Pathfinder: Exploring Career and Educational Paths (4th Edition)

Description

• Affordably priced
• Easy and fun for students to use
• Students learn to identify career interests, values, and preferences
• Includes many hands-on activities and an extensive career interest checklist
• Students consider options such as getting a job right out of high school, receiving job training beyond high school, or going to college
• Advises on scheduling courses and activities to help meet long-term career goals

• 14 career interest groups with each group divided into sub-groups.
• The Individual Career Portfolio is a 6-panel foldout that is used to support career exploration/awareness activities in this workbook.
• Expanded career interest group descriptions: All 14 groups now contain complete descriptions of all sub-groups within an interest area.
• The Teacher’s Guide helps teachers plan individual or class activities that correspond to the student workbook and provides tips, techniques, and specific activities for structuring a career awareness program.
• Updated to include technology, family, and consumer science topics.
• 20 work values divided into 6 major areas.
• Foundation skills from the Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Report used to illustrate the link between education and jobs.
• More details on specific educational paths, including Technical/Trade, Associate’s Degree, College Prep, and College Prep+.

• Individual Career Portfolio
• Pathfinder Instructional Program