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Future Me: Exploring Career Paths

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Lesson Plan

Future Me: Exploring Career Paths

Explore different career options

In this lesson, students will explore various career paths and learn about the skills and education required for different professions. The session includes interactive activities such as virtual job shadowing and guest speaker presentations. This lesson is important as it helps students understand the diverse opportunities available to them and encourages them to think about their future career goals.

Audience

9th Grade Students

Time

1 hour

Approach

Explore different career options

Materials

Discussion Guide, Career Exploration Worksheet, Pens, Paper, and Projector for virtual job shadowing

Step 1

Introduction

10 mins

  • Begin with a brief discussion on the importance of career exploration.
  • Ask students what careers they are interested in and why.
  • Introduce the objectives of the lesson.

Step 2

Virtual Job Shadowing

20 mins

  • Use a projector to display a virtual job shadowing video.
  • Encourage students to take notes on the skills and education mentioned in the video.
  • Facilitate a short discussion on the video content.

Step 3

Guest Speaker Session

20 mins

  • Introduce the guest speaker(s) and their profession(s).
  • Allow the guest speaker(s) to share their career journey and answer student questions.
  • Encourage students to ask questions about the skills and education needed for the profession.

Step 4

Career Exploration Activity

5 mins

  • Distribute the Career Exploration Worksheet.
  • Instruct students to fill out the worksheet based on the information gathered from the video and guest speaker session.

Step 5

Closure

5 mins

  • Recap the key points discussed during the lesson.
  • Encourage students to reflect on what they learned and how it might influence their future career choices.
  • Collect the completed worksheets for review.
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Discussion

Career Exploration Discussion

A guided discussion to help students reflect on the careers they are interested in and the skills required for those careers.

What careers are you interested in and why?

Encourage students to think about their interests and how they align with potential career paths.







What skills do you think are important for your chosen career?

Guide students to consider both technical and soft skills that are relevant to their career interests.







How can education help you achieve your career goals?

Discuss the role of education in acquiring necessary skills and knowledge for various professions.







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Worksheet

Career Exploration Worksheet

A worksheet to help students document their findings from the virtual job shadowing and guest speaker session.

List three careers you learned about today and the skills required for each.








What education or training is needed for each of these careers?








Which career interests you the most and why?








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