Suggested 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
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
Classroom Activities
#1 School Subjects and Careers
#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.
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 Course Selection and future Education Plan
Career Cluster Selection
Career Planning Activities – Minimum 1
Classroom Activities
#3 Using Career Matchmaker
#4 Your Career Ideas and Career Matchmaker
#7 Career Cluster Research Project
#8 Career Fair Project
#12 Explore Apprenticeship Training
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.
Choose Grade 9 courses
Complete Apprenticeship Exploration activity #12.
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 submit as required.
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.
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)
Career Selector Results
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
#5 Using Career Selector
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 the Career Selector, search option to see how a variety of factors influence career choice.
Finalize Grade 10 course selections and “what if” Education Plan for Grades 11 and 12.
Portfolio
Update Matchmaker results if necessary.
Update Careers of Interest.
Update Schools of Interest.
Update Career and Life Goals
Finalize and submit Grade 10 Course Selection. Plan for Grade 11and 12.
Add Take our Kid to Work Day into Career Planning Activities
Add extra-curricular activities, hobbies and interests, skills and abilities, awards and certificates, volunteer and
work experience.
Produce first resume.
Criteria
Grade Level
Portfolio Completion Standards Summary
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
Four Year Education Plan
Education Plan: Grade 9
6
7
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
2
2
3
3
8
9
10
11
12
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
Extracurricular Activities
Minimum number
Skills and Abilities
Minimum number
6
7
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
1
2
3
3
Yes
Yes
Yes
3
4
4
Yes
Yes
Awards and Certificates
Work Experience
Volunteer Experience