§127.4 Career Portals: Middle School

Career Portals: Middle School Overview :

The goal of this course is to create a culture of high expectation and continuous improvement that provides middle school students with a foundation for success in high school, future studies, and careers. Students explore college and career planning within specific career cluster(s). The students research labor market information, learn job-seeking skills, and create documents required for employment. Students use self-knowledge to explore and set realistic goals. Districts have the flexibility of offering career exploration knowledge and skills in a variety of instructional arrangements.

Career Portals: Middle School : Lesson Plans for Classrooms

Lesson 12 – Let’s Look at Professional Associations

In this lesson you will learn the importance of joining a professional association. You will each create a brochure for a specific professional association...

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Lesson 8 – Career Investigations

How many of you have thought about the career you would like to pursue? Do you know what type of training is required for...

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Lesson 10 – It’s My Life!

Do you know what you will be doing eight years from now? How many of you know what you will be doing eight hours...

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Lesson 11 – Where Do I Fit In?

Students will revisit the lifestyle timelines they created earlier in the semester, as well as the career they selected to support the type of...

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Lesson 13 – Success

In this lesson you will learn what attributes a person needs in order to achieve personal and professional success. A combination of positive work...

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Lesson 20 – Dress for Success

If you had a job interview tomorrow, do you have clothes in your closet that would be considered appropriate? Which outfit would you wear?...

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Lesson 22 – Piggy Bank vs. Bank – Choosing and Maintaining Your Account

Do you have a pocket full of money and need a place to store your funds? You’re too old to carry a piggy bank,...

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Lesson 23 – You Better Reconcile

Now that you have learned how to deposit and withdraw funds and maintain a bank account, we are going to discuss how to reconcile...

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Lesson 24 – Give Me Some Credit

How many of you know someone that uses a credit card? While credit cards can be beneficial, they can also be dangerous if you...

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Lesson 25 – Credit Scores and Your Financial Future

As we briefly discussed in the previous lesson, you must have a good credit history and good credit score in order to be approved...

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Lesson 26 – Identity Theft and Credit Safety

In previous lessons, we have discussed ways to manage a bank account, obtain credit and determine your credit score. While all of these things...

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