To Careers Week and Beyond!

As I get ready to present at the Missouri School Counselor Conference next week and as my school gears up for a month of careers lessons and an amazing Careers Week I thought I'd put all of my resources in one location to help out my fellow counselors looking for more ideas!

Resources for Teaching Careers

Compiled by: Tosha Todd

ttodd@bssd.net

Books:

Mahalia Mouse Goes to College – John Lithgow

What Shoes Will You Wear – Julia Cook

Careers for Kids – How to Help Your Kids Choose A Career – Robert Shewchurck

When I Grow Up – Weird Al Yankovic

I Can Be Anything – Jerry Spinelli

Someday – Eileen Spinelli

Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do – Heling, Hembrook, Davies

Dream It, Do It- Careers Quiz Book – American Girl

Career Discovery Encyclopedia

8 Volumes

7^th Edition

Ferguson

The Berenstain Bears on the Job - Stan and Jan Berenstain

Curious George Takes a Job - H.A. Rey

Young Person’s Occupational Outlook Handbook

Career Day (picture book) - Anne Rockwell

When I Grow Up (picture book) - Tina Louise

Whose Gloves Are These? – Laura Purdie Salas

Whose Shoes Are These? - Laura Purdie Salas

Whose Hat is This? - Sharon Katz Cooper

Whose Vehicle is This? - Sharon Katz Cooper

Whose Tools Are these?  - Sharon Katz Cooper

First Facts Community Helpers at Work Series – Heather Adamson

A Day in the Life of a…

Series includes: dentist, farmer, fire fighter, garbage collector, librarian, nurse, police officer, teacher, zookeeper

Awesome Activities

Compiled by Arden Martenz

Unit on career awareness

Puzzle Pieces

Gwen Sitsch & Diane Senn

Unit on School to Work – career awareness activities

Teachers Pay Teachers

Career Fun – 14 Games to Interest & Educate Elementary Students – Marianne Vandawalker

Journey to Jobs – Debra Wosnik

Websites:

http://www.khake.com/page64.html

http://www.ibelieveinme.org/gradesK_3.asp

http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/557

http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_careers.shtml

http://www.kids.gov/k_5/k_5_careers.shtml

http://www.bls.gov/k12/

https://kids.usa.gov/jobs

www.knowitall.org

www.careeronestop.org

engineergirl.com

careerkids.com

www.scholastic.com – Four Ways to Teach Kids about College

www.monstersuniversity.com/edu

https://www.pinterest.com/toshatodd76/career-counseling/

https://www.pinterest.com/toshatodd76/collegecareer-ed/

http://www.schoolcounselingbyheart.com/2013/07/20/creating-career-smarts/

http://www.entirelyelementary.blogspot.com/2013/12/3rd-grade-career-awareness-lessons-1.html

https://www.pinterest.com/toshatodd76/stem-careers/

You Tube videos About Careers:

STEM Video

https://student.societyforscience.org/educators

Sesame Street: Sonia Sotomayor and Abby – Career – explaining what a career is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHICz5MYxNQ

Florida  Gulf Coast University video – about 30 minutes – kids interviewing scientists in careers specific to FL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etGdRIKNf98

Biz Kids: A closer look at careers (about 30 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2uSnnRKB84

Kids.gov – 22 short videos (2-4 minutes each) explaining a variety of different careers

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDB4BCE9817AE7B43

NEDS career day clip – about 5 minutes – about a professional dancer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFfc6IESw6Y&list=PLkwL1rGISbRlAtmdyqUzMcWRmhWYXhYKI

NEDS career day clip – about 5 minutes – about a business owner who opened an ice cream shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mizPKb8CEro&index=2&list=PLkwL1rGISbRlAtmdyqUzMcWRmhWYXhYKI

NEDS career day clip – about 5 minutes – about a graphic artist who works with video games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFkG3dv523Y&list=PLkwL1rGISbRlAtmdyqUzMcWRmhWYXhYKI&index=6

MSCA Fall Conference Live Binder

So, I am a self-taught techie. I have had no formal training. I learn from others and "borrow" others ideas and still don't know as much as I'd like and really feel like I know nothing...however...I am getting there.

When asked to serve on the program committee for the 2013 MSCA Fall Conference, one of the chair positions I was given was to chair "bring and sling." This is a "seasoned" event that has taken place for years at MSCA. Ten years ago when I first started attending conference, counselors would photocopy 150 copies of their lesson plans, we'd go into a big room, and if we contributed, we'd pick up one of everyone else's plans too. It was pretty interesting and a good way to get lesson ideas. However, now that we are in the digital age, our technology chair and I racked our brains and consulted several tech gurus (Julia Taylor and others) to figure out the best way we could bring this project paperless and within our budget. Julia suggested Live Binder so that's what we did. I'm not going to lie, I had been afraid of Live Binder and was hesitant. However, once I tackled the beast, I was able to figure it out fairly easily.

So, that was a long explanation all for this...Our MSCA Fall Conference 2013 Live Binder is AWESOME!!! Here's the link. Instead of doing lots of explaining, I'll just let you look at it. Without the help of Becky (our tech queen), our VP's, and people who contributed lesson plans, and presenters who contributed handouts and their presentations, this wouldn't have happened!

Now...here it is...our binder!

I hope it can be a useful resource for you. It is definitely a work in progress! Obviously the blog tab is not exhaustive. If you know of other good blogs, let me know. I am particularly interested in secondary resources as I feel that is one of the weaker areas in the binder. Thanks!!!



MSCA Fall Conference 2013 Live Binder 

MSCA Conference 2012 - Providing Apps for Life!

While I always LOVE going to a professional development conference, I always come back with my brain swimming full of ideas that I want to implement and at times, that can be very overwhelming. This year at the MSCA Conference, we were privileged enough to bring in some of the best speakers in the country for our Saturday Institute and keynotes. Julia Taylor, Todd Whitaker, and Curt Steinhorst rounded out our speakers. I took something valuable away from each person.

I also had the honor of spending time with and meeting both Julia Taylor and Julia Cook. These are both incredible ladies who do amazing things to help advance the profession of counseling. I believe our MSCA Conference this year was the most relevant that I've ever attended.

One of the highlights of the conference was the opportunity to present with a colleague Tracy Morris. Our presentation was titled "Pinterest, Prezis, and More!" We quickly highlighted how the following technology tools can enhance any guidance program. Just taking one of these tools and implementing it into your counseling program can drastically change and give your program some "sparkle!"

Here is the link to our presentation!


Pinterest, Prezis, and More - by Tracy Morris and Tosha Todd


Here are links to the keynotes and other speakers.

Julia V. Taylor


Julia Cook Online

Todd Whitaker

Curt Steinhorst - Promentum Group

 Here's a picture of our crowd during our presentation.    Obviously, counselors in MO are hungry for technology! We had 200 handouts and ran out and there were about 90 people sitting on the floor!

 Here's a picture of the MSCA President, Jennifer Grossman and Julia Taylor.

 Here is a picture of me posing with Julia Cook, her puppies, and one of her amazing books in our exhibit hall.

Julia V. Taylor

Julia Cook Online

Todd Whitaker

Curt Steinhorst - Promentum Group

Until next time!

Tosha