Distance Learning
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Lesson Plan
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Grade Level | Description |
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| 7-12 |
Research, design, develop, or test automation, intelligent systems, smart devices, or industrial systems control. |
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| Career Readiness - Using Skills in Career Choice | 7-12 | Students will identify the skills used in a career of the student’s choice with the aim of helping to develop the skills and knowledge that are valued by employers. This project is a guide to identifying how skills are used in a specific career field and their connections to academic content. |
| Employability Skills - Adaptability and Flexibility | 7-12 |
In this lesson, students will explore reasons why people struggle to be adaptable/flexible, discover the value of being so in any situation and learn how to develop this skill for themselves as well as communicate evidence of it. |
| Employability Skills - What it Means to be Professional | 7-12 | In this lesson, students will dissect key traits of a true professional and decide which they will lean on most as they seek to become professionals themselves. |
| Finding a Career That Fits - Part 1 | 7-12 | Students will complete a self-assessment to narrow down their options into 3 career clusters. This will help them increase their level of career maturity, resulting in being more self-aware and motivated to continue career exploration. |
| Finding a Career That Fits - Part 2: Narrowing Down Choices | 7-12 | Students will evaluate occupations against their own personal profiles, while also evaluating the job outlook, needed skills/education, daily tasks, technical skills, and salary |
| Finding a Career That Fits - Part 3: Occupation Research | 7-12 | During this activity students will take a deeper dive into occupational titles, dispel myths about careers, and discern factors of compatibility based on Department of Labor information. |
| Career Awareness: What I Want to Be | K-6 | To expose students to various jobs and careers within the six Michigan Career Zones. |
| Career Awareness: Careers That Serve the Community | K-1 | Students will explain the importance of community workers, and identify the jobs of people within the community. |
| Career Awareness: Developing Awareness of Career Clusters | K-6 | Define a career cluster as a grouping of occupations with common skills and knowledge. Students will identify sample occupations aligned with the Health Science career cluster. |
| Developing a Talent Portfolio | 7-12 | The student will identify the job-related skills she/he has developed through life experiences and begin to gather evidence to support the development of those skills for her/his talent portfolio. |
Printable Resources
| Link | Grades | Description |
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| Guide - O*Net | All | How to navigate and set up O*Net |
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Word Doc - Employability Skills - Professionalism Tips - Student Handout PDF - Employability Skills - Professionalism Tips - Student Handout |
7-12 | General tips for students to keep in mind regarding professionalism |
| Health & Science - Athletic Trainer | K-12 | Evaluate and advise individuals to assist recovery from or avoid athletic-related injuries or illnesses, or maintain peak physical fitness. May provide first aid or emergency care. |
| Natural Resources and Agriculture - Foresters | K-12 | Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. |
| Human Services - Health Care Social Workers | K-12 | Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. |
| Business Management and Marketing - Technology, Human Resources Manager | K-12 | Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization. |
| Engineering - Manufacturing and Industrial Technology, Mechatronics Engineer | K-12 | Research, design, develop, or test automation, intelligent systems, smart devices, or industrial systems control. |
| Career Awareness: At-Home Activities | K-6 | Links to download and print at-home activities for career exploration |
| Career Exploration: What I Want to Be | 4-6 | Questions students can answer to help guide their career choices. |
Online Resources
| Link | Grades | Description |
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| Tinker Cad | 3-12 | A free and secure website with design software and lessons |
| PBS Learning Media | K-12 | Free PBS Learning Media – Engineering, Career related, Self-paced lessons, Videos, Projects |
| Teach Engineering | K-12 | Teach Engineering! Free teacher resource site with student lessons, STEM lessons and videos. |
| Code.org | K-12 | Software coding lessons |
| Growing Leaders | K-12 | Resources to share with students to help them on their career readiness journey to becoming productive, well-adjusted employees and future leaders. |
| Nepris | 7-12 | This subscription-based tool has made their Live Virtual Industry Chats and their Video Library of more than 9,000 recorded sessions TEMPORARILY FREE through May. |
| Amyz.org | 7-12 | Montcalm Community College has assembled a website with 3 free personality tests to help connect your interests to career options. |
