WEBSITES
A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future
Though teenagers are known for living in the “now,” they can easily be persuaded to ponder the future—especially when it’s their own future that they’re asked to imagine. Inspired by John Updike’s poem “Ex-Basketball Player,” students write poems or prose poems intended for a real audience—themselves, five years in the future.
America's Career InfoNet: Career Resource Library
From Accountants to Zoologists, we have nearly 450 career videos showing real people doing real work. See broad industry areas describing selected careers within the industry. View five specific industry videos. Check out careers that have similar characteristics (for example, work outside, require only On-the-Job training; or, are eligible for apprenticeships).
America's Career Resource Network Association
Contains links to other career development resources.
America's Job Bank
Thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers on Americas Job Bank.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The vision of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is that all young people—especially those in tough neighborhoods—will graduate from school with the knowledge and skills they need for adult success. Its education investments have two primary aims: (1) To support initiatives that give more low-income parents the opportunity to send their children to high quality schools that produce strong results; and (2) To help families get needed services and support through stronger connections between schools and communities.
ARCH Careers
ARCHcareers.org is the official comprehensive guide to careers in architecture. It assists in learning more about the process of becoming an architect: 1. Education 2. Experience and 3. Examination. There you will also find information about the American Institute of Architecture Students, which provides educational and professional development resources for all students.
Associates of Science and Other AS Degrees
Associate's Degrees are a great way to start down a career path quickly. Most programs conclude in two years, but there are some programs that take even less time. Moreover, many students can find lucrative positions, especially in the technology and accounting fields, with an associate's degree. Asdegree.org has taken the first step for you by collecting and listing the top schools offering online programs.
Association for Career and Technical Education
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET)
Looking for an Exciting New Career? Consider Becoming a Biomedical Equipment Technician What do biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) do? How do BMETs fit into the healthcare team? And how does one enter the field? These questions and more are addressed in this brief video, featuring members of AAMI's Technology Management Council (TMC).
Bridge to Music
With the Bridge to Music web site, music students, parents and the school counselors that support them have the most extensive resource for
finding the right music school, conservatory, festival, and/or workshop. This online resource has a comprehensive directory that allows users to easily browse and compare music education outlets.
Bridges
Help your students explore career and education options, then track their progress as they create successful plans.
California Career Zone
Website provides ways to explore jobs that the state of California has to offer.
Career and Technical Education's Role in Dropout Prevention and Recovery
This issue brief will explore the critical role that career and technical education plays in dropout prevention and recovery. High quality career and technical education can help more students persist in and complete high school by preparing them for the postsecondary education and training that will be critical to future economic
successes; by increasing student engagement; by building positive relationships; and by providing innovative delivery methods.
Career Counseling Resources on the Internet
We provide some of the best free resources related to career counseling on the internet, courtesy of the American School Counselor Association.
Career Information for Kids
Provides detailed descriptions of various occupations in the areas of music/arts, math, science, reading, social studies, and PE.
Career One Stop
CareerOneStop is a collection of electronic tools, operating as a federal-state partnership, and funded by grants to states. Each tool offers a unique solution to the overwhelming demands of today’s labor market from the perspective of the job seeker, the employer, and the public workforce community. The tools include information on financial aid, the labor market, training and education, employment, and relocation.
Career Pathways in High School
This article is from Rethinking Schools about North Carolina schools. North Carolina implemented strict graduation requirements that begin by asking eighth-graders to choose one of four career pathways which limit them to high school courses preparing them for a four-year college or university, a community or technical college, or to directly enter the job market upon graduation.
Careers Companion Resource
The "go to" Companion Resource web site has been developed for students interested in learning about fluid power through fun and interesting games and animation. The Companion Resource web site provides in-depth information about fluid power technology and the available career opportunities.
Careers in Music
There are many different music-related professions in today's world. To expose students to the range of options, Music Alive! is pleased to present a different Cool Careers column each month. Because we believe so strongly in the validation and encouragement that these features might provide, we are offering articles from our Cool Careers archive.
Careers in Sports Medicine and Exercise Science
The fields of sports medicine and exercise science are developing so rapidly that choosing the right career in this area can be overwhelming. The American College of Sports Medicine has created this guide to help you better understand the career opportunities available to you in sports medicine and exercise science.
College and Career Quest Exercise
This WebQuest will take you through a process of exploring careers and colleges using the Web. It is designed to develop skills required in researching potential majors and colleges. This is only the beginning of your exploration. You will need to do much more extensive investigation before you are ready to make decisions.
College Foundation of North Carolina
CFNC.org is a free website designed to provide students with relevant information for career and college planning - everything from creating hs course plans, career and college profiles, SAT prep, assessments and more.
ConstructMyFuture
The construction industry's informational website for teachers, students, parents and counselors that explains the benefits of and opportunities in the three major segments of the construction industry: Manufacturing, Distributing and Constructing.
Counseling Careers
Counseling is a broad field with a variety of specializations that determine what professional counselors do, whom they treat, and where they work. However, regardless of specialization, all counselors help others overcome challenges in their lives by developing personal relationships with their clients, in addition to offering advice to help them meet their educational or career goals. They also work with children or adults in schools, career centers, clinics, mental health facilities, and hospitals or other healthcare facilities.
Counselor's Room
Counselor‘s Room was founded to help busy counselors find FREE life skill lesson plans and group activity ideas for school age children that are both lively and fun.
CTE - Career and Technical Education
Career and technical education programs are an integral part of public education and are designed to educate about, through, and for careers. The National Research and Dissemination Centers for Career and Technical Education, as primary sources of research-based information, will significantly affect the quality of knowledge and understanding necessary to advance career and technical education in the United States.
First the Seed Foundation
Get the tools you need to talk to your students about careers in the seed industry by ordering your free First the Seed Career Kit from the First the Seed Foundation today. Each kit includes a counselor handbook containing parent and student handouts and detailed career profiles showcasing real people in real jobs.
Get Career Wise
CareerWise™ support career curricula in elementary, middle and high schools and are ideal for volunteer, mentoring, literacy, youth-at-risk and corporate job shadowing initiatives.
Health Professions Network: Allied Health Information and Advocacy
Provides information on allied health professions and advocacy.
Improving the Economic and Life Outcomes of At-Risk Youth
This paper outlines ideas and strategies to engage alienated and disaffected young people in activities designed to help them acquire skills, gain work experience, and improve their lives. An ambitious goal motivates this work: to significantly increase the proportion of young people who by the age of 25 have a high school diploma or postsecondary credential, are working in jobs with career mobility opportunities, are involved in a stable relationship with another adult, and are not involved in risk-taking behavior.
Job Profiles
A career exploration and inspiration web site where experienced workers share their motivations, basic skills and advice with those just entering the career field.
Job Shadowing
Job shadowing is an academically motivating activity designed to give kids an up-close look at the world of work and to answer the question, "Why do I have to learn this?"
Jobs in Education
A job search site for educators - the number one web site for teaching jobs according to Google and MSN.
JobStar Central
"How To" Information for Job Seekers Everywhere: Resumes, Career & Salary Info, Hidden Job Market.
Jump Start
This is a website for recruitment to the allied health professions developed by the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Division of Medical Technology with the support of a federal grant. It focuses on the ten allied health programs at UNMC - clinical perfusion, cytotechnology, diagnostic medical sonography, medical education, radiographic technology, and radiation therapy technology.
Kuder Career Inventories
The Kuder Career Planning System is an innovative, Internet-based system combining research-based interest, skills, and work values assessments with portfolio development, comprehensive educational and occupational exploration resources, and administrative database management. The Kuder Career Planning System offers a comprehensive solution for career planners at all stages of career development.
Learn More Indiana
Great site from Indiana for helping kids, students, parents, counselors, and educators learn about the college and career processes.
Make a Difference Kit
Provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. The kit contains resources for grades 7-12 to assist in finding environmental volunteer and service learning co-opportunities.
Make It Happen
This is a campaign that provides a much needed gateway for Home Builder Associations, NAHB members, educators, students, parents and other interested parties to access information the construction industry.
MBNA Career Services Center
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major.
Missouri Department of Education Lesson Plans
The Missouri Department of Education has new curriculum lessons and units. They are free to anyone who can use them. It is a comprehensive K-12 curriculum for all three areas: Personal/Social, Academic Development, and Career Development. It is cross-walked with the ASCA standards as well.
Musical Chairs
Jobs in Performance, Teaching, and Administration.
My First Paycheck
Written by teens, for teens, this website offers easy to understand advice on how to find a job, how to create a resume, and how to interview successfully. The website also lists job postings in select locations including; Washington DC, Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY and the surrounding areas.
My Future
Explore military opportunities, money matters, and a career toolbox on this post-high-school-solutions website.
National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition (NASET)
The National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition (NASET) is a national voluntary coalition of more than 40 organizations and advocacy groups representing special education, general education, career and technical education, youth development, multicultural perspectives, and parents.
National Career Development Association
The National Career Development Association (NCDA) is a division of the American Counseling Association. The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span.
National Career Development Association
The National Career Development Association (NCDA) is a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA). The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span.
National Endowment for Financial Education Fellows Program
NEFE established the Fellows Program in 1999 to attract bright, talented, and forward-thinking young people to the personal finance field and non-profit sector.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation has published a downloadable resource for educators, parents and professionals with creative ways to explore science and technology. The book, titled "New Formulas for America’s Workforce: Girls in Science and Engineering," The book includes research results, contacts, references, addresses for software downloads and lesson plans.
National Strength and Conditioning Association
The mission of the NSCA, as the worldwide authority on strength and conditioning, is to support and disseminate research based knowledge and its practical application to improve athletic performance and fitness.
As a part of this process the NSCA provides an Education Recognition Program (ERP). Acceptance as an ERP school means that an academic institution's educational program has met, and continues to meet, educational guidelines recommended by the NSCA.
New York Career Zone
This site descibes various occupations that relate to Holland's interest areas. Many of the occupational descriptions have videos that provide an overview of the profession.
Newspaper Association of America
NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry. NAA members account for nearly 90 percent of the daily circulation in the United States and a wide range of non-daily U.S. newspapers. NAA also has many Canadian and International members. Educators, university newspapers, press associations and suppliers/vendors also are members. The Association focuses on six key strategic priorities that collectively affect the newspaper industry: marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations and readership.
North American Technician Excellence
NATE is the leading certification program for technicians in the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) industry and is the only test supported by the entire industry.
O*Net Center
This website was created for the U.S. Department of Labor and contains information on a vast array of occupations. The Interest Profiler, the Work Importance Profiler, and the Ability Profiler are also available for download.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Paws in Jobland
Interactive game for children in elementary school to learn more about careers and career choices.
Pennsylvania Career Zone
The place to learn about exciting careers in the Keystone State.
Reality Check
After high school you will need to pay for housing, transportation, clothes, etc. Find out how much money you will need and which career will pay for all your needs.
Registered Apprenticeship Website
The Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services (OATELS) is a consolidation of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and the new responsibilities of the employer and labor liaison. OATELS engages in partnership activities, ensuring quality service and customer satisfaction.
Road Trip Nation
Roadtrip Nation exists to empower people to define their own roads in life. We encourage people to engage in self-construction and actively participate in defining their futures by hitting the road and hearing stories from leaders who have resisted the noise of conformity and stayed true to themselves.
Roads To Success
Education nonprofit Roads to Success is offering all its program materials online at no charge for educators. Materials include facilitator's guides, student materials and parent newsletters. More than 180 lessons in all, developed over a five-year period and field-tested in low-income schools.
School to Careers
School to Careers is a career development project for 7-12th grade students, educators and parents. Through video, Web and interactive activities students are introduced to career professionals, projects and ideas that help them identify their interests and plan for their futures.
Schools for Theatre
SchoolsforTheatre.com* is an online guide about schools and universities that specialize in the theatre arts. The site supplies information on all of the theatre arts majors, including acting, musical theatre, directing, design, technical theatre, stage management and theater management.
Seven Habits for Teens: The Great Discovery Form
Useful form that can be downloaded and used for career exploration.
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA-Vica is a national organization serving a quarter-million high school and college students and professional members who are enrolled in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations.
TechCareer Compass
This website is the information and telecommunications technology industry sponsored portal to find out everything a student or counselor needs to know about jobs, skills, education and knowledge. The jobs are tied directly to industry certifications and training organizations that teach to these certifications.
The ASVAB Program
This site describes the ASVAB Career Exploration Program and contains resources for students including a career planning guide and a course planning guide.
The Career Key
The Career Key helps students with career exploration and planning, choosing a career and a college major or training program. Includes a free professional career interest inventory (Holland's types) with the results linked to accurate occupational information, numerous self-help modules, as well as resources for school counselors.
The Dream Job Program
The Dream Job program provides students with an effective way to explore, consider and select an appropriate education and career path by having them read and analyze real-world information, profiles of success, and business and workplace trends.
The Futures Channel
Provides videos about real math and science careers.
Virginia Career View
Website from the state of Virginia to help students, parents, and counselors learn about career and college options.
Way to Go RI
Site to help Rhode Island students develop their path through school to college or a career.
Who Do You Want 2B?
The site includes information on California high school and community college courses, career options, and financial assistance.
Your Child's Career
We have tried to fill this site with facts, insights, stories, quizzes, and activities you can do with your kids, as well as links to many other helpful sites.
YouthRules!
YouthRules! was launched by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2002 to increase public awareness of Federal and State rules concerning young workers. Through the YouthRules! initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor and its partners seek to promote positive and safe work experiences that help prepare young workers to enter the 21st Century workforce. The YouthRules! web page is a gateway providing quick access to information about Federal and State labor laws that apply to young workers.
The organizations, Web sites and other resources listed here are not exhaustive, nor is their inclusion intended as an endorsement by the American School Counselor Association. Rather, these listings are intended to assist school counselors in their efforts to better address children's academic, career, and personal/social development needs.
A Poem of Possibilities: Thinking about the Future
Though teenagers are known for living in the “now,” they can easily be persuaded to ponder the future—especially when it’s their own future that they’re asked to imagine. Inspired by John Updike’s poem “Ex-Basketball Player,” students write poems or prose poems intended for a real audience—themselves, five years in the future.
America's Career InfoNet: Career Resource Library
From Accountants to Zoologists, we have nearly 450 career videos showing real people doing real work. See broad industry areas describing selected careers within the industry. View five specific industry videos. Check out careers that have similar characteristics (for example, work outside, require only On-the-Job training; or, are eligible for apprenticeships).
America's Career Resource Network Association
Contains links to other career development resources.
America's Job Bank
Thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers on Americas Job Bank.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
The vision of the Annie E. Casey Foundation is that all young people—especially those in tough neighborhoods—will graduate from school with the knowledge and skills they need for adult success. Its education investments have two primary aims: (1) To support initiatives that give more low-income parents the opportunity to send their children to high quality schools that produce strong results; and (2) To help families get needed services and support through stronger connections between schools and communities.
ARCH Careers
ARCHcareers.org is the official comprehensive guide to careers in architecture. It assists in learning more about the process of becoming an architect: 1. Education 2. Experience and 3. Examination. There you will also find information about the American Institute of Architecture Students, which provides educational and professional development resources for all students.
Associates of Science and Other AS Degrees
Associate's Degrees are a great way to start down a career path quickly. Most programs conclude in two years, but there are some programs that take even less time. Moreover, many students can find lucrative positions, especially in the technology and accounting fields, with an associate's degree. Asdegree.org has taken the first step for you by collecting and listing the top schools offering online programs.
Association for Career and Technical Education
The Association for Career and Technical Education is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers.
Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET)
Looking for an Exciting New Career? Consider Becoming a Biomedical Equipment Technician What do biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs) do? How do BMETs fit into the healthcare team? And how does one enter the field? These questions and more are addressed in this brief video, featuring members of AAMI's Technology Management Council (TMC).
Bridge to Music
With the Bridge to Music web site, music students, parents and the school counselors that support them have the most extensive resource for
finding the right music school, conservatory, festival, and/or workshop. This online resource has a comprehensive directory that allows users to easily browse and compare music education outlets.
Bridges
Help your students explore career and education options, then track their progress as they create successful plans.
California Career Zone
Website provides ways to explore jobs that the state of California has to offer.
Career and Technical Education's Role in Dropout Prevention and Recovery
This issue brief will explore the critical role that career and technical education plays in dropout prevention and recovery. High quality career and technical education can help more students persist in and complete high school by preparing them for the postsecondary education and training that will be critical to future economic
successes; by increasing student engagement; by building positive relationships; and by providing innovative delivery methods.
Career Counseling Resources on the Internet
We provide some of the best free resources related to career counseling on the internet, courtesy of the American School Counselor Association.
Career Information for Kids
Provides detailed descriptions of various occupations in the areas of music/arts, math, science, reading, social studies, and PE.
Career One Stop
CareerOneStop is a collection of electronic tools, operating as a federal-state partnership, and funded by grants to states. Each tool offers a unique solution to the overwhelming demands of today’s labor market from the perspective of the job seeker, the employer, and the public workforce community. The tools include information on financial aid, the labor market, training and education, employment, and relocation.
Career Pathways in High School
This article is from Rethinking Schools about North Carolina schools. North Carolina implemented strict graduation requirements that begin by asking eighth-graders to choose one of four career pathways which limit them to high school courses preparing them for a four-year college or university, a community or technical college, or to directly enter the job market upon graduation.
Careers Companion Resource
The "go to" Companion Resource web site has been developed for students interested in learning about fluid power through fun and interesting games and animation. The Companion Resource web site provides in-depth information about fluid power technology and the available career opportunities.
Careers in Music
There are many different music-related professions in today's world. To expose students to the range of options, Music Alive! is pleased to present a different Cool Careers column each month. Because we believe so strongly in the validation and encouragement that these features might provide, we are offering articles from our Cool Careers archive.
Careers in Sports Medicine and Exercise Science
The fields of sports medicine and exercise science are developing so rapidly that choosing the right career in this area can be overwhelming. The American College of Sports Medicine has created this guide to help you better understand the career opportunities available to you in sports medicine and exercise science.
College and Career Quest Exercise
This WebQuest will take you through a process of exploring careers and colleges using the Web. It is designed to develop skills required in researching potential majors and colleges. This is only the beginning of your exploration. You will need to do much more extensive investigation before you are ready to make decisions.
College Foundation of North Carolina
CFNC.org is a free website designed to provide students with relevant information for career and college planning - everything from creating hs course plans, career and college profiles, SAT prep, assessments and more.
ConstructMyFuture
The construction industry's informational website for teachers, students, parents and counselors that explains the benefits of and opportunities in the three major segments of the construction industry: Manufacturing, Distributing and Constructing.
Counseling Careers
Counseling is a broad field with a variety of specializations that determine what professional counselors do, whom they treat, and where they work. However, regardless of specialization, all counselors help others overcome challenges in their lives by developing personal relationships with their clients, in addition to offering advice to help them meet their educational or career goals. They also work with children or adults in schools, career centers, clinics, mental health facilities, and hospitals or other healthcare facilities.
Counselor's Room
Counselor‘s Room was founded to help busy counselors find FREE life skill lesson plans and group activity ideas for school age children that are both lively and fun.
CTE - Career and Technical Education
Career and technical education programs are an integral part of public education and are designed to educate about, through, and for careers. The National Research and Dissemination Centers for Career and Technical Education, as primary sources of research-based information, will significantly affect the quality of knowledge and understanding necessary to advance career and technical education in the United States.
First the Seed Foundation
Get the tools you need to talk to your students about careers in the seed industry by ordering your free First the Seed Career Kit from the First the Seed Foundation today. Each kit includes a counselor handbook containing parent and student handouts and detailed career profiles showcasing real people in real jobs.
Get Career Wise
CareerWise™ support career curricula in elementary, middle and high schools and are ideal for volunteer, mentoring, literacy, youth-at-risk and corporate job shadowing initiatives.
Health Professions Network: Allied Health Information and Advocacy
Provides information on allied health professions and advocacy.
Improving the Economic and Life Outcomes of At-Risk Youth
This paper outlines ideas and strategies to engage alienated and disaffected young people in activities designed to help them acquire skills, gain work experience, and improve their lives. An ambitious goal motivates this work: to significantly increase the proportion of young people who by the age of 25 have a high school diploma or postsecondary credential, are working in jobs with career mobility opportunities, are involved in a stable relationship with another adult, and are not involved in risk-taking behavior.
Job Profiles
A career exploration and inspiration web site where experienced workers share their motivations, basic skills and advice with those just entering the career field.
Job Shadowing
Job shadowing is an academically motivating activity designed to give kids an up-close look at the world of work and to answer the question, "Why do I have to learn this?"
Jobs in Education
A job search site for educators - the number one web site for teaching jobs according to Google and MSN.
JobStar Central
"How To" Information for Job Seekers Everywhere: Resumes, Career & Salary Info, Hidden Job Market.
Jump Start
This is a website for recruitment to the allied health professions developed by the University of Nebraska Medical Center's Division of Medical Technology with the support of a federal grant. It focuses on the ten allied health programs at UNMC - clinical perfusion, cytotechnology, diagnostic medical sonography, medical education, radiographic technology, and radiation therapy technology.
Kuder Career Inventories
The Kuder Career Planning System is an innovative, Internet-based system combining research-based interest, skills, and work values assessments with portfolio development, comprehensive educational and occupational exploration resources, and administrative database management. The Kuder Career Planning System offers a comprehensive solution for career planners at all stages of career development.
Learn More Indiana
Great site from Indiana for helping kids, students, parents, counselors, and educators learn about the college and career processes.
Make a Difference Kit
Provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. The kit contains resources for grades 7-12 to assist in finding environmental volunteer and service learning co-opportunities.
Make It Happen
This is a campaign that provides a much needed gateway for Home Builder Associations, NAHB members, educators, students, parents and other interested parties to access information the construction industry.
MBNA Career Services Center
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major.
Missouri Department of Education Lesson Plans
The Missouri Department of Education has new curriculum lessons and units. They are free to anyone who can use them. It is a comprehensive K-12 curriculum for all three areas: Personal/Social, Academic Development, and Career Development. It is cross-walked with the ASCA standards as well.
Musical Chairs
Jobs in Performance, Teaching, and Administration.
My First Paycheck
Written by teens, for teens, this website offers easy to understand advice on how to find a job, how to create a resume, and how to interview successfully. The website also lists job postings in select locations including; Washington DC, Philadelphia, PA, New York, NY and the surrounding areas.
My Future
Explore military opportunities, money matters, and a career toolbox on this post-high-school-solutions website.
National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition (NASET)
The National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition (NASET) is a national voluntary coalition of more than 40 organizations and advocacy groups representing special education, general education, career and technical education, youth development, multicultural perspectives, and parents.
National Career Development Association
The National Career Development Association (NCDA) is a division of the American Counseling Association. The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span.
National Career Development Association
The National Career Development Association (NCDA) is a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA). The mission of NCDA is to promote the career development of all people over the life span.
National Endowment for Financial Education Fellows Program
NEFE established the Fellows Program in 1999 to attract bright, talented, and forward-thinking young people to the personal finance field and non-profit sector.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation has published a downloadable resource for educators, parents and professionals with creative ways to explore science and technology. The book, titled "New Formulas for America’s Workforce: Girls in Science and Engineering," The book includes research results, contacts, references, addresses for software downloads and lesson plans.
National Strength and Conditioning Association
The mission of the NSCA, as the worldwide authority on strength and conditioning, is to support and disseminate research based knowledge and its practical application to improve athletic performance and fitness.
As a part of this process the NSCA provides an Education Recognition Program (ERP). Acceptance as an ERP school means that an academic institution's educational program has met, and continues to meet, educational guidelines recommended by the NSCA.
New York Career Zone
This site descibes various occupations that relate to Holland's interest areas. Many of the occupational descriptions have videos that provide an overview of the profession.
Newspaper Association of America
NAA is a nonprofit organization representing the $55 billion newspaper industry. NAA members account for nearly 90 percent of the daily circulation in the United States and a wide range of non-daily U.S. newspapers. NAA also has many Canadian and International members. Educators, university newspapers, press associations and suppliers/vendors also are members. The Association focuses on six key strategic priorities that collectively affect the newspaper industry: marketing, public policy, diversity, industry development, newspaper operations and readership.
North American Technician Excellence
NATE is the leading certification program for technicians in the heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) industry and is the only test supported by the entire industry.
O*Net Center
This website was created for the U.S. Department of Labor and contains information on a vast array of occupations. The Interest Profiler, the Work Importance Profiler, and the Ability Profiler are also available for download.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. Revised every two years, the Handbook describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations.
Paws in Jobland
Interactive game for children in elementary school to learn more about careers and career choices.
Pennsylvania Career Zone
The place to learn about exciting careers in the Keystone State.
Reality Check
After high school you will need to pay for housing, transportation, clothes, etc. Find out how much money you will need and which career will pay for all your needs.
Registered Apprenticeship Website
The Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services (OATELS) is a consolidation of the Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training and the new responsibilities of the employer and labor liaison. OATELS engages in partnership activities, ensuring quality service and customer satisfaction.
Road Trip Nation
Roadtrip Nation exists to empower people to define their own roads in life. We encourage people to engage in self-construction and actively participate in defining their futures by hitting the road and hearing stories from leaders who have resisted the noise of conformity and stayed true to themselves.
Roads To Success
Education nonprofit Roads to Success is offering all its program materials online at no charge for educators. Materials include facilitator's guides, student materials and parent newsletters. More than 180 lessons in all, developed over a five-year period and field-tested in low-income schools.
School to Careers
School to Careers is a career development project for 7-12th grade students, educators and parents. Through video, Web and interactive activities students are introduced to career professionals, projects and ideas that help them identify their interests and plan for their futures.
Schools for Theatre
SchoolsforTheatre.com* is an online guide about schools and universities that specialize in the theatre arts. The site supplies information on all of the theatre arts majors, including acting, musical theatre, directing, design, technical theatre, stage management and theater management.
Seven Habits for Teens: The Great Discovery Form
Useful form that can be downloaded and used for career exploration.
SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA-Vica is a national organization serving a quarter-million high school and college students and professional members who are enrolled in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations.
TechCareer Compass
This website is the information and telecommunications technology industry sponsored portal to find out everything a student or counselor needs to know about jobs, skills, education and knowledge. The jobs are tied directly to industry certifications and training organizations that teach to these certifications.
The ASVAB Program
This site describes the ASVAB Career Exploration Program and contains resources for students including a career planning guide and a course planning guide.
The Career Key
The Career Key helps students with career exploration and planning, choosing a career and a college major or training program. Includes a free professional career interest inventory (Holland's types) with the results linked to accurate occupational information, numerous self-help modules, as well as resources for school counselors.
The Dream Job Program
The Dream Job program provides students with an effective way to explore, consider and select an appropriate education and career path by having them read and analyze real-world information, profiles of success, and business and workplace trends.
The Futures Channel
Provides videos about real math and science careers.
Virginia Career View
Website from the state of Virginia to help students, parents, and counselors learn about career and college options.
Way to Go RI
Site to help Rhode Island students develop their path through school to college or a career.
Who Do You Want 2B?
The site includes information on California high school and community college courses, career options, and financial assistance.
Your Child's Career
We have tried to fill this site with facts, insights, stories, quizzes, and activities you can do with your kids, as well as links to many other helpful sites.
YouthRules!
YouthRules! was launched by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2002 to increase public awareness of Federal and State rules concerning young workers. Through the YouthRules! initiative, the U.S. Department of Labor and its partners seek to promote positive and safe work experiences that help prepare young workers to enter the 21st Century workforce. The YouthRules! web page is a gateway providing quick access to information about Federal and State labor laws that apply to young workers.
The organizations, Web sites and other resources listed here are not exhaustive, nor is their inclusion intended as an endorsement by the American School Counselor Association. Rather, these listings are intended to assist school counselors in their efforts to better address children's academic, career, and personal/social development needs.
Utah High School To College and Career Pathways Student Guide
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