This document provides an overview of Pennsylvania's Career Education and Work standards (Standard Area 13). It explains that the standards reflect increasing complexity in career skills that students should know and be able to do in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11. Pennsylvania's economic future depends on having a well-educated workforce with solid foundations in career education. The standards are divided into career awareness, acquisition, retention, and entrepreneurship. Teachers are given freedom to integrate the standards into their existing lesson plans across subjects. Benefits include engaging students, making academics more relevant, and ensuring students learn critical life skills.

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PA CORE Strategies:
Career Education & Work
(Standard Area 13)
Alton C. Strange, Ph.D.
Transition Coordinator
Office of Specialized Services
School District of Philadelphia

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Purpose
 Provide Teachers & Principals with:
 An Overview of Standard Area 13
 “Demystifying” & Alleviating concerns over the
ability to integrate Standard Area 13 content into
your lesson plans
 Instructional Examples for each Standard and Grade
Level

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Overview

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Overview of Subject Area 13
Why is this Necessary?
According to the State of PA:
The “Academic” Standard for Career
Education and work reflect:
 An increasing complexity and sophistication that
students experience as they progress through
school
 What students should KNOW & be able to DO at:
 Grades 3, 5, 8 & 11

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Overview of Subject Area 13
Why is this Necessary? (continued)
Pennsylvania’s economic future depends on
having a well-educated & skilled workforce.
No student should leave without a solid
foundation in Career Education & Work.
If Pennsylvania’s students are to succeed in the
workplace, there are certain skills they need
to obtain prior to graduation from high school.
22.Pa. Code Chapter 4-Career Education& Work Academic Standards (#006-296)

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Standard Area 13
 (13.1) Career Awareness & Preparation
 (13.2) Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)
 (13.3) Career Retention & Advancement
 (13.4) Entrepreneurship

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Demystifying & Alleviating
Concerns

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Implementation of Standard 13
 The Bureau of Education (BSE) leaves the
responsibility to the Districts how the
Standards should be taught
 The BSE gives Districts the freedom to
implement Standard 13 via:
 Integration within the Classroom
 Integration within a Stand Alone Course

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How does this Affect Teachers?
 There is no additional burden on Teachers
 Standard Areas can be integrated within the
Subject of the Lesson Plans
 English, Math, Science, History, etc
 Allows Teachers to be Creative with instruction &
how a Standard is introduced to students
 Allows Teachers to make the connections
between Academic Content and the Standard by
using real-world scenarios

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How does this Help Teachers?
 Instructional Examples are provided for
each Standard Area
 Adds Diversification to Lesson Plans
 Engages students and invites them into a
world which they see on a daily basis, but
don’t fully understand
 How Reading & Math is used in the workplace
 How Reading & Math influences College & Career
choices

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How does this Help Teachers? (continued)
 Making the Implicit, Explicit
 Documenting what many schools are doing for
Career Education & Work and getting credit
instead of doing Career Education & Work without
documentation
 Career Day
 Attending a Career Fair
 Job Shadowing

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How does this Help Teachers? (continued)
 Standards are geared to provide instruction in
Career Education & Work for students at ALL levels
 There is no “One Right Way”
 The Standards can be taught for every level of disability, at
the level of the student, at the pace of the student
 AS
 LSS
 MDS
 ES
 LS

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Benefits to Students
 Skills students will Learn:
 Critical Thinking
 Planning & Goal Setting
 Collaboration & Communication
 Creativity
 Problem Solving
 Organization
 Leadership

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Benefits to Students (continued)
 Learn how to apply Academic Content to
Real-World Scenarios
 Learn “Soft Skills” and how they can help or
harm career opportunities
 Makes students Active Participants in
learning

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Q & A
Opportunity to Collaborate

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Collaboration Exercise
 Discuss how you plan to implement Standard
13 in your school?
 Staff PD
 Supporting Teachers with integration into lesson
Plans
 Ensuring Standards are being worked on
 Progress Monitoring
 Class Presentations at School Assembly & Back to
School Night
 Class Competition (Family Feud, Mock Debates, etc)

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Collaboration Exercise (continued)
 Create an instructional example for one of the
Standard Areas

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James Baldwin
“We will benefit or pay for what they become”

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Point of Contact
Alton C. Strange. Ph.D.
Transition Coordinator
astrange@philasd.org