List of tasks in Xello 6-12

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Xello 6-12 Time

8 minutes

Xello's Completion Standards is designed to give educators a flexible way to assign and monitor student progress across more than 90 activities—from interactive lessons and assessments to adding interests and skills. Completion Standards will help you set clear expectations for what students need to accomplish, while also easily tracking their work and generating reports.

Meanwhile, for students, the To do list offers an organized view of the work they need to complete, helping them stay focused on their learning journey.

Below is the comprehensive list of Xello tasks that can be assigned to students. Tasks are grouped within sections to reflect the student journey in Xello.

Note: This article covers Xello's tasks. Custom tasks can be created by Xello admin to build upon existing activities. Check out Custom Tasks to learn more.

Accounts

The Account section offers key communication and accessibility features for student support. Students can add a personal email for continued access after graduation and change the platform's language. This section also supports vital communication, enabling educators to utilize advisement notes and two-way messaging with students and parents.

Xello task	At a glance	About this task	Prerequisites
Log in to Xello	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 3 mins Suggested instructional time: 10 mins	Get your students logged in to Xello. Consider using the Day 1 with Xello checklist and presentation to help make your students' first day with Xello engaging and productive.	None
Personal email	Recommended grade: 11-12 On task time: 2 mins Suggested instructional time: 10 mins	It's recommended that students add their personal email to Xello before they leave school. This will allow them to reset their own password and grant them access to Xello once single sign-on (SSO) with their school is no longer accessible.	None

Xello task

At a glance

About this task

Prerequisites

Recommended grade: 6-12

On task time: 3 mins

Suggested instructional time: 10 mins

Get your students logged in to Xello. Consider using the Day 1 with Xello checklist and presentation to help make your students' first day with Xello engaging and productive.

None

Personal email

Recommended grade: 11-12

On task time: 2 mins

Suggested instructional time: 10 mins

It's recommended that students add their personal email to Xello before they leave school. This will allow them to reset their own password and grant them access to Xello once single sign-on (SSO) with their school is no longer accessible.

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About Me

About Me helps students gain a deeper understanding of themselves and how their unique qualities connect to future possibilities. Through interactive assessments like Matchmaker, Skills Lab, and Personality Style, students uncover their interests, skills, and learning preferences. They can also document their experiences to build a comprehensive profile, which can then be easily shared and transformed into a resume.

Xello task	At a glance	About this task	Prerequisites
Matchmaker quiz	Recommended grade: 6-8 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	The 39-question career-match assessment matches students' interests directly to careers, allowing students to see why a career is a good match for their interests or not.	Set your after high school goal
Personality Style quiz	Recommended grade: 9-10 On task time: 8 mins Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	The 28-question personality profile assessment (based on the Holland Code) helps students better understand who they are and how that relates to individual careers.	Complete the Matchmaker quiz
Mission Complete quiz	Recommended grade: 11-12 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 25 mins	The final 49 questions of the career-match interest assessment will refine career matches and give students the best results.	Complete the Matchmaker quiz Complete the Personality Style quiz
Learning Style quiz	Recommended grade: 7-9 On task time: 5 mins Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	The 20-question Learning Style assessment helps students understand different ways of learning and how they best learn.	None
Skills Lab quiz	Recommended grade: 9-12 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 40 mins	The 35-question Skills Lab assessment helps students in grades 9-12 understand career fit based on how frequently they’d like to use certain skills.	None
After high school goal	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 2 mins Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Students select 1 of 3 goals for after high school: Not sure yet, More school or training, or Alternate route. Students can always change their selection.	None
Favorite clusters	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 3 mins per cluster Suggested instructional time: 40 mins	Students review the career clusters and save their favorites.	None
Resume	Recommended grade: 10-12 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students take the work they’ve already done in Xello, including skills, interests, and experiences, and quickly turn it into a professional resume, which they can download and share.	None
Work experiences	Recommended grade: 9-12 On task time: 7 mins per experience Suggested instructional time: 10 mins	Students log their paid and unpaid work experiences in their Experiences timeline, reflecting on what they liked, what they found challenging, and what they learned.	None
Volunteer hours	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 7 mins per experience Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Students log their volunteer and community service participation in their Experiences timeline—including hours completed—reflecting on what they liked, what they found challenging, and what they learned.	None
Education experiences	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 7 mins per experience Suggested instructional time: 10 mins	Students log their educational achievements in their Experiences timeline, reflecting on what they liked, what they found challenging, and what they learned.	None
Life experiences	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 7 mins per experience Suggested instructional time: 10 mins	Students log life events—such as awards, trips, or performances—in their Experiences timeline, reflecting on what they liked, what they found challenging, and what they learned.	None
Add skills	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 1 min per skill Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students identify and rate their skills. They can select from predefined lists in categories like Communication & Teamwork, Leadership, and Information & Analysis, or they can enter their own.	None
Add interests	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 1 min per interest Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Students identify their personal interests. They can select from predefined lists in categories like Science & Technology, Arts & Culture, and Clubs & Organizations, or they can enter their own.	None

Explore Options

In Explore Options students discover and understand the wide array of possibilities available to them after high school. It offers in-depth profiles on careers, majors, and colleges, allowing students to explore educational paths and potential job opportunities, including local work-based learning experiences, if enabled. Students can also save and reflect on their interests to ensure their choices align with their evolving plans.

Xello task	At a glance	About this task	Prerequisites
Save careers	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 10 mins per career Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students explore and save easy-to-understand career profiles with key information on education, workplaces, wages, and job outlook. When students save a career, they are prompted to complete additional investigation, rating, and reflection.	None
Save colleges	Recommended grade: 9-12 On task time: 10 mins per college Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students explore and save engaging, detailed college profiles that include key facts on enrollment, applications, costs, athletics, and majors. With Scattergrams, students gain a clear, data-driven understanding of their chances of admission based on trends from past applicants. An interactive campus map lets them see what’s nearby.	None
Save majors	Recommended grade: 9-12 On task time: 7 mins per major Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students explore and save major profiles that include student-friendly descriptions, typical courses, related careers, and school lists.	None

Xello task

At a glance

About this task

Prerequisites

Save careers

Recommended grade: 6-12

On task time: 10 mins per career

Suggested instructional time: 30 mins

Students explore and save easy-to-understand career profiles with key information on education, workplaces, wages, and job outlook. When students save a career, they are prompted to complete additional investigation, rating, and reflection.

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Save colleges

Recommended grade: 9-12

On task time: 10 mins per college

Suggested instructional time: 30 mins

Students explore and save engaging, detailed college profiles that include key facts on enrollment, applications, costs, athletics, and majors. With Scattergrams, students gain a clear, data-driven understanding of their chances of admission based on trends from past applicants. An interactive campus map lets them see what’s nearby.

None

Save majors

Recommended grade: 9-12

On task time: 7 mins per major

Suggested instructional time: 20 mins

Students explore and save major profiles that include student-friendly descriptions, typical courses, related careers, and school lists.

None

Goals & Plans

Goals & Plans empowers students to define, set, and track personal and academic goals, aligning with their post-high school aspirations. It provides robust tools to support these plans, including recommending education pathways, managing college applications, exploring scholarships, and strategically building a 4-year course plan to meet graduation requirements.

Xello task	At a glance	About this task	Prerequisites
Make plans	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 10 mins per plan Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students explore different pathway options to build plans for after high school.	None
Set goals	Recommended grade: 6-12 On task time: 7 mins per goal Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students set and track personal, academic, and other types of short- and long-term goals.	None
4-year course plan	Recommended grade: 8-11 On task time: 20 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students create a personalized 4-year course plan that displays their course history, fulfills graduation requirements, and aligns to their goals.	None
Submit course requests	Recommended grade: 8-11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students select their course preferences for the following academic year that meet their assigned diploma or specialization requirements, and submit their request by the deadline.	None
Course plan meets 1 specialization diploma	Recommended grade: 8-11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students make sure their course plans meet the requirements of an assigned specialization diploma based on their course history and planned courses.	None
Parent course plan approval	Recommended grade: 8-11 On task time: 3 mins Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Send a request to parents/guardians of your students to approve their child's course plan for the upcoming year using Xello Family.	None
Parent 4-year course plan approval	Recommended grade: 8-11 On task time: 3 mins Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Send a request to parents/guardians of your students to approve their child's 4-year course plan using Xello Family.	None
Educator course plan approval	Recommended grade: 8-11 On task time: 3 mins Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Review and approve your students' course plans to ensure students are on track to meet graduation requirements.	None
Save scholarships	Recommended grade: 10-12 On task time: 5 mins per scholarship Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students save a list of scholarships of interest to them. They can also track any they’ve applied for or won.	None
Scholarship profile	Recommended grade: 9-12 On task time: 5 mins Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students complete the Scholarship profile to be matched with scholarships. Matches are based on aspects such as eligibility requirements, demographics, plans, interests, and goals. Students can filter by grade and use a range of sort and search options.	None
College applications	Recommended grade: 11-12 On task time: 12 mins per application Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	Students keep track of their college application tasks, including requesting transcripts and recommendation letters. They can also update the outcome of their application.	None
Common App account	Recommended grade: 12 On task time: 2 mins Suggested instructional time: 15 mins	Common App is a program that simplifies the college application process by letting students send one application to all the Common App schools they're applying to. Syncing their Common App account with Xello allows students to request counselor forms and teacher evaluations.	None
FAFSA application details	Recommended grade: 12 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 20 mins	Students confirm whether they have applied for FAFSA (and/or state aid if available), or opted out. They can also upload proof. One application must be verified by an educator for task completion.	None

Lessons

Lessons are interactive, fully digital, and turn-key. Built-in curriculum and reflective activities help your students build durable skills and knowledge employers value. By automatically bringing in students’ own saved careers, colleges, and interests, Xello provides a completely personalized, seamless, and relevant learning experience.

Xello task	At a glance	About this task	Prerequisites
Interests lesson	Recommended grade: 6 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 40 mins	In this lesson, students will reflect on some of the interests they have saved in Xello's interest inventory, explore the link between interests and various careers, and investigate how their interests match up with a career they like. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Add at least 5 interests Save at least 3 careers
School subjects at work lesson	Recommended grade: 6 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will relate school subjects to various tasks, reflect on their favorite school subject, and explore ways to use their favorite school subject in a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Decision making lesson	Recommended grade: 6 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will understand the importance of making informed, responsible decisions when faced with important choices. They learn about the importance of considering the consequences of potential decisions, explore the difference between gut and logic decisions, and reflect on an important decision they've recently made. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	None
Time management lesson	Recommended grade: 6 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will explain why time management is important in school and on the job, create a time budget to assess how they currently manage their time, and explore ways to improve their time management skills. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Learning styles lesson	Recommended grade: 7 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate visual, auditory, and tactile learning styles, and explore how understanding their own learning style can help them in school and on the job. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Complete the Learning Style quiz Save at least 3 careers
Discover learning pathways lesson	Recommended grade: 7 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate their post-high school pathway options, explore the pathways to various careers, and evaluate the pathways they could take to a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Biases and career choices lesson	Recommended grade: 7 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will identify biases of gender, ethnicity, ability, and class in the workplace and explore how biases can influence career choices. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	None
Jobs and employers lesson	Recommended grade: 7 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will explore ways to find employment (such as job boards and networking), reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of various work search strategies, and research potential employers in their community. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Skills lesson	Recommended grade: 8 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will explore the skills required to perform various activities, as well as the link between their skills and career goals. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Explore career matches lesson	Recommended grade: 8 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate central, secondary, and other aspects of the career match assessment and explore how the aspects relate to careers. They also reflect on their results and explore the aspects for a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Complete the Matchmaker quiz Save at least 3 careers
Transition to high school lesson	Recommended grade: 8 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will explore ways to make their transition to high school easier and more successful. They identify questions and concerns they have about entering high school, explore clubs, activities, and other resources to help handle transition to high school, and develop other strategies to deal with transitions. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 5 interests
Self-advocacy lesson	Recommended grade: 7 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will understand the concept of self-advocacy, identify situations where they may need to advocate for themselves or issues they may want to advocate for, identify skills and behaviors required to effectively advocate for themselves, and explore ways they can advocate for themselves in school, in the community, at home, and in a career. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	None
Personality styles lesson	Recommended grade: 9 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate personality styles, and explore how their own personality style can help them at home, school, and work. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Complete the Personality Style quiz Save at least 3 careers
Exploring career factors lesson	Recommended grade: 8 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will explore factors that may influence their career decisions: work/life balance, money, making a difference, education, interests, and growth. Students assess which of these 6 core factors are important to them, and prioritize the factors. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Getting experience lesson	Recommended grade: 9 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will explore different ways they can get work experience now. They identify several ways to get experience (such as community service/volunteerism, co-op programs, part-time jobs, and internships), and assess which type of experience is best suited to their career goals. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers Add at least 3 experiences to the Experiences timeline
Study skills and habits lesson	Recommended grade: 8 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will identify skills, habits, and behaviors they need to learn successfully in high school, explore potential obstacles to success in their schoolwork (such as lack of motivation, distractions, and lapses in self-confidence), and plan how to develop positive study habits and behaviors. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	None
Work values lesson	Recommended grade: 9 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will explore their own work values, and investigate careers that they may find satisfying based on their values. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Careers and lifestyle costs lesson	Recommended grade: 9 Recommended year: 10 or 11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 65 mins	In this lesson, students will identify some of their most important lifestyle goals and assess whether they can achieve their lifestyle goals in a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Workplace skills and attitudes lesson	Recommended grade: 9 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will explore skills and behaviors that employers look for, such as time management, dependability, communication skills, and problem solving. Students explain why these skills and behaviors are important in various careers and how they manifest on the job, and assess their own employability skills. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Program prospects lesson	Recommended grade: 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will distinguish between different types of post-secondary programs, such as apprenticeships and degree programs, explore career options related to different types of programs, and evaluate their program options in terms of their strengths, academic interests, and career interests. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 majors
Choosing a college lesson	Recommended grade: 11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 65 mins	In this lesson, students will identify which factors are important to them in a potential post-secondary school, and investigate how a college stacks up to their priorities. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 colleges
Career demand lesson	Recommended grade: 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 65 mins	In this lesson, students will learn about job projections and outlook, analyze factors that impact job demand (such as changes in technology, demographics, business practices or production methods, consumer preferences, and workplace restructuring), and explore how their career plans may be shaped by demand for a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Entrepreneurial skills lesson	Recommended grade: 10 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will identify the skills and characteristics that make entrepreneurs successful and investigate paths to becoming an entrepreneur (such as starting your own business or buying a franchise). Students explore the benefits and challenges of becoming an entrepreneur and investigate ways to apply entrepreneurial skills within a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Work/life balance lesson	Recommended grade: 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will assess how their current work (school) demands affect family life, free time, and other time, identify the work demands of a career of interest, and explore strategies for maintaining a healthy life/work balance now and in the future. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Defining success lesson	Recommended grade: 11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 45 mins	In this lesson, students will explore what success means to them in various aspects of life, including their personal life, school, and career, and explore ways they can make a difference and achieve success in a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Career backup plans lesson	Recommended grade: 11 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 55 mins	In this lesson, students will understand the importance of career backup plans, and explore potential backup careers for themselves. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Job interviews lesson	Recommended grade: 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 65 mins	In this lesson, students will explore ways to prepare for a job interview, describe their own abilities and qualifications in the context of an interview, investigate job interview questions in the context of a career that interests them, and explore appropriate post-interview behaviors and actions. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Save at least 3 careers
Career path choices lesson	Recommended grade: 11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 65 mins	In this lesson, students will understand that career development is a process of constant change, that flexibility and adaptability can help them continually explore their career options, and the importance of re-evaluating their interests, skills, and circumstances in order to identify the need or desire for a career change. To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.	Add at least 5 interests Save at least 3 careers

Xello task

At a glance

About this task

Prerequisites

Interests lesson

Recommended grade: 6

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 40 mins

In this lesson, students will reflect on some of the interests they have saved in Xello's interest inventory, explore the link between interests and various careers, and investigate how their interests match up with a career they like.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Add at least 5 interests

Save at least 3 careers

School subjects at work lesson

Recommended grade: 6

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will relate school subjects to various tasks, reflect on their favorite school subject, and explore ways to use their favorite school subject in a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Decision making lesson

Recommended grade: 6

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will understand the importance of making informed, responsible decisions when faced with important choices. They learn about the importance of considering the consequences of potential decisions, explore the difference between gut and logic decisions, and reflect on an important decision they've recently made.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

None

Time management lesson

Recommended grade: 6

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explain why time management is important in school and on the job, create a time budget to assess how they currently manage their time, and explore ways to improve their time management skills.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Learning styles lesson

Recommended grade: 7

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will investigate visual, auditory, and tactile learning styles, and explore how understanding their own learning style can help them in school and on the job.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Complete the Learning Style quiz

Save at least 3 careers

Discover learning pathways lesson

Recommended grade: 7

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will investigate their post-high school pathway options, explore the pathways to various careers, and evaluate the pathways they could take to a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Biases and career choices lesson

Recommended grade: 7

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will identify biases of gender, ethnicity, ability, and class in the workplace and explore how biases can influence career choices.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

None

Jobs and employers lesson

Recommended grade: 7

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore ways to find employment (such as job boards and networking), reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of various work search strategies, and research potential employers in their community.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Skills lesson

Recommended grade: 8

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will explore the skills required to perform various activities, as well as the link between their skills and career goals.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Explore career matches lesson

Recommended grade: 8

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will investigate central, secondary, and other aspects of the career match assessment and explore how the aspects relate to careers. They also reflect on their results and explore the aspects for a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Complete the Matchmaker quiz

Save at least 3 careers

Transition to high school lesson

Recommended grade: 8

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore ways to make their transition to high school easier and more successful. They identify questions and concerns they have about entering high school, explore clubs, activities, and other resources to help handle transition to high school, and develop other strategies to deal with transitions.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 5 interests

Self-advocacy lesson

Recommended grade: 7

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will understand the concept of self-advocacy, identify situations where they may need to advocate for themselves or issues they may want to advocate for, identify skills and behaviors required to effectively advocate for themselves, and explore ways they can advocate for themselves in school, in the community, at home, and in a career.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

None

Personality styles lesson

Recommended grade: 9

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will investigate personality styles, and explore how their own personality style can help them at home, school, and work.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Complete the Personality Style quiz

Save at least 3 careers

Exploring career factors lesson

Recommended grade: 8

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will explore factors that may influence their career decisions: work/life balance, money, making a difference, education, interests, and growth. Students assess which of these 6 core factors are important to them, and prioritize the factors.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Getting experience lesson

Recommended grade: 9

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore different ways they can get work experience now. They identify several ways to get experience (such as community service/volunteerism, co-op programs, part-time jobs, and internships), and assess which type of experience is best suited to their career goals.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Add at least 3 experiences to the Experiences timeline

Study skills and habits lesson

Recommended grade: 8

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will identify skills, habits, and behaviors they need to learn successfully in high school, explore potential obstacles to success in their schoolwork (such as lack of motivation, distractions, and lapses in self-confidence), and plan how to develop positive study habits and behaviors.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

None

Work values lesson

Recommended grade: 9

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will explore their own work values, and investigate careers that they may find satisfying based on their values.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Careers and lifestyle costs lesson

Recommended grade: 9

Recommended year: 10 or 11

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 65 mins

In this lesson, students will identify some of their most important lifestyle goals and assess whether they can achieve their lifestyle goals in a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Workplace skills and attitudes lesson

Recommended grade: 9

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore skills and behaviors that employers look for, such as time management, dependability, communication skills, and problem solving. Students explain why these skills and behaviors are important in various careers and how they manifest on the job, and assess their own employability skills.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 careers

Program prospects lesson

Recommended grade: 10

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will distinguish between different types of post-secondary programs, such as apprenticeships and degree programs, explore career options related to different types of programs, and evaluate their program options in terms of their strengths, academic interests, and career interests.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 majors

Choosing a college lesson

Recommended grade: 11

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 65 mins

In this lesson, students will identify which factors are important to them in a potential post-secondary school, and investigate how a college stacks up to their priorities.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

Save at least 3 colleges

Career demand lesson

Recommended grade: 10

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 65 mins

In this lesson, students will learn about job projections and outlook, analyze factors that impact job demand (such as changes in technology, demographics, business practices or production methods, consumer preferences, and workplace restructuring), and explore how their career plans may be shaped by demand for a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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Entrepreneurial skills lesson

Recommended grade: 10

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will identify the skills and characteristics that make entrepreneurs successful and investigate paths to becoming an entrepreneur (such as starting your own business or buying a franchise). Students explore the benefits and challenges of becoming an entrepreneur and investigate ways to apply entrepreneurial skills within a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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Work/life balance lesson

Recommended grade: 10

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will assess how their current work (school) demands affect family life, free time, and other time, identify the work demands of a career of interest, and explore strategies for maintaining a healthy life/work balance now and in the future.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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Defining success lesson

Recommended grade: 11

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 45 mins

In this lesson, students will explore what success means to them in various aspects of life, including their personal life, school, and career, and explore ways they can make a difference and achieve success in a career that interests them.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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Career backup plans lesson

Recommended grade: 11

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 55 mins

In this lesson, students will understand the importance of career backup plans, and explore potential backup careers for themselves.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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Job interviews lesson

Recommended grade: 10

On task time: 15 mins

Suggested instructional time: 65 mins

In this lesson, students will explore ways to prepare for a job interview, describe their own abilities and qualifications in the context of an interview, investigate job interview questions in the context of a career that interests them, and explore appropriate post-interview behaviors and actions.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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Career path choices lesson

Recommended grade: 11

On task time: 10 mins

Suggested instructional time: 65 mins

In this lesson, students will understand that career development is a process of constant change, that flexibility and adaptability can help them continually explore their career options, and the importance of re-evaluating their interests, skills, and circumstances in order to identify the need or desire for a career change.

To support your students even further, check out the Lesson resources for this lesson.

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