various postions available at the resort. They will fill out a job application and compose a resume. Handouts, and resource links are included in this engaging lesson.
Explore unique ways to improve and make lasting impressions throughout schools. High schoolers begin their projects by investigating building and carpentry careers and then brainstorm how to enhance each classroom in the building to improve their learning environments.
Third graders will examine the relevance of their education today to the jobs in their futures. They will write and give surveys to grown-ups regarding the subjects they use in their careers. They will then collect their data and create charts that reveal their findings. Many resources are included in this engaging activity.
