Career Counseling Activity for K-3 Students: Development and Strategy

This assignment outlines a career counseling activity designed for students in kindergarten through third grade. The primary objectives are to identify key career competencies and expectations, as well as future learning needs. The activity involves students creating personal career portfolios, participating in classroom discussions to develop career strategies, and engaging in interactive sessions with their parents to discuss parental support. The process includes observations of students' creativity, communication, and leadership skills, assessed through the lens of Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development and relevant educational policies. The assignment also includes diagnostic impressions and activity evaluations, with a focus on gathering feedback from parents and educators to gauge the effectiveness of the career guidance activity. The references cited provide a framework for understanding career development and educational policies.

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Example of Career Guidance and Development Activity
Target group:
K Ages: 5 to 8 -2 Students
I
Objectives
 To identify key career competencies and career
expectations from K-3 Grade students.
 To identify the future learning needs and objectives
for K-3 Grade students.
 To identify and formulate relevant teaching
strategies and learning plans with respect to
identified career competencies, in collaboration with
parents or guardians.
II
Activities
 To create a personal ‘Career Portfolio’ containing
one’s personal interests, future hopes and dreams.
 To communicate with students, using a classroom
interactive discussion to develop a ‘Career Strategy’ –
or the ways in which they will fulfill their career
objectives.
 To conduct a student-parent interactive session for
students to communicate and enact how they would
wish to be viewed or supported by their parents.
III Process
Description
 Students will be asked to develop their own Career
Portfolio by using resources as per their will
(colorful papers, pictures, music, art, poems) which
will contain their personal interests as well as what
they wish to be in the future.
 The teacher will then encourage each student to
share their views on how they will achieve their
career plan followed by initiating discussions where
the each student’s peers will be asked to share
their views on other’s plans.
 The teacher will collaborate with parents and
students in an interactive classroom session where
students will share their views on they wish to be
supported by their parents for their career success.
IV Observations Student will be observed based on their level of creativity,
expression of thoughts and skills of leadership,
communication and shared decision making, by using
resources such as the:
 Erik Eriksson’s Theory of Psychosocial
Development (Industry vs. Inferiority Stage)
( (Knight, 2017)
 Evidence based Career Competency Guideline
(Knight, 2017)( Park, Rojewski & Lee, 2018)

 The Primary Education Policy as per the Education
Act (2006) and Improvement of the Quality of
Education Act (2013) of Spain (European
Commission, 2020).
V Diagnostic
Impressions
After performance, the educator will rely on personal
reflective practices to determine personal strengths,
limitations and scope for future improvement.
VI Activity Evaluation To evaluate the effectiveness of the Career Guidance
Activity feedback will be obtained from parents of
respective children as well as the concerned educators of
the chosen school or learning center in terms of their
opinions on the same. Positive feedback will demonstrate
high effectiveness.
References
European Commission. (2020). Primary Education - Eurydice - European Commission.
Retrieved 10 February 2020, from
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/national-policies/eurydice/content/primary-education-42_en.
Knight, Z. G. (2017). A proposed model of psychodynamic psychotherapy linked to Erik
Erikson's eight stages of psychosocial development. Clinical psychology &
psychotherapy, 24(5), 1047-1058.
Park, J. H., Rojewski, J. W., & Lee, I. H. (2018). Determinants of adolescents’ career
development competencies in junior secondary schools of South Korea. International
Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 18(1), 1-25.
02-10-2005, Lorna M. Gardón, M.Ed.