The document outlines the importance of career education in high school, emphasizing the need for students to set S.M.A.R.T. goals to prepare for future job markets where technical skills are increasingly necessary. It also highlights the role of career resources and developmental interventions in guiding students through their academic and professional paths, helping them connect core skills to future opportunities. Various tools and methods for effective career education and assessment are mentioned to inspire student growth and self-efficacy.

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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7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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.

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

12. CareerCruising

13. What Is Your Learning
Style
• CareerCruising
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14. NE.CareerConnections

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

16. Job Outlook
• Cartoon Project

17. Role Models
• Pages Project

18. Advice From Working
Adults
• Pages Poster

19. The Person I Am / The
Person I Want To Be
• Glogster Poster

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

21. Movie Clips

22. TED Talks

23. Career Ed.
Measurement Tools
• Project Based Learning

24. Occupations
Presentation
• http://occupations.pppst.com/index.htm
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25. 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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