College and Career Awareness

■​ Personal interest connection

●​ 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. ○​ Reflect on new insights gained about the pathway ○​ Students create a customized career roadmap showing: ■​ Interest inventory results ■​ Chosen career cluster/pathway ■​ CTE courses in middle and high school ■​ Postsecondary options (technical school, certifications, degrees) ■​ Skills to build in academics (e.g., algebra, writing, public speaking) ○​ Present students with a career-based challenge (e.g., "Design a tool for making the cooking process easier.") ○​ Use group collaboration, role assignments, and reflection to explore real-world skills like prototyping, budgeting, teamwork, and presentation.

●​ Design your own Pathway Map

●​ Industry Simulation or Problem-Based Challenge

RESOURCES

●​ Bringing Back Downtown PBL ●​ Staycation PBL ●​ Culinary Concepts PBL ●​ Smoothy Lesson- Found in the CCA Teacher Resource Canvas Course VOCABULARY ●​ Hospitality

●​ Tourism ●​ Service

●​ Sustainability ●​ Perishability ●​ Four Segments of Hospitality & Tourism: Lodging, Food, Service, Transportation, and Entertainment ●​ Recipe ●​ Menu ●​ Ingrediants ●​ Measuring Terms for ingredients (Cup, Tablespoon, Teaspoon, Oz.) ●​ Food Groups ●​ Blender ADDITIONS Pathway Charts for Hospitality, Events & Tourism Culinary Arts Hospitality & Tourism Review Career Fliers related to this career cluster