This week, all grade levels have been working on meeting the Georgia Bridge Act requirements. Sixth grade students complete an interest inventory, 7th grade students choose career clusters and complete the Reality Check activity, and 8th grade students decide on occupation(s) they might be interested in pursuing in the future.
The earlier students figure out what they want to do with their lives, the better!
#TheFutureMatters #Careers
This is the question of the week students in the BMS Career Center are addressing. You would think it would be too daunting to answer, but for most students it’s not!
I love the fact that students really like to talk to each other about what they are going to do with their lives after they graduate high school. They love looking down the long – but actually short! – road envisioning what their futures might be like. (IT’S AWESOME TO BE THEIR TEACHER AND SEE THIS TAKING PLACE! I TRULY DO HAVE AN AWESOME JOB!)
How do students go about accomplishing this task? We break it down in different ways. When you read a 6th grader’s blog post on this subject, they are simply brainstorming prior knowledge they have acquired about what they want to be when they grow up, telling why they want to do it, and what they think it will take to get them there. On the other hand, 7th graders are learning about the 17 Georgia Career Clusters and have to approach the question from that angle. What’s your plan A, plan B, plan C? Eighth graders do all of that and then take it a step further by identifying the pathway they have to take to attain the career of their dreams.
Good things are happening in the BMS Career Center! #SuccessStoriesInTheMaking