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Career Development
Overview
When students engage in Career Development, they:
- know the difference between jobs, occupations, and careers
- can articulate local, regional, national and global career pathways and opportunities.
- consider economic and cultural influences and the impact of stereotypes on career choice
When meaningfully implemented, the practice of cultural responsiveness and equity is expected.
Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions for Your School:
- How do our course offerings align with the CO Top Jobs List?
- Are staff working with students to draw real-world connections to course materials?
- Are staff working with students to ensure that skills are being developed and strengthened? How are students keeping track of their development and progress?
- How does your school highlight student success? How do you help students to reflect upon missteps to correct them in the future?
- How do our course offerings align with the CO Top Jobs List?
- Are staff working with students to draw real-world connections to course materials?
- Are staff working with students to ensure that skills are being developed and strengthened?
- How are students keeping track of their development and progress?
- How does your school highlight student success? How do you help students to reflect upon missteps to correct them in the future?
Guiding Questions for Students:
- What career path(es) have I decided to investigate? Why? What are my sources, and why did I choose them?
- What kind of education or training do I need? What are the costs?
- How can I get exposure/experience?
- What are the challenges and opportunities of this path? What are the cultural expectations?
- In what ways do my strengths, interests, and preferences influence my career choice(s)?
- Where do I see myself in 2 years, 5 years, 10 years?
Promising Practices for Career Development
- On-site industry tours
- Career fairs & Guest Speakers (PWR Fairs)
- Career Navigator Toolkit - Resources from Denver Opportunity Youth Initiative
- Road Trip Nation - travel the country in a green RV to talk to people who love their jobs
- Virtual Job Shadow; join free through connectingcolorado.gov
- CTE programming
- School-based WBL continuum
- Virtual College Fair and virtual college visits
- JROTC
- Course selections and master scheduling
- Soroco High School Pathways to Graduation
- Westminster District Plan
- Concurrent Enrollment and other advanced academics
- TRIO programs/ Pre-Collegiate Programs
- AVID
- MTSS/RTI
- IEP meetings and transition plans
- Capstone projects and/or presentations
- Graduation Guidelines
- PaICE: Pathways, Work-Based Learning, and Industry Certificates
- Pathways at Canon City High School
