College and Career Awareness

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

●​ Use a sample like “Medical Assistant” to model: ○​ First : Take the Intro to Health Science Class.

○​ Next : Earn industry certification in Medical Assisting. ○​ Last : Enter an internship, apprenticeship, or postsecondary healthcare program.

OR

"Use a sample like 'Social Worker in Human Services' to model:

○​ First: Take the Intro to Human Services class. ○​ Next: Complete a certification or specialized training in social work. ○​ Last: Pursue a bachelor's degree in social work or enter a related internship program."

● Provide a vocabulary word bank. ●​ Provide relevant vocabulary word banks for:

○​ Career clusters (e.g., Health Science, Human Services ○​ 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- Health Science & Human Services 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. ○​ Example: A stethoscope image for 'Patient Care' → Health Science cluster. ○​ Example: A pair of scissors and a comb image for 'Hair Design' → Cosmetology cluster.

●​ Career Pathway Project Fair

Extension

○​ Students research a Utah CTE career cluster (e.g., Health Science & Human Services) and create a trifold display, digital presentation, or video outlining: ■​ Careers in the cluster