Careers Exploration (7th Grade)

 

Course Description
Careers Expolration (7th Grade)
 
Career education recognizes that each student has interests, aptitudes, strengths, and goals that connect to learning both in and out of school. Students have opportunities to learn how the world of work is changing, how their interests and goals might find expression in various career paths, and what type of educational preparation is needed to pursue those paths.  Students can bring their personal and career interests to learning  experiences, and use each experience as an opportunity to further refine or re-think those interests.  Each day the class will begin with a short vignette of different career choices from the voice of a person in that given career.

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What you will do each day in class!
Overthis cycleeach student will be challenged to answer the question, "Why Work?"
Students willreflect on what careermay bestsuit theirindividual talents, interestsandskills.They willtake acareer aptitude survey, created by the US Department of Labor which will help them to explore their personal top three careerbased on their interests. This exploration will culminate in each student's career presentation which will include : Average Salaries, Typical Career Path, Day in the life of…., What appeals to the student the most about this career?, What are the largest concerns?, Educational requirements?

In addition to the activities above each student will identify at least one member of the Delran community that has a career of interest to them and invite them into our classroom as a guest lecturer.