6th-8th Career Exploration

• Invite business and industry career speakers into your classes to tie into your curriculum
• Provide a parent workshop on College/Career Exploration with information on the Muskegon Promise Scholarship, Early College/Dual Enrollment, and CTC opportunities
• Have students research a career and present it to another grade level classroom
• Make or purchase career posters to hang in the classroom or hallways
• Highlight a different career and career cluster each week
• Connect with community based programs and activities, such as Junior Achievement, Girls Who Code, PBL, and Project Lead The Way
• Reach out to your MS Career Exploration Specialist for Career Assessment Inventories and Career Exploration ideas
• Begin or update the Educational Development Plan and complete the required Xello lessons for each grade

• Kickstart to Career is designed to give students an early boost to a great career, to encourage hope, build savings, assist with career training or college expenses, and increase financial education. The program is managed by the Community Foundation for Muskegon County (CFMC).
• Each Kindergarten student attending a public, private, or charter school in Muskegon County has the opportunity to be the beneficiary of an account, opened with a $50 deposit from the CFMC.
• Throughout their education, students will have opportunities to earn deposits while learning about career awareness and exploration activities and financial literacy.
• Did you know our current 6th graders were the first Kindergarteners to partner with Kickstart to Career?
• Interested in learning how you can help your students complete a career or financial literacy lesson for a deposit?

Discover Manufacturing is continuing its mission to provide opportunities for 6th - 12th grade Muskegon area students and West Michigan manufacturers to connect through dynamic hands-on tours!

Discover Manufacturing Week Oct. 28 - Nov. 8, 2024

• Manufacturers host groups of students for a tour.
• Students and educators tour the facility of your choice for approximately 2-3 hours.
• Tours provide opportunities for manufacturers to showcase the wide range of high-skill and high-pay careers and dispels myths that may be associated with manufacturing jobs.
• Inspires students to pursue a career with opportunities for on-the-job training, apprenticeships, internships and scholarships.

To register for a tour, click here.

To access the Manufacturing Week Educator Toolkit, click here.

Questions? Contact Sasamon Parker, CTC Placement Specialist, 231.767.3607 sparker@muskegonisd.org