with a little help from
LACareerFinder.com
Objectives
Why do students need a
“pathway”
in the first place?
Most Important to Remember
“Though pathways can often look pretty different, one thing remains the same: They work best when they work in partnership. Pathways require formal partnerships with the business, university, and nonprofit communities. So whatever route students go down, pathways programs should make sure they’re not taking it alone.”
Edutopia June 2021�“The Benefits of Providing Career Pathways in High School”
Challenges
Need to increase the number of students exploring & choosing career pathways.
Find a place for career exploration in the high school curriculum.
Train faculty & counselors to facilitate career exploration.
Inform students & parents of career pathway programs.
Motivate high school partners to implement career exploration.
Break Out Room
In your Region, what are your biggest challenges around getting students into pathways?
using a career compass
LACareerFinder.com
iNformation
www.LACareerFinder.com
Explore
Before you get too far down the path, explore and test it out!
Now it’s time to…
explore your
future!
Pathway Pages
Ideas for Explore Careers Worksheet
School
Now let’s see who offers the best educational programs for your chosen careers.�
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Work
Did you know that the best advice and strategies for being successful in the work world comes from those doing the job that you might like?
Finale
Good job! Now all you need to do is remember that there are going to be some challenges along the way that are going to require that you develop the grit and determination to deal with them.
You have a much better chance at being successful if you plan ahead and set some goals for yourself! Let’s make that happen.
Complete a Game Plan for a Future Career (PDF) and share it with your counselor/advisor.
How We Met the Challenges
Student Feedback
I feel more prepared and confident in making phone calls or starting professional conversations.
This helped me build my confidence around people I don’t know.
Student Feedback
I liked how we got to get into groups and hear other people’s questions.
Getting to practice with different partners helped me feel more prepared.
Student Feedback
Having the script really helped and being able to write in what I would say.
This was great! I really loved this presentation as it boosted my confidence. Thank you for providing us with this.
Teacher Feedback
- Charter High School Counselor
The simplicity of the site works really well. I liked the ease of the questions. and detailed occupation profiles. I like that I can print out pdf’s for my students that give them actionable steps.
I think having it as a free resource is great! As a counselor it felt easier to navigate compared to Naviance and could give the same results. I also liked that the presentations were done. I would definitely use those again and refer to the site.
- 10th grade English Teacher
I liked how the short activities built on each other.
- 9th to 12th grade Biology Teacher
Administrators
Parent Engagement
Parents
LA Regional Pathway coordinators told us:
Resources
powerful choices, positive future
for Parents
Career
Career Resources
for Parents
What We’ve Learned
Student’s NEED… easy, fast, simple & a result!
Teacher’s WANT…short & ready to implement
Administrator’s APPRECIATE…. outcomes!
Parent’s don’t know….what they don’t know!
Two Options for Taking Advantage
of this Free Resource
Free & Easy Insert YOUR regional link to Career Programs for the School section. Show Training Video to select teachers & counselors. Implement in classroom.
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Guided We provide the motivation & training for your select teachers & counselors. Showcase our Best Practices for implementing the LACareerFinder.
( Thank You LA Region )
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Questions?