Career Cruising/ Educational Development Plans

Yesterday we started the Career Cruising/Educational Development Plan classroom lesson with our 7th grade students. The students take a Matchmaker assessment that matches their interests with a list of potential careers that could be a good fit for them. The students can click on various careers and learn more about them including job descriptions, a "day in the life" schedule, earnings, etc. It was fun to see the kids get excited and talk with their peers about various careers that they might enjoy and excel in. We also have our students create long term and short term goals and fill out a pick sheet to help with scheduling next year. Both 7th and 8th grade students will be participating in this lesson and filling out part of their EDP. Educational Developments Plans are educational plans that students create with their counselors. These plans follow students up to the high school so that their high school program and career pathway goals can be correlated. Students can access their EDP at any point in time online at www.careercruising.com. Students have been assigned a username and password.