Career Exploration: Engaging Teens in Their Own Career Development
Date:
June 17 All day
Price:
Topics:
- Work-Based Learning
Instructor(s):
Laurie Berryman, Ed.D
Event Type:
Hybrid
Graduate Credits:
3
Intended Audience:
For students with an earned bachelor’s degree, pursuing more information about working with adolescents around career development. School counselors, special educators, teachers, and other school services employees interested in getting more information about the world of work in the 21st century. This course is part of the required courses for the AOE’s license endorsement for a Work-Based Learning Coordinator.
Participants must attend all events:
- Event Date
- Event Date
This course provides the theory and tools needed to engage students in their own career development while helping them find meaning and relevance in their high school experiences. Candidates explore the necessary steps for career planning and design practical applications that help students discover paths that align with their interests and motivations.
In this course, candidates learn the primary theories of career development and how they inform available tools and resources. They learn how to help students establish realistic career goals, create plans, and find experiential opportunities. Candidates also explore aspects of student self-assessment, including interests, abilities, values, and personality; examine tools for self-awareness and career exploration to utilize with students; gain strategies to spark student interests; and discover current resources to research career paths. The course explores decision-making strategies applicable to career choice. Participants complete this course using an individualized curriculum or program to implement with their students.
Course Start/End Dates: June 17 – August 16, 2026
