a healthy tree needs strong roots
TRANSCRIPT
A HEALTHY TREE NEEDS
STRONG ROOTS:
Career Exploration the Foundation for
Career Development
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Stages, Exposure & Opportunities
WHAT IS CAREER
DEVELOPMENT?
The roles played
through life
related to
work, learning, lei
sure and family.
Career Development is…
The new focus on career is a total person
concept.
“The life course of a
person
encountering a
series of
developmental
tasks in such a way
as to become the
kind of person that
he or she wants to
become.” -Donald Super
6 FACTORS FOR OBTAINING
CAREER MATURITY
1. Awareness of the need to plan ahead
2. Decision making skills
3. Knowledge & use of informational resources
4. Having general career information
5. Having general information about the world of work
6. Having detailed information about occupations
EXAMPLES OF
NORMAL VS. DELAYED CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
“Normal”
• Forms a picture of one’s self
• Develops an orientation to the world of work
• Learns the meaning of work
• Sees others working• Does chores • Accepts
responsibility
“Delayed”
• Discovery of uniqueness & self worth difficult to achieve
• Social isolation & narrow range of experiences
• Limiting range of exploratory behaviors
• Limited exposure to working adults
• No models of success in the workplace – disengagement begins
WHEN SHOULD
CAREER
EXPLORATION
AND CAREER
AWARENESS
BEGIN?
“There is a consensus
in the literature that
career development is a
life long process that
begins as early as
four years old.”
“Research suggests
that students who
drop out of
school at age 16 have psychologically
disengaged from school as early as
Grade 3.”
In fact, research has shown that the
majority of youth in 12th grade are almost as equally
aware of future education and
training planning as that of
a 3rd grader.
Family functioning has a greater influence on career development than either family structure or parents' educational and occupational status.
“relationships
and family
functioning are
embedded in
career
conversations
and how the
construction of
career occurs in
families.“
Research demonstrates the strong influence that parenting behavior & family functioning have on career
development.
OUR FAMILIES NEED HELP
Parents often do not have the tools or
information they need to use their power most
effectively.
PARENTS
AS
CAREER
COACHES
Although parents feel they are actively involved in their children’s career decision
making, they also feel that
they are uninformedabout the process and unable to provide
competent help.Downing and D’Andrea
Parents need to know how to best use career information, how to assist in the exploration & development of interests and abilities, & how to challenge the sexual and racial stereotypes facing their children. McNair and Brown
IF YOU CAN’T SEE IT,
YOU CAN’T BE IT!
Lack of exposure
& experiences prevent youth & children from learning about the numerous opportunities in the world of work.
There are over
801different
occupations in the U.S.
HOW MANY OCCUPATIONS CAN
YOU NAME?
• Do you know what an
agronomist is?
• Are you aware of the STEMfields?
EARLY & FREQUENT EXPOSURE
Families
Field Trips
Television
Internet
Job Shadowing
EXPOSURE
Language of the world of work
Mentoring
Activities
Dinner table discussions
EXPOSURE
• Career Development training for
parents• Career Development training for
educators• Community Activities
TOOLS AND RESOURCES
www.nycareerzone.org
• Using Web 2.0 for career development
• Real Game/ Smart Options
• “I Spy”
• Family Vacations
ONE MORE BIT OF RESEARCH…
Remember to Get Families
Involved.
Use Your Creativity
What can you do to
help today’s
children, tomorrow’s
youth and our future’s
adults?
"This is what we are about. We plant seeds that one day will grow. We
water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We
lay foundations that will need further development.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing
that. This enables us to do something, and
enables us to do it very well.
We may never see the end result, but that is the difference between the
master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders, ministers,
not Messiahs.
We are prophets of a future not our own."Oscar Romero, the Archbishop of San Salvadore
