College and career readiness

Discovering interests, exploring careers, and learning about colleges are ways to help middle school students become college and career ready.

By: The Daring English Teacher As a high school English teacher, I feel that it’s important to make sure my students are ready for life outside of high school. I usually teach freshmen and sophomores, but this year is my first year teaching senior-level English, and it is eye-opening. My students are so aware, so mature, and so afraid. In several short months they will receive their high school diplomas and walk their last steps on the high school campus which they’ve called home for the…

How many times do we skip over the "career development" aspect of our roles as high school counselors because it seems too tedious, or we feel like we don't

These career activities are perfect for high school students who are just beginning to persue career exploration. These ideas will help them narrow down choices

Make heading back to school for college and career readiness fun with these fun and engaging ice breaker activities. Spend the first couple days using a collection of ice breakers that will help your students get to know you and their classmates while becoming engaged about the class. I have included 8 ice breakers activities along with an answer key. These NO PREP activities are focused on college and career readiness topics and can be done as an icebreaker, game, a quick entry/exit ticket…

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Choosing a college major is a challenge. By using a career assessment for high school students it can be easier. Here are a few to try.

Download a student-friendly poster that explains what it takes to be college and career ready, based on the Four Keys model developed by Dr. David Conley.

This post discribes 8 career concepts to work on throughout the elementary years. Students will learn how they can connect to the world of work!

Is your teen ready to be launched into the big, bad world? Does your teen know her learning style? Have his career planned out? Know how to make goals, manage time, etc? Check out this post for a class that can help with all of that!