Security - Lenses on the Future, Lessons, Security L05: Keep It Real, Round 2

Today’s simulation focuses on an increase in salary resulting from additional post-secondary study. The YPs will receive careers requiring two- and four-year degrees with a resulting increase in income. They will then revisit lifestyle choices, exploring the opportunities additional resources can provide. After students gain some experience with income and expenses, they will begin to explore what the job application process entails in a school to home connection. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Security - Lenses on the Future, Lessons, Security L06: Job, Job, Career

In this lesson, students explore the difference between jobs and careers. A quick Four Corners protocol will help to assess current understandings about the world of work, as well engage background knowledge (accurate or not). The YPs will then annotate a Mystery Text, reflecting on the implication of the opinion piece, as well as to infer a possible theme. Through a Hot Seat protocol, students will agree and disagree with various ideas in relation to the theme, before reflecting on the conceptual difference between jobs and careers. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Security - Lenses on the Future, Lessons, Security L09: Holland Code

In this lesson, Young Professionals will explore Holland Code personality types and the career associated with them. First, students will assess their interests through lineup activity. Next, YPs will weigh different career interests by taking a photo career quiz and a Holland Code career evaluation. Then, students will evaluate their possible careers options based on the results of the quizzes and their personal interests. Finally, YPs will reflect on their reactions to the Holland Code test outcomes.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Self Regulation - Skills for Success, Overview, Self-Regulation Skills for Success Overview

This resource provides an overview of the Self-Regulation Skills for Success Curriculum.  It includes each Lesson Title, the Guiding Question, a Lesson Overview, the Enduring Learning Targets, and the Lesson Time.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Society - Lenses on the Future, Lessons, Society L09- Social Identity

In this lesson, Young Professionals will spend time exploring personal identities, a complex concept made up of the internal and the external workings of a human being. First, YPs will share a time when someone made an assumption about who they are or their identity. Next, YPs will record the identities that they feel are the most important to them or impactful to their life. Then, YPs will consider which social identities are permanent, changeable, chosen, or inborn. Lastly, YPs will complete an exit ticket to synthesize new learnings.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Society - Lenses on the Future, Lessons, Society L11- Walking the Walk

In this lesson, Young Professionals will take a look at how people’s values and beliefs affect their actions. By brainstorming ideas of people who take action to support their values, the YPs will begin thinking about their own value systems and how they impact their personal behavior. The YPs will then come up with a list of items that represent the values of their community.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Start Strong - Beginning of the School Year

Material Type: Full Course

Health Science Technologies

Material Type: Unit of Study

Curriculum & Instructional Resources

Material Type: Full Course

Professional Skills Standards Lessons

Material Type: Full Course

CFA Resources, Supplemental Resources, Career and College Exploration Experiences: Planning for Success

This guide supports educators in planning and executing meaningful Career and College Exploration Experiences for students.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Pathways to Prosperity

CFA Resources, Supplemental Resources, O*Net Bright Outlook Career Search Activity

Students complete a guided exploration of O*Net Online to identify and research a Bright Outlook Career.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive

Author: Pathways to Prosperity

Collaboration - Skills for Success, Lessons, Collaboration L05- Pieces of the Collaborative Puzzle

This lesson begins with students reflecting on past experiences involving collaboration, followed by an activity to identify and prioritize qualities that are most critical in collaborative partnerships. They will then explore various roles of a collaborative effort by participating in a role-playing activity. The lesson concludes with students reflecting on personal strengths and weaknesses when it comes to collaboration and identifying strategies for improvement.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Collaboration - Skills for Success, Lessons, Collaboration L07- Collaboration Breakdown

This lesson introduces Young Professionals to a new perspective on collaboration. Using varied means of communication and organization, YPs will analyze methods of collaboration to become more aware of how they can contribute to a project or goal. The lesson begins with a game to have YPs practice collaborating. They will then discuss the meaning of several proverbs related to collaboration. They will close by reflecting on how proverbs connect to their real-world experiences.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Collaboration - Skills for Success, Lessons, Collaboration L08- On a Role

This lesson provides Young Professionals an opportunity to explore how they can be more involved working in groups by taking on a particular role. The lesson begins by giving YPs an understanding of the different collaborative roles and their function in collaboration by matching roles to their descriptions. Then, YPs will assume various roles within a group to complete a teambuilding exercise, gutterball. The lesson concludes with a reflection to define YPs’ comfort zones and identify areas for growth. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Collaboration - Skills for Success, Lessons, Collaboration L14: Win-Win Approach

In this lesson, Young Professionals will use their problem-solving skills to negotiate win-win resolutions for everyone. This lesson begins with a student reflection on social deposits or withdrawals—adding or subtracting from trust and goodwill. Next, YPs will learn about the three different types of negotiation outcomes: win-lose/lose-win, lose-lose, and win-win. Then, YPs will examine outlines of different situations that people might encounter at work, in sports, and in other settings that require negotiation and work to find win-win solutions. Last, YPs will reflect on a conflict they negotiated in the past that they felt they lost, apply their new knowledge, and determine how different actions could have resulted in a win-win. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Collaboration - Skills for Success, Lessons, Collaboration L16- You, Me, We

This lesson provides an exploration of collectivist and individualist orientations in different settings and cultures. Do we have a more collectivist or individualist outlook? Why is it important? Through the Collectivist Continuum and Interactive Slideshow, Young Professionals will learn about individualist and collectivist values. In the Hotseat 360 activity, YPs will compare and contrast these values by applying them to real-world topics. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Collaboration - Skills for Success, Overview, Collaboration - Skills for Success Overview

This resource provides an overview of the Collaboration - Skills for Success Curriculum.  It includes each Lesson Title, the Guiding Question, a Lesson Overview, the Enduring Learning Targets, and the Lesson Time.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)

Communication - Skills for Success, Lessons, Communication L01- What is Communication?

In this lesson, Young Professionals will participate in a series of activities that promote effective communication. First, YPs will answer the question, “What is communication?” Next, they will participate in an activity where they will use phrases and illustrations to show how messages transfer between a series of individuals. YPs will then learn the components that make up the communication process and create a model. Last, they will reflect on a personal communication problem or challenge they have experienced and how they can improve on it in the future.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Jobs for the Future (JFF)