Career Awareness

Career Awareness in Elementary School

How do we promote career awareness, but still manage to make this aspect of learning fun and engaging for all students? Elementary School Counselors partner with teachers to help provide students activities that develop skills to encourage success in future careers and educational experiences.

At the K-2 level, students will be exposed to various, early career development skills and activities through our Social Studies curriculum. In grades 3-5, students will focus on career awareness and development through various career awareness/ exploration projects and activities that focus on identifying interests and how they relate to careers (i.e. technology-integrated interest inventory and job-finder applications, career awareness speakers, 5th grade career fair project, etc.). Through identifying interests and careers, students can then begin to gain exposure about the many post-secondary options and plan for those options as they begin their journey through middle and high school.

Below are a few links to programs and websites that can help students identify interests and make a connection to the world of work.  Check them out!

If you have any questions about the resources please let us know.

Pa career zone

My Next Move

Career One Stop

ONet: Build Your Future