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Career Development Interventions in Middle and High Schools
Web Links
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- http://www.rdscleveland.com/Logon.asp
This website contains a database of over 900 career interventions for elementary and middle school students. A person can search the database by subject area, key concepts (e.g., career awareness, career exploration, self-awareness), grade level and even season (winter, spring, etc.). It is an excellent resource for elementary and middle school counselors.
- http://www.kidsource.com/education/parenting.career.html
The title of this website is called Parenting and Career. It is part of an online resource for parents in regards to education, health, and safety. This section of the site provides research on the impacts of parents being involved in a child's career development and tips on how to go about doing this. Kid Source is a reliable and creditable information site for anyone, especially parents. The site is very useful, but parents may be turned off to the way it is set up. It is not very colorful and there are a lot of small printed paragraphs, so it may be hard to sit and concentrate on what is trying to be conveyed. There is a discussion forum in which parents can type in questions or concerns and be able to get feedback from those going through the same situations.
- http://www.bridges.com/usa/product/paws/index.htm
This website is intended for use by elementary school students. It is a colorful site that uses cartoon figures and cute graphics. It seeks to expand the career awareness of users and to help them learn about different work environments. It also attempts to help elementary school students increase their self-awareness related to interest areas.
- http://www.nccte.org/publications/infosynthesis/in-brief/in-brief13/index.asp
This online article is a resource for school counselors and describes a number of career development interventions. Interventions included are introductory, advisory, curriculum based and work based. The author explains the purpose of the intervention as well as how it is implemented. These basic interventions may give high school counselors ideas for appropriate activities that assist students with career development. References for additional relevant information are also provided.
- http://www.bls.gov/k12/
This website for older elementary school students is colorful and geared toward young students who may be exploring occupations. Students may need assistance from adults to read about careers and jobs related to subjects of interest, such as music, math, social studies, etc.
- http://www.westsoundcareers.com/WebFiles/articulations_school.htm
This site provides lesson plans to help educators develop a career guidance curriculum. It offers web designs and creative activities for the classroom to help students advance in their educational and career planning.
- http://www.agsnet.com
The American Guidance Services website provides a wide range of educational materials including products in assessment, career, curriculum, test preparation, classroom management, and parenting. The site also provides links to relevant topics for school counselors. Finally, the site provides contact information users can employ to ask questions about the website and to report website problems or errors.
- http://www.bridges.com/
This site markets a curriculum called "Choices." It advertises and explains each product for various educational levels ranging from elementary to high school. Resources related to activities designed to help students develop career and self-awareness and to help students find financial aid resources, occupational information, and college information are available for purchase.
- http://www.schoolcounselor.org
The American School Counselor Association website provides essential information for school counselors. Of particular note is the fact that the site contains the ASCA National Model. The career development domain is one of three core areas pertaining to the work of school counselors as described in the National Model. (The activities provided at the end of Chapters 10 and 11 are keyed to ASCA Model career development competencies.)
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