Category: Career Planning

Goal Setting for Your Future–8th grade lessons

I had the opportunity to spend 3 days in the 8th grade classrooms.  Teachers had asked if I could talk to them about perseverance and getting ready for high school and their future.  After debating for several days about what to teach, I finally decided on setting goals, academic success

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Borrowed Lessons: Reach High Future Planning

Our newest Lesson Leader is Lori Hartman, who writes the blog, Advocate For Possibility.  If you haven’t check it out, yuo should.  Lori has a lot of great ideas and lessons that she shares.  She is sharing with us her Reach Higher Future Lesson.  It’s a great lesson to get

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7th Grade College Awareness Lesson

I went into our 7th grade Family and Consumer Science classes both yesterday and today.  The kids had just finished a research project on a career they were interested in.  It was great to be able to go into classes and talk with them as they have just finished their

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The Career Game

I don’t get the chance to do career planning with every student, but I do offer it as an option for small groups.  I know that there a ton of online career exploration programs, but sometimes, it is nice to have a student workbook.  Rick Trow’s Career Game is just

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Borrowed Lessons: Our Jobland: Career Cluster Lesson

Welcome to what is the first of what I hope to be many future guest posts in a new series on my blog called: Borrowed Lessons.  “Borrowed Lessons” are favorite lessons taught by other school counselors, here called our “Lesson Leaders.” It’s a great way to share resources without having

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