“This was one of the best hands-on workshops I have attended in a long
time. I can take the materials to the classroom and adopt the ideas."
Session Descriptions~Andrea Kelsey, Teacher
Paradise High School
Phoenix, AZ
Paradise High School
Phoenix, AZ
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Who should attend?
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Freshman Academy teachers and planners |
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Educators implementing Smaller Learning Communities |
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Teaching teams already using Career Choices |
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At-risk program coordinators and teachers |
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Counselors and Tech-Prep coordinators |
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Administrators charged with dropout prevention |
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English teachers looking for an innovative, literature-based curriculum |
A great institute for the novice Career Choices teacher, these sessions will be a chapter-by-chapter tour of the Career Choices text and interdisciplinary supplements. Presented by veteran Career Choices teachers and our top trainers, you'll get insights that will enhance your classroom no matter how long you've been teaching Career Choices.
While the training revolves around the Career Choices curriculum, you'll also have an opportunity to focus on project-based learning techniques, team teaching tactics, curriculum integration models, and dropout prevention strategies.
You'll learn how to:
While the training revolves around the Career Choices curriculum, you'll also have an opportunity to focus on project-based learning techniques, team teaching tactics, curriculum integration models, and dropout prevention strategies.
You'll learn how to:
- Successfully teach Career Choices and adapt it to meet your classroom goals
- Integrate career and life planning thematically into the academic classroom
- Motivate students with relevant exercises and activities
- Help 8th/9th grade students make a successful transition into high school
- Build interdisciplinary teams that work
- Use the Internet to enhance your student achievement
- Tap into special funding opportunities and community resources
- Help students see the impact their high school education has on their future
“Lynn Anderson’s stories tie in so well with the curriculum that it brings in things to share with my students. Going over the materials at the end of each session was awesome!"
“This was amazing. The budget session was my favorite. I learned about how to make a ‘real’ budget for kids and how to put it into practice."
“Career Choices was one of three educational conferences I attended this summer. I learned more at the Career Choices conference than I did from the other two combined. Highly recommended!”
~Elayne Araujo, Teacher,
Santa Barbara Senior High School,
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Senior High School,
Santa Barbara, CA
“This was amazing. The budget session was my favorite. I learned about how to make a ‘real’ budget for kids and how to put it into practice."
~Nicole McKee, Teacher,
Santa Barbara Senior High School,
Santa Barbara, CA
Santa Barbara Senior High School,
Santa Barbara, CA
“Career Choices was one of three educational conferences I attended this summer. I learned more at the Career Choices conference than I did from the other two combined. Highly recommended!”
-Steve Stangland, Magnet Coordinator Mission
Bay High School
San Diego, CA
Bay High School
San Diego, CA