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Six Career Pathways with 28 student activities!
What is Career Pathways? An Exploring Career Pathways curriculum will provide students with hands-on learning by actively involving them in experiencing tasks associated with the world of work. It will also provide students with opportunities to apply academic knowledge and make meaningful connections between their education and various career options. Additionally, it will assist students with educational planning as they prepare for the transition into high school. This web site is intended as a resource guide for middle and junior high school educators expanding vocational-technical options and opportunities for teachers and for their students. It provides a framework for developing curricula that will acquaint students with concepts and activates common to a wide range of occupations. It may be especially useful to the growing number of Idaho school districts electing to organize high schools around career pathways. Curriculum Framework: An exploring career pathways curriculum provides students with exploratory experiences within each of Idaho's six Career Pathways: 1. Arts and Communications; 2. Business and Management; 3. Health Services; 4. Natural Resources; 5. Human Resources; 6. Industrial and Engineering. As students move through these experiences, they will have opportunities to explore career and educational options, including that "something special" they seem motivated to do. Within each Pathway, clusters of educational programs known as career Majors have been identified. Twenty-eight career majors, representing broad areas of study, are listed. For each career major, corresponding Activity Components are provided (parts of these may combine into a "special" career major) to form the basis of constructing an "Exploring Career Pathways" curriculum in middle / junior high schools. The activity components for each career major have been validated by their respective business and industry groups. Staffing: Flexible staffing options are available to middle / junior highs schools as they expand vocational-technical education offerings. Regardless who teaches the vocational-technical curriculum, the following teacher competencies will be needed:
Multiple Delivery Methods: An exploring career pathways curriculum can be packaged into modules and offered to students thorough traditional quarter, semester, or trimester courses. Pathway modules may also be delivered via exploratory, advisory, or other methods common to the middle school/junior high school schedule. Developing your Own Exploratory Activities: |