Career Counseling 

Career development at this age helps students to connect what they do at school to the "World of Work", which is a transition they will have to be prepared to make in only 4-6 years from now!  Providing middle school students with this perspective also helps them develop:  

• Purpose for what they are learning, 

• Goals that make sense for their future, and 

• Motivation to achieve those goals. 

 Throughout the school year, we will be conducting the following activities:

• Conducting career interest inventories through Schoolinks

• Collaborating with teachers to include community speakers and career-related activities into their units of study

• Organizing and chaperoning career-related field trips

• Conducting "Individual Graduation Plan (IGP)" conferences with 8th graders and their parents 2nd semester

• Organizing Job Shadowing experiences for 7th grade students 

• Coordinating a "Career Day"  for 8th grade students for business partners to expose students to a wide variety of careers

• Exposing students to the 16 Career Clusters, which will guide them in eventually choosing a major of study

• Counseling students as they make important daily choices for academic, career, and personal/social success.