Life and Career Design for High School Students
A design thinking program that empowers high school students to discover career paths through self-reflection and hands-on exploration, moving beyond simplistic career matching tests to uncover who they truly are and what they want to contribute to the world.
Keywords: Self-discovery, Design thinking, Career exploration, Life Design
This program helps high school students answer the infamous "what do you want to be when you grow up" question by giving students structured time and tools to explore their values, interests, and aspirations before making life decisions like attending college or selecting a major. Using the Stanford Life Design Lab's design thinking methodology, workshops will be adapted for high school students for the first time ever to allow students engage in empathy work (understanding themselves), ideation (exploring possibilities), and prototyping (testing career interests through real-world experiences). The result is a generation of young adults who enter college and careers with genuine self-awareness and intentional direction, rather than defaulting to paths that leave them unfulfilled years later.
Skillset needs: I'm looking for additional members to form a facilitation team. Ideally, team members have facilitation experience and enjoy working with students, but all are welcome to join. We'll put together a facilitation training prior to going into schools where everyone will get to practice working with the material.
Contact: Dara Drake