Episodes
13
Latest episode
Apr 2024
Language
EN-US
Information and conversations to make connections with the world of work!
This quick podcasts tells you why guest speakers are important and tells you how to find them! Rather than a one-day whole-school experience, guest speakers related to current class topics can be more powerful.
This is an explanation of how Registered Apprenticeships through the U.S. Department of Labor work.
Thirty Math and Science teachers attended a professional development day, and they tell us how they plan to integrate careers into their busy classrooms. The take-away? Simple ideas can build relevance and help students answer the question, When am I ever going to use this Math and Science?
What is it like in an English class?What is it like if the writing projects are REAL? Post a poem? Write a movie review? Teaching to English Standards never was so fun! Hear many ways that 10 minutes of time yields great results! Students are motivated AND they learn about job titles involved with writing. (This podcast takes 11 minutes.)Career Development: "Every significant adult touching the career planning model," Mike Kerner, Genesee Intermediate School District.
Working on School Improvement Plans! How can your school implement a plan for teachers to creating at least one career project for students? This podcast features a principal who is changing school climate by including career development in all classrooms. The practice reinforces the Educational Development Plan (EDP) process which is managed in all classrooms. EDPs are reviewed during the annual open house where parents look at them with their children and talk about the relevance of school through careers.The benefit? Students graduate knowing what their next steps are for education after high school and joining the world of work.
Students love the job title of Crime Scene Investigator. This podcast features representatives from the police department giving students in a Physics classroom the chance to calculate information from an accident scene. Real world connections make this more interesting for them! Listen to hear how it works.
These ideas are for all classrooms. Start small, keep it simple and look for ways to connect classroom learning with the world.
Can you list jobs mobilized with an earthquake? Hear how Career Pathways are used to modify any unit to include career connections! Meredith Dorow tells you how simple and useful it is.
Do you want to connect job titles with academic topics? Meg Walton uses community contacts to point out the relevance of Social Studies. She shares how to make it easy! Guest speakers demonstrate how relationships matter!
How can someone get started earning money in cosmetology? Starting from renting a booth, being an employee or owning your own salon, this interview tells you how it works!
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