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Careers Education

Resources for teaching and counselling students about careers and the trades.

Featured Books from Your ATA Library

Ready for the Workforce

Foster confident, well-rounded, career-ready students. Written for teachers and administrators, this targeted guide introduces the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework, which has been adopted by schools across the United States.

Life Skills and Career Coaching for Teens

Setting out a year-long curriculum based programme for education and youth professionals, this book provides a challenging and engaging workshop-based approach to developing school engagement and ambitions in young people aged 11-18. It outlines a case for a practical, well-rounded curriculum that readies students for life post-education through eight core themes, including 'believing in me', 'money matters' and 'business basics'.

The Career Decisions of Gifted Students and Other High Ability Groups

High ability individuals -- gifted students, prodigies, geniuses and twice exceptional students -- are a group with enormous potential to have an impact on the advancement of different occupational fields, as well as the lives of others in society. Drawing on extensive research, this book provides fresh insights into the history, the influential factors, and the processes associated with the career decisions of these individuals.

Teaching for Transfer

Empower students to become creative, well-rounded citizens who are prepared to meet and overcome real-world challenges. With Teaching for Transfer, you'll discover a road map for reconfiguring K-12 classroom instruction to ensure learners can expertly apply their knowledge and skills to new contexts.

Career Counselling

The 2nd edition of this ground breaking book is a forward-looking guide, giving further insight into the constructivist approach for the 21st century…assisting career counsellor educators, practitioners and students understand and implement constructivist approaches into their work.

Collaboration for Career and Technical Education

All teachers--including career and technical education (CTE) teachers--play a vital role in building a thriving PLC…Teams of CTE educators will learn how to clarify their purpose, discover their common denominators, and incorporate powerful collaborative processes into their daily work.

A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment

Provides career practitioners and educators with detailed information concerning the history, processes, and use of assessment in career counseling and development services. Includes reviews of many types of assessments used in practice.

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