Academics will take on new meaning to the learner. Much as we would like students to learn for the love of learning, most young people today need the stimulation that comes from seeing how the subject at hand relates to themselves and to their place in the world. Career Choices offers that stimulation. In addition, it graphically illustrates the personal benefits - what they have to gain from staying in school and putting forth their best effort. And, finally, it gives them an opportunity to create a plan for their lives that offers guidance on bringing that plan to fruition Return to Top Use Career Choices as the foundation for a required careers course or freshman orientation class.
Few schools have the resources to provide sufficient individual guidance for all of their students.
There are just not enough counselors within the school. Due to the dual careers of many families, parental guidance is also less available. And, even though today's teens may appear to be sophisticated and self assured, most lack real knowledge about the kind of work they would find most satisfying, or what they need to do in order to obtain that kind of a job. The activities in the Career Choices text and the Workbook and Portfolio center around self awareness, decision-making skills, and career awareness. Career Choices is a curriculum designed to address career and life planning, topics of concern to all young people.