The document announces that the Middle School BE Courses Career Education is Moving on Down and will be presented at the 2009 National Business Education Association Annual Convention in Chicago, IL. It was authored by Melanie B. Wiscount, an instructor and university student teacher supervisor in the Business Education and Business Information Systems Department at Bloomsburg University of PA.
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Middle School Career Education NBEA 2009 Convention in Chicago
1. Middle School BE Courses:
Career Education is
Moving on Down!
National Business Education Association
2009 Annual Convention
Chicago, IL
Melanie B. Wiscount
Instructor & University BE Student Teacher Supervisor
Business Education & Business Information Systems
Department
College of Business
Bloomsburg University of PA
2. What do you want to be when
you grow up?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ciNtPp_Ttw&feature=related User: aaronfessler
3. Generation C
• Creators
• Content
• Collaborators
• Community
• Culture
• Concurrent
• Connected
• Communicators
Derek Wenmoth, Director, eLearning, CORE Education Ltd, NEW ZEALAND; Derek’s Blog-
http://blog.core-ed.net/derek/
“Sony 035” ~ photo on www.flickr.com by user bunnyronin
4. How We Learn
10% of what we READ
20% of what we HEAR
30% of what we SEE
50% of what we SEE and HEAR
70% of what is DISCUSSED with OTHERS
80% of what is EXPERIENCED PERSONALLY
95% of what we TEACH TO SOMEONE ELSE
William Glasser
“Jacob” ~ photo from www.flickr.com ~ by user kakacakes
5. Our Students Need to Be:
critical thinkers
problem solvers
innovators
effective communicators
effective collaborators
information and media literate
globally aware
civically engaged
financially and economically literate
Preparing Students for Jobs That Do Not Exist, Chris Pearson, August 16, 2007
http://squeakymouse.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/preparing-students-for-jobs-that-do-not-exist/
“Peace” - Photo from flickr.com ~by truonggiangk3a
6. Session Objective
Rich
Career
Relevant Interactive
Planning
Meaningful
7. Session Objective
Active
Learning
Learning with Career
Collaboration
Technology Planning
21st
Century
Skills
8. 21st Century Learning
• Digital Age Literacy
• Inventive Thinking
• Effective Communication
• High Productivity
10. My Background
• Twenty plus years in business workplace
• Taught the following levels:
• Middle School
• High School
• Community College
• Higher Education
11. Something to Think About…
“It has been said that in the 1950s, 2
people were competing for the same
job. In the year 2005, 52 people were
competing for the same job.”
http://www.helium.com/items/458547-top-10-careers-in-the-21st-century
12. The Need for this Session:
• Present choices & opportunities
• Better workers
• Success for our students’ futures
• Happiness in our students’ futures
• Expense
• Time
• Self-development – Life-long Learner
• Develop leaders - Managers
13. This Session Will UnCover…
• Career planning
• Workplace expectations
• Character education
• Developing 21st century skills
At the middle level (also can be used at high school level)
Using:
• Student Choice
• Student Creativity & Design
• Technology – Web 2.0 tools
• Peer Collaboration
14. Careers in 1950’s
• Bowling pin setter
• File clerk
• Typing pool typist
• Service station attendant
• Factory worker
• Average Salary: $2,992
• Labor Force male/female: 5/2
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade50.html
15. Top Ten Careers in 1960’s
• Average Salary $4,743
• Teacher's Salary $5,174
• Minimum Wage $1.00
• Population 177,830,000
• Unemployment 3,852,000
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade60.html
16. Top Ten Careers in 1970’s
• National Debt: $382 billion
• Average salary: $7,564
• Population: 204,879,000
• Unemployed in 1970: 4,088,000
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade70.html
17. Top Ten Careers in 1980’s
• Average salary: $15,757
Minimum Wage: $3.10
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade80.html
18. Top Ten Careers in 1990’s
• Average Salary: $13.37/hr (1999)
• Teacher's Salary: $39,347 (1998)
• Minimum Wage: $5.
• Population: 281,421,906 (2000 Census)
• Unemployment: 5.8 million, or 4.2% (Sept 99)
http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade90.html
19. Top Careers
for 2009
http://www.usnews.com/sections/
business/best-careers/
23. Top Ten Careers in the New
Millennium
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2001/dec/wk1/art02.htm
24. Careers that Don’t Yet Exist…but will
• Robot detachment family counselor
In the fall of 2003, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, & Digg did not
exist.
25. Employment & Wages of Largest
Occupations, May 2007
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/largest_occs.htm
26. Career Planning Education Timeline
• 1910’s – First Vocational Act; VICA, FBLA
• 1920’s – Monies for vocational training; federal funds for agricultural and home
economics programs
• 1930’s – Promoted national apprenticeship instruction
• 1940’s – Future Homemakers of America founded; federal funds for the vocational
training of workers supporting the war effort
• 1950’s – FFA founded
• 1960’s – Vocational Education Act of 1963; Civil Rights Act of 1964
• 1970’s – Promoted the education-to-work transition training programs; Career
Education Incentive Act of 1978- Provided for the establishment of career
education programs in elementary and secondary schools
• 1980’s –Federal funds in helping disabled youth in transitioning to work
• 1990’s – School-to-Work Act Opportunities Act of 1994 – Emphasized partnerships
between educators and employers
• 2000 – today – Academic achievement of career and technical education students,
strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary education, and
improve state and local accountability
http://www.auburn.edu/~chambcd/Vocational%20Education%20Timeline.htm
28. Step 1: Self-Discovery
• Interests, strengths, personality traits, career
goals, values and aptitude
• Three online assessments
• What tasks do you enjoy?
• Analyze information
29. Interest Inventories
• Drive of Your Life
• https://www.driveofyourlife.org/educator/
• U.S. Department of Education's Careers Cluster
Internet Survey
• http://www.careerclusters.org/ccinterestsurvey.php
• Pathways High School Activities and Courses
30. Drive of Your Life
https://www.driveofyourlife.org
https://www.driveofyourlife.org/educator
31. Drive of Your Life
https://www.driveofyourlife.org
https://www.driveofyourlife.org/educator
57. Step 3: Research Specific Career
• Research the occupations that you are considering
• Find out high school graduation requirements
• Look at high school courses
• Find out college requirements
• Research colleges
• Extra-curricula at all levels
• Part-time employments at all levels
58. Step 3: Research Specific Career
• Create Career Presentation
• Create Career Plan Timeline
• Present to class
• Choose technology
• Reports
• Newsletters
• Children’s Books
• Presentations
• Digital stories
• Podcasts
• Wikis
59. Think Ahead into the Future
• Where do you see yourself in 9 years? (post college
graduation)
68. Create a Career Plan Timeline
• www.xtimeline.com
• Create a timeline with events in career plan
• Start at freshman year in high school
• End at getting a job in one’s career
• Can be set to private
72. Education
• Importance for • Downside of Drop
future: Outs
• Happiness • Job qualifications
• Success • Stalemate
• Financial strength • Earnings
• Self-confidence disadvantage
• Emotional health • Majority of inmates
• Physical health at federal and state
prisons
73. Experience
• Part-time work
• Volunteerism
• Internships
• Job shadowing
• Work-study
• Opportunities to develop soft skills
78. Go Ahead in Time…
• Finding a job “is” a job
• Monster.com
• Careerbuilder.com
• Yahoo hotjobs
• Resume, Cover Letter, Thank You Letter
• Create a Podcast
• Prepare a 30-second advertisement, highlighting your
skills and career goals, to introduce yourself to potential
employers and people in your network
79. Go Ahead in Time…
• Dress for Success
• Rule of 14
• Sharon-Fisher Larson, NBEA President
• New Twists for Teaching Professional Wardrobe – PBEA
2007 Conference
• Role-play Interviews
• Students
• Community business leaders
83. Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs
• Ten Top Traits
• Milton S. Hershey
• Three bankruptcies
• Generosity
• Philanthropy
• Built a town on chocolate
• Research Successful Entrepreneur
84. Learn from Successful Entrepreneurs
Find successful community leaders
Entrepreneur showcase
• Steve Chen & • Howard Schultz
• Fred Deluca Chad Hurley • Ralph Lauren
• Sam Walton • Pierre Omidyar
• Bill Gates • Martha Stewart
• Jenny Craig • Sergey Brin &
• Steve Jobs & Steve Elon Musk
• Larry Page
Wozniak
David Filo and JerryMichael Dell
• • Oprah Winfrey
•
Yang, Ph.D. • Tom • Sean Parker &
Monanghan Sean Fanning
• Pierre Omidyar
• George Lucas • Donald Trump
• Ray Kroc
• Jeffrey Bezos
• Anne Beiler
85. Learn from Successful Teen
Entrepreneurs
SBA Teen Business link - http://www.sba.gov/teens/
117. Field Trips
• Brainstorm what you will learn
• Categorize ideas
• Assign category to each group
• Group creates three questions
• Ask on trip
• Bring back answers
124. Online Resources
• Job Ready Career Skills
• Job search
• Finding the right job
• Effective resumes
• The application process
• Interviewing skills
http://www.careersolutionsgroup.com/
125. Online Resources
• Job Ready Career Skills
• Work habits
• Workplace ethics
• Personal characteristics
• Employer expectations
http://www.careersolutionsgroup.com/
126. Online Resources
• Job Ready Career Skills
• Business Etiquette
• On the job etiquette
• Person-to-person etiquette
• Telephone and email etiquette
• Meeting etiquette
http://www.careersolutionsgroup.com/
127. Online Resources
• Job Ready Career Skills
• Workplace Effectiveness
• Time management
• Problem solving
• Customer service
• Teamwork
http://www.careersolutionsgroup.com/
128. Online Resources
• Job Ready Career Skills
• Communication Skills
• Communicating at work
• Speaking
• Listening
• Presenting yourself
• Non-verbal communication
http://www.careersolutionsgroup.com/
129. Inside Classroom Events
• High School Guidance Office
• Curriculum
• Programs
• FBLA, Student Council, Drama Club, FFA
• HR Presentation by community business
• Hersheypark Employment
• Sponsor Career Fair in your school
• Have community business people conduct job
interviews
130. Outside Classroom Events
• Visit Vocational Technical School
• Visit Careerbeam
• Visit Job Fairs
• Visit College Fairs
• Visit large corporation in community – HR
presentation
131. Short-term & Long-term Goals
• Create a goal
• Create a plan
• Follow the plan or revise it
• Life-long Learner
•Success
•Self-sufficiency
•Progression & Self-improvement
132. The Future
“In the 21st century, American
competitiveness and worker
prosperity will be tied tightly to
the education and skill
attainment of the workforce.”
“21st Century Skills for 21st Century Jobs” - A Report of the U.S.
Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Education, U.S.
Department of Labor, National Institute of Literacy, and the Small
Business Administration,
January 1999
134. References
• National Occupational Information Coordinating
Committee -
http://www.academicinnovations.com/noicc.html
• Pa
http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?Q=4
57446&A=11
• Tenyear plan
http://www.academicinnovations.com/11002-
web.pdf
• National standards -
www3.iptv.org/pub/STCpdfs/ncdgstan.pdf
135. Contact Information
mwiscount@gmail.com
wiscount@bloomu.edu
For electronic files from today’s session:
http://technologysynergy.wikispaces.com
Check out my slideshow on SlideShare.net
Technology…It’s All Around Us ~
username mwiscount