College and Career Awareness

●​ Have students map out steps within a career pathway (e.g., education, certifications, experience). ​

●​ Use a sample like “Small Business Owner” to model: ○​ First : Take the Business Management Class.

○​ Next : Earn industry certification in Entrepreneurship or Business Management. ○​ Last : Launch a student-led business, join a business incubator, or enroll in a postsecondary program in Business Administration or Entrepreneurship.

● Provide a vocabulary word bank. ●​ Provide relevant vocabulary word banks for: ○​ Career clusters (e.g., Entrepeneur) ○​ Skills (e.g., collaborate, analyze, design) ●​ Sentence starters for opinion writing or speaking: ○​ “I believe ___ because ___.” ○​ “One skill needed for this career is ___.” ● Provide an annotated model. ●​ Share a sample student response with highlighted elements: ○​ Topic sentence ○​ Supporting details ○​ CTE vocabulary- Business Management Terms ○​ Transition words

● Provide sentence frames and discussion practice opportunities. ●​ Model using sentence frames in a Think-Pair-Share format: ○​ “A career in ___ interests me because ___.” ○​ “This pathway requires skills in ____, such as ___.” ● Provide visual vocabulary cards. ●​ Visual cards that include an image, definition, and the career cluster it relates to. ○​ A briefcase image for “Business Management” → Business Management & Entrepreneurship career cluster. ○​ Students research a Utah CTE career cluster (e.g., Business Management & Entrepreneurship) and create a trifold display , digital presentation , or video outlining: ■​ Careers in the cluster ■​ Required academic skills and certifications ■​ Education and training pathways ■​ Salary and job outlook ■​ Personal interest connection ● Career Pathway Project Fair

Extension

●​ CTE Career Interviews

○​ Have students interview a professional in a CTE-related career (in person, Zoom, or via email). ○​ Prepare interview questions using sentence frames.