Networking techniques, digital platform navigation, and methods for accessing the hidden job market. Develops organizational skills for application tracking and time management during the career search.
A comprehensive lesson on digital footprint management for students transitioning to professional or collegiate environments. Students engage in 'recruitment simulations' to understand how their online presence impacts future opportunities and learn to curate a professional digital persona.
A high-energy, game-based training program focused on demystifying networking and building social capital for job seekers. Participants engage in a series of 'Connection Challenges' to earn opportunity rewards and build their own professional network maps.
A comprehensive 7-day unit for Grade 11/12 Designing Your Future students, focusing on leveraging AI tools like Gemini for workplace and college success. Designed for special education contexts, it emphasizes self-advocacy, professional communication, research, and project management through visual and digital tasks.
A comprehensive 8-day employability program designed for individuals with low-literacy levels preparing for reentry. The course covers self-assessment, professional communication, resume and cover letter construction, and interview techniques specifically tailored for navigating the challenges of post-incarceration employment.
A comprehensive series designed to help high school students find, secure, and maximize job shadowing opportunities for meaningful career exploration.
A comprehensive unit designed to prepare students for the transition to adulthood, focusing on financial literacy for college, professional resume writing, and exploration of STEM career opportunities.
A comprehensive 5-week sequence for high school juniors to finalize their professional portfolio and career budget, culminating in a formal defense. Includes financial planning, executive summary refinement, resume building, and branding.
A series of lessons designed to prepare students for the transition to the workforce by developing critical soft skills, digital literacy, and professional communication strategies.
A comprehensive exploration of the 16 National Career Clusters, guiding high school students through research and creative design of career-focused brochures.
A comprehensive transition planning sequence for high school students, covering career exploration, employment preparation, and independent living skills.
A comprehensive 7th-grade child development course focused on safety, basic caregiving, developmental milestones, and professional babysitting business skills. The curriculum is designed for 45-minute class periods and aligns with Urbandale CSD standards and proficiency scales.
A comprehensive job-seeker toolkit designed specifically for pet care and dog grooming professionals. It includes a tailored Resume & Cover Letter Builder, a Job Search Strategy Kit with trackers, and an Interview Prep Workbook to help candidates transition into new roles or elevate their pet care careers.
A comprehensive career exploration and financial literacy packet for 7th grade students, connecting strengths, lifestyle costs, and the essential question of what freedom means in today's world.
A comprehensive 7-day applied math unit on employment preparation and paycheck calculations. Students learn the job-hunting process, professional interviews, tax withholding forms (W-4 and I-9), and master decimal calculations to compute gross wages, overtime, FICA/state tax deductions, and net take-home pay.
A highly visual career exploration lesson that introduces the Job Market Iceberg (Open vs. Hidden Job Market), guides students to map their network with concentric circles, and spotlights youth self-employment programs in Ontario. Includes visual symbols and concrete supports.
A practical lesson for life skills and transition students on identifying their interests and strengths, searching for starter jobs, and understanding the application process.
A series of visual task analysis posters and checklists designed to help adult transition students master the steps of a successful job interview.
A deep dive into digital footprints, featuring a recruitment simulation where students audit their own and others' online personas to prepare for professional and collegiate success.
A 90-minute interactive session where participants learn to initiate conversations, identify helpful connections, and practice networking in a simulated environment to unlock career opportunities.
A 90-minute employment training session focused on discovering meaningful community-based careers beyond traditional retail. Students explore non-profits, public service, and philanthropic organizations to understand diverse career paths.
A comprehensive training module focused on teaching job seekers how to perform deep-dive research into potential employers and job listings to prepare for applications and interviews.
Students use Gemini to explore diverse career pathways, post-secondary requirements, and labor market trends, learning how to cross-reference AI findings with primary sources like government databases and institution websites.
A comprehensive career readiness lesson focused on preparing students for final assessments across multiple units including resume building, application mastery, and professional legacy.
A 2-page interview preparation workbook mapping common behavioral questions, the STAR method, and key responses. Includes concrete examples of de-escalating pet and client challenges, custom writing spaces, and a checklist.
A 2-page job search strategy guide and application tracker customized for pet industry professionals. Includes targeted outreach channels, weekly milestone planners, and a high-yield physical tracking grid.
A 3-page step-by-step workbook and template builder to help pet care and grooming professionals write high-impact resumes and cover letters. Includes skill-translation tables, resume layouts, and custom-fit writing templates.
A visually stunning, multi-page career discovery workbook mapping 7th-grade student strengths, values, and lifestyle costs. Features an assessment, budgeting math scenarios, time trade-off matrices, an education-debt roadmap with 30+ expanded careers, a printable professional paper application section with a customized Rochester Prep teacher-recruitment email model, and teacher companion guides.
A teacher-facing lesson delivery guide, Massachusetts state mathematical framework alignment standards, day-to-day curriculum pacing matrix, and a complete 4-page step-by-step Answer Key for the 8-page Career and Cashflow Student Activity Workbook.
A comprehensive 8-page printable student-facing workbook containing guided notes, daily checkboxes, practical math problems, mock W-4 completion exercises, and a step-by-step net paycheck calculation spreadsheet. Layout is optimized for clean physical printing with custom font scaling and solid contrast backgrounds.
An interactive, highly visual 14-slide master presentation covering the 7-day Career and Cashflow curriculum. Each day features instructional concepts (resumes, interviews, tax documents, gross wages, overtime, deductions) paired with step-by-step calculator mathematics. Text sizes are maintained at 24px and above for optimal classroom legibility.
A highly structured, 2-page printable worksheet for mapping a personal connection network (concentric circles) and reflection. Includes an autism-friendly concrete role Idea Bank and Ontario program references.
An 8-slide highly visual interactive presentation introducing the Job Market Iceberg (Open vs. Hidden), personal network circles with autism-friendly support examples, and Ontario youth self-employment programs (Summer Company, Enterprise Centres). Now grade-agnostic, with larger text, orange theme, and custom vector iceberg graphic.
A teacher guide providing instructional support, discussion prompts, and differentiation strategies for the Career Starter Roadmap lesson.
A guided student worksheet for life skills students to inventory their interests and strengths, research a local starter job, and create a simple action plan for applying.
A 15-slide comprehensive presentation designed for life skills and transition students, covering job interests, strengths, soft vs. hard skills, and the 5-step roadmap to getting a starter job.
