Explore the variety of career paths within your industry via this industry-professional guest speaker series. Materials include:

• Step-by-step instructions for sourcing and preparing your guest speakers.
• Ready-to-use worksheets and activities to help prepare your students to meaningfully interact with each and every guest.
• Guidance for connecting each guest speaker’s visit with other classroom learning.

Examine career paths in your industry more closely with this student-led career shadowing program. This self-paced program guides participants through as many as 7 half- or full-day shadowing experiences. Materials include:

• Step-by-step instructions for arranging shadowing opportunities.
• Ready-to-use worksheets and activities to help your students meaningfully examine what it’s like to work day-to-day in an industry.
• Step-by-step guidance for creating a digital portfolio to showcase skill development and knowledge gained with each experience. These portfolios are great for resume-building!

Experience what it’s truly like to work in a given career field with this student-led CTE internship/apprenticeship. Participants are guided through as many as 16 projects that directly connect classroom learning and employability skills with the hands-on work experiences of an intern/apprenticeship. This program can be used to complement existing intern/apprenticeships or to develop new ones. Materials include:

• Step-by-step instructions for arranging internship/apprenticeship opportunities.
• Ready-to-use worksheets and activities to help your students meaningfully develop and apply the employability skills most appropriate for their chosen career industry/role.
• Step-by-step guidance for creating a digital portfolio to showcase skill development and knowledge gained with each experience. These portfolios are great for resume-building!