Office of Career and Technical Education

Teachers As Advisors - Career Development

Scope and Sequence

Career Development Lesson Plans - Middle/Junior High (All documents are in Microsoft Word format unless otherwise noted.)
6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Career Awareness	Career Brochure	Career Speaker Panel
A Career that Fits Me	Career Cluster Identification	High School Readiness (also in Academic domain)
Career Clusters Interview	Career Cluster Diagram Analysis	Jelly Bean Personality Assessment (use in preparation for SD CAP)
Career Clusters Scavenger Hunt	Career Clusters Interest Survey Survey Form (.pdf format)	Mini Career Interview of Local Workers
Classroom/Career Connection	Career Clusters: Going Once, Twice...Sold!	My Interests, My Abilities, My Work
Education...Who Needs It?	Matching Interests to Careers	Stereotypes & Jobs
Myself, My Future	Obsolete Jobs	Understanding Credits & Planning for High School
School Workers	To Work or Not To Work	Who Gets the Job? (Interviewing)
Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Working with SD Career Assessment Program Results (Guidance Central)
Work Values (Guidance Central)	Work Values (Guidance Central)	Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)
Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Work Values (Guidance Central)
Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)	Tell Me Something About Yourself (Guidance Central)	Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)
Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)	Tell Me Something About Yourself (Guidance Central)
Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Earnings and Education (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)
Career Poster Presentations (Guidance Central)	Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Earnings and Education (Guidance Central)
Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)	Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)
	Career Presentations (Guidance Central)	Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)
	Career Poster Presentations (Guidance Central)	Career Presentations (Guidance Central)
	Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Career Poster Presentations (Guidance Central)
		Career Exploration (Guidance Central)

Career Development Lesson Plans - High School (All documents are in Microsoft Word format unless otherwise noted.)
9th Grade	10th Grade	11th Grade	12th Grade
Check Your Attitude	Career Clusters Investigation	Fastweb Scholarship Search	Career Ladder Worksheet
Discover Hand	Employability	Gaining Acceptance	Common Interview Questions
Employability Skills	There is No "I" in Team	Getting Career InSite	Cover Letters
Give Me Your Sales Pitch	Post-Secondary Options	Interview Trivia Interview Etiquette booklet (.pdf format) Interview Etiquette PowerPoint	Developing a Current Resume
Jelly Bean Personality Assessment (use in preparation for SD CAP)	Teamwork: Do I Have the Skills Employers Need? (Crossing the Mississippi)	Just a Job	Filling Out a Job Application
Leaders in Leadership (also included in Personal/Social domain)	Teamwork Skills	Looking at Post-Secondary Options (being formatted)	Financial Aid
Long-term Goal Setting	Why Should I Hire You?	Mapping Your Personal Pathway	Looking at Post-Secondary Options
What is a Bad Attitude?	Workplace Knowhow	My Fantasy Future	References & Recommendations
You Can Quote Me	You Can Quote Me	School Visits: Questions to Ask	Scholarships
What's Left in Your Wallet	What's Left in Your Wallet	Work Opportunities in My Community	Scholarship & Application Information
Solving the STEM Pathway Puzzle	Welcome to the Real World	What's My Line in STEM	Understanding Terms for Planning Post-High Education
Solving the Information Technology Pathway Puzzle	Solving the STEM Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Information Technology	What's My Line in STEM
Solving the Human Services Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Information Technology Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Human Services	What's My Line in Information Technology
Solving the Hospitality Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Human Services Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Hospitality	What's My Line in Human Services
Solving the Health Science Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Hospitality Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Health Science	What's My Line in Hospitality
Solving the Education Training Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Health Science Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Education	What's My Line in Health Science
Solving the Architecture Construction Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Education Training Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Architecture	What's My Line in Education
Solving the Agriculture Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Architecture Construction Pathway Puzzle	What's My Line in Agriculture	What's My Line in Architecture
Exploring Hot Careers	Solving the Agriculture Pathway Puzzle	What's Left in Your Wallet	What's My Line in Agriculture
Working with SD Career Assessment Program Results (Guidance Central)	Exploring Hot Careers	What Should I Know Before I Go	What's Left in Your Wallet
Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Welcome to the Real World	What Should I Know Before I Go
Work Values (Guidance Central)	Work Values (Guidance Central)	Solving the STEM Pathway Puzzle	Welcome to the Real World
What Can I Do with a Background in... (Guidance Central)	What Can I Do with a Background in... (Guidance Central)	Solving the Information Technology Pathway Puzzle	Solving the STEM Pathway Puzzle
Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Solving the Human Services Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Information Technology Pathway Puzzle
Tell Me Something About Yourself (Guidance Central)	TestGEAR BrainScan (Guidance Central)	Solving the Hospitality Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Human Services Pathway Puzzle
Selling Your Pathway (Guidance Central)	Tell Me Something About Yourself (Guidance Central)	Solving the Health Science Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Hospitality Pathway Puzzle
Resume Writing (Guidance Central)	Selling Your Pathway (Guidance Central)	Solving the Education Training Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Health Science Pathway Puzzle
Proofreading Your Resume (Guidance Central)	Resume Writing (Guidance Central)	Solving the Architecture Construction Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Education Training Pathway Puzzle
Pathways to Success (Guidance Central)	Proofreading Your Resume (Guidance Central)	Solving the Agriculture Pathway Puzzle	Solving the Architecture Construction Pathway Puzzle
Exploring Majors (Guidance Central)	Pathways to Success (Guidance Central)	Exploring Hot Careers	Solving the Agriculture Pathway Puzzle
Exploring Explorer (Guidance Central)	Interviews (Guidance Central)	Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Exploring Hot Careers
Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)	Guidance Central Smart Curriculum (Guidance Central)	Work Values (Guidance Central)	Working with Guidance Central (Guidance Central)
Exploring Career Earnings and Education (Guidance Central)	Exploring Majors (Guidance Central)	What Can I Do with a Background in... (Guidance Central)	Work Values (Guidance Central)
Education and Training -- The Next Steps (Guidance Central)	Exploring Explorer (Guidance Central)	Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	What Can I Do with a Background in... (Guidance Central)
Do Your Skills Match Your Ambitions (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)	TestGEAR BrainScan (Guidance Central)	Weekly Career Exploration (Guidance Central)
Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Earnings and Education (Guidance Central)	Tell Me Something About Yourself (Guidance Central)	TestGEAR BrainScan (Guidance Central)
Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)	Employability Skills Checklist (Guidance Central)	Resume Writing (Guidance Central)	Tell Me Something About Yourself (Guidance Central)
Choosing a Career that Fits (Guidance Central)	Education and Training -- The Next Steps (Guidance Central)	Proofreading Your Resume (Guidance Central)	Resume Writing (Guidance Central)
Career Presentations (Guidance Central)	Do Your Skills Match Your Ambitions (Guidance Central)	Introduction to Scholarships (Guidance Central)	Proofreading Your Resume (Guidance Central)
Career Exploration (Guidance Central)	Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Interviews (Guidance Central)	Introduction to Scholarships (Guidance Central)
Browsing Occupations (Guidance Central)	Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)	Guidance Central Smart Curriculum (Guidance Central)	Interviews (Guidance Central)
	Choosing a Career that Fits (Guidance Central)	Exploring Majors (Guidance Central)	Guidance Central Smart Curriculum (Guidance Central)
	Browsing Occupations (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)	Exploring Majors (Guidance Central)
		Exploring Career Earnings and Education (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Outlooks (Guidance Central)
		Do Your Skills Match Your Ambitions (Guidance Central)	Exploring Career Earnings and Education (Guidance Central)
		Criteria for Selecting Post-Secondary Schools (Guidance Central)	Do Your Skills Match Your Ambitions (Guidance Central)
		Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)	Criteria for Selecting Post-Secondary Schools (Guidance Central)
		Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)	Creating a Portfolio Using Guidance Central (Guidance Central)
		Comparing Post-Secondary Schools (Guidance Central)	Computing an Interest Inventory (Guidance Central)
		Browsing Occupations (Guidance Central)	Completing Scholarship Applications (Guidance Central)
		Beginning to Explore Colleges and Universities (Guidance Central)	Comparing Post-Secondary Schools (Guidance Central)
			Browsing Occupations (Guidance Central)
			Beginning to Explore Colleges and Universities (Guidance Central)

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