Features 73 activities that combine relevant social skills and career goals designed to help students begin the career decision-making process.
The activities promote students’ self-determination skills, enabling them to communicate more effectively, to take initiative, and to use problem-solving strategies to make better decisions about their future. Each section of the curriculum includes a pre/post test.
Can be used individually or in groups to help students explore their interests, skills, and postsecondary goals.
Unit I – You are Unique
- Who Are You?
- Where are You Going?
- Preparing Yourself for a Journey
- You Have Strengths
Unit II – You Have Interests
- Your Interests
- Comparing Your Interests to Others
- Which People Interest You?
- Understanding Your Interests
- Marketing Your Interests
- Telling Others About Your Interests
Unit III – Your Career Interests
- Jobs that Meet My Interests
- Careers that Meet My Values
- Careers that Meet My Interests
- Your Career Perceptions
- Work World Success
- Characteristics that Work for You
Unit IV – You Have Skills
- Skills in Career Research
- Career Vision
- Identify Your Skills
- Looking Good for an Interview
- Think About an Interview
- Interview Process
- Interview Skills
- Matching Skills to Occupational Interests
- The Right Match: You and Your Occupations
- Sharpening Your Listening Skills
- What Kind of Listener are You?
Unit V – Communication Empowers You
- Asking the Right Questions
- Communicating Your Dreams for the Future
- Positive Interaction with Peers
- Your Role in the Group
- Positive Interaction with Adults
- The Language of Compromise
- Decoding Nonverbal Messages
- Interpreting Nonverbal Messages
- Presentation Counts
Unit VI – The Power of Goals
- Attendance and School Commitment
- Attendance: Mandatory or Voluntary
- Follow Your Goals
- Group Roles and Goals
- Prioritizing Your Goals
- There are Always Distractions to Your Goals
- Assessing Your Goals
- Goals for Now and the Future
- Time Management Is Important
- Financing Your Educational Goals
- Financing Your Career Goals
Unit VII – An Educated Future
- Parents Can Help
- Why Have Rules?
- Rules of School and Work
- Meeting Your Goals through Course Work
- Preparation through Coursework
- Education Provides Favorable Opportunities
- Education Leads to Career Goals
- Information for Better Choices
- Determined to Find Out
- The Course for Your Future
Unit VIII – The Journey Ahead
- Interactions Enhance Your Future
- Experiences Enhance Your Future
- Budgeting for the Future
- What Do You Need for Your Future?
- Investigating a New Community
- Investigating a New Career
- Messages for the Journey Ahead
- Integrating Your Career Plan into Life’s Journey
- Alternative Career Plans
- Career “Plan B”
- Forward to the Future
- Assessing Your Future Work World
- Classroom Ethics for Now and the Future
- Analogies to Think About the Future
- Getting to Know My Own Community
- Opportunities in My Community
