Content Area: Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Index: 9.1B Grade 8 CPI 3

 

Standard: 9.1 - Career and Technical Education

 

Strand: B - Employability Skills

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will demonstrate job-seeking skills

 

Grade: 8

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       An individual wants to select a career pathway….in an area of interest for future employment and postsecondary and lifelong learning.

 

·       Current transportation systems consume natural resources and add to pollution and congestion.

 

·       The class establishes a small business within the school.  Teams of students interview other students applying for positions such as treasurer of events, program chairman, record keeper, etc.