This presentation discusses a variety of classroom activities and projects to assist students in developing a personal plan for earning, learning, and living.

1. Career Resources For
The Classroom
Bob Bednar, School Counselor
Pleasanton Public Schools

2. Career Exploration...
• Promotes A Goal
Directed Life
• Encourages A Stronger
Work Ethic
• Inspires A Rigorous
Course Selection in High
school

3. Career Ed. Is Needed
• 65% of all new jobs require some post-
secondary and/or technical education
• 22% of all new jobs require a
bachelor’s degree
• 36% of jobs are currently technical.
• 45% of jobs will be technical in 10
years

4. S.M.A.R.T. Goals
• S = Specific (Who, What, Where, When,
Why, Which, Who
• M = Measurable
• A = Attainable (steps to attain it)
• R = Realistic (passion and belief)
• T = Time Boundaries

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6. Developmental
Intervention
• Career Advice from Adults can be a Valuable Intervention
• The developmental growth in pre-teens and teens can be
challenging during an experimental stage in life
• Career Education can be a valuable resource in countering
negative cultural influences
• Career Education links the curriculum to the future

7. Developmental
Intervention
• Career Education Can Develop Character and Values
• Career Ed. Can Inspire Integrity Among Students

8. Developmental
Outcomes
Encourages students to apply core academic and
technical skills to careers.
Allows students to leave high school with college credit.
Critical Thinking and Decision Making Skills
Teaches students critical employability and leadership
skills through student clubs.
Increases Post Secondary Enrollment

9. Goal Setting
• Setting attainable goals for oneself is important
when reflecting on successes. Many small goal
successes lead to larger goal setting and belief that
you can accomplish them.

10. Career Ed.
Interventions
• Career Ed. Assessments
• Surveys
• Projects
• Discussions
• Online Resources
• Quizes

11. CareerCruising

12. What Is Your Learning
Style
• CareerCruising 1) What is your learning style according to Career Cruising?
• What does http://people.usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/learning-style/ suggest as
your learning style?
• What does http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm suggest as your
learning style?

13. NE.CareerConnections

14. Career Terms To Know
http://quizlet.com

15. Career Pathways
• Entry Level Jobs
• Technical Skilled Jobs
• Professional Level Jobs

16. Job Outlook
cartoon maker project
• Cartoon Project

17. Role Models
a “Pages” project

18. Advice From Working
Adults
• Pages Poster

19. The Person I Am / The
Person I Want To Be
• Poster Assignment - Pages Software or
Glogster
• Project Alert Curriculum (http://
www.projectalert.com/)

20. My Plan For Earning, Learning, Living
• Prezi Presentation

21. Movie Clips

22. CareerView Games
http://www.vacareerview.org/k5/play-it/career-town/main.cfm

23. PlaySpent.org

24. TED Talks

25. Career Ed.
Measurement Tools
• Project Based Learning (posters,
presentations, online discussions,
newsletters,

26. Dropbox.com

27. Cartoon Maker

28. Be A Difference Maker

29. Occupations
Presentation
• http://occupations.pppst.com/index.htm
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30. Teacher Resources
• http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ (Richard Byrne)
• freetech4teachers.com/2010/12/10-ways-to-create-comics-online.html (10 Ways to Create
Comics Online)

31. Presentation Resources
• How Can I Association for Career & Technical Education 1/8/2002
<http://www.acteonline.org>
The United States Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, “The Condition
of Education 2001,” 1/9/2002
<http://www/nces.ed.gov>
• Improve My Self Esteem? Reviewed by: DʼArcy
Lyness, PhD, March 2009, http://kidshealth.org/teen/
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