Best Practices in Career Learning
Students Develop a Vivid Sense of Self
Ongoing Human-Centered, Dialogic Conversations
Ongoing Human-Centered, Dialogic Conversations
Student motivation and achievement is promoted when they can develop vivid, compelling visions of their “hoped for”, “feared”, and “expected” possible selves.
Ongoing Human-Centered, Dialogic Conversations
Ongoing Human-Centered, Dialogic Conversations
Ongoing Human-Centered, Dialogic Conversations
- Who are you?
- How are you growing?
- What are your options?
- Where do you want to go?
Students have frequent and ongoing conversations about their career education and future possibilities. A dialogic approach supports a comprehensive, pedagogical and cross curricular approach for career learning.
Key Decision-Points for Students Drive the Work
Ongoing Human-Centered, Dialogic Conversations
Career Advisors Focus on Students Telling Their Story
By aligning to key decision-points, families and students see the relevance and need to act. Outside partners have clear points for connection. A sense of urgency within small, incremental units can drive behavior forward in a much more effective way than timelines that are outside of the immediate experience of younger people.
Career Advisors Focus on Students Telling Their Story
Career Advisors Focus on Students Telling Their Story
Career Advisors Focus on Students Telling Their Story
Career development is best integrated into systems that prioritize a human process of career-related learning and teaching where young people and adults have trusting relationships and high levels of engagement, and include peer-to-peer storytelling.
Teachers Connect “Careers” to Content Areas
Career Advisors Focus on Students Telling Their Story
Teachers Connect “Careers” to Content Areas
Start with teachers as a way to understand and explore their own experience, connect their passion for teaching to career opportunities, and have time to incorporate “career ready” language into their ongoing instruction. Teachers who are excited about their content get excited to show career opportunity connections.
Students Have Memorable Experiences
Career Advisors Focus on Students Telling Their Story
Teachers Connect “Careers” to Content Areas
- Exploring personal interests
- Setting, refining, and extending both short and long term goals
- Mapping and categorizing different jobs and career pathways
- Continually reflecting on experiences to identify what they value in a work environment
- Continually reflecting on their journey and sharing ideas about future possibilities
These are some of the examples of memorable experiences students have during their career education journey.