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"Career exploration gives young students more time to understand the working world, so they can prepare for success. Once they discover their potential career, they can set realistic goals and work towards that job. They may be more open to talking to guidance counselors or people working in the field. They may even opt to sign-up for specific high school classes, join clubs, or take advantage of other relevant opportunities for training and hands-on experience."
Source: 5 Reasons That Career Exploration Must Begin in Middle School"Career exploration gives young students more time to understand the working world, so they can prepare for success. Once they discover their potential career, they can set realistic goals and work towards that job. They may be more open to talking to guidance counselors or people working in the field. They may even opt to sign-up for specific high school classes, join clubs, or take advantage of other relevant opportunities for training and hands-on experience."
Essential Element of High Quality CTE:
Essential Element of High Quality CTE:
Career Exploration and Student Supports: Part of establishing a learning plan for all students, including identifying appropriate foundational courses (i.e., using competency-based learning) and information about jobs, determining student progression in a single pathway or along multiple pathways or sequences of learning, or making available in-class and online course offerings and work-based learning opportunities. Students should also have access to comprehensive counseling, individualized supports along their journey (including, but not limited to, for students who are part-time, face barriers to learning, need academic or cultural supports, transportation, child care, or financial aid), or opportunities through student leadership development organizations to achieve their individual goals and aspirations, through a variety of transitions, in an ever-changing workforce.
Essential Elements: CDE Guiding Policy Principles to Support Student-Centered K-14+ Pathways
This standard provides students with insights that will guide their college and career choices. Early exposure (junior high or earlier) to career exploration opportunities can increase completion rates in CTE pathways. Career exploration can help students focus on decisions about college programs (see Flipping the College Decision-Making Paradigm)
Research
Research
Career Exploration in Middle School: Setting Students on the Path to Success
Best Practices in Middle School Career & Technical Education Expansion
To ensure that this element is being met, rubrics and self assessments have been created for the Perkins (pg. 3) and CTEIG (pg. 6) grants with the following basic criteria:
Perkins
Students are counseled regarding:
CTE career opportunities.
CTE and academic courses necessary to complete career pathway offerings.
Post-secondary education and training options (see Early College Credit).
All students have a completed a four year career plan that is updated annually.
CTEIG
All CTE pathway students participate in a formalized career exploration program.
All CTE students have an individualized four-year plan on file.
CTE students receive career guidance through programs of study, CTE specific counseling services, and formalized industry mentoring (see Student- Centered Supports).
Examples of Evidence
California Career Resource Network (CalCRN), Kuder, Career Cruising, Naviance, etc. (See Career Exploration Resources table on this page)
Example of plan.
Description of career guidance provided.
Main Career Exploration Resources
Main Career Exploration Resources
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
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