https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g By: Jamie Atkins, Jennifer Katz, Kennedy Logan. For each stage (career awareness, exploration, preparation), your group must identify multimedia clips (using YouTube or another video source) of examples of activities that facilitate that stage of career development. Under each clip, you will write a brief explanation about the clip and how it demonstrates the respective stage of career development. en-us 2020-09-01 01:40:06 UTC 2025-10-10 05:21:46 UTC hello@padlet.com jlatkins15 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/710554717 Job Olympics is a wonderful event that is able to not only bring a group of students together but also unites them using job skills. Job Olympics is a competition developed to promote transition and employability skills for a broad spectrum of high school students in special education. What is wonderful about this program is has kids practice various employment skills for different jobs or careers. In our First Module on the Career Development Checklist under Career Awareness it has a bullet point listed that students "Can describe how people get jobs." By participating in Job Olympics students will be able to describe certain skills that are needed to obtain certain jobs. Also there are various levels that the students can compete at within the competition so it is inclusive for all students. Some of the skills I have seen practiced are sorting silverware, rolling silverware, setting a table, being a hostess, stocking shelves, answering the phone, and etc. Students are able to practice their skills in a school setting with their peers. During the competition there is a rubric the judges us to grade each student with how they did. Job Olympics relates to career awareness as it allows students to "investigate new jobs" as well as be able to talk about different jobs where they could use these skills in. It could also be a starting point for a class discussion on what do your parents or siblings do for a job or career, what skills would you need for that? I feel as Job Olympics provides a new twist on introducing kids into careers and jobs. ]]> 2020-09-01 01:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/710554717 jlatkins15 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/712966615 Community Based Instruction trips is "a strategy or instructional method that promotes the teaching and use of academic and functional skills in the student's natural environment." Taking students on Community Based Instruction trips allows them to experience new jobs or job settings that they may have never encountered before. What is great about going on Community Based Instruction trips is that it brings students into the exact environments that they would be working in if they were interested in pursuing that job or career. By going on Community Based Instruction trips it can allow students a chance to Job Shadow. Job Shadowing as described by Luecking (2009) explains it as "One way to understand the requirements of a job is to spend a day with someone who is performing that job" (p.14).  It truly brings the connection to Career Awareness full circle allowing students to explore so many options while being given the experience to see the job being done.
Luecking, R. G. (2009). Work-Based Learning and Work Experiences as Indispensable Educational Tools. In The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition (p. 14). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.]]> 2020-09-01 19:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/712966615 jlatkins15 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713012435 In this video it goes through various skills that students will need when seeking employment. What is great in this video is that they talk about the eight skills but they also show visual and auditory examples for students to watch and better understand. In our first module the Career Development Checklist had a bullet point listed under Career Preparation that the student can "explain the steps in acquiring the skills necessary to enter a chosen field or job." From this video students can see what may be the top items of employability that a student would need for the careers or jobs they are interested in.]]> 2020-09-01 19:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713012435 jlatkins15 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713014737 This clip goes over a quick 5 interview tips that provides students with a start. During our First Module we learned about the Career Development Checklist. On this checklist it stated that students "Can discuss why interviews are important" under the Career Exploration section. This video can be a direction into learning about interviews and the key part they play in obtaining a job. What was nice about this video is that it was short but informative. It allows a teacher to expand upon the ideas presented in this clip. Career Preparation is included in interviewing because it is a step on the way to which a student will identify being able to get a job or career.]]> 2020-09-01 19:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713014737 jlatkins15 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713018283 This clip shows students real life examples of people just like themselves that are out in the real world. It provides real life experiences and an internship that students could seek out and do themselves. In "The Way to Work" they describe Career Exploration as "Career explorations are an opportunity for youth to be briefly exposed to a specific kind of work environment or job type" (p.14). This experience is allowing students to distinguish between what the difference is between a job and a career while being exposed to this job. This may be a connection that is available in a students area as well that they could do more research about.
Luecking, R. G. (2009). Work-Based Learning and Work Experiences as Indispensable Educational Tools. In The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition (p. 14). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing.]]> 2020-09-01 19:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713018283 jlatkins15 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713073923 In this video it explains that the students are going to watch a video and then complete a survey. The survey is going to give the students what career clusters they match, this is based upon student likes and dislikes. Once they have matches they will be able to explore the clusters they matched with. Then the students will a favorite cluster and a possible career pathway they would like to explore. This ties in with Career Awareness as described in Module One Career Development Checklist as the bullet point listed as student "Can name and describe at least 10 different occupations." The occupations the students look into can be based upon their results from the survey they took.]]> 2020-09-01 19:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/713073923 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/714568977 This video is from a series produced by The National Honor Society and the National Junior Honor Society, and it focuses on career exploration for high school students.This video emphasizes that it's absolutely fine for students to not know what they want to do for a career, and it provides guidance on how students can go about figuring it out. What I like is that the video provides some statistics including that on average people change jobs seven times in their adult lives, and four times before they turn 32. The most helpful tip in the video is that students are encouraged to think about what subject(s) they like the most and are the best at, and job examples for each core subject are given. Job examples are also given for music and physical education which are equally important to the core subjects. Another great tip from the video is for students to start thinking about their passions versus their hobbies, as hobbies can be pursued in addition to a career rather than being a career choice. In our module one Career Development Checklist, one of the bullet points for Career Exploration states that students can identify at least three careers they want to explore. This video would be helpful for students to identify careers that are suited to them. I wish this video would have been available when I was in high school, but I'm grateful that it's available for current and future high school students. ]]> 2020-09-02 12:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/714568977 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716475925 This is something that students always dread doing, but it is so beneficial for them to do in the long run. This video shows a college student having a mock interview with an individual at the career center at his university. What I like about this video is that it show the student giving a response and then the "interviewer" immediately gives him feedback on what was good about the response, things to avoid when asked that question, as well as ways to make the response stronger. This is an activity that could easily be transferred into a high school class. Morningstar & Clavenna-Deane (2018) suggest programs "...invite business volunteers to hold mock interviews and other job-related skill development activities"(p.156). It is never too early to start developing interviewing skills. A way that I would try to make the activity less intimidating for students would be to have them pair-up with one another. So they are a little more comfortable and get that feeling of "just talking with a friend". This will help students desensitize themselves to the experience of interviewing. Another thing that this video demonstrates is a service that students can and should take advantage of if/when they are in a college-level program.
Morningstar, M. & Clavenna-Deane, B.  (2018). Your Complete Guide To Transition Planning and Services. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-02 23:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716475925 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716617258 This website through O*NET is a great tool for high school students who are in the career preparation stage of their career development. According to Morningstar & Clavenna-Deane "The O*NET Resource Center at www.onetcenter.org is a web site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor that provides a wide range of free career information, assessments, and videos" (p. 153). Students can research different career options based on the level of preparation needed. There are five O*NET career zones: Little or no preparation needed, Some preparation needed, Medium preparation needed, High preparation needed, and Extensive preparation needed. Each job zone lists the experience, training and education needed for each career. Students can click on one of the careers listed, and then they are taken to another page that gives even more detailed information including a video about that career. The students can read about which personality traits are most suited to that career, the technology that would most likely be used, and even the job outlook and salary range information is given. In addition there is an Explore More section on the page that lists other similar careers that may be of interest, and it provides links to those careers as well.
Morningstar, M. & Clavenna-Deane, B. (2018). Your Complete Guide To Transition Planning and Services. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-03 00:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716617258 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716729706 This video describes the Destinations Career Academy, which is a summer experience for high school students during National Job Shadowing Week. The video emphasizes that job shadowing is a very important aspect of job a seeker's path on getting to the job that they want. Job shadowing can show the students what type of environments they would be working in, and help them decide if this is a job path that they want to pursue. The video includes interviews with high school students and what they learned from their job shadowing experiences. Job shadowing would be a great learning tool for any high school student who is in the career exploration stage of their career development. According to Luecking, 2009, "Job shadowing experiences are unique ways young people can be introduced to jobs, job requirements, and potential career options. This introduction to the workplace often provides a foundation upon which youth can begin identifying other work experience options for the rest of their high school years as well as the beginning considerations for career options after high school" (p.8). Job shadowing can provide a hands-on training and learning environment that just can't be found inside the classroom.
Luecking, R. G. (2009). The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-03 01:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716729706 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716789383 This video is made by Career Kids and it showcases 16 different career clusters. Each cluster introduces several job careers and provides videos and brief descriptions of the careers. The narrator asks questions throughout each cluster to help guide the viewer towards clusters that might be a good fit for him/her. The video also states which school subjects are helpful for each cluster. The purpose of the job clusters is to help the student decide what piques his/her interest and in turn motivate the student to do further research on a specific job title or entire cluster. The video is narrated by a high school student and this makes it even more relevant to a high school audience. In our module one presentation we were given the Career Development Checklist. One bullet point listed  that students in the Career Exploration phase would be able to identify at least three careers they want to explore. This is a great video for students who are in the beginning stages of career exploration, as they will be exposed to clusters of careers that they they can start learning about in more detail. ]]> 2020-09-03 02:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716789383 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716819856 This video highlights a "Mentoring Tomorrow's Leaders Program" in which high school students mentor younger high school students. Participants in the program, as mentors or mentees, develop a sense of responsibility and awareness of the importance of  education and communication. The program also offers training on professional skills and communication. It is a program in which everyone involved is benefiting from participating. The mentor is able to learn how to communicate and motivate a mentee.While the mentees develop self-determination skills as well as other soft skills towards career readiness. Morningstar & Clavenna-Deane (2018) explains students must "...see the connection between these skills and the successful navigation of daily responsibilities and pressures, especially those that occur on the job"(p.155). There is also a sense of accountability that is developed between mentor and mentee. They know that they can lean on one another for advice or just for some help with school work. The connection and relationship developed between the two ensures that they will both continue and challenge each other to be the best that they can be.
Morningstar, M. & Clavenna-Deane, B.  (2018). Your Complete Guide To Transition Planning and Services. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-03 02:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/716819856 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722224798 This video is presented by career coaches who explain what soft skills and hard skills are to high school students. In our module one presentation we were given the Career Development Checklist. One bullet point listed that students in the Career Preparation phase would be able to identify the worker characteristics and skills in working with others that are required in a chosen field or job. This video does a great job of explaining the difference between hard skills and soft skills, and how they both work together to help one become an all around great employee. Hard skills are described as performance based, they allow people to get things done, and focus on accomplishments. Soft skills are  described as making people teachable, helping people to be successful in a work environment, and are observed easily. The video goes into further detail and gives great real life examples for both types of skills. This video includes a soft skills self-assessment for students to determine their strengths and also skills they might want to improve.

]]> 2020-09-04 22:57:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722224798 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722250801 Morningstar & Clavenna-Deane (2018) emphasize the important of "...making sure that students are involved in meaningful work roles and learning about the industry" (p.159). This internship program run by Skills inc. provides students with an opportunity to learn in a working manufacturing floor. The internships shows and teaches them the skills they would need to be successful in that type of working environment. Students are encouraged to make mistakes, and continue to work hard towards success. This is one just example of a type of internship program that students could get involved in related to their field of interest. Internship are also a great way for students to network. While working in a program they are consistently surrounded by other people with that same set of interests. Students can make connections and communicate with individuals participating as well as running the internship program. The internship could potentially become a paying position. 
Morningstar, M. & Clavenna-Deane, B.  (2018). Your Complete Guide To Transition Planning and Services. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-04 23:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722250801 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722260344 This website is sponsored by The Myers-Briggs Company and showcases the Strong Interest Inventory. This inventory is an assessment that is designed to help students determine what their career interests are. The website also states that it can assist students with choosing a college major. According to Morningstar & Clavenna-Deane "One type of assessment frequently used is the career interest inventory. Most career interest inventories are based on Holland's theory of matching a person's work personality types to certain work environments (Holland, 1997). Most often, career inventories assess the student's interests and propensity toward six common types of work personalities (realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional), which are then matched to corresponding occupational environments" (p. 153). This website discusses the six common types of work personalities mentioned above, and even provides a graphic that can be clicked on to get additional information. The Strong Interest Inventory would be a great assessment tool for high school students who are in the career awareness stage. The more students know about their own personalities, the better they can determine which career paths or college majors would be best for them.
Morningstar, M. & Clavenna-Deane, B. (2018). Your Complete Guide To Transition Planning and Services. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-04 23:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722260344 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722361939 This website has a couple short videos embedded into it that show examples of different types of service learning projects that students could get involved with. What I like about this resource is that is provides a large variety of different projects that align with different interests. Luecking (2009) explains that "...by participating in this type of activity, youth learn valuable work behavior such as being on time, completing assigned tasks, working as a team, and dealing with distractions all the while serving the community" (p.9). While volunteering and completing the service learning project, students are able to get experience and see what their interests and abilities are within that particular working environment. They are able to get a sense of their strengths in the field but also an idea of the types of accommodations they might benefit from if they choose to pursuit it further. Service learning projects are opportunities for students to can take pride in their work; knowing that they are able to make improvements within their own communities.
Luecking, R.G. (2009). The way to work: How to facilitate work experiences for youth in transition. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-05 02:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722361939 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722382169 I'd like to acknowledge upfront that this isn't the most professional video. The idea came first and this is what I was able to find as a demonstration. That being said; a career parade is a great way for students to be able to start thinking about the different community helpers and jobs that they are available within their community. It provides an opportunity to get students thinking about future plans at an early age. They can start to think and ask questions to teachers or parents about careers they might have interest in. Even when they are dressing up the are learning that different careers and jobs require different equipment that help them be successful at their job. Morningstar & Clavenna-Deane (2018) tell us that "In elementary school, jobs and careers are often learned incidentally through family and neighborhood experiences" (p.150). However this school took it upon themselves to incorporate it into the students learning in the classroom as well.
Morningstar, M. & Clavenna-Deane, B.  (2018). Your Complete Guide To Transition Planning and Services. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Company.]]> 2020-09-05 03:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722382169 https://padlet.com/jlatkins15/705xd24uzux2fj1g/wish/722996232 This clip shows an example of a seminar which gives students advice on writing a resume, preparing for an interview, as well as writing a cover letter. A good resume is one of the most important documents that students can create as they are preparing for employment. By attended an workshop or seminar like this, students could learn some tips and tricks to give themselves the best chance of impressing an employer and landing a job in their field of interest. "...youth with disabilities succeed in the workplace when they have the ability and opportunity to express themselves regarding what they prefer, what they can do, and what kind of help they need to preform effectively in the workplace" (Shogren, Wehmeyer, Palmer, Rifenbark, & Little, 2015). By attending a seminar similar to the one show in this clip, youth with disabilities can learn how to best express those strengths and needs to employers. A way that this could be modified to benefit younger students could be to find a speaker that could talk to students about the types of activities and experiences that they like to see when they look at resumes. This would give students opportunities to seek out those experiences in order to build up their resume and provide them with a variety of examples to share with employers in a interview setting.
Shogren K., Wehmeyer M., Palmer S., Rifenbark G., & Little T. (2015). Relationships between self-determination and postschool outcomes for youths with disabilities Journal of Special Education, 48, 256-267.  
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