EXPLORE. Leader's Guide. Career Education Activities for Middle School Teachers

This guide was developed as part of the exploration phase of the Central Kansas Career Implementation Model for Middle School students, a program called EXPLORE. Designed as a resource book which can be used to supplement or enrich the regular curriculum, this guide contains 182 career exploration activities developed using the Kansas Guide for Career Education as a resource in identifying objectives. The career exploration activities are organized in the following three sections: (1) Exploring Self contains exploring values (7 activities), exploring strengths (6 activities), exploring choices (10 activities), and exploring the influence of significant others on self (4 activities). (2) Exploring Career Clusters incorporates project discovery packages, career minipackages, and career units into 11 career clusters. The following activities are included in a variety of combinations in each of the career clusters: 20 Project Discovery package exploration contracts with accompanying word search games and vocabulary matching exercises; 27 minipackages; and 18 teacher's guides (career units related to specific clusters) developed as subject matter infusion activities. (3) Games and Other Fun Career Activities contain 50 career-related activities designed to enrich regular curriculum. Materials are addressed to the teacher concerning implementation and utilization are also included in this guide. (TA)