1. www.careersmarts.com1 K – 12 Career Planning Susan Gubing CareerSmarts Who Am I? What are my career choices?

2. www.careersmarts.com 2 Smithtown Schools

3. www.careersmarts.com 3 9 – 12 - Career Planning Class Assessment Foundation Exploration Shadowing Post-Secondary Employment

4. www.careersmarts.com 4 Middle School Activities FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCE: Interest Inventory Career Exploration Unit Entrepreneurship Unit COUNSELING: Learning style activity Interest inventory.

5. www.careersmarts.com 5 Elementary School Activities

6. www.careersmarts.com 6 5 Years Later STRATEGY TEAM

7. www.careersmarts.com 7 What We Learned

8. www.careersmarts.com 8 Ownership The stakeholders must value the activities and final product.

9. www.careersmarts.com 9 Connectivity Assessments Courses Clubs Internships College Majors/ Training Industry Employers

10. www.careersmarts.com 10 Connectivity Students Parents Educators Counselors College Admissions Professors Employers

11. www.careersmarts.com 11 Graduate Follow-up Alumni Database

12. www.careersmarts.com 12 Decision Making Skills

13. www.careersmarts.com 13 Time Appropriate Each child has his own revelation point at which these activities become important.

14. www.careersmarts.com 14 Life is a Board Game Go to Career CoursesClubsIntern - ships FamilyUn- employed Courses Clubs Intern- ships Finances Promotion Wrong Place Wrong Time Right Place Right Time

15. www.careersmarts.com 15 Life is a Board Game FiredFortitudeClubsIntern -ships Courses Clubs Intern- ships Finances Promotion Wrong Place Wrong Time Right Place Right Time

16. www.careersmarts.com 16 Life is a Board Game Go to Career CoursesClubsIntern- ships FamilyUn- employed Courses Fate Intern- ships Clubs Promo- tion Wrong Place Wrong Time Right Place Right Time

17. www.careersmarts.com 17 Post HS Career Choices

18. www.careersmarts.com 18 Graduation This is who I am. These are my career choices. Every graduate should know:

19. www.careersmarts.com19 K – 12 Career Planning Should NOT be a secret! Should BE embraced by all!

20. www.careersmarts.com 20 CareerSmarts www.careersmarts.com Sue Gubing, sue@careersmarts.comsue@careersmarts.com