Staff Resources

Classroom Activities about Working - The Bureau of Labor Statistics links K-12 teachers to career activities, posters, and videos. Combination of printable and digital activities.

Career Resources K-5 - Delaware Career Resource Network provides links to books, activities, resources, and websites

Career Activities K-12 - Upon registering, parents and teachers have access to career-related materials at all grade levels

FEE-BASED

Careers For Me - Purchase Packs of consumable assessments based on student need (i.e. Reading Free, Grades K-3, Grades 3-7. etc.)

• Teacher Guides and Spanish Translations

• Career Camp - A 10-lesson plan to teach career awareness for grades 3-7

Interactive Career Exploration Platform  - Pathful Junior provides career exploration lessons that cultivate students’  interest in a variety of professions

LEAP Into Careers! - A Michigan State 4H curriculum that teaches about careers while practicing workforce skills

• Article with more information

Pathful Junior  - Pathful Junior provides career exploration lessons that cultivate students’  interest in a variety of professions

Paws in Jobland Elementary Career Exploration - Using an interactive digital format, Paws in Jobland takes elementary school students on a lively tour through the neighborhood of Jobland. Along the way, they learn how to identify personal interests and explore careers

Project: Discovery - Education Associates has developed a curriculum that includes hands-on kits that are aligned to eleven career pathways and introduce over 55 careers

Kuder Galaxy - Elementary-focused career exploration program using a game-based digital platform; Spanish translation

Xello Career Development Elementary - Elementary-focused career awareness using a game-based digital platform 

Unique Learning System - Digital curriculum for IDD population (with leveled reading options) with career awareness monthly lessons and Transition age band (also includes standards-aligned curriculum for other subject matter, and additional add-ons)

World of Work K12 Curriculum - This program uses 4 steps in its framework: Explore, Simulate, Meet a pro, and Practice

Activities That Teach Job Readiness Skills - 22 Classroom Activities that Teach Job Readiness Skills 

K-5 Career Readiness Lesson Plans - A 30-page lesson plan that includes worksheets from McKeesport Area SD, Penn. Use as a guide.

Workplace Readiness Toolkit - Virginia CU Lessons and activities to reinforce workplace readiness skills at home  

FEE-BASED

I Can Work! Curriculum - A five-module program that teaches workplace skills through retail, clerical, and food service careers 

Life-Centered Education Transition Curriculum  The Council for Exceptional Children uses an online platform for its all-in-one curriculum that offers instruction, assessment, and reporting

24 Leadership Activities for Kids (Printable PDF) - This site features social-emotional resources for purchase as well as free downloadable activities

35 Self Advocacy IEP (Individualized Education Program) Goals - A Day in Our Shoes website provides sample IEP goals for self-determination 

Basic Self-Advocacy Activity - A group activity that asks students to choose between 2 things and discuss their choices 

Book List - one example of a list of books to help teach kids about disability

Explicit Instruction of Self-Advocacy Skills - LD@school website article that discusses different self-advocacy strategies 

Self-Care: Grades 3-5: Getting the Help I Need - A lesson plan that addresses social/emotional learning 

Self-Advocacy for Deaf and Hard of Hearing - A one-unit lesson on advocacy and self-advocacy 

Self-Advocacy Online - site features videos about the importance of self-advocacy

Self-Advocacy Resources - START (Statewide Autism Resources and Training) lessons, videos, and resource links. Free templates

Self-Advocacy Strategies - Information about self-advocacy, rights in high school vs college, resources for teachers to use for role-playing, and training videos on self-advocacy and conflict resolution

FEE-BASED

IEP Self-Advocacy Books and Activities for Special Education - Self-advocacy books and activities for students with IEPs (Individualized Education Program) provide a resource for elementary, middle school, and high school students to learn and practice self-advocacy skills 

Supporting Elementary Disability Awareness - The Elementary Disability Awareness Curriculum is a customizable toolkit with strategies and resources for nurturing the skills students need to develop personal and social awareness. 

Future Quest Island - online accessible college & career readiness curriculum that uses gaming strategies to motivate and support improved self-concept, social and emotional competence, and early college and career awareness for upper elementary students with and without disability in grades 3-5 

Life Skills Inventory - checklist of skills in 15 different areas that can be used to identify areas of need and strengths

Students on the Go, Safely and Independently— A Travel Training Manual - Gallaudet University sponsored curriculum for deaf students

FEE-BASED

Community Trip & Public Travel Training | STUDENT SAFETY BINDER - Teachers Pay Teachers site for a variety of safety in community and travel activities

FACTER Curriculum - Functional Assessment and Curriculum to teach everyday routines. 

Life Skills Lessons and Activities - Overcoming Obstacles is a free k-12 curriculum that covers a variety of life skills

Please refer to the previous page

Partnering with Families Through Special Education - Ohio State University article that addresses ways to improve parent partnerships

Transition/Life Skills Checklist and Resources for DHOH - National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes non-exhaustive list of tools