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Caitlin Callaway
Caitlin Callaway
High School CTE Instructor
Crest High School
About the Author

My teaching content area is Family and Consumer Sciences. I have been teaching for 11 years total and am currently teaching at Crest High/Middle School(1A School) where I have a variety of preps including: Career and Life Planning, Family Studies, Human Growth and Development, Nutrition and Wellness, Culinary Essentials, Culinary Arts I, Culinary Arts II, Relationships & Personal Awareness, Leadership Service in Action, Foundations to Early Childhood, Career Connections and Community Connections.


In addition to teaching, I am also the Carl Perkins Coordinator, FCCLA Adviser, and Student Council Sponsor. Although I spent my first four years in education at Louisburg High School and LOVED it, I couldn't be more happy to be back home teaching from the very classroom where I fell in love with all that Family & Consumer Sciences is!

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Career Connections

Complete Course Materials High School Family & Consumer Science
Description
Career Connections helps students explore career paths that align with their strengths, personalities, and goals. It emphasizes the development of employability skills for job retention, featuring a hands-on simulated mock interview experience. Students will develop professionalism by learning effective advocacy, safe technology use, and the creation of a professional portfolio. Additionally, the course addresses the importance of healthy boundaries and effective conflict resolution strategies in personal and professional relationships.
Course Length: 1 Semester
Last Updated: 08/16/2024
KSDE Course No. - 19298
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Course Materials
Please start with the "Quick Guide" in this folder. The "COURSE PRES Intro to Unit Slides" found in this folder will be utilized at the start of EACH new unit- you will always come back here to locate it. The "Life After High School" Packet will be referenced repeatedly throughout the semester and will always be accessible in this course materials section.
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Unit 1: Introduction to Career Connections1 Week
This Unit is designed to familiarize students with the structure of this class. Student course materials for setting up the semester are included. Many of these documents will be utilized and referenced throughout the semester. It is recommended to take time at the beginning of the semester for students to bind these items in their class folders.
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Unit 2: Finding a Career in this World5 Weeks
This unit guides students in discovering career paths that align with their strengths, personalities, and goals.
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Unit 3: How to be Employable in this World4 Weeks
This unit emphasizes the importance of developing and applying employability skills for job retention and financial benefits. It also offers a hands-on learning experience through a simulated mock interview.
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Unit 4: Becoming a Professional in this World5 Weeks
This unit focuses on developing skills for professionalism in various settings. Students will learn how to advocate effectively, practice safe and appropriate use of technology, and create a professional portfolio.
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Unit 5: My Relationships in this World2 Weeks
This unit focuses on understanding and implementing healthy boundaries and effective conflict resolution strategies in various relationships, such as those at work, home, with friends, etc.
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Unit 6: Adulting in this World2 Weeks
This unit focuses on teaching students essential life skills that go beyond employability, empowering them to be self-sufficient in the world.
Caitlin Callaway
Caitlin Callaway
High School CTE Instructor
Crest High School
About the Author

My teaching content area is Family and Consumer Sciences. I have been teaching for 11 years total and am currently teaching at Crest High/Middle School(1A School) where I have a variety of preps including: Career and Life Planning, Family Studies, Human Growth and Development, Nutrition and Wellness, Culinary Essentials, Culinary Arts I, Culinary Arts II, Relationships & Personal Awareness, Leadership Service in Action, Foundations to Early Childhood, Career Connections and Community Connections.


In addition to teaching, I am also the Carl Perkins Coordinator, FCCLA Adviser, and Student Council Sponsor. Although I spent my first four years in education at Louisburg High School and LOVED it, I couldn't be more happy to be back home teaching from the very classroom where I fell in love with all that Family & Consumer Sciences is!

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