Career readiness

This collection, developed by University Heights High School, presents two lessons that feed into students creating Personal Success Plans. Crafting a Letter to Future Self is a low-stakes launching pad (it is not graded) for students to imagine/articulate life after high school and how to get there. The Personal Branding/Logo activities require st...

This resource presents South Brooklyn Community High School's Career Day, which includes skills workshops and a social capital networking activity along with speakers and presenters.

This resource presents Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design's practice of hosting presentations by recent graduates about a variety of post-high school experiences and pathways. Presentations happen on a rolling basis throughout the year and provide opportunities for current students to engage and build relationships with some of th...

This collection, developed by Urban Dove Team Charter School, is a look into how the school integrates writing at two points in the career-exploration research process. The result is a three-paragraph essay and a cover letter to a job found through online research. The essay helps students reflect and focus after completing an interest inventory an...

This collection, developed by Transit Tech Career & Technical Education High School, presents how the school builds career readiness through a Model Congress program. It spotlights Transit Tech's participation in Yale's Model Congress. A truly transformative experience, this is a passion-driven, experiential learning opportunity for students to dev...

This collection, developed by Newcomers High School, presents the practice of integrating Financial Literacy into an advisory-based College & Career seminar for every eleventh grader. A set of six, approximately one-hour lessons, the Financial Literacy series builds students’ fiscal understanding and sense of responsibility. The six lesson topics i...

This collection presents Ralph R. McKee Career & Technical Education High School's practice of rooting career exploration and post-secondary planning in students' own values, passions and interests. The series—a total of six to seven sessions—culminates in individual Student Career Pathway Brochures. Students’ values, passions, and interests are po...

This collection, developed by Jill Chaifetz Transfer High School, presents the practice of integrating Alumni Panels into a school-wide "Life After High School" event. The day begins with a community icebreaker, followed by reflection and visioning activities relating to students' roads to success, and culminates with interactive panels of alumni s...

This collection, developed by the Young Adult Borough Center at John Adams High School, presents how growth mindsets can be cultivated by incorporating cycles of feedback and revision into career readiness activities. The particular example entails overlaying a peer feedback protocol on a series of lessons in which students prepare for and conduct ...

This collection, developed by City-As-School High School, presents a series of career exploration and planning activities that center on an interactive activity, "Name That $alary." Because the activity is tailored to students' real interests, it serves as a "hook" to pique interest and draw students into further career planning. The sequence culmi...

This collection, developed by KIPP NYC College Prep High School, presents an annual career planning cycle of: students taking a personality assessment, researching a career or interest, and writing a career plan. The particular example is a 10th grade sequence, which incorporates the Holland Code personality assessment and culminates in a career pl...

This collection, developed by Information Technology High School, presents the practice of incorporating career exploration and planning into college visits. It centers on a packet that students complete before, during and after a college visit.