
Through our supportive consortium membership and Middle School Career Interest Development Summit, CTECS brings forth a new way to cultivate and develop career interests in middle school students. Our standards, descriptors, associated vocabulary exercises, and concise, problem-based learning activities allow students to apply social-emotional learning fundamentals as they begin to explore career possibilities. This is the crucial foundation that students will build upon throughout their professions and lives.
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- Introduces workplace language and behaviors
- Teaches citizenship, equity, and global awareness
- Unifies stakeholder communities: CTE, SEL, PBL, and academics
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Standards & Descriptors
1. Self-Awareness: a confident learner who can assess current and potential interests and talents
independent, self-reliant, mindful, self-regulated, balanced, health-, safety- and wellness-aware, culturally-aware, self-managed, self-advocating
2. Creativity: an explorer
curious, imaginative, inventive, confident, innovative, divergent, resourceful
3. Problem Solving: a critical investigator, a strategic searcher and evidence gatherer
logical, informed, analytical, discerning, flexible, adaptable, decisive
4. Honesty and Ethics: a moral person with integrity
fair, equitable, helpful, dependable, accountable, inclusive, courageous, trustworthy, principled, reflective
5. Motivation: a goal setter who demonstrates self-efficacy
disciplined, positive, confident, self-determined, resilient, collaborative, competitive, driven, focused, intentional, purposeful
6. Communication: a team and relationship builder, a conflict manager, a considerate social media participant
clear, organized, articulate, considerate, empathetic, persuasive, audience-aware, self-representational, information and media literate
7. Career Exploration: an experiential learner, an explorer of potential talents, career identity, and cultural expectations
career-minded, career-connected, open to current and upcoming opportunities and pathways, pro-active