| K-12 The Developmental Guidance Classroom Activities
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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K-12 |
The Developmental Guidance Classroom Activities – These developmentally-appropriate career activities that are infusible into existing curricula. Each activity addresses specific National Career Development Guidelines. This resource is organized by grade levels, K-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12. There are approximately 100 activities per grade level. |
$20.00 per grade level packet |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| Most of these activities support the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports most of the National Career Development Guidelines. |
| Address Of Vendor |
The Teacher Development Center
Pennsylvania College of Technology
One College Avenue
DIF 129
Williamsport,PA 17701
(570) 320-8003
(570) 327-4527
CareerEd@pct.edu |
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| 3-4 The Play Real Game
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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3-4 |
The Play Real Game – This experiential simulation allows students to take on adult work roles, create a town with its services and businesses, and create a work project consisting of a presentation to a fictional company. |
$220.00 for facilitator’s kit |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strands, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1); Career Acquisition, (13.2: A, B); Career Retention, (13.3: A, D). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the National Career Development Guidelines especially under Self-Knowledge and Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
National Life/Work Center
1410 King Street
Alexandria,VA 22314
1-888-700-8940
1.877.929.3343
info@lifeworkinc.us
www.realgame.org/ |
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| 3-5 Paws in Jobland
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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3-5 |
Paws in Jobland – This is multimedia career software for elementary students. The dog, Paws, takes students through a tour of Jobland with 100 careers with pictures and sound of actual workers talking about their careers. Contains an interest survey and reproducible worksheets infusible into the curriculum. |
$295.00 |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many competencies under Self-Knowledge and Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Bridges Transitions Co.
33637-B Hwy 97 N.
Oroville,WA 98844
1-800-281-1168
1.888.349.3437
sales@bridges.com
www.bridges.com/ |
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| 3-7 CAREER-O-ROM-A
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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3-7 |
Career-o-ROM-a – An interactive multimedia career exploration program that guides kids through the working world. Low reading level combined with sound and visuals make this helpful for the hearing and/or visually-impaired. Students can explore over 140 different careers through the interaction of Dez, the dog, and Rommie, the CD-ROM. |
$149.00 |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the competencies under Career Planning. |
| Address Of Vendor |
JIST Publishing
8902 Otis Avenue
Indianapolis,IN 46216-1033
1-800-648-5478
1.800.547.8329
jistpublishing@yahoo.com
http://www.jist.com/wgoh.shtm |
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| 3-8 Children’s Dictionary of Occupations with Activities
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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3-8 |
Children’s Dictionary of Occupations with Activities - This introduces students to work and the variety of jobs available. Also acts as a map for planning possible future routes down a career path. |
Dictionary, $15.95; Activities, $15.95 |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Primarily supports competencies under Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Wisconsin Careers
1055 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison,WI 53706
1-800-442-4612
1.608.262.3063
wiscareers@education.wisc.edcu
wiscareers.wisc.edu/G_Catalog/catalog.asp |
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| 5-6 The Make It Real Game
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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5-6 |
The Make It Real Game – This interactive program allows students to take on adult work roles, create a town with its services and businesses, and create a work project consisting of a presentation to a fictional company. Essential skills are developed and fostered, such as teamwork, decision-making, and the ability to make connections between school and future life-work roles. |
$220.00 for facilitator’s kit |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strands, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1); Career Acquisition, (13.2: A, B); Career Retention, (13.3: A, D). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the National Career Development Guidelines especially under Self-Knowledge and Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
National Life/Work Center
1410 King Street
Alexandria,VA 22314
1-888-700-8940
1.877.929.3343
info@lifeworkinc.us
www.realgame.org/ |
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| 6-8 Career Futures
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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6-8 |
Career Futures – This software provides structured career activities with interactive modules that help students learn how interests, education, earnings, and skills relate to jobs. The portfolio helps students reflect on their interests and talents in a real world context. |
$495.00 |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports most of the National Career Development Guidelines. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Bridges Transitions Co.
33637-B Hwy 97 N.
Oroville,WA 98844
1-800-281-1168
1.888.349.3437
sales@bridges.com
www.bridges.com/ |
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| 5-8 The Real Game
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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5-8 |
The Real Game – A career exploration program for middle school students that brings real life into the classroom. Through simulation and interaction guided by teachers and counselors, students can learn how income influences lifestyle, how to plan and budget, what they like or don’t like about their work roles, and how changing technology and global economic trends affect their lives. |
$220.00 for facilitator’s kit |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strands, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1); Career Acquisition, (13.2: A, B); Career Retention, (13.3: A, D). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the competencies under Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
National Life/Work Center
1410 King Street
Alexandria,VA 22314
1-888-700-8940
1.877.929.3343
info@lifeworkinc.us
www.realgame.org/ |
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| 6-8 Enter Here
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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6-8 |
Enter Here – The video-based encyclopedia of career opportunities features actual employees in a wide range of challenging jobs at work sites across the country. The 100 videos introduce all students to real opportunities and encourage continuing education and training. Accompanying student guides present salary ranges, job availability, employer organizations, and educational requirements. The teacher guides offer activities that focus on problem-solving and critical thinking. |
$1550.00 for 100 videos which includes student and teacher guides |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many competencies under Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Valpar International Corporation
P.O. Box 5767
Tucson,AZ 85703
1-800- 633-3321
1.262.797.8488
www.valparint.com/ |
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| 7-Adult Vocational Biographies
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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7-Adult |
Vocational Biographies – This gives a “living” dimension to career information (875 careers) by portraying the career paths (including job experiences and educational background) of real people. |
$1295.00 for complete library |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Primarily supports competencies under Educational and Occupational Exploration. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Vocational Biographies
PO Box 31
Sauk Center,MN 56378-0031
1-800-255-0752
1.320.352.5546
careers@vocbio.com
www.vocbio.com/ |
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| 9-10 The Be Real Game
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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9-10 |
The Be Real Game – Engages students in exploring life beyond high school through a career transition program that introduces a variety of post-secondary options. They not only learn through their own direct experience with three work roles, they learn about a total of 75 work roles. Students get a taste of real life with a variety of scenarios faced by adult workers like budgeting, job change, family responsibilities, community challenges, and chance events. |
$250.00 for facilitator’s kit |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strands, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1); Career Acquisition, (13.2: A, B); Career Retention, (13.3: A, D) |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the National Career Development Guidelines. |
| Address Of Vendor |
National Life/Work Center
1410 King Street
Alexandria,VA 22314
1-888-700-8940
1.877.929.3343
info@lifeworkinc.us
www.realgame.org/ |
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| 9-12 Choices
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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9-12 |
Choices – This career development software that provides the student with activities that support self-knowledge, assessment, exploration, decision-making, and planning. Choices provides career information for more than 780 occupations with school courses and state occupational information. |
$1045.00 for Choices |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the competencies under Self-Knowledge, Educational and Occupational Exploration, and Career Planning. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Bridges Transitions Co.
33637-B Hwy 97 N.
Oroville,WA 98844
1-800-281-1168
1.888.349.3437
sales@bridges.com
www.bridges.com/ |
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| 9-12 + Workplace Readiness Curriculum
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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9-12 + |
Workplace Readiness Curriculum – This introduces the basic skills all workers need to succeed in today’s competitive workplace: problem solving, teamwork, and self-management. |
$395.00 for instructor’s kit |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| The modules support the strands, Career Acquisition, (13.2: A, B, F); Career Retention, (13.3: A, B, D, E). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the competencies under Self-Knowledge. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Agency for Instructional Technology
Box A
1800 North Stonelake Drive
Bloomington,IN 47402-0120
(800) 457-4509
www.ait.net/ |
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| 9-12 Career Choices Curriculum
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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9-12 |
Career Choices Curriculum – Provides 100 student-centered exercises in the classroom text integrated thematically with a literature anthology text. Lifestyle Math teaches real-world math skills. |
Career Choices text, $24.95; Possibilities anthology, $11.95; and Lifestyle Math, $8.95 |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strand, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1). |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Primarily supports competencies under Self-Knowledge and Career Planning. |
| Address Of Vendor |
Academic Innovations
281 South Magnolia
Santa Barbara,CA 93117
(800) 967-8016
www.academicinnovations.com |
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| 11-12 The Get Real Game
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Grade Level |
Description |
Cost |
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11-12 |
The Get Real Game – Engages students in exploring life beyond high school through a career transition program that introduces a variety of post-secondary options. The program introduces students to a variety of post-secondary gateways: post-secondary education, military, workforce, and apprenticeship/internship. This program gives students the necessary skills to make the transition from school-to-work. |
$250.00 for facilitator’s kit |
| PA Career Standards
Addressed |
| This resource primarily supports the strands, Career Awareness and Planning, (13.1); Career Acquisition, (13.2, A, B); Career Retention, (13.3, A, D) |
| National Career
Development Guidelines Addressed |
| Supports many of the National Career Development Guidelines. |
| Address Of Vendor |
National Life/Work Center
1410 King Street
Alexandria,VA 22314
1-888-700-8940
1.877.929.3343
info@lifeworkinc.us
www.realgame.org/ |
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