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Here is a guide called “Career Exploration Lessons for Sixth and Seventh Grades” that has lessons that can be used in the classroom. For example, one lesson focuses on avoiding termination in the workplace. Another lesson talks about examples of inappropriate behaviors on the job. This guide is full of different activities and plans ready to use for career exploration. 

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Here is a guide called “Career Exploration Lessons for Sixth and Seventh Grades” that has lessons that can be used in the classroom. For example, one lesson focuses on avoiding termination in the workplace. Another lesson talks about examples of inappropriate behaviors on the job. This guide is full of different activities and plans ready to use for career exploration. 

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http://www.learningforlife.org/wp-content/documents/Career-Exploration-Lessons-for-Sixth-and-Seventh-Grades.pdf

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Career Awareness for Elementary Students

This video was made by Buckalope Elementary School and is a fun way to expose young students to different jobs that they might be able to relate to. Looks like it could be part of an engaging lesson on what you want to be when you grow up.

Shelly Journey

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The video I found and really enjoyed is very long, but I have used segments of it to display various career opportunities to my students. This is a panel taking place at Berkeley where multiple people with disabilities and different companies speak about the opportunities to be aware of. This panel is focused on STEM careers, which is a large topic of conversation in California schools. It is truly an inclusive panel that discusses disabilities in general and the opportunities that any student can have. The various speakers give their accounts into their own disabilities and finding a job.

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Transforming Teaching and Learning Through STEM Education

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National Center for Learning Disabilities

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STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities @ Berkeley

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The STEM Career Showcase for Students with Disabilities is an educational event where attendees meet role models with disabilities who have thriving careers in STEM fields. The event provides opportunities to hear from different speakers, meet other students and families, and learn from hands-on science demonstrations.

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This second video is an introduction video to the website Careeronestop.org. While this video doesn't directly give awareness on different careers it introduces the website to students on how it would help them learn about other careers.

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Browse CareerOneStop's video collection to learn about careers, industries, skills and abilities, or work options and education levels.

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CAREERS

Careers

Academics

Research

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Education &

Relevant

Skills

Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology, DO.IT

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How Students Can Prepare for Career Success

Most students expect to work after college graduation, but the fact is that it takes the average college graduate three to six months to secure employment after earning a degree. Career planning and preparation should occur throughout your college studies. You need a career-seeking strategy and a little experience to keep from being just another resume in a stack of hundreds.

As a future employee, a college student with a disability faces unique challenges. Like other students, you need to find a way to meet the specific qualifications of the desired job. You also need to demonstrate that you have transferable skills-in other words, skills you've acquired through education and previous work experiences. Transferable skills include communication, troubleshooting, decision making, leadership, and problem solving. These are some of the skills that cross jobs, careers, and industries. Opportunities to acquire these skills are available on campuses nationwide.

CAREERS

Why Participate in Work-Based Learning?

Work-based learning experiences can help you choose careers, network with potential employers, select courses of study, and develop job skills directly relevant to future employment. You can enhance your academic and personal development, and your professional preparation. Work-based learning opportunities can help you:

apply practical theories from classroom work

clarify academic and career interests

develop job-search skills

develop human relations skills through interaction with coworkers

develop résumés and cover letters

earn academic credit

gain contacts for employment after graduation

gain exposure to specialized facilities not available on campus

identify career assistance programs

pay for your education

As a student with a disability, work-based learning can also give you a chance to practice disclosing your disability and requesting accommodations from potential employers, as well as determine which accommodations work best for you.

Many colleges offer programs that help students gain work experience before graduation. These may include internships, cooperative education, job shadowing, service learning, independent study, informational interviews, and career services. You will need to do some research to find those best suited to you. Below are descriptions of typical services these programs offer.

What is an Internship?

An internship is a time-limited intensive learning experience outside of the traditional classroom, where you are placed in a supervised work-based learning situation with employers. Internships give you broad overviews of occupational fields, while providing opportunities to experience work responsibilities and develop work-readiness skills. College credit may be provided depending on your academic program.

What is Cooperative Education?

Cooperative education programs work with students, faculty, staff, and employers to help students clarify career and academic goals, and expand classroom study by participating in paid, practical work experiences. These programs provide opportunities to work in trainee positions in your fields of interest and to gain career-related experience as a part of your academic programs. Academic credit may be arranged.

What is Job Shadowing?

Job shadowing allows you to visit a business to observe essential functions of one or more positions, providing you with a realistic view of an occupation. Hours depend on the amount of time employers can provide as well as your level of interest. Job shadowing experiences do not typically generate academic credit.

What is Service Learning?

Service learning programs offer you opportunities to become a concerned, informed, and productive citizen by providing community service in non-paid, volunteer positions. These programs increase the relevancy of academic learning by giving you opportunities to apply knowledge and skills while making contributions to your local community. Academic credit may or may not be arranged depending on your field of study.

What is an Independent Study?

It is often possible for you to earn academic credit for work experiences outside of a structured career-based program. If you choose independent study, you would work one-on-one with an individual faculty member to develop projects for credit. Projects can range from research papers to work experience within your field of study. Work experience, coupled with documentation, such as a journal or paper, is an excellent way to practice and demonstrate the skills you've learned in college.

What is an Informational Interview?

Through informational interviews, you can learn more about your career interests from the people who work in the field every day. Meeting with people in your chosen career allows you to ask questions about particular occupations or companies, and gain personal perspectives on your career interests. Through informational interviews you can learn more about your career interests from the people who work in the field every day. Interviews do not typically generate academic credit.

What is Career Services?

A career services office provides a variety of career and job search services to students and alumni. It acts as a liaison between students, alumni, faculty, staff, and prospective employers by organizing campus interviews, employer information, and career fairs. Many career services offices also provide job listings for students and alumni. Some help students develop career plans and job search skills through individual counseling and job search workshops.

Which Employers Participate?

Federal and state agencies and public, private, and nonprofit businesses seek college students for placements across the country and overseas. The majority of opportunities are for sophomores and above, but some employers also offer opportunities to freshmen and high school students. Microsoft, Boeing, USDA Forest Service, Weyerhaeuser, IBM, NASA, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, and the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities are just a few of the thousands of employers nationwide who offer valuable work-based learning opportunities to students.

Who are the Team Players?

Many work-based learning opportunity providers are committed to assisting all students, including students with disabilities, as they prepare to enter the professional world. If you are...

A college student with a disability:

Register with campus work-based learning programs, such as career services and cooperative education, so they can notify you of opportunities.

Participate in available orientations, seminars, workshops, and individual counseling sessions to enhance your job search skills.

Let work-based learning and disabled student services coordinators know what types of accommodations you may need to effectively perform in a work setting.

Access local support networks and disability services organizations that may be able to aid you in your job search.

An employer:

Update your position announcements and notify work-based learning coordinators of new positions.

Work in partnership with work-based learning centers to proactively develop strategies to encourage students with disabilities to participate in your work environment.

Educate your staff regarding diversity.

A faculty member, staff, teacher, or counselor:

Encourage students with disabilities to gain work experiences.

Invite staff members from cooperative education, career services, and other campus programs to speak to your classes.

Encourage employers to recruit students with disabilities for work opportunities.

Disabled Student Services:

Encourage students to register and participate in work-based learning programs on campus.

Be proactive in students' academic and career plans. Let them know how accommodations are provided in the workplace.

Help campus work-based learning programs recruit and accommodate students with disabilities.

Resources

You can learn more about work-based learning opportunities, job search skills, employers, legal issues of employment, and career planning at the following websites:

Prepare now to make yourself attractive to future employers. The resources are out there. You just need to make use of them.

Video

A 13-minute video, It's Your Career, may be freely viewed online at www.uw.edu/doit/Video, or purchased in DVD format.

How Can You Get Started?

To get started, use the DO-IT CAREERS acronym:
C is for Careers. Think about what interests you. Be imaginative, then narrow down the list.
A is for Academics. Determine which academic programs best suit your career goals.
R is for Research. Research careers that spark your interests, maximize your strengths, and minimize your weaknesses.
EE is for Experiential Education. Practice job search skills. Participate in internships, service learning, cooperative education programs, or other work-based learning opportunities.
RS is for Relevant Skills. Use on-the-job experiences to learn practical, real world skills. Apply what you've learned in school to the workplace. Test which accommodations work best for you.

About DO-IT

DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) serves to increase the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs such as those in science, engineering, mathematics, and technology. Primary funding for DO-IT is provided by the National Science Foundation, the State of Washington, and the U.S. Department of Education. DO-IT is a collaboration of UW Information Technology and the Colleges of Engineering and Education at the University of Washington.

Grants and gifts fund DO-IT publications, videos, and programs to support the academic and career success of people with disabilities. Contribute today by sending a check to DO-IT, Box 354842, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-4842.

Your gift is tax deductible as specified in IRS regulations. Pursuant to RCW 19.09, the University of Washington is registered as a charitable organization with the Secretary of State, state of Washington. For more information call the Office of the Secretary of State, 1-800-322-4483.

To order free publications or newsletters use the DO-IT Publications Order Form; to order videos and training materials use the Videos, Books and Comprehensive Training Materials Order Form.

For further information, to be placed on the DO-IT mailing list, request materials in an alternate format, or to make comments or suggestions about DO-IT publications or web pages contact:

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Acknowledgment

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Copyright © 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2001, 1999, 1998, University of Washington. Permission is granted to copy these materials for noncommercial purposes provided the source is acknowledged.

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It's Your Career: Work-Based Learning Opportunities for College Students With Disabilities

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How Students Can Prepare for Career Success Most students expect to work after college graduation, but the fact is that it takes the average college graduate three to six months to secure employment after earning a degree. Career planning and preparation should occur throughout your college studies.

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The website also provides videos on Cluster careers that would be given to a student after taking an career interest test. These videos give examples of careers within those specific clusters. These videos are also available in Spanish!

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The CareerOneStop has this page full of videos that outlines different abilities or needs to a specific job. For example, there is a video about what it means for a job to require "endurance" and what that might look like in a job. This would be beneficial for exploring careers further to determine if the needs and demands of a job fit what the students' skill set is.

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This is called Get the Job...Keep the Job! It is made by students and demonstrates what skills are necessary for getting a job and keeping a job. It also shows how to ask for accommodations when applying or receiving a job. Would be great for Career Preparation for students with disabilities. This video could be a pre-cursor to going on a job site for hands-on experiences, paid work experiences, apprenticeships, etc. It would be good for students to practice soft skills within the classroom before going on site to a job. As mentioned in the Module 2 presentation, it is important for students to practice within their jobs and have supervision to learn how to adequately access assistive technology, practice soft skills, manage themselves within a job, etc. In the video, the student who uses a wheelchair speaks on the accommodations that would be needed to do his job. This would be a great video to use for students who needed to advocate for their accommodations and have practice doing so before going onto the job site, hopefully generalizing those skills as they worked on a job site.

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“College students with disabilities tell about the value of work-based learning experiences and how to get these opportunities.” The video addresses career preparedness as students talk about meaningful and authentic work experiences and the skills needed. Some students talk about starting early with career exploration research. This video addresses internships and other work based learning such as job shadowing and service learning. It discusses the importance of being able to communicate specific needs, accommodations, and disclosure of disabilities.

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This is a video from Microburst Learning. This was mentioned in Module 2 presentation, and it is a site that teachers can use to take students through the career development process. This video in particular would fall under the category of Career Preparation because it shows specific skills needed to carry out a specific task within this job setting. On the site, you can look up virtual job tours and hone in on specific tasks within job settings.

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South Texas College Festo Training Center First In State & Nation

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FESTO MPS Distribution System & Palletizing

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Festo Distribution Station Instructor Training Demo

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This video shows clips from the Instructor Training lesson we developed for Festo's Distribution Station. Microburst Learning specializes in customized e-learning and training solutions for a wide range of business clients. To learn more about our business solutions, visit www.microburstlearning.com .

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Este video trata sobre la participación de los estudiantes y la obtención de empleo competitivo. El programa brinda experiencia laboral en la vida real combinada con capacitación en habilidades de empleo y habilidades para la vida independiente para ayudar a los jóvenes con discapacidades significativas a realizar una transición exitosa de la escuela a la vida adulta productiva. Este modelo implica un período extenso de capacitación y exploración de carreras, adaptaciones innovadoras, entrenamiento laboral a largo plazo y comentarios continuos de maestros, entrenadores laborales y empleadores. Como resultado, al finalizar el programa de capacitación, los estudiantes con discapacidades intelectuales significativas son empleados en trabajos no tradicionales, complejos y gratificantes.

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Project Search: New Pathways for Young Adults with Disabilities

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This clip is about a transition program and their success stories of preparing individuals with disabilities for their jobs and careers. In this clip they talk about the soft and hard skills required to work in various fields, and daily living skills to increase their independence. They go through the entire job application process, including appropriate interview skills. Then working with a job coach to learn the skills to be successful in their selected field.

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Shelby County Schools Transition Programs

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Effective High School Transition Program

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Chameleon Video Scribes & Whiteboard Animation

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The SCS Transition Program - Preparing Students w/Disabilities For Careers

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Shelby County Schools Transition Programs are designed to prepare students with disabilities for a career. SCS provides programs and training that give students the soft and hard skills needed to gain employment. An example is a pilot program at Central, Southwind and Wooddale High Schools teaching students the skills necessary to stock and maintain the healthy meals vending machines.

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Murphy_Kelly_Career Preparation_Hiring Youth with Diabilities for the Workforce

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This video exemplifies career preparation because it depicts a student who is receiving on the job training in the form of an internship at a scooter store. Luis talks about the skills he has learned and what a positive experience he has had on the job.

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Hiring Youth with Disabilities for the Workforce

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What Can YOU Do? video is a great video on Career Awareness as it shows the world of work for people with disabilities and resources available in relationship to disabilities and the workforce. It could also fall into Career Exploration, but I think it is strong for Career Awareness as it highlights the potential for a variety of jobs for individuals with disabilities and how organizations give job opportunities for their employees with disabilities. Could be good for families that do not realize the potential and options for their child in relationship to high school work experiences and post-secondary outcomes.

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National Disability Employment Awareness Month

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Ablevision is proud to present What Can YOU Do?, a video celebrating National Disability Employment Awareness Month by showcasing individuals with disabilities working in the community.

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This video interviews an employee of a restaurant that employs people with disabilities. It is a great way to get a first-hand account into a job setting and would be good for Career Awareness, particularly for individuals with disabilities that could be more moderate-severe. This type of job could be good for people with disabilities to explore and gain insight into a setting that has employees with disabilities and what it could be like to work in this setting.

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Triangle is proud to equip people with ability to secure competitive employment in the community. We're excited to share the stories of Rachel and Stephen who worked with Triangle's Career Pathways in Culinary Arts program to develop ServSafe food handling skills and start a new career at the Power Cafe.

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Career awareness I feel is one area that students can begin to explore at a younger age so that there is less of the process to cover when they reach high school. For this reason, the first video is meant for elementary age students. In our presentation this week, Dr. Simonsen stated that career awareness can often times state at the elementary age to have students understand that there are multitudes of career options available.