Secondary educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2018-2019 school year.

As we go back to school this year, having important conversations can truly make a difference for our students. Try out a few of these ideas and feel free to come up with your own. Our students will benefit from these conversation starters allowing them to truly express their feelings.

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This is a project based course designed to help middle school students explore career options using the Nebraska Career Education Model and understand the Nebraska Career Readiness Standards. The course is organized by three themes – Making it My Choice, A World of Options and Charting a Direction – with culminating individual and group projects. Students will define career clusters and pathways, describe examples of career readiness, utilize self-assessments to better understand interests, establish a career portfolio and create a personal learning plan to provide direction to high school and post-high school activities. This course is aligned to American School Counselor Association Standards for Students, uses Nebraska Career Connections an online career information system and integrates EducationQuest tools and resources for middle school students.Recommended Level: Grades 7-8Course Code:  320300

This is a project based course designed to help middle school students explore career options using the Nebraska Career Education Model and understand the Nebraska Career Readiness Standards. The course is organized by three themes – Making it My Choice, A World of Options and Charting a Direction – with culminating individual and group projects. Students will define career clusters and pathways, describe examples of career readiness, utilize self-assessments to better understand interests, establish a career portfolio and create a personal learning plan to provide direction to high school and post-high school activities. This course is aligned to American School Counselor Association Standards for Students, uses Nebraska Career Connections an online career information system and integrates EducationQuest tools and resources for middle school students.Recommended Level: Grades 7-8Course Code:  320300

This module will provide tips for getting started with the work of aligning CSCP practitioner time with the 80/20 model described in Washington SB 5030: Comprehensive  School Counseling Programs, with emphasis on intentionally considering how to be both efficient and effective with 100% of our time. By the end of this module, learners will be able to: Define "direct services" and "indirect services" and provide appropriate examples of each Analyze their use of time related to direct/indirect services, system supports, fair share, and non-counseling activities Develop efficient and effective work schedules that align to the 80/20 model Share time analysis results with their adminstrator as an advocacy tool to move their CSCP in the direction of the ASCA National Model

School counselors use the ASCA National Model to design, implement, evaluate, and improve comprehensive school counseling programs. Model School counseling programs deliver proactive, preventative, data-driven, and standards-based services to all students. This module will support school counselors as the implement the ASCA National Model in alignment with Washington Senate Bill 5030.By the end of this module, we will be able to:Explain the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model as a framework for designing, implementing, evaluating, & improving a comprehensive school counseling program to support the needs of ALL students.Describe the current role of today’s school counselor & assess the strengths and areas for growth of the school counseling program Utilize tools & resources shared to begin implementing an ASCA-aligned CSCP

This module will help school counselors thoughtfully develop positive, collaborative partnerships with their administrators. The module is one of several free and open resources supporting implementation of Washington Senate Bill 5030: Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.