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American Careers
A resource magazine that is designed to assist 8th graders and their parents with career exploration and transition to 9th grade.
Career Planning Guide
An Idaho-focused guide to employment data, post-secondary education and other training, and certification agencies organized around Idaho's 16 Career Clusters
Curricula
The Idaho Comprehensive School Counseling Model (PDF 255K)
The Tool Kit for School Counselors (PDF 547K)
Taking the Mystery Out of the Student Learning PlanAdult
Competencies for Lifelong Career Development (PDF 90K)
Career Guidance Blueprint CD
Individual Graduation Plans
There are 80 pathways within the 16 National Clusters. Idaho has developed overall Individual Graduation Plans for each of the 16 clusters. Idaho has also developed Individual Graduation Plans that embed Programs of Study for 50 of these pathways based on the course offerings in Professional-Technical Education (PTE) Programs in Idaho. Click here to access the plans.
Real Game
A program game that was originally targeted to meet the needs of seventh and eighth graders in development of basic skills for career exploration. Now, ninth and tenth graders have the opportunity to continue the process with the early high school edition called Be Real Game. This early high school program is designed to engage students in decision making and problem solving.
Resources for Quality Career Guidance CD
A CD containing eight PowerPoint presentations and supporting documents to help provide quality career guidance programs.
School Counselor Handbook for Advisory Committees (PDF 50K)
Basic Workplace Competencies
Basic Workplace Competencies is a resource publication for administrators and educators as they focus efforts to help identify skills needed for employment inall career pathways. This publication represents a guideline for the development of professional-technical education curricula.
It has been broken down into PDF files by section as you will see below. For the complete booklet, please print out all PDF files and assemble in order from "Forward" to "Managing Resources."
Forward (PDF 175K)
Solving Problems and Thinking Skillfully (PDF 45K)
Communicating Effectively (PDF 45K)
Applying Technology (PDF 43K)
Working Responsibly (PDF 167K)
Planning and Managing a Career (PDF 46K)
Managing Resources (PDF 46K)
