Career Countdown

It can be difficult to get our little of students thinking about careers. Adulthood
and job choices are so far away for elementary school students.

We have to take the opportunity while they are young to get kids thinking about
what they like and what their interests may lead to. They need to be challenged
to think about what qualities make for a good employee. We’ve got to get them
thinking about their futures. My kids deserve to be exposed to this
information. Who knows what it might inspire.

I wanted to make thinking about careers interactive and fun. I also wanted to get
the most bang for my buck and reach as many kids as possible. I enlisted the
help of a very good friend of mine, who is amazing at bulletin boards, to make
this top 12 careers of 2016 bulletin board for me. I plan to ask her to pretty please
work her magic on another countdown after Christmas break for the top 12
careers of 2017.

We do a school-wide weekly career countdown. Every
Thursday, I send the next career out to the teachers. My hope is that they will
take 5-10 minutes on Friday to talk about that career. I hope that by the teacher
creating an open forum for discussion, students will ask questions and think
about careers in ways they had not before.

Here’s where we are in the countdown so far.