PRESENTATION IDEAS TO INCORPORATE COLLEGE AND CAREER INTO YOUR

CURRICULUMWith Sample Bulletin Board Ideas

Debbie HruschkaPima County Adult Probation Adult Education

Brainstorm What

comes to mind when you hear the word Job?

Write the responses on the flipchart paper as the students call out their responses

Brainstorm What

comes to mind when you hear the word Career?

Write the responses on the flipchart paper as the students call out their responses

COLLEGE AND CAREER PRESENTATION

Activity Outline

Brainstorm the definition of the word “Job” write responses on flip chart paper. Do the same for the word “Career” OR

Give students several post-its and have them write the first thing that comes to mind when they hear the word “Job” . Use a different post-it for each response. Do the same for the word “Career.” I color coded the post-its for each word, blue for Job and yellow for Career.

Show the presentation of your job/career path Have the students redo the brainstorm or post-it activity

to see if they have any new ideas to add. Gather their responses and create pie charts Have them fill out a short evaluate of the presentation

and compile their data.

Outcomes

Students will understand the purpose of this presentation

Students will understand the difference between a Job and a Career

Students will understand the importance of education or training for a Career

Students will start to think about a Career path

Students will describe the career path they plan to pursue

Show My Career Path Presentation

Data Gathered from Presentation

Jobs Pie Chart DataJobs

money

list types of jobs

short term

work

career

buys necessities

life skills learned

A job is the most basic level, and is work that you do in exchange for money. No matter what the job is in, the job will involve doing a specific set of tasks using a specific set of skills. Some jobs require you to have a specific skill set or education before being hired, or you’ll receive on-the-job training. Jobs are short term and “safe”, as stability of work but there usually is a lack of progression.

21%

21%

9%

9%

6%

12%

21%

Careers Pie Chart DataCareers

way of Life

types of careers

education

more money

change

lifetime/ longer

work satisfaction

A career provides you with money you need, but there’s often more to a career than just one job. A career is often a series of jobs, usually in the same field or industry. A career is a path in a certain direction and constitutes your life’s work. A career is long term, usually requires special learning or education, and is a pursuit of a lifelong ambition or progression towards lifelong goals or a way of life.

18%

15%

9%12%

9%

21%

15%

Responses from the EvaluationQuestion 1

What did you think the purpose of this presentation was?

8 – to show the difference between a job and a career

5 – to motivate us to take the steps necessary to find our chosen career

2 – to show the importance of college 1 – long term versus short term 1 – the sacrifices needed to succeed

Question 2

At the beginning of the presentation we did an activity where I had you write on a post-it what was the first thing that came to your mind when I said the word “job” and then the word “career.” Did this activity help clarify the difference between the two words? How?

17 – Yes How? 7- a job is something to fill the void until a career is

found to do for the rest of your life 4- different outlooks on both 4- a job is money; a career a lifetime plan 1- short term versus long term

Question 3

Did this activity help you think in terms of a career path instead of a job?

15- Yes 1 – Yes and No 1 Somewhat My current job I have now and how to

pursue a future career. A career path is more stable than a job.

Question 4

Did it help you understand what a career path was?

17 – Yes It helped me understand the difference

between the two. It helped me to understand the difference

and what you might have to do to take that path.

A career could be a good paying job or some job that you like but do it for a longer term.

Question 5

Describe for me your career path from start to finish.

11- Attend schooling/college for a career 6- finish my GED 4- undecided 1 work with the disabled

Sample College and Career Bulletin Board