Example: US Grade by Grade Career Cruising
Implementation Plan using Portfolio Tool
Grade 6
The Grade 6 activities focus on broad career exploration and helping students
make the link between what they are learning in school and the world of work.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Careers that Interest Me – Minimum 1
Classroom Activities
#1 School Subject and Careers
#2 Using School Subjects in the Workplace
Career Cruising Exploration
Search for careers using the search by index or keyword search to find careers
students are already familiar with.
Browse through the career profiles, photofiles and the multimedia interviews.
Use the “Search by school subject” feature and browse the related careers.
Use the “Focus on Careers” section of the main page to look at small groups of
careers and what they have in common.
Portfolio
Create a portfolio or log in to assigned portfolio
Add one career of interest
Begin listing extracurricular activities, hobbies and interests, awards and
certificates, career preparation activities, short and long term goals.
Grade 7
The Grade 7 activities continue to focus on career exploration and introduce
students to the Career Matchmaker Interest Assessment for the first time.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Career Matchmaker Results
Careers that Interest Me – Minimum 2
Career Cluster Selection
1
Classroom Activities
#2 Using School Subjects in the Workplace
#3 Using Career Matchmaker
Career Cruising Exploration
Using Classroom Activity # 3, go through the Career Matchmaker Interest
Assessment answering the first 39 questions and completing the activity.
Use Activity #2 to search careers by school subject and browse related
careers.
Use the Search by Cluster feature to introduce the concept of career clusters
and browse the related careers.
Continue to browse through career profiles, photofiles and multimedia
interviews.
Introduce the Education Plan
Portfolio
Save Career Matchmaker results.
Update careers of interest and be sure to have at least 2.
Save Career Cluster Selection results.
Continue listing extracurricular activities, hobbies and interests, awards and
certificates, career preparation activities, short and long term goals.
Grade 8
The Grade 8 activities expand on earlier activities and engage students in
considering the role education plays in career and goal achievement.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Career Matchmaker Results (updated after answering more questions)
Careers that interest me – Minimum 3
Schools that interest me – Minimum 1
Career and Life Goals
Grade 9 Education Plan
Career Cluster Selection
Career Planning Activities – Minimum 1
2
Classroom Activities
#3 Using Career Matchmaker
#4 Your Career Ideas and Career Matchmaker
#7 Career Cluster Research Project
#8 Career Fair Project
Career Cruising Exploration
Complete additional questions in Career Matchmaker and save updated
results.
Choose “Level of Education” to see how the career suggestions change
based on the type of education chosen.
Continue to browse through career profiles, photofiles and multimedia
interviews.
Click on the Education section for one of the careers profiles and explore the
related college and university programs for that career.
Save one school profile to the portfolio.
Have students complete Activity #7 and #8.
Portfolio
Save updated Career Matchmaker results.
Update careers of interest and be sure to have at least 3.
Have one school of interest saved in the portfolio.
Revisit Career Cluster Selection results.
Add Long and Short term goals to Career and Life Goals section.
Select courses for Grade 9 and add to Education Plan.
Add Career Fair activity to Career Planning Activities.
Continue listing extracurricular activities, hobbies and interests, awards and
certificates, career preparation activities and volunteer and work experiences.
Introduce Post-Secondary Plan.
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Grade 9
The Grade 9 activities begin to incorporate activities outside of the classroom
that are related to career exploration and development.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Career Matchmaker Results (updated if necessary)
Careers that interest me – Minimum 3
Schools that interest me – Minimum 2
Career and Life Goals
Grade 10 Education Plan
Grade 11 Education Plan
Career Cluster Selection
Career Planning Activities – Minimum 2
Extra-curricular Activities - Minimum 1
Classroom Activities
#8 Career Fair Project
#9 Career Interview Project
#12 College Research Exercise
Career Cruising Exploration
Complete or review questions in Career Matchmaker and save updated
results.
Choose “Level of Education” to see how the career suggestions change
based on the type of education chosen.
Continue to browse through career profiles, photofiles and multimedia
interviews.
Examine the Career Path section of the career profile to help understand how
individual careers progress over time in terms of experience, education and
earnings.
Click on the Education section for one of the career profiles and explore the
related college and university programs for that career.
Use Financial Aid Selector and School Selector to explore education options
Complete Grade 10 and 11 Education Plan
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Portfolio
Update Matchmaker results if necessary.
Update Careers of Interest.
Update Schools of Interest.
Update Career and Life Goals
Complete Grade 10 and 11 Education Plan
Add Career Interview Project and Career Fair to Career Planning Activities
Add extra-curricular activities, hobbies and interests, skills and abilities, awards
and certificates, volunteer and work experience.
Produce first resume.
Grade 10
The Grade 10 activities focus on skill development, evaluating the skills students
have and the skills that are required for different occupations.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Career Matchmaker Results (updated if necessary)
My Skills results
Career Selector Results
School Selector Results
Careers that Interest me – Minimum 3
Schools that Interest me – Minimum 2
Career and Life Goals
Grade 11 Education Plan
Grade 12 Education Plan
Career Cluster Selection
Post-Secondary Plan
Career Planning Activities – Minimum 2
Extra-curricular Activities - Minimum 2
Skills and Abilities – Minimum 3
Classroom Activities
#5 Using Career Selector
#10 Discovering your work skills
#11 Using My skills
# 13 Finding the Right College
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Career Cruising Exploration
Complete the My Skills component of Career Matchmaker, looking at the
results to see what skills the students have and what skills they will need to
develop to achieve their career goals.
Use the Career Selector search option to see how a variety of factors influence
career choice.
Continue exploration of Career profiles. Be sure to look at Other Resources
section of the profiles to learn more about the careers of interest.
Use School Selector to find colleges that match personal and academic
preferences.
Portfolio
Update Career Matchmaker results if necessary
Save My Skills results
Save Careers or Interest – Minimum 3
Save Schools of Interest – Minimum 2
Complete Grade 11 and 12 Education Plan
Complete Post-Secondary Plan
Update Career and Life Goals
Update Career planning activities, extra-curricular activities, skills and abilities,
work and volunteer experiences.
Update and improve resume.
Grade 11
The Grade 11 and 12 activities emphasize concrete post-secondary planning,
including exploring different schools and training option and available courses
of study.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Career Matchmaker Results (updated if necessary)
My Skills results
Careers that Interest me – Minimum 3
Schools that Interest me – Minimum 3
Career and Life Goals
Grade 12 Education Plan
Career Cluster Selection
Post-Secondary Plan
Career Planning Activities – Minimum 3
Extra-curricular Activities - Minimum 3
Hobbies and Interests – Minimum 3
Skills and Abilities – Minimum 4
Volunteer Experience
6
Classroom Activities
#9 Career Interview Project
Career Cruising Exploration
Complete Matchmaker again to see if career suggestions have changed
(optional)
Conduct Career Interview with a community member.
Revisit classroom activities that support post-secondary research
Use Search for Programs or Schools to browse majors offered at different
schools of interest.
Use Financial Aid Selector to find funding sources to help pay for your
education.
Portfolio
Update Careers of Interest
Update Schools of Interest
Review Post-Secondary Plan
Update Career Planning activities, extra-curricular activities, hobbies and
interests, skills and abilities.
Update, improve and export resume for further formatting.
Invite someone else to view your portfolio and provide feedback.
Grade 12
Grade 12 activities emphasize finalizing post-secondary plans and ensuring
students have a complete, professional-looking resume.
Portfolio Completion Standards
Career Matchmaker Results (updated if necessary)
My Skills Results
Careers that Interest me – Minimum 3
Schools that Interest me – Minimum 3
Career and Life Goals
Career Cluster Selection
Post-Secondary Plan
Career Planning Activities – Minimum 3
Extra-curricular Activities - Minimum 3
Hobbies and Interests – Minimum 3
Skills and Abilities – Minimum 4
Volunteer Experience
7
Classroom Activities
Teachers/Advisors may revisit any previous classroom activities.
Career Cruising Exploration
Students will be very familiar with the program and be able to complete any
final research of careers and schools they need to do.
Advisors will assist with ensuring student’s resume is complete and professional
in appearance.
Resume should be saved as a Word file and uploaded into Portfolio and onto
a jump drive/memory stick.
Portfolio
Update all sections of the Portfolio.
Print a copy for the student.
Invite others to view the portfolio and give feedback.
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Portfolio Completion Standards Summary
Criteria
Grade Level
Career and Education Exploration
6
Career Matchmaker
7
8
9
10
11
12
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
My Skills
Careers of Interest
Minimum Number
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
Career Selector
Yes
Schools of Interest
Minimum Number
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
2
2
3
3
11
12
School Selector
Yes
Four Year Education Plan
6
7
Education Plan: Grade 9
8
9
10
Yes
Education Plan: Grade 10
Yes
Education Plan: Grade 11
Yes
Education Plan: Grade 12
Career Planning
6
Career Cluster / Pathway Selection
Yes
Yes
Yes
7
8
9
10
11
12
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
2
2
3
3
Yes
Yes
Yes
Career Planning Activities
Minimum number of activities
Post-Secondary Plan
Career and Life Goals
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
8
9
10
11
12
Hobbies & Interests
Yes
Yes
Minimum number
3
3
Activities and Abilities
6
Extracurricular Activities
Minimum number
Skills and Abilities
Minimum number
7
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
2
3
3
Yes
Yes
Yes
3
4
4
Yes
Yes
Awards and Certificates
Work Experience
Volunteer Experience
9
10