Last school year I attempted to orchestrate career speakers for the first time. I’d found some other posts that wrote about how they did it, but every school is really different and I found that no one else’s logistics matched our needs. In the event that what we did may work for you, here’s some of the nitty gritty details of ours.
I had recently done a multiple intelligences lesson with my 4th graders and so while I wanted the students exposed to a variety of careers, I wanted them to keep thinking about careers that aligned with their interests and strengths. From the beginning, my intern and I decided to group career speakers into career clusters. We used:
- Health and Body
- STEM
- Community Helpers
- Music and Art
- Other/Etc.
- Students didn’t move
- Students got to hear from 3+ speakers
- We didn’t need one gazillion speakers (most students’ parents are employed but not necessarily in “careers” so it was a little tricky to get speakers)
- All 375ish 3rd and 4th grade students could participate
Are these resources available for print or purchase?
Hi Monica,
Yes, you can see the resources for sale over in my Shop All resources are digital or for you to download and print yourself.
Best, Sara