7th grade students
will be involved in "The Real Game"and "Job Shadowing"
THE REAL GAME
-- an innovative, interactive,
and experiential program in which students take on adult work roles
and, by
play-acting in them and completing classroom and research
exercises, learn
about many of the aspects of real life that they'll soon face
as adults. These include earning money,
budgeting, how
earnings must be spent (housing, transportation), discretionary expenditures,
evaluating job satisfaction, assessing personal aptitudes and
inclinations, and
planning for the future. Students are
also introduced to the way the world of work is changing and to
its new
characteristics (such as job sharing, working from home, working
in teams,
and the application of transferable
skills).
Job
Shadowing
Your child will have the
opportunity to be excused from schoolto participate in a job shadowing
experience with you or another family member.
This experience will give you an opportunity to discuss various careers
with your child.
8th grade students will be
participating in a Career Fair.
At the Career Fair students will able to speak with professionals
involved in different occupations.
Career
exploration helps students identify
vocational interests, become familiar with a range of occupations
within career
paths and career clusters, and identify the skills
necessary to do specific jobs.
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