Elementary Guidance Curriculum
Valley View Elementary School guidance curriculum lessons are on a rotating basis during student's scheduled STEM/Engineering time in the fall and Computer Science classes in the spring. Students will attend a two-part class taught by me once in the fall and once in the spring!
Kindergarten Units:
Fall - Feelings Spring - Introduction to Careers/Career Awareness
- Kindergarten students will learn how to identify their own feelings as well as feelings in others. They will learn strategies of anger and frustration, as well as helping their peers and friends feel happy.
- The latter part of the year will focus on introducing students to careers around us - connecting their unique interests and talents to that of corresponding possible career choices for the future based on those interests and talents.
First Grade Units:
Fall - Empathy Spring - Career Exploration
- First grade students will understand "Empathy" and the importance of helping others by "putting yourself in someone else's shoes".
- Career Exploration will help students navigate through careers in and around our neighborhood, as well as help students realize the importance of school to future careers.
Second Grade Units:
Fall - Teasing Spring - Career Development
- Second graders will learn the assertive way to deal with teasing and other bullying situations. The second half of the school year will help students expand their knowledge of the world of work, students will take a career interest inventory, and a more in-depth look at common careers will be taught. A free website www.grandmarose.com is linked to the book we read about teasing. The website has more information about the book and other books written by this author!
- Career Development classes will use the website program "Paws in Jobland" (if time allows) to discover interest inventories and what students may enjoy exploring as a possible future career. Students create their own job application and/or their first resume by the time they leave 2nd grade!
In addition to the above classes, I go into the art class to co-teach career awareness with Mrs. Swingle. Our focus is Entrepreneurship! For first grade, we have the students create an advertisement for a brand new pet shop that will open right here in Peckville! Students learn about competition and the risks involved with opening up a new store. Second graders learn about entrepreneurship by creating an item for the Cougar Store! The students create the items made from select materials, decide the price, and watch & see if it sells! Of course, they earn a profit (of Cougar Bucks) depending on how well their items sold in the store! It's a great learning experience! After that lesson, 73% of students felt they might want to be an entrepreneur some day, while 88% said they would like to do this project again! Since learning about entrepreneurship, 78% of students knew that taking a risk meant that you can make money but you can also lose money easily.
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