Before class: WORK
WORKWhat do you think of when you reflect on this word?
How do you feel when you reflect on this word?Write your
answers.Dont over-think it.Colored handout sheet on top of
packets1Ann CongdonLima, Montana
[email protected]
(406) 925-1875I was the last one-room school teacher in Ziebach
County, South Dakota. Lucky or what?MissoulasClassroom 5 years and
a School Counselor 18. Now I live near Lima on a ranch with my
husband and 2 kids: 19* and 17. (U of M; undecided) *my disclaimerI
work at Lima School K-12 (63 students) and I am totally humbled -
but its o.k.So, we want our students to be successful in the world
of WORK.Another thing that I am all about is integrated
curriculum.
2Career AwarenessCareer ExplorationCareer EducationCareer
DevelopmentJob ReadinessWorld of WorkWELCOME! This years
ConnotationsK-8 Teachers THIS IS THE TIME FOR OUR STUDENTS TO LAY
THEIR FOUNDATIONS because their ears may be closed by grade 9Back
to work Like / Dislike ?
3ShareWhen you reflected on WORK what did you
Think of?
Feel?After sharing, ask Where did your thoughts and feelings
come from? Where did you learn to work? Where do kids today learn
to work? Developmental.4How were your responses to the word
work
influenced by your childhood?
This slide made me think about who I was around in childhood w/
re: to work. Prompted me to create the next activity.5Family Tree
of work, jobs or careers
What are the stories that go with this tree? 6
my family tree of careersThis is something kids can do.
Interview family members. Then, what stands out? look for patterns.
Women? Father & sons? How many go back to farming? What are the
lessons kids could learn? For me, life can be tough but they
survived. What about aunts, uncles, etc? "Womens Studies7What is
your story?What was your first work experience? away from your
family?Where are your students at in their stories? Do they realize
/ reflect?MAKE Career Awareness PERSONALHow many of us wrote our
autobiographies in 8th grade English class? 8As TEACHERS, We have
the power and responsibilityto influence our countrys future work
force.Influence for (+) / (-); Too easy grades; allowing excuses,
etc. or demanding the best of each student?!
How many teach: K-3 ? 48 ? 9-12 ?How many are Parents?
Grandparents?9Career stuff with:K-34-8 9-12?10I think you may well
do more than you realize.Without even thinking about it. This year,
we want to THINK about & expand on teaching career stuff.11What
is Career stuff?
Raising Student Awareness of:
I. Self (begin in primary grades & continue)
II. Job Skills / the world of work (ditto)
III. Career & Education Opportunities (begin by 4th
grade)Appetizer has been taken away. Meat & Potatoes are
served. What we need to be doing in our classrooms.This is similar
to: (next Slide)12I. AWARENESS of SELFWhat are my interests?What
are my aptitudes / skills?What are my weak areas / my needs for
improvement?What are my priorities? work values?What are my dreams?
... goals?
INTERESTS What makes MY brain sing? What makes YOUR brain sing?
For me: Designing houses; planning field trips; solving problems
(CREATING & ORGANIZING)
HOW DO WE KNOW? For me: I keep coming back to them; I do them
before fall asleep; when I drive they keep me awake; when Im
stressed they calm me; the make me feel OK inside; etc.THIS SLIDE
could become an illustrated booklet and / journal
GOALS could sometimes = areas needing improvement for each
individual student.
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Personal Interests / values, etc.Work Inside? Outside? Both
inside and outside? Venn diagramsUse classroom and physical
locality to show value. Stand at that end if you love to mow grass
would live in a weed jungle happilyMove bodies to show showThis
slide made me think about who I was around in childhood w/ re: to
work. Prompted me to create the next activity.14Work Values
these are on a handoutWork Values we could make our own lists
with our students inside / outside; with others / alone; etc.
Research has shown that people who choose occupations that
support their values are generally more satisfied with their jobs.
For some people, job satisfactions comes from performing the work
itself; for others, it is a result of factors such as the work
environment or earning potential, or the outcome of the job. Your
work values m
What do Employers Value? Attitude Honesty
Why should we Respect Employers?
What should Employers do so they can respect themselves?
Employees15What are my Dreams?Help students explore their Dreams
for their futures in:
MathEnglish ReadingHistory ScienceArt Classes16II. AWARENESS of
JOB SKILLS Identify the Job Skillsof students in school & outof
parents & adults in the communityof characters in books /
moviesthat go with different types of jobs /careers17
The wheels on the bus go round and round, 18
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Talk about Cowboy Ethics; Evelyn Cameron DVD and books.20Class
Activity: BINGO
WORK I ENJOY, BECAUSE
Bingo Card!
Fill in jobs during class - Maximum of 4 Free-Choice JobsLimit
of 2 boxes per person. Signers must be 12 or older. Each box must
contain a JOB, a SIGNATURE, and a REASON why that person enjoys
that job.Fill the entire card and bring back to class.Extra credit:
ask people about when they learned how to work.
this is on a handout21
Prairie County Museum and Cameron Gallery101 South Logan, Terry,
MT 59349A Worthy LifeEvelyn Cameron of Fallon, Montana
Older students canDevelop employability skills by practicing
Job searchesRequesting and filling out applicationsWriting
essays and resumesBeing interviewedDressing for success24III.
CAREER & EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIESStudents need:Vocabulary
(culture of college College Board)Familiarity with college campuses
(field trips)Understanding of earning potential w/
educationFamiliarity with various sources of informationon Careers
and Education opportunitiesHalt the Presses!!!college to mean
post-secondary education. Earning potential of risky jobs. Earning
potential vs job satisfaction. Earning potential of capable people
without education better be sure you will be that capable! (not to
put down parents, etc. w/out degrees)Shouldnt pick a career without
looking at the projected job openings!!!!25Students need EXPOSURE
to a MYRIAD of Careers
IF YOU ONLY DO ONE THING Expose !! Start Local; visitors; past
graduatesTypes of employers? In your county? No. 1 employer in your
county?County Courthouse visit, etc. Do peoples degrees = their
jobs?26III. CAREER & EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIESStudents
need:Exposure to a myriad of careersVocabulary (culture of college
College Board)Familiarity with college campuses (field
trips)Understanding of earning potential w/ educationFamiliarity
with various sources of informationon Careers and Education
opportunitiescollege to mean post-secondary education. Earning
potential of risky jobs. Earning potential vs job satisfaction.
Earning potential of capable people without education better be
sure you will be that capable! (not to put down parents, etc. w/out
degrees)Shouldnt pick a career without looking at the projected job
openings!!!!27After achieving a list of potential careers Students
need to learn to EXPLORE careers - using on-line and
personal-contact resources to find:Specific job skills / traits
neededEducation / training requiredApprenticeshipsOn the job
trainingCertificates2 year degrees VOCAB4 year degreesPost-graduate
educationRequired / helpful high school coursesProjected job
openingsPayResourcesMCIS (Montana Career Information
System)www.smartaboutcollege.org
AHEC Montana (Area Health Education Center) To encourage youth
from underserved areas to pursue health careers.
Curriculum in a box (4th-8th) ear, eye, heart, guts, bones &
musclesDVD, Puppet show, summer camp, day at hospital, etc.
Eastern MT - www. riverstonehealth.org < AHEC < K-12
Programs North Central MT - www.ncmtahec.org South Central MT
www.scmtahec.org Western MT - www.wmtahec.org > K-12
Students
5 star resources29Resources contd:
www.educationworld.com < search for Dream Job and scroll
down
http://exploreapprenticeship.mt.gov/ Apprenticeship
www.collegemajors101.com
www.mt.gov < Education Workforce ( MT Dept. Labor &
Industry)
Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) online at
www.bls.gov/ooh
handout, tooMore DiscussionWhy do people work?
Earning Potential vs Job Satisfaction
What types of jobs might be very satisfying to some people, but
not offer very high earning potential? Vice versa?
Google : Peggy Rockefeller; John Wood
Job Security: What does that mean? What jobs might have it? What
might be the trade offs?What is the difference between a job and a
career? What does delayed gratification mean?Differences between
being self-employed; an employer; an employee?
Still more topics for discussions:How can a student try out a
career field? What are the benefits?Why go to summer camps? Whats
available?Why enter contests?How do you get scholarships?What is
good about having a back-up plan?Why explore careers before high
school?Why take all the math, science and computer courses you
can?What is needed developmentally for success? Critical career
decisions are made between ages 10 and 24.
From adolescence, need: To be realisticA mature time
perspectiveTo be able to delay gratificationTo find and identify
with appropriate adult modelsAbility to compromiseWhat could go
wrong?IndecisionConflictFailureIf the career choice does not match
the known information (truth) the about individualWhat went wrong
in Little Red Riding Hood? 3 Little Pigs?Share this with students
in a general way.Write letters of advice to the characters
encouraging them in ways that would prevent dire risk.What might be
a good / bad career choice for each of the 3 pigs?Cinderella?35The
Development of Career Education, orA Brief History of a Science in
Effort to Understand BehaviorYou cannot know where you are going if
you dont know where your have been.361909, 1920s Trait Factor
Theory match career traits with peoples traits (chicken /egg?)- led
to interest inventories
1950s Sociological Theories; Reality / Accident Theory B.F.
Skinner Career choices influenced by circumstances
1950s 1960s Personality Types Theories John Holland researched
characteristics of personalities in different vocations; followed
NMSQT students
2013 - Hollands work best known & most widely usedThe
Behavior studied was people choosing careers; being able to predict
them.You cannot know where you are going if you dont know where you
have been.I googled Skinners daughter not the one in the box but
her older sister she was my professor!37Careers that match
Interests
lead to more
Satisfaction & Success John Holland assumed thatEarly
familial experiencesPersonality
traitsNeedsValuesExperienceAptitudes (genetic)Interests39
6 Interest Areas known as theHolland Codes Copied from the ASVAB
Holland studied National Merit Scholars. Based on common interests
of people in careers, Holland built aHexagon with 6 areas. Similar
personality types are near each other. Realistic and Social are
virtually opposites.For each Interest area, the Fantasies, Dreams
& Goals differ.Holland predicts, based upon personality type,
in which career choices a person would most likely find SUCCESS
& SATISFACTION
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Holland Codes
To find ones personality type, answer series of 90 300 questions
as Like / Neutral /DislikeThen use the 3 highest scores of the 6
areas to find careers / career clusters that match.Results of
Interest Inventories lead students to Career Clusters.41
Hollands 16 Career Clusters copied from ASVABthese are on a
handout, too
The ACT
Based on 72 activity preferences reported on the ACT Interest
Inventory. These are estimates. They provide suggestions, not
decisions. Also, your interests and abilities may differ. Both need
to be considered in career planning.Know yourself.Know your
options.Our students also need to know themselves; know how to
approach the job market; and how to explore/ research careers and
educational opportunities.46What floats your boat?What makes your
Brain Sing?
The ENDAnn CongdonLima, Montana
[email protected]
(406) 925-1875
