educators
Your Role in Career Development
Every teacher and student support personnel plays a role in helping students clarify and achieve their career and college goals. Educators across grade levels and roles can support career development through:
integrating career guest speakers or career research in curriculum,
teaching resume writing and interview skills,
incorporating "soft skills" in the classroom,
organizing industry field trips,
facilitating Career Development Plan (CDP) lessons/activities in Xello, and
helping students access and navigate scholarships, federal aid, college and job applications, apprenticeships, and special career or college exploration programs and events.
Xello in the Classroom
Incorporating Xello into the Classroom can vary depending on school-based CDP implementation plans; however, consider the following strategies and work with your school's Xello Champion to determine the best course of action for leveraging this resource within your curriculum:
Review the JCPS College and Career Readiness Timeline to determine the flow and sequence of recommended district lessons for each grade level.
Teachers may need to facilitate required CDP activities to ensure that every student has the opportunity to create, review, and refine their CDP. These required CDP activities outlined on the home page may be completed during an enhancement/homeroom period or as part of a specific course.
All teachers may use the career and college research tools in Xello to support lesson extension activities, such as a Biology teacher having students research biology careers or a Family & Consumer Sciences teacher having students research careers in education and human services.
CTE Teachers may want students to upload significant projects/portfolios to their Storyboard for future reference or add CTSO events to their experiences under About Me.
Teachers can use the system to create their own career-related assignments and facilitate those through Xello's assignments feature.
Teachers can require students to complete supplementary or recommended Xello lessons.
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