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Middle School Course

9.4 Career Exploration

APPROXIMATE TIME: 60 MINUTES

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TEACHER FACING SLIDES

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ASSESSMENTS & GRADING

Please do NOT include any NGPF assessments or answer keys in your Nearpod lessons.

Each NGPF lesson ends with an Exit Ticket which NGPF recommends for grading.

IMPORTANT

GRADING TIP

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CUSTOMIZE IT!

Please review the Nearpod slides and customize the content and activities based on your teaching environment using Google Slides and/or Nearpod.

Delete teacher facing slides before facilitating lesson to your students!

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FACILITATION

Make sure you have the lesson guide available when you are facilitating (for time management, organization of lesson) and the answer key available when you are grading.

If a resource or activity in a lesson was not transferable to Nearpod there will be a teacher facing slide making you aware.

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Career Exploration

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JUMP$TART STANDARDS

Earning Income

1b: Compare the education and training requirements for at least two careers
2b: Conduct research on a specific career field. Describe the education, job, or career decisions individuals in this field might make over their lifetime and explain how this could affect their income potential and opportunities

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LESSON SKILLS

MATH SKILLS

Measures of Central Tendency

ELA SKILLS

Write claims with clear reasons and evidence
Understand and summarize key topics from a text or visual

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INTRO

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LEARN IT

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ARTICLE: 5 Factors to Consider When Selecting a Career

Picking a career is a big decision, and there are MANY things you can consider. Read the article to learn about 5 main points you should think about and then answer the questions that follow.

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DATA CRUNCH: Starting and Median Salaries for Two Careers

When determining salary and earnings potential, there are two frequently used terms to understand:

The first year of your career in a new profession, you make what is called a starting salary, which will likely be much much lower than the average salary for everyone working in that profession. Most careers pay more to experienced employees than they do to new workers.
The median salary for a profession is the middle of the payscale for people doing that job -- half of workers make less than the median salary, while half of workers make more than the median.

Learn more about salary and earning potential by studying graphs from two careers -- Social Worker and Mechanical Engineer.

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DO IT

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INTERACTIVE: Career Cluster Inventory

Answer the questions on the career search tool honestly. It’s quite long and might take 10-15 minutes to complete, but at the end, it will recommend which types of careers might be best for you.

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EXIT TICKET