PDP Lessons, Example 1
Topics covered:
- 1.4 - Define future occupations
- Level 2.12 - Complete a job application
- To develop awareness of cultural diversity and equity issues
- To help students understand why effective communication is important
- Creating a presentable resume
- To identify effective communication skills
- Review spending habits and research what they will have to include in a budget to live on their own.
- Develop personal goals (9th grade)
PDP Lessons, Example 2
Topics covered:
- Recognize stress factors, SK-6, p.64
- To have students develop an awareness of differences in cultures (cultural diversity) and equity issues
- To develop awareness of cultural diversity and equity issues
- Recognizing stress factors and being able to reduce them
- Self-improvement
- Civic social and business awareness, Level 2.12
- Serve as a volunteer in the community
- Organize and complete an employment portfolio
- Develop and make a presentation promoting your career choice.
PDP Lessons, Example 3
Topics covered:
- Engage in Team negotiation activity
- 1.9 / Participate in job shadowing activity in a career of their choice
- Recognize stress factors in a particular interest area
- Identify individual learning styles
- Provide positive job shadowing experience
- To identify and conduct a survey on the cliques in a high school
- To learn the importance of communication and working relationships
PDP Lessons, Example 4
Topics covered:
- Work force Awareness
- To identify personal interests related to career choices
- SK-7, Identify personal qualities that are desirable for workplace
- Self-assessment - define individual learning styles
- To teach self-evaluation through a survey
- Identify a mentor
- Serve as a volunteer in the community
- Students develop public service announcement with cross-curricular integration
Here are some more lesson plans, submitted by individual teachers.
Submitted by Sharon Farrington,
Northeast Metro Tech School, Wakefield, Mass.
Lesson plans for PDP
Lessons deal with Career Communication, Customer Service, Career Exploration, Self-Awareness, and Goal Setting, covering sections from the PDP Starter Kit, Level 1.1, Level 2.1, Level 4.5, and Level 4.9
Submitted by Barbara Hagy, Tulsa Tech, Tulsa, Okla.
Lesson plan for PDP, Level 1.9
Identifying components of an employment portfolio
Lesson plan for PDP Level 2.3
Selecting characteristics of a positive image
Lesson plan for PDP Level SK-4
Describing workplace components, societal influences on the nature and structure of work
Submitted by Chip Harris--Tennessee Hospitality Education Center, Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tenn.
Lesson plan for PDP Level 2
Assembling an employment portfolio, safety issues
Lesson plan for PDP Level 4
Ethics in the workplace, employment trends
Lesson plan for PDP, Starter Kit
Team negotiation activities, identifying effective communication skills
