INSTRUCTIONS
A plan of career education concepts, activities and test evaluation procedures.

STEP 1	The teacher will administer the pre test to the class in September. The purpose of this test is to determine the students’ understanding of basic Career Education concepts.
STEP 2	The pre test is scored and a summarization report of the class is completed by the teacher. Make two copies of the summarization report. (One copy to your principal and the second copy for your records.)
STEP 3	The teacher then begins to introduce the prepared concepts and activities to the class, placing particular emphasis on the items most frequently missed on the pre test.
STEP 4	The post test is administered in April. The purpose of this test is to determine if a change occurred from the previous testing.
STEP 5	The post test is scored and a summarization report of the class is completed by the teacher. Make two copies of the summarization report. (One copy to your principal and the second copy for your records.

AWARENESS CONCEPTS AND ACTIVITIES
Grade 1

ALASKA EMPLOYABILITY STANDARDS		CONCEPTS	ACTIVITIES
A	B
		Appreciation and Attitudes
5		Everyone in the student’s family and school is important	Students name all family members and school workers and list their jobs.
		Self
5		Students are important as a person and as a member of a group.	Students name all the things they can do.
		Decision Making
	1	The students cannot have everything they want.	Students name the things they want, but cannot have. List reasons.
		Educational
1, 2, 5	1	There are similarities and differences between home roles and school roles for students.	Name the similarities and differences in work at home and at school
		Career
2, 3, 5	2	People work at home, at school, and in the community.	Students name jobs of people who work in the home, school, and community. Have resource people speak to the class. Have the students walk around the school block to discover the occupations in the area.
		Economic
5		A person cannot provide everything that he or she needs.	Students name some goods and some services.
		Skill
2	4	Going to school is a job for students that require mastery of basic skills.	Have students name the basic skills necessary to do a good job in school.
		Employability
6		Rules are necessary at home and at school.	Students name the rules to be followed at home and at school.

CAREER EDUCATION SURVEY FOR GRADE 1

Directions to the teacher

Each student will receive an answer sheet. The teacher and/or aide reads each statement to students (preferably in small groups) and the students circle yes or no. Observe markings closely.

Appreciation and Attitudes

1. The principal, secretary, nurse, custodian, and the librarian all work in our school.
2. The principal, secretary, nurse, custodian, and the librarian all have important work to do.
3. All the workers in our school work together to make our school a nice place to learn.

Self

4. I like myself for the things I can do.
5. I have an important place in my family.
6. It makes me very happy when someone chooses me to help them do something.

Decision Making

7. I can have anything I want.
8. My family buys food, clothing, and furniture before they buy candy and toys.
9. Sometimes I can’t get everything I want.

Educational

10. I have work to do at school and I have work to do at home.
11. Sometimes my family helps each other to get work done.
12. It is fun when we work together in our room.

Career

13. People have many different jobs in our community.
14. Mail carriers and fire fighters work in our community.
15. People work at school

Economic

16. My family can make everything we need.
17. People work to get money to buy things.
18. People do not always have enough money to buy all the things the family needs.

Skill

19. Reading and counting are important things I learn in school.
20. The things I am learning in school will help me when I grow up.
21. Numbers help me to tell time.

Employability

22. We need rules at school and rules at home.
23. Rules that our class makes can help us work and play together.
24. Everyone has rules they must follow.

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CAREER EDUCATION SURVEY ANSWER SHEET
Grades K-1

Name: _______________________ Grade:___ School:________________ Date:_____

Students: Answer by filling in the appropriate circle.

	1.	YES	NO		13.	YES	NO
	2.	YES	NO		14.	YES	NO
	3.	YES	NO		15.	YES	NO
	4.	YES	NO		16.	YES	NO
	5.	YES	NO		17.	YES	NO
	6.	YES	NO		18.	YES	NO
	7.	YES	NO		19.	YES	NO
	8.	YES	NO		20.	YES	NO
	9.	YES	NO		21.	YES	NO
	10.	YES	NO		22.	YES	NO
	11.	YES	NO		23.	YES	NO
	12.	YES	NO		24.	YES	NO

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CAREER EDUCATION SURVEY SUMMARIZATION REPORT

Teacher:___________________________ Grade:___________________________

School : ___________________________ Date:______________

Number of students taking the survey: _______

Statements correctly answered by number of students:

Statement Number:

1.		13.
2.		14.
3.		15.
4.		16.
5.		17.
6.		18.
7.		19.
8.		20.
9.		21.
10.		22.
11.		23.
12.		24.

In view of the results, I would like my class to concentrate on statements: # ___, # ____, # ___ , # ___ , # ___ , this semester.
My goal would be to help my students to better understand the concepts of Career Education at this particular grade level.