Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation Page 1
CEW Standard #13.1.3D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.
CEW Standard #13.1.3E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other individuals in the community.
PA Career Education & Work Standards
Lesson Planning Guide
Classroom Bulletin Board: Pathways in Our Community
Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation
CEW Standard #13.1.3D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.
CEW Standard #13.1.3E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other individuals in the community.
Approximate Time:Three 45-minute periods.
Prerequisite Skills
Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening*
1.6.5 Speaking and Listening
A.Listen to others.
D.Contribute to discussions.
E.Participate in small and large group discussions and presentations.
Mathematics*
None
Science and Technology*
None
Career Education and Work*
None
Performance Standards
Performance Standard
/ Suggested Evaluation Method- Develop a Classroom Bulletin Board entitled “Pathways in Our Community” that includes the range of jobs available in the community and describes the work that is done by individuals working in them with 75% accuracy on the rubric.
Suggested Projects
None
Multiple Intelligence Types
Verbal/Linguistic
Interpersonal
Resources
1.Handout: Career Paths in My Community
See attached
- Handout: Community Jobs Master List
See attached
3.Video: Last Year’s Bulletin Board Development
Teacher developed
4.Handout: Community VIP’s Bulletin Board Rubric
See attached
5.Handout: Classroom CooperationRubric
See attached
Equipment/Materials/Software
- Yellow pages of a telephone directory
Suggested Learning Sequence
Strategy / Outline / Resources/EquipmentPerformance Standard 1
Introduction / Provide students the Introduction to Career Pathsdocument from Resource #1. / Resource #1
Presentation/ Discussion / Define and talk about what a pathway is. Have students brainstorm a list of jobs available in the school and their community. / Resource #1
Activity/ Demonstration / Provide students with “VIP’s in the Community” and “Career Paths In My Community” documents. Place students in groups of 4 and have them use the “Career Paths In My Community” to identify the pathways for the Community Jobs Master List. Have students take home their “Community Jobs Master List” and have them complete at least 2 of the “VIP’s in the Community” sections. / Resource #1
Resource #2
Resource #3
Equipment #1
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Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation Page 1
CEW Standard #13.1.3D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.
CEW Standard #13.1.3E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other individuals in the community.
When students return to school have them work in groups, sharing their VIP’s so that each student has a completed “VIP’s in the Community” document. Allow students to use Yellow Pages for any pathway for which they have not identified a person.Have students cut apart their VIP’s in the Community sheets and place their correct VIP under the correct Pathway heading on the Pathways Bulletin Board.
Review the classroom Cooperation Rubric and have them role play tasks from the rubric. Show the students a video of a group from last year completing the activity.
Related Academic Skills: 1.6.5A,D,E
Related SCANS/Soft Skills: Interpersonal A
Assessment / Together, have students complete a classroom Bulletin Board entitled “Pathways in Our Community.” Assess students using the “VIP’s in the Community Rubric” and “Cooperative Behaviors Rubric.”
Related Academic Skills: 1.6.5A,D / Resource #4
Resource #5
Related SCANS/Soft Skills
Resources
None
Interpersonal
- Participates as Member of a Team
Information
None
Systems
None
Technology
None
Basic Skills
None
Thinking Skills
None
Personal Qualities
None
Related Worksite/Work Based Activities
None
Additional Resources
1.Website/Coloring Book: Careers are Everywhere
2.Website: Instructional Game: The Play Real Game
3.Website: Instructional Game: What’s My Job
2.Website: CEW Toolkit
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This planning guide was written by Alice Justice, Middle School Guidance Counselor, Central Columbia Middle School, Bloomsburg, PA.
Funding for this lesson planning guide was provided by the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation’s Gold Medal Initiativeand the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The lesson planning guide was created under the direction of Outreach for K-12at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
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Resource #1
Resource #2
Community Jobs Master List
PathwaySchool/Community Job
List job and describe what the person does / Business, Management, and Technology
BUSINESS / Arts and Communication
CREATIVE / Industrial and Engineering Technology
BUILDING AND FIXING / Human Services
HELPING / Health Services
HEALTH / Natural Resources/ Agriculture
NATURE
DOCTOR – helps people who are sick / X
LIST COMMUNITY JOBS IN THE FIRST COLUMN AND THEN CHECK THE PATHWAY THAT IS RELATED TO THAT COMMUNITY JOB.
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Resource #4
Community VIP’S Bulletin Board Rubric
Yes2 pts / Somewhat
1 pt / No
0 pts
Completed Community Jobs Master List / List includes 9-10 jobs available in the community/school / List includes 7-8 jobs available in the community/school / List includes 6 or less jobs available in the community/school
Accurately identifies pathway for Jobs Identified / Accurately identifies 9-10 pathways / Accurately identifies 7-8 pathways / Identifies 6 or fewer pathways
Accurately describes work done by Jobs Identified / Accurately describes work done by 9-10 jobs identified / Accurately describes work done by 7-8 jobs identified / Accurately describes work done by 6 or less of jobs identified
Completed 2 “VIP’s in the Community” Items for Homework / Completed 2 / Completed 1 / Completed 0
Final Product contained correct information about person/job for all 6 Pathways on the “VIP’s in the Community” document / All 6 were complete and accurate / 4-5 were complete and accurate / 3 or less were complete and accurate
“VIP’s in the Community” document was cut apart and each person/job was placed on the classroom “Pathways in Our Community” bulletin board in the correct location / All 6 were placed accurately on the bulletin board / 4-5 were placed accurately on the bulletin board / 3 or less were placed accurately on the bulletin board
12 points possible
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Resource #4
Classroom Cooperation Rubric
Yes2 pts / Somewhat
1 pt / No
0 pts.
I participated in the brainstorming activity. / Contributed 2 or more things. / Contributed 1 thing. / Contributed nothing.
I used positive words during discussions and to resolve conflict. / I needed 0-1 reminders from my teacher. / I needed 2-3 reminders from my teacher. / I needed 4 or more reminders from my teacher.
I shared ideas and materials with my group members. / I needed 0-1 reminders from my teacher. / I needed 2-3 reminders from my teacher. / I needed 4 or more reminders from my teacher.
I complemented and encouraged my group members. / I complimented/
encouraged at least 2 times during activity. / I complimented/ encouraged 1 time during activity. / I did not compliment or encourage my group members during activity.
8 pts possible
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