Time Required: 45-75 Minutes

Careers R Cool

GRADE 6-8 SESSION 5

Time Required: 45-75 minutes

Content Standards: Career Development A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions. C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.

Indicators: Students will be able to gather, analyze and apply information and ideas. Students will be able to communicate effectively within and beyond the classroom.

GOAL: Students will reflect on job shadowing experiences.

Activity Statements: Professional School Counselor will observe students’ attitude and enthusiasm about the job shadow experience.

Materials: Completed “Top Ten List” Questions Materials from the Job Site Thank-you note cards Developed photos or slide show from job shadow experience

Procedures:

http://missouricareereducation.org/curr/cmd/guidanceplacementG/elearning/ Careers R Cool

GRADE 6-8 SESSION 5 Professional School Counselor Procedures: Student Involvement: Session 5 Session 5 1. Review Small Group Guidelines with an 1. Students participate in review by telling what emphasis on post-group confidentiality. post-group confidentiality means for them. Remind participants that even though the group is over, other group members will trust them not to tell other people about what another person said or did in the group. Remind students about your responsibility to protect their confidentiality, too.

2. Collect Parent and Student Feedback Forms; 2. Students give you their forms; if they do not make arrangements to get the forms from have them, they commit to the day they will participants who did not bring them to the bring them to you. group.

3. Present developed photos or a slide show of 3. Students view and comment on the slide show. students on the job shadow experience.

4. Return materials from the job shadow 4. Students share their completed “Top Ten Lists” experience and facilitate sharing by the and materials gathered from job shadow with students of the completed “Top Ten Lists”. the group.

5. Distribute and mail completed thank-you cards. 5. Students complete thank-you cards and returns to counselor.

6. Closure/Summary: Note any questions or 6. Closure/Summary: Students write down comments that require additional follow-up. comments about job shadowing experience Distribute & Explain Teacher/Parent/ Guardian and offer suggestions for the next group. Session Follow-Up Suggestions. Send a copy Students commit to giving their home with each student and provide a copy to parents/guardians the Teacher/Parent/ classroom teacher(s) of students in group. Guardian Session Follow-Up Suggestions handout. 7. If a follow-up session is planned, remind students that it will be held in 4-6 weeks. 7. Students confirm that they have written the date for the Follow-up Session in their assignment books/planners. 8. Students complete the Student Feedback Form: Overall Effectiveness of Group. Give each 8. Group Summary/Closure: Students complete

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GRADE 6-8 SESSION 5 Professional School Counselor Procedures: Student Involvement: Session 5 Session 5 student a Group Certificate of Completion for the Student Feedback Form. The students completing the group. Celebrate the closing of celebrate the closure of their group and accept the group. their certificates.

Discussion: How do class/educational choices relate to the real world?

Additional Resources: Adapted from http://missouricareereducation.org/curr/cmd/guidanceplacementG/responsive /index.html.

Extension Activities: Students could make classroom presentations of the job shadow experience and review Personal Plan of Study. Teacher/Parent/Guardian Small Group Session Follow-up Group Certificate of Completion

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