Career Readiness
In Pennsylvania, Career Education and Work (in accordance with 22 Pa. Code § 4.12(5)) is defined as “understanding career options in relationship to individual interests, aptitudes and skills including the relationship between changes in society, technology, government and economy and their effect on individuals and careers. Development of knowledge and skill in job-seeking and job-retaining competencies and, for students completing career-technical programs, the skills to succeed in the occupation for which they are prepared.” Pennsylvania learners will be prepared for meaningful engagement in postsecondary education, in workforce training, in career pathways, and as responsible, involved citizens.
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Elementary Career Resources
Crosby School Elementary Resources
Resources that, when assigned as a lesson, could be saved in hard copy or uploaded as Artifacts into a school’s Google Drive storage.
Middle Grade Resources
i Explore Manufacturing Careers
Developed by South Central PA Manufacture’s Association, videos on manufacturing careers.
Exploring: Discovering Your Future
Lessons specifically designed for 6 & 7 grade students.
Short videos on over 400 careers. While also listed for HS students, the length of these videos makes them middle-grade friendly.
And most, if not all of these resources link to information on job openings for the area where the student lives, or where they hope to live and provides data on the future prospects for careers.
High School Resources
O*Net OnLine – Occupational Information
And for a shorter version of the Interest Inventory and a more simplified version of the O NET site, search www.mynextmove.org. This Interest Inventory can be saved as a PDF or screenshot, printed and saved in a teacher’s on-line storage for their class.
i Explore Manufacturing Careers -- Developed by South Central PA Manufacture’s Association, videos
Specifically relates to manufacturing careers.
Education Planner -- self-assessments, career and college planning
Geared toward the college-bound student.
My Plan -- short videos on over 400 careers
And most, if not all of these resources link to information on job openings for the area where the student lives, or where they hope to live and provides data on the future prospects for careers.
Resources for Multiple Age Groups
Regardless of career awareness, acquisition, or retention, these resources will provide additional assistance regarding reliable artifact collection.
Career One Stop – career videos, self-assessment (Get My Future)
The best way to see what the Career One Stop site has to offer is to view the video that showcases the various video collections. These videos could be used in lesson planning, with the reflection piece becoming the evidence piece the student could submit electronically.
Get My Future allows the student who is able to be self-directed to complete activities that could become pieces of evidence that, if submitted electronically, could be artifacts for collection.
Va Career View – specific activities for grade bans
Example - From the Main Page go into the K-5 tab. There, find Career Town with 23 different games to play, Computer games to play that are All About You, Unusual Occupations and the like. This site has a separate tab for Grades 6-8, 9-12, Parents and Professionals. The user will need Adobe Flash on their device.
PA Career Zone – games for younger students, interest assessments, career exploration
An Educator is able to create an account, and students may create free accounts too. With your account you can:manage up to 50 students, build and assign basic lesson plans, send messages and run reports to monitor student progress.
U.S. Bureau of Labor & Statistics -- Games, videos and career information
Career Exploration and Videos begin at Grade 4 - 12. Other information such as STEM Occupations, The Economy at a Glance and Monthly Data charts and Maps begin at Grade 6-12.
WINTAC presentation - links to Online Industry tours, Work Based Learning Experiences, Transition Portfolio tool
WIthin this presentation there are links to Industry Tours and of particular interest is the T-Folio tool: T-Folio Link. This tool has built in lessons, powerpoints - designed for upper grade students.
Local Workforce Development
South Central PA Works - Our local workforce development board that covers the entire IU region
Pennsylvania Department of Education Resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education: Sample resources, curriculum and assessments and information on community partnerships
Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System: Voluntary model curriculum, printable materials, on-line resources, and sample assessments
PA CareerZone: Interest assessments, college and career information, activities in career readiness and personal finance
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency: CEW lesson plans and school counselor resources
Pennsylvania Department of Education: Resources for teachers, community partners, and parents including educator in the workplace, job shadowing, and internships
Pennsylvania Department of Education: Educator resources, toolkits, best practices, and grant opportunities from the Bureau of Career and Technical Education
Pennsylvania Department of Education: Resources and curriculum for financial literacy
Pennsylvania Center for Workforce Information and Analysis: Pennsylvania information, media presentations, and products
Pennsylvania College of Technology: Resources for High School-to-College Transition and for Career and Work Standards-Based Education
PA Commonwealth Workforce Development System: Local job postings, resume builders, and community partnership opportunities
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Games, quizzes, and research activities
U.S. Department of Education: Libraries and archives search engine
U.S. Department of Labor: Explore career and training options locally or nationwide
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Outlook and Income Data, teacher’s guides, FAQs, and glossaries
U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid: Federal Student Financial Aid Information and Resources
Virtual Job and College Vists
Campus Tours - More than 7 Million students have used CampusTours to find virtual campus tours and maps.
Career One Stop - Career videos are organized into 16 clusters, or related types of work.
Career Tech PA - The primary goal of the Center is to provide technical support services to the field of career and technical education.
eCampus Tours - eCampusTours makes college a virtual reality at one convenient online location. A unique college planning website, eCampusTours.com offers virtual college tours with 360° x 360° views of over 1300 different schools
Nepris - LIVE Industry Chats and our library of over 9,000 recorded sessions. Your students can easily find sessions in any subject, hear directly from experts on how it applies in the real world, join virtual tours and even learn about exciting career possibilities.
You Visit - More than 600 colleges hosting virtual tours
