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How Do I Prepare for Work? Lesson PlanHow Do I Prepare for Work? Lesson Plan
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Advocates for Youth
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7th - 12th
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How Do I Prepare for Work?

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You got your class through their teenage years—now it's time for the real world! Class members focus on the how-to of preparing for work, including job interview skills, resume workshops, and 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

career readiness, the workforce, applying for jobs, job searching, career planning, future planning, career goals

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Encourage class members to engage in a research project on their desired careers
  • Pair with some themes found earlier in the unit, including gender inequity in the workplace and the implications of having a family on one's career, particularly in the last exercise of this resource
  • Offer extra credit to employed students who want to field questions about their job experience from classmates

Classroom Considerations

  • Some lessons are more involved than others (e.g. guest speakers, site visits, etc.)
  • The final lesson in a unit on healthy habits and life planning
  • References employment ads rather than more modern methods of finding a job, such as online registries and job fairs

Pros

  • Prompts learners to align their desired vocations to their personal values, rather than their perceived skill sets

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a

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