LESSONS FOR GRADE 6
CAREER GUIDANCE WASHINGTON INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the 2014 version of Career Guidance Washington is to:
► Provide an easy-to-use readily accessible curriculum map and set of lessons for each grade level
► Select the best-of-the-best from prior college and career planning curricula and consolidate into a
20 lesson per grade level sequence
► Customize the curriculum for the state of Washington, reflecting changing graduation requirements
and course admission requirements
► Modernize activities and terminology to reflect current research
► Serve as a go-to source for ease of use, recognizing that schools may choose to draw from the
original curricula from which these lessons came:
o Sparking the Future
o Career Ready Washington
o My Dreams My Story My Voice
o Career Ready Washington
► Make an impact in the lives of students!
USING THIS CURRICULUM
The design was intended to create a plug-and-play option, yet, as always, educators are encouraged to
adapt the curriculum map for local needs however they see fit.
► Adapting for calendar
► Adapting for student-led conferences
► Adapting to meet the needs of local student demographics
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CAREER GUIDANCE WASHINGTON THEMES
What makes a student college and career ready? Career Guidance Washington addresses 7 themes
important to a college and career ready student:
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Career and College Development
Ownership of Learning
Transition Skills
Learning Techniques
Metacognitive Skills
Academic Eligibility
High School and Beyond Plan
PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER
The Career Guidance Washington lessons work to teach college and career readiness knowledge and
skills through topic areas such as goal setting, college and career planning, and financial aid. Career
guidance can be critical in increasing overall literacy and numeracy levels, as well, because it helps to
develop discipline – based on personal desire – that is necessary to succeed in virtually every area. The
Career Guidance Washington lessons help students develop their High School & Beyond Plan to acquire a
range of skills that directly prepare them to plan for and then succeed at the next stage in their lives. The
foundation of the lessons’ outcomes and are woven throughout the lessons, so that teachers, counselors
and advisors have clear indications of what their students should be accomplishing.
ALIGNED WITH ACADEMIC AND GUIDANCE STANDARDS
Because the development of the High School & Beyond Plan over time prepares students to be ready for
college and career, the Career Guidance Washington curriculum is carefully aligned with academic and
guidance standards. In particular, the lessons have been aligned with:
 Common Core State Standards: The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear
understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and families know what they
need to do to help them. The standards, which have been adopted by 45 of the 50 states, are
designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that
students need for success in college and careers. Learn more about the Common Core State
Standards at www.corestandards.org.
 ASCA National Standards for Students: The American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA’s)
National Standards outline competencies in academic, career, and personal/social skills that
students should obtain as a result of participating in a school counseling program. As an integral
part of a school counseling program, Career Guidance Washington is fully aligned with the
standards in all three domains. Learn more about the ASCA National Model and National
Standards for Students at http://ascamodel.timberlakepublishing.com/files/NationalStandards.pdf
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GRADE 6 ▲ CURRICULUM MAP
CURRICULUM MAP
GRADE 6
Lesson Title
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Theme
What is Career Guidance
Washington?
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Career and College
Development
Welcome to Middle School
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Ownership of Learning
Succeeding in Middle School
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Ownership of Learning
Sharpening My Skills
4
Ownership of Learning
Time Management
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Learning Techniques
Learning Goals
►Introduce themselves to members of a small group.
►Outline the role of their Career Guidance Washington Advisor.
►Outline the key products of the 6th grade portfolio.
►Commit to ‘take charge of your future’ in personal plan and
portfolio development.
►Commit to being ‘high school ready’ by the end of 8th grade.
►List key differences between elementary school and middle
school.
►Create at least three academic and two activity goals for 6th
grade.
► Define the three keys to academic success: attendance,
performance, and assistance.
►Define the elements of their ideal home-based study
environment.
►Compare personal methods for time/event management to
those of others.
►Create a comprehensive list of things people can do.
►Create a list of skills students possess and a list of skills they
can acquire.
►Identify skills required to be successful in various types of work
and/or life activities.
►Assess what occupies time.
►Determine time efficiencies.
►Use a time management tool.
►Analyze their personal use of time.
►Create a simple plan to improve time management.
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Student Products
PPT
►Let Me Introduce Myself
Worksheet
►Taking Charge of My Life
Worksheet
►Journal Page
►My 6th Grade Goals
►A Day in the Life of Me!
Worksheet
►Journal Page
► Things People Can Do
Worksheet
►Journal Page
►How Do I Use My Time?
Worksheet
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Note-Taking from Assigned
Reading
6
Learning Techniques
Effective Test Preparation
7
Learning Techniques
My Bucket List of Careers
8
Career and College
Development
The Wide World of Careers
9
Career and College
Development
Who Will I Be in the Future?
10
Career and College
Development
Career Interest Survey
11
Academic Progress Review
12
Career and College
Development
Academic Eligibility
Six Steps to Success
13
Career and College
Development
Learning About High School
14
Middle School and
Beyond Plan
►Demonstrate effective note-taking techniques from reading
assignments.
►Identify personal note-taking strengths and weaknesses by
comparing notes with other people.
►Identify the various types of questions on a unit test or final
exam.
►Identify effective and ineffective test preparation techniques.
►Demonstrate an awareness of effective test attack skills.
►Create a comprehensive list of things people like to do.
►Sort interests into groups with something in common.
►Create a list of activities that they find interesting.
►Define paid activities as a “job” or “career.”
►List more than 40 different careers.
►Sort careers into logical career fields.
►Identify at least five former dreams for their future.
►Identify key influences on future dreams.
►Define a ‘perfect life’ 20 years in the future for work, education,
recreation, leisure, volunteer and family.
►Students will describe their career interests and goals.
►Students will research and describe one potential career area.
►Identify factors contributing to mid-year academic achievement.
►Analyze mid-year academic progress and develop improvement
goals.
►Write a mid-year report on personal academic and activity goals.
►Students will identify careers based on the tasks performed by
people in those careers.
►Students will describe how their interests relate to careers.
►List 20 different high school courses.
►List key differences between middle school and high school.
►Define the attributes of an 8th grade student ready to enter high
school.
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►Journal Page
►How Do I Learn Best?
Worksheet
►Journal Page
►My Bucket List
►Journal Page
►Career Categories Worksheet
►Interesting Jobs, Interesting
Careers Worksheet
►Journal Page
►What Am I Going to Be?
Worksheet
►Journal Page
►Completed Career Interest
Survey Worksheet
►Mid-Year Check-Up
►Journal Page
►Six Steps to Success
Worksheet
►Character Traits Writing
Exercise
►Comparing Middle School to
High School Chart
►What is a High School Ready
Student? Worksheet
►Journal Page
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Income, Savings and Spending
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Transition Skills
Jobs, Occupations and Careers
16
Career and College
Development
Reasons for College
17
Transition Skills
Student-Led Conference Prep I
18
Ownership of Learning
Student-Led Conference Prep II
19
Ownership of Learning
Student-Led Conferences – How
Did I Do?
20
Ownership of Learning
►Identify multiple sources of money.
►Rate different uses of money as ‘need to have’ or ‘want to have’.
►Outline several benefits of saving money.
►Identify and examine several influences on how money is spent.
►Definition of the terms “job”, “occupation”, and “career”
►Examples that illustrate the terms “job”, “occupation”, and
“career”
►Understanding of why it is important to know the difference
between the terms.
►Explain the differences between jobs, occupations, and careers.
►Students will describe their goals for life after high school.
►Students will accurately list basic facts about postsecondary.
education and describe several reasons why postsecondary.
education is needed to achieve their goals.
►Understand the student-led conference structure.
►Schedule conference and invite parents/significant adult to
conference.
►Organize Middle School and Beyond Plan and portfolio.
materials to use as artifacts in the conference.
►List of income sources
►Jobs, Occupation and Careers
Worksheet
►College Facts Quiz
►Planning a Student-led
Conference.
►My SLC Outline.
►Invitation for Student-led
Conference.
►Middle School and Beyond
Plan.
►Review the student-led conference structure.
►Student-led Conference
►Finalize outline and organization of Middle School and Beyond.
Outline.
Plan and portfolio materials to use as artifacts in the conference. ►Middle School and Beyond
►Finalize invitation of parents/significant adult to conference.
Plan
►Conduct a practice student-led conference.
►Journal Page
►Supporting materials for
student-led conferences
►Identify the strengths and challenges of their student-led
►Planning for 7th Grade Studentconference.
led Conferences Worksheet
►List five ways to improve their student-led conference next year ►Journal Page
in 7th grade.
►Define five benefits to student-led conferences.
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