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Middle School Career Resources

Published: 7/3/2024 8:22 AM

​​Middle school career studies should provide opportunities for career exploration, build self-awareness, learn about potential careers and develop a plan to reach future goals. It capitalizes on their developing abilities to think abstractly, and their preferences for teamwork and active learning through relevant real-life scenarios. These preferences make middle school a natural time for  students to learn about careers and develop skills such as problem solving, critical thinking and teamwork through career exploration activities.


KENTUCKY ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR CAREER STUDIES

The Kentucky Academic Standards for Career Studies outline the minimum content standards Kentucky students should learn within each grade-band. The standards address what is to be learned but do not direct how learning experiences are to be designed or what resources should be used.


CTE MIDDLE SCHOOL APPROVED COURSES

These courses provide opportunities to engage students with skills, knowledge and tasks of a career cluster. These are introductory and do not count toward pathway completion if a student continues in the program area


CTE MIDDLE SCHOOL STANDARDS

The CTE Middle School Standards provide an overview of content for career and technical education offerings at the middle school level and support transition to the high school career and technical education pathways.

Agriculture Education Standards​ for Middle School

Business and Marketing Education Standards for Middle School

Engineering Education Standards for Middle School

Family and Consumer Sciences Education Standards for Middle School

Health Science Education Standards for Middle School

Kentucky Academic Standards for Career Studies and Financial Literacy​

Kentucky Academic Standards for Computer Science

Kentucky Academic Standards for Technology

MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPLORATORY TASK COLLECTION

This collection of OPTIONAL tasks introduce students to the 16 Career Clusters and promote active learning by engaging them with career specific skills, knowledge and/or tasks of their choice.


CAREER EXPLORATION IS FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, TOO!

Children become aware of the world of careers as early as preschool. Even through simple life experiences, the world of work is all around us. We encourage teachers, advisers, counselors, and parents to use the resources on the  Elementary School Career Resources website to introduce career choices. There are career-specific books as well as activities which should allow children to begin to form their own ideas about career roles.​​

Sharon Collins
Office of Career and Technical Education
Division of Student Transition and Career Readiness
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-4286 Ext. 4275
Fax (502) 564-4800

sharon.collins@education.ky.gov​​


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