GOLD MEDAL INITIATIVECentral Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation

PA Career Education & Work StandardsLesson Planning Guide

Classroom Bulletin Board: Pathways in Our Community

Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation

CEW Standard #13.1.3D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.CEW Standard #13.1.3E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other

individuals in the community.

Approximate Time: Three 45-minute periods.

Prerequisite SkillsReading, Writing, Speaking and Listening*1.6.5 Speaking and ListeningA. Listen to others.D. Contribute to discussions.E. Participate in small and large group discussions and presentations.

Mathematics*None

Science and Technology*None

Career Education and Work*None

Performance StandardsPerformance Standard Suggested Evaluation Method

1. Develop a Classroom Bulletin Board entitled “Pathways in Our Community” that includes the range of jobs available in the community and describes the work that is done by individuals working in them with 75% accuracy on the rubric.

Bulletin Board VIP/Cooperation Rubric

* Academic Standards, Pennsylvania Department of Education http://www.pde.state.pa.us

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Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation Page 2CEW Standard #13.1.3D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.CEW Standard #13.1.3E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other individuals in the community.

Suggested ProjectsNone

Multiple Intelligence TypesVerbal/LinguisticInterpersonal

Resources1. Handout: Career Paths in My Community

See attached

2. Handout: Community Jobs Master ListSee attached

3. Video: Last Year’s Bulletin Board DevelopmentTeacher developed

4. Handout: Community VIP’s Bulletin Board RubricSee attached

5. Handout: Classroom Cooperation RubricSee attached

Equipment/Materials/Software1. Yellow pages of a telephone directory

Suggested Learning SequenceStrategy Outline Resources/Equipment

Performance Standard 1Introduction Provide students the Introduction to Career Paths

document from Resource #1.Resource #1

Presentation/ Discussion

Define and talk about what a pathway is. Have students brainstorm a list of jobs available in the school and their community.

Resource #1

Activity/ Demonstration

Provide students with “VIP’s in the Community” and “Career Paths In My Community” documents. Place students in groups of 4 and have them use the “Career Paths In My Community” to identify the pathways for the Community Jobs Master List. Have students take home their “Community Jobs Master List” and have them complete at least 2 of the “VIP’s in the Community” sections.

Resource #1Resource #2Resource #3Equipment #1

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Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation Page 3CEW Standard #13.1.3 D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.CEW Standard #13.1.3 E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other individuals in the community.

When students return to school have them work in groups, sharing their VIP’s so that each student has a completed “VIP’s in the Community” document. Allow students to use Yellow Pages for any pathway for which they have not identified a person.

Have students cut apart their VIP’s in the Community sheets and place their correct VIP under the correct Pathway heading on the Pathways Bulletin Board.

Review the classroom Cooperation Rubric and have them role play tasks from the rubric. Show the students a video of a group from last year completing the activity.Related Academic Skills: 1.6.5A,D,ERelated SCANS/Soft Skills: Interpersonal A

Assessment Together, have students complete a classroom Bulletin Board entitled “Pathways in Our Community.” Assess students using the “VIP’s in the Community Rubric” and “Cooperative Behaviors Rubric.”Related Academic Skills: 1.6.5A,D

Resource #4Resource #5

Related SCANS/Soft SkillsResourcesNone

InterpersonalA. Participates as Member of a Team

InformationNone

SystemsNone

TechnologyNoneBasic SkillsNone

Thinking SkillsNone

Personal QualitiesNone

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Strand #13.1: Career Awareness and Preparation Page 4CEW Standard #13.1.3D: Identify the range of jobs available in the community.CEW Standard #13.1.3E: Describe the work done by school personnel and other individuals in the community.

Related Worksite/Work Based ActivitiesNone

Additional Resources1. Website/Coloring Book: Careers are Everywhere

http://www.pacareerstandards.com/curriculum-resources.php

2. Website : Instructional Game : The Play Real Gamehttp://www.realgame.com/usa.html

3. Website : Instructional Game : What’s My Jobhttp://www.hud.gove/kids/whatsjob.html

2. Website: CEW Toolkithttp://www.pacareerstandards.com/entrepreneurship.php

______________________________This planning guide was written by Alice Justice, Middle School Guidance Counselor, Central Columbia Middle School, Bloomsburg, PA.

Funding for this lesson planning guide was provided by the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation’s Gold Medal Initiative and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. The lesson planning guide was created under the direction of Outreach for K-12 at Pennsylvania College of Technology.

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Resource #1

Resource #1

Resource #1

Resource #1

Resource #2

Community Jobs Master ListPathway

School/Community JobList job and describe what the person does

Business, Management,

and TechnologyBUSINESS

Arts and Communicatio

n

CREATIVE

Industrial and Engineering TechnologyBUILDING

AND FIXING

Human Services

HELPING

Health Services

HEALTH

Natural Resources/ AgricultureNATURE

DOCTOR – helps people who are sick X

LIST COMMUNITY JOBS IN THE FIRST COLUMN AND THEN CHECK THE PATHWAY THAT IS RELATED TO THAT COMMUNITY JOB.

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Resource #4

Community VIP’S Bulletin Board Rubric

Yes2 pts

Somewhat1 pt

No0 pts

Completed Community Jobs

Master List

List includes 9-10 jobs

available in the community/scho

ol

List includes 7-8 jobs available in

the community/scho

ol

List includes 6 or less jobs available in the community/school

Accurately identifies pathway for Jobs

Identified

Accurately identifies 9-10

pathways

Accurately identifies 7-8

pathways

Identifies 6 or fewer pathways

Accurately describes work done by Jobs

Identified

Accurately describes work done by 9-10 jobs identified

Accurately describes work

done by 7-8 jobs identified

Accurately describes work done by 6 or less

of jobs identified

Completed 2 “VIP’s in the Community”

Items for Homework

Completed 2 Completed 1 Completed 0

Final Product contained correct information about person/job for all 6 Pathways on the

“VIP’s in the Community” document

All 6 were complete and

accurate

4-5 were complete and

accurate

3 or less were complete and

accurate

“VIP’s in the Community”

document was cut apart and each person/job was placed on the

classroom “Pathways in Our

Community” bulletin board in the correct

location

All 6 were placed

accurately on the bulletin

board

4-5 were placed accurately on the bulletin

board

3 or less were placed accurately on the

bulletin board

12 points possible

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Resource #5

Classroom Cooperation Rubric

Yes2 pts

Somewhat1 pt

No0 pts.

I participated in the brainstorming activity.

Contributed 2 or more things.

Contributed 1 thing.

Contributed nothing.

I used positive words during discussions and to resolve conflict.

I needed 0-1 reminders from

my teacher.

I needed 2-3 reminders from

my teacher.

I needed 4 or more reminders

from my teacher.

I shared ideas and materials with my group members.

I needed 0-1 reminders from

my teacher.

I needed 2-3 reminders from

my teacher.

I needed 4 or more reminders

from my teacher.

I complemented and encouraged my group members.

I complimented/encouraged at least 2 times

during activity.

I complimented/ encouraged 1 time during

activity.

I did not compliment or encourage my

group members during activity.

8 pts possible

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