The Career Choices curriculum

• How Career Choices meets the WIA requirements
  
• provides relevant themes for interdisciplinary teaching teams.
  
• meets the requirements for English/language arts and basic math classes.
  
• is competency based-building writing, reading, speaking and computation skills.
  
• introduces the SCANS competencies and provides practice in decision making, problem solving, and critical thinking.
  
• involves students in a career and life planning process that motivates them not only to stay in school, but to strive for achievement.
  
• fulfills the NOICC competencies and indicators.
  
• meets the requirements for drop-out prevention and teen pregnancy prevention programs.
  
• supports the counseling and guidance functions by helping students write their own comprehensive educational plans.

In-depth interviews with educators of summer youth programs