Career Exploration

This course is specifically geared towards students in grades 6-10. 

 You will have access to the material, and will be able to complete the coursework on your time. I will be available for questions, concerns, and clarification. 

There will be discussion questions each week for students and teacher interaction, this also allows for the instructor to gauge the knowledge of the students, and where students may need extra supports.  All responses are asked to be recorded in a video and submitted for students to comment on. 

I will be looking for feedback along the way as to what is working and what is not working so that I can figure out the best way to communicate this information, as well as make you feel more welcome and part of a community in the course. 

As a disclaimer this course will operate through the Outschool classroom page, this will be where students can access course material, turn in assignments, participate in class discussion etc. 
---Lesson information-----

Each week we will be covering a different topic as part of our career exploration 

Week 1: What is Work 
Week 2:  Health care field & Independent Living careers,  Introduction and Evaluation document for each PowerPoint to be completed {assignment for the week}. Students will have an alternative option to creating a powerpoint/ google slide, but could choose to record their information in a video format to share with the class. 
Week 3: Clothing & Textiles, Food &Nutrition, Child Care & Family career explorations, Introduction and Evaluation document for each powerpoint to be completed {assignment for the week}. students will have an alternative option to creating a powerpoint/ google slide, but could choose to record their information in a video format to share with the class. 

Week 4: Future skills assessment, What makes a good employee, career research project


---Weekly Resources:----
Week 1:
Week 2:Websites
America's Career Infonet @ www.acinet.org
(Provides an excellent source for health care career information.)
National Health Care Skills Standards @ www.nchste.org
(The site listing the foundation skill standards for all health care workers.)
National HOSA @ www.hosa.org
(National Health Science Students of America, a Career and Technical Student Organization, website for competitive event information and other activities for students interested in health care.)
Occupational Outlook Handbook @www.bls.gov
(The Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Department of Labor providing information on careers and the national outlook and needs.)
Week 3: http://www.careers.org/research
              https://careerkids.com/pages/career-research
             https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Week 4: (Career aptitude tests) https://www.thebalancecareers.com/free-career-aptitude-tests-2059813
               ( Career Research) http://www.careers.org/research
               (Occupational Outlook Handbook) www.bls.gov  or https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
                                               https://careerkids.com/pages/career-research


--- Week 4 Career Research Project ----
Career Research
Now that students have looked over possible careers, they can start researching those jobs. They need to choose their top three careers that interest them and  find out the following for each career:

1. Career Preparation
Amount of years of college and or job training needed: on the job training, one year certificate, Associate’s Degree, Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s Degree or Doctorate Degree.
Amount of training time on the job before a full salary can be earned.

2. Job Description
Describe the day-to-day duties and tasks that are required of the job.
Describe equipment and/or technology that will be used on the job.
Describe the setting for the career, such as a hospital, ship, office building, outdoors, etc.
Explain the parts of the country where a student can find this job.

3. Pay or Salary
Describe a starting salary or rate of pay per hour for this job (sometimes students find a top salary that is unrealistic for a beginning worker).
When students have found the information for three careers, they need to prepare a report that they will share as a presentation. First, they need to decide what career they like best from all of the information. Then, they need to report on why this career is the best fit for them. They should give the facts about the other jobs and why the other two jobs are not a good fit for them. They also need to find a visual aid, such as equipment/technology used on the job, uniform worn, place of work, etc.

The report I am asking for is written as a script and then recorded for a final presentation to the class. Each participant is required to comment on each student's presentations via a video, not text-based comment.