The Think Outside the Box: Nontraditional Career Exploration student-focused curriculum is interactive, engaging, and designed to excite students with the possibilities of nontraditional Career and Technical Education Careers. Students will explore work values, assess career interests, and challenge gender norms related to careers. The teacher-guided digital curriculum package consists of four modular student activities, utilizing a workbook and video guides.
Each unit takes between 20 and 40 minutes and are best done in an environment where students can discuss and share, however, the units can also be done asynchronously.
Provided below are descriptions of each of the four parts.
[Part 1] Discover Nontraditional Careers
What’s important to you? Have you considered a nontraditional career with fresh eyes? In this unit, students will reflect on important career characteristics and discover nontraditional careers.
Time needed: 30-40 minutes
OBJECTIVES
- Identify important career characteristics
- Explore nontraditional careers
- Consider and reflect on nontraditional careers of interest
[Part 2] Visualize a Nontraditional Decision
Everyone has strengths that are an asset for our futures! In this unit, students reflect on a nontraditional decision (anything outside the norm or standard expectations) and visualize how strengths help us towards goals.
Time needed: 30-40 minutes
OBJECTIVES
- Reflect on a nontraditional decision
- Understand why our unique strengths are what makes us stand out in our careers
[Part 3] Build Your Team
It’s not just what you know, it’s who you know! In this unit, you’ll learn about networking and how to build connections for a powerful team to support you in achieving your dreams!
Time needed: 20-30 minutes
Objectives
- Understand the basic how-to’s of professional networking
- Identify people in their life that they can help and who can help them explore a career
[Part 4] Design Your Future
Make a plan and then work the plan! In this unit, students will articulate a goal, analyze the power of their unique story, and map a strategy that designs their future.
Time needed: 20-30 minutes
Objectives
- Articulate a dream or goal that they have
- Analyze the power of the non-traditional career story
- Reflect on the next steps they can take to reach their career goals
What you get
- Digital workbook for students and teachers (41 pages)
- Lesson Plans
- Animated Video Guides for Lessons
- Community with Other Educators on the Engineer Inclusion Network
- Ongoing support from the Engineer Inclusion Team
- BONUS: Interviews with people in nontraditional careers
- OPTIONAL: Tracking/reporting of usage
- OPTIONAL: Full-color 8.5x11 workbooks
- Unlimited usage
- 2+-year license (at least, or until product is discontinued)
41-page Beautifully Designed Digital Workbook
Animated Instructional Video Guides for Each Unit
Pricing
- Licenses are available for individuals (immediate purchase) or discounted for groups (by purchase order).
- Bulk discounts are available if you are interested in purchasing licenses to multiple on-demand courses.
- For educational institutions: This investment is an approved purchase for Carl D. Perkins funds.
- And finally, cost should never be a barrier to learning, so please let me know if you need assistance.
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1 Educator for 1 year $500
Can be purchased directly through our learning management system.
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Schools with <1000 Students $2000
Unlimited teacher licenses. No access expiration.
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Schools with <2500 Students $3000
Unlimited teacher licenses. No access expiration.
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Schools with <4000 Students $4000
Unlimited teacher licenses. No access expiration.
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Schools with >4000 Students $5000
Unlimited teacher licenses. No access expiration.
How it works
- Place an order (can be by P.O. or invoice)
- Submit a list of TEACHERS' names/emails you want to have access
- Once payment is received, we'll invite your teachers to our Learning Management System
- Teachers can access the content and community
- We're here if you have questions!
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