Creating and Implementing K-12 Career Development Curriculum

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Creating and Implementing K-12 Career
Development Curriculum

• Sachem Central Schools
• 15,500 Students

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Jeanette James

• District Chairperson
• Business Career Development
• Sachem Central Schools, Holbrook, NY
• Office Sachem North High School
• 212 Smith Road
• Lake Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
• Office Phone [phone]
• jjames_at_sachem.edu
• www.sachemcareerdevelopment.com

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Overview Grades K - 12

• K 5th grade
• 6th 8th grade
• 7th grade
• 9th 12th grade

• Classroom Teacher/ Paper Portfolio
• 4 sessions a year/ Career Exploration Teacher
  Classroom Teacher/ Electronic Portfolio
• 20-week Career Exploration course/ Career
  Exploration Teacher/ Electronic Portfolio
• 3 - 4 sessions a year/ Career Exploration Teacher
  Classroom Teacher/ Electronic Portfolio

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Sachems Elementary Career Plan K-5

• Created by Sachem Elementary Teachers
• Contains Required and Optional Activities
• Required Activities maintained in Career Plan
  Portfolio (presently paper) that follows
  student to Middle School
• Grades K 3
• NY State Education Department Career Plan was
  model
• SoftwarePAWS by Bridges.com
• Grades 4 5
• National Career Development Guidelines was model
• Websites Utilized
• www.nycareerzone.org
• http//www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm

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Required for Elementary Career Plan Portfolio

• Kindergarten
• Something I Like To Do With My Family
• What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
• First Grade
• Something I Like to Do At School
• What I Want to Be When I Grow Up
• Second Grade
• I Am Happy in School When
• When I Grow Up I Want to Be

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Continued.

• Third Grade
• What I Like To Do
• What I Need To Do Better
• What I Want To Be When I Grow Up
• A Job That I Have Learned About
• Fourth Grade
• Researching Careers Worksheet Part 1
• Researching Careers Worksheet Part 2
• Survey of Abilities, Activities, Hobbies Talents

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Continued

• Fifth Grade
• Learning Style Survey
• Career Values
• Self-Appraisal Questionnaire
• Portfolio is delivered to Career Exploration
  teacher in Middle School.
• Who utilizes the portfolio?
• Student
• Parent
• Teachers
• Counselors

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Sachems Middle School Career Plan

• 6th Grade/ 4 Sessions
• - Updated/ Detailed Learning Styles Survey
• People, Data, Things
• Matching Careers to School Subjects
• English Math
• Matching Careers to School Subjects
• Science History

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Sachems Middle School Career Plan

• 7th Grade20 weeks/ alternating days
• Entrepreneurship
• Levels of Education
• Job Readiness Skills
• New York State Career Zone Career Plan Portfolio
• Career Reports
• PowerPoint Favorite Career
• Bridges.com
• Snapshots (Interests/ Values/ Motivations/
  Skills/ Workview/ Lifeview/ High School You)
• Choices Explorer
• University of Massachusetts Study
• Middle School Career Night/ 500 Attend
• Sachem School Business Alliance
• Students and Parents
• PTSAs from all 4 Middle Schools

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Sachems Middle School Career Plan

• 8th Grade/ 4 Sessions
• Relating Sachems High School Courses to
  Careersuse course catalog
• Matching Careers to Interest/ Skills/
  Personalitiesscenarios of lifestyledetermine
  career path of people depicted in the story
• NY State CareerZone Portfolio/ Interest Profiler
• www.nycareerzone.org
• NY State CareerZone Portfolio/ Future Goals and
  Dreams/ After School Stuff/ Community Service/
  Work Experience/ Annual Review

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Sachems High School Career Plan

• 9th Grade/ 3 Sessions
• Create Choices Planner Portfolio/ Bridges.com
• Basic Skills Survey Save Careers
• Choices Planner Portfolio
• Work Importance Locator Save Careers
• NY State CareerZone Portfolio
• Create Commencement Level Portfolio
• Enter Work Experience/ Community Experiences/
  Activities/ Clubs

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Sachems High School Career Plan

• 10th Grade/ 4 Sessions
• Choices Planner
• Interest Profiler Save Careers
• Choices Planner
• Career Area Checklist Save Careers
• NY State CareerZone
• Update Career Plan Portfolio
• Hot Careers by State or STEM Careers
• NY State CareerZone Choices Planner
• www.CareerVoyages.gov/hotcareers
• www.nycareerzone.org

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Sachems High School Career Plan

• 11th Grade/ 4 Sessions
• Choices Planner
• Transferable Work Content Skills Checklist Save
  Careers
• Choices Planner
• Resume Builder/ Skills Related Resume
• Choices Planner
• Complete Resume Builder/ Print/ Store on School
  Network
• NY CareerZone Choices Planner
• College Search in Post-Secondary Schools
• Military Search
• Job Search

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Sachems High School Career Plan

• 12th Grade/ 3 Sessions
• Microsoft Word
• College Resume Template
• Microsoft Word
• Complete Resume/ Print/ Store on Sachems Network
• Letters of Recommendation/ Who are your
  references?
• Career Research by Majors Job Search
• What Can I Do With This Degree? Purdue
  University Website
• Tell Me About Your College/ Military
• Job Search/ Commercial Job Sites

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Sachems Implementation..

• 1998Certified Career Development Occupational
• Studies Trainer for NY State
  Education Dept.
• 1999Public Relations
• Administration/ Counselors/ Teachers
• 2000Pilot program 9th 12th/ 4 sessions a year
• 2001District Chairperson for Career Development
• .5 Teacher
• 20027th 8th grade Career Development curriculum

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Sachems Implementation..

• 2003Elementary Career Development
• Curriculum written
• Piloted in 3 buildingsvolunteer teachers
• 2004Elementary Career Development
• Full curriculum implementation in 3 pilot
  buildings
• 20046th Grade Career Development
• Created and implemented 4 sessions

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Sachems Implementation

• 2005District Chairperson for
• Business Career Development
• 2005Elementary Career Development Curriculum
• Plus 3 additional buildings
• Total 6 out of 12 buildings
• 2006Elementary Career Development Curriculum
• Remaining 6 Elementary Buildings
• 15,500 Sachem students engaged in
• Career Planning!!
• 2006---Six Career Pathways
• Certificates of Completion or Certificates of
  Excellence
• Included in Course Handbook

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How many Teachers???

• 9 -12 1 teacher
• 6 8 4 teachers
• Total of 5 Career Development Teachers

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Before you start.

• Gain excellent knowledge of State National
  Career Development Standards
• Acquire administrative support
• Is anyone doing career planning with students?
  Counselors? Teachers?
• Create a pilot curriculum/ Start small do it
  right!
• Foster the thought
• Career Planning is a ProcessNOT an Event

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Where do we start?

• Plan a curriculum that is continuous and.
• Allows for students to revisit and revise career
  plans
• Shares career plan with Counselors Teachers
• Shares career plan with Parents
• Give administration statistical data
• Career Standards Awareness PresentationsAdministr
  ation Teachers

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Possible Additional Events.

• Gatelot Elementary School Career Night
• K-5 students and parents
• Middle School Career Night7th grade parents
• High School College Career Night
• Sachem School-Business Alliance
• Career Development Website

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Possible Additional Events

• Job Shadow DayRotary
• Leadership LuncheonSachems School Business
  Alliance
• InternshipsSachems Career Training Programs
• Cooperative Work Experience
• Office Work Experience

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Recognition

• Sachems Middle School Career Development
  Curriculum
• 2005 National ABC Award for Exemplary Career
  Exploration Program
• National Consortium for State
• Guidance Leadership

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CDOS Career Plan Resources

• CDOS The Career Plan Its Everybodys
  Business K-12
• by Marsha Iverson Jeanette
  James
• Download http//www.barrytech.org/ourpages/c
  dos_book.pdf?rn7721
• Career Plan A Roadmap to Post High School
  Readiness
• by Marsha Iverson Jeanette
  James
• Download
• http//www.barrytech.org/ourpages/career_plan
  _bklt.pdf

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The more times a student revises his career
plan The more people who utilize the career
plan Students with Meaningful Career Choices
for the Future
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Whats Next?

• Sachems Customized Career Plan?
• What is the post-secondary impact of the career
  plan for our students?