Warwick School District

Curriculum❯School Counseling Middle School Grade 8

School Counseling Middle School Grade 8

Grade Levels: 08 |

Course Description

The School Counseling Curriculum provides instruction in a developmentally appropriate manner related to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students need to achieve academic success, college and career readiness, and social, emotional development throughout the middle school school years. Wherever appropriate, the counseling standards and curriculum are integrated across all curricular areas in order to support the development of the whole child.

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Career Education and Work (2002)

  • Career Awareness and Preparation

    • GRADE 8

      • Relate careers to individual interests, abilities, and aptitudes.(13.1.8.A)
      • Relate careers to personal interests, abilities and aptitudes.(13.1.8.B)
      • Explain how both traditional and nontraditional careers offer or hinder career opportunities.(13.1.8.C)
      • Explain the relationship of career training programs to employment opportunities.(13.1.8.D)
      • Analyze the economic factors that impact employment opportunities, such as, but not limited to: Competition -Geographic location -Global influences -Job growth -Job openings -Labor supply -Potential advancement -Potential earnings -Salaries/benefits -Unemployment(13.1.8.E)
      • Analyze the relationship of school subjects, extracurricular activities, and community experiences to career preparation.(13.1.8.F)
      • Create an individualized career plan including, such as, but not limited to: - Assessment and continued development of career portfolio - Career goals - Cluster/pathway opportunities Individual interests and abilities - Training/education requirements and financing(13.1.8.G)
      • Choose personal electives and extra curricular activities based upon personal career interests, abilities and academic strengths(13.1.8.H)

  • Career Acquisition (Getting a Job)

    • GRADE 8

      • Evaluate resources available in researching job opportunities, such as, but not limited to: -CareerLinks -Internet (i.e. O*NET) -Networking -Newspapers -Professional associations -Resource books (that is Occupational Outlook Handbook, PA Career Guide)(13.2.8.B)
      • Prepare a draft of career acquisition documents, such as, but not limited to: -Job application -Letter of appreciation following an interview -Letter of introduction -Request for letter of recommendation -Resume(13.2.8.C)
      • Develop an individualized career portfolio including components, such as, but not limited to: -Achievements -Awards/recognitions -Career exploration results -Career plans -Community service involvement/projects -Interests/hobbies -Personal career goals -Selected school work -Self inventories(13.2.8.D)
      • Explain, in the career acquisition process, the importance of the essential workplace skills/knowledge, such as, but not limited to: -Commitment -Communication -Dependability -Health/safety -Laws and regulations (that is Americans With Disabilities Act, child labor laws, Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA, Material Safety Data Sheets) -Personal initiative -Self-advocacy -Scheduling/time management -Team building -Technical literacy -Technology(13.2.8.E)

  • Career Retention and Advancement

    • GRADE 8

      • Determine attitudes and work habits that support career retention and advancement.(13.3.8.A)
      • Analyze budgets and pay statements, such as, but not limited to: -Charitable contributions -Expenses -Gross pay -Net pay -Other income -Savings -Taxes(13.3.8.D)
      • Identify and apply time management strategies as they relate to both personal and work situations.(13.3.8.E)
      • Identify characteristics of the changing workplace including Americans With Disabilities Act accommodations, and explain their impact on jobs and employment.(13.3.8.F)
      • Identify formal and informal lifelong learning opportunities that support career retention and advancement.(13.3.8.G)

  • Entrepreneurship

    • GRADE 8

      • Compare and contrast entrepreneurship to traditional employment, such as, but not limited to: -Benefits -Job security -Operating costs -Wages(13.4.8.A)
      • Evaluate how entrepreneurial character traits influence career opportunities.(13.4.8.B)
      • Identify and describe the basic components of a business plan, such as, but not limited to: -Business idea -Competitive analysis -Daily operations -Finances/budget -Marketing -Productive resources (human, capital, natural) -Sales forecasting(13.4.8.C)

ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success (2014)

  • Mindset Standards

    • Belief in development of whole self, including a healthy balance of mental, social/emotional and physical well-being(ASCA-MB.1:1)
    • Self-confidence in ability to succeed(ASCA-MB.1:2)
    • Sense of belonging in the school environment(ASCA-MB.1:3)
    • Understanding that postsecondary education and life-long learning are necessary for long-term career success(ASCA-MB.1:4)
    • Belief in using abilities to their fullest to achieve high-quality results and outcomes(ASCA-MB.1:5)
    • Positive attitude toward work and learning(ASCA-MB.1:6)

  • Behavior Standards

    • Learning Strategies(ASCA-MB.2:LS)
      • Demonstrate critical-thinking skills to make informed decisions(ASCA-MB.2:LS.1)
      • Demonstrate creativity(ASCA-MB.2:LS.2)
      • Use time-management, organizational and study skills(ASCA-MB.2:LS.3)
      • Apply self-motivation and self-direction to learning(ASCA-MB.2:LS.4)
      • Apply media and technology skills(ASCA-MB.2:LS.5)
      • Set high standards of quality(ASCA-MB.2:LS.6)
      • Identify long- and short-term academic, career and social/emotional goals(ASCA-MB.2:LS.7)
      • Actively engage in challenging coursework(ASCA-MB.2:LS.8)
      • Gather evidence and consider multiple perspectives to make informed decisions(ASCA-MB.2:LS.9)
      • Participate in enrichment and extracurricular activities(ASCA-MB.2:LS.10)
    • Self-Management Skills(ASCA-MB.2:SMS)
      • Demonstrate ability to assume responsibility(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.1)
      • Demonstrate self-discipline and self-control(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.2)
      • Demonstrate ability to work independently(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.3)
      • Demonstrate ability to delay immediate gratification for long-term rewards(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.4)
      • Demonstrate perseverance to achieve long- and short-term goals(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.5)
      • Demonstrate ability to overcome barriers to learning(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.6)
      • Demonstrate effective coping skills when faced with a problem(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.7)
      • Demonstrate the ability to balance school, home and community activities(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.8)
      • Demonstrate personal safety skills(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.9)
      • Demonstrate ability to manage transitions and ability to adapt to changing situations and responsibilities(ASCA-MB.2:SMS.10)
    • Social Skills(ASCA-MB.2:SS)
      • Use effective oral and written communication skills and listening skills(ASCA-MB.2:SS.1)
      • Create positive and supportive relationships with other students(ASCA-MB.2:SS.2)
      • Create relationships with adults that support success(ASCA-MB.2:SS.3)
      • Demonstrate empathy(ASCA-MB.2:SS.4)
      • Demonstrate ethical decision-making and social responsibility(ASCA-MB.2:SS.5)
      • Use effective collaboration and cooperation skills(ASCA-MB.2:SS.6)
      • Use leadership and teamwork skills to work effectively in diverse teams(ASCA-MB.2:SS.7)
      • Demonstrate advocacy skills and ability to assert self, when necessary(ASCA-MB.2:SS.8)
      • Demonstrate social maturity and behaviors appropriate to the situation and environment(ASCA-MB.2:SS.9)

Units

Unit #1 - Academic Development 8th Gr

Unit #2 - Social Emotional Development 8th Gr

Unit #3 - Career Development 8th Gr