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My Admissions Strengths Assessment

For Students 11th - 12th
For this college strengths assessment worksheet, students use the form to identify their academic, nonacademic and character strengths to prepare to apply to colleges. Students list community service, skills and talents and develop a...
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Job Shadow/Internship

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify a career field to research and complete a job shadow activity. In this career exploration lesson, students brainstorm a list of careers they are interested in and research them. Students participate in a job shadow of...
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Career Research

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research a career they are interested in. They explore print and online want ads for job prospects, interview a person currently in that career, and make a class presentation about the career.
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Hairdressers Vocabulary Cards

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this career learning exercise, learners create vocabulary cards by cutting them out and then looking up the definitions to write on the back.
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Guest Speakers

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify a guest speaker to come to their class and discuss potential careers. For this career exploration lesson, students identify a career they are interested in and invite a guest speaker to visit their class. Young...
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The Best Hairdo For Your Face

For Students Higher Ed
For this career worksheet, students read the article that is based upon finding the best hairstyle suited for particular types of faces.
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Work, What are My Options

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students explore job opportunities in their chosen career field. In this career exploration lesson, students complete a portfolio using the career investigation in the STAR event link. Students present the project to the class and...
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Can We Draw Working People?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine non-traditional careers by gender.  In this guidance lesson, students discover career options are not limited by gender.  Students identify a career of interest to them and illustrate themselves.
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Real Life Challenge

For Students 7th - 9th
For this career worksheet, students complete one of the listed projects on the sheet. They create a menu for one day and calculate the total cost for a day's worth of food. Students also design a career brochure to educate others about...
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What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?

For Teachers K
Students explore career options. In this career lesson plan, students discover non-traditional career options for genders as they draw people at work in jobs and discuss them.
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What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture of the job they would like to have when they grow up. They discuss jobs they would like to have. They discuss the idea that men and women can do the same job.
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Important Spellings For Hairdressers

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this career worksheet, students spell the words correctly that are related to the practice of being a hairdresser. The answers are written in the graphic organizer.
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Designing Your Professional Portfolio

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify the performance categories of a professional portfolio, select items to include in each category, and complete a reflective entry.
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Get A Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore choosing a career and living on a budget. They receive an alternative identity and must make choices and decisions based upon given situations. Students research possible solutions, and use spreadsheet technology to...
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TEACHING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are introduced to teaching strategies for meeting the needs of students with disabilities in general education settings. Teachers become familiar with the various modifications, interventions, accommodations and strategies that...
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Job Shadow Experience

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students in a Business Management and Administrative Services program job shadow for 8 hours with a business. They conduct an interview with a working employee during the job shadow experience and then prepare a PowerPoint presentation...
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Equitable Careers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore career options. For this careers lesson, students list several careers and then categorize them as traditional female careers, traditional male careers, nontraditional female careers, and nontraditional male careers....
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Who Do I Admire?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders describe who they admire and how they influence them.
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate their personal strengths, skills and aptitudes. They examine and present information about jobs that might meet their qualifications.
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Cashiering KWAL

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students are introduced and define vocabulary associated with cashiering. Individually, they identify the type of education and training needed and examine professional business behaviors. To end the lesson, they practice calculating...
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Careers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review career options, resumes, and job applications. They compile a job portfolio using the items listed on the job kit page then write resumes and cover letters.
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Hire Me! I'm Nice!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create resumes. In this careers lesson, students look through classified ads and decide on a "job" to apply for. Students write mock resumes by using professional resumes as an outline.
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Principles of Design Quiz

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review principes of design in groups and then take the quiz individually.
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Our Brilliant Careers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct Internet research to begin thinking about future career choices or to explore careers the students might think about pursuing in the future. Students create a career database using Microsoft Access.