In just a few short years, your students are expected to join the ranks of the gainfully employed.
That’s right! They will be getting grown up jobs, and will begin living their adult lives complete with loads of grown up responsibilities.
For their generation, the projected age of retirement is 73. That’s about 50 years in the workforce before retiring. They should give some thought to how they plan to earn an income.
Unit Theme
Earning an Income
Lesson topics
- Jobs vs. careers
- Developing career awareness
- The benefits of career education
- Labor demand and compensation
- Postsecondary alternatives to a traditional 4-year college
- Mastering the resume
Lesson Objectives
Lesson objectives aligned to NSFL.
| Objective | NSFL Gr. 8 | NSFL Gr. 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguish between a job and a career | I-1 | I-1, I-4 |
| Equate education level with earnings potential and job security | I-2, I-3 | IV-2 |
| Tell how labor demand can impact salary | I-5 | I-5, I-6 |
| List five alternatives to a traditional four year college education | ++ | I-3, I-4 |
| Draft a basic resume | ++ | ++ |
| Interview a professional about career education and preparation | I-1, I-2 | I-2 |
| (Opt.) Create and use a Dropbox account to save and share the results of their Copy Cat Career project | ++ | ++ |
++ Exceeds NFSL
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