Materials for 8th Grade School Students
PHEAA has products to help you meet the following standards for:
- Career Awareness and Preparation
- Career Acquisition: Getting a Job
- Career Retention and Advancement
- Entrepreneurship
Career Awareness and Preparation
- 8A—Relate careers to individual interests, abilities, and aptitudes.
- 8B—Relate careers to personal interests, abilities, and aptitudes.
- 8C—Explain how both traditional and nontraditional careers can lead to and hinder career opportunities.
- 8D—Explain the relationship of career-training programs to employment opportunities.
- 8E—Analyze the economic factors that impact employment opportunities.
- 8F—Analyze the relationship of school subjects, extracurricular activities, and community experiences to career preparation.
- 8G—Create an individualized career plan.
- 8H—Choose personal electives and extracurricular activities based on personal career interests, abilities, and academic strengths.
| Product | 8A | 8B | 8C | 8D | 8E | 8F | 8G | 8H |
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| EducationPlanner.org Visit EducationPlanner.org |
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| Career Awareness and Preparation: English, Computer View/Download (PDF) |
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| MappingYourFuture.org Visit MappingYourFuture.org |
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| Middle School Activity Book View/Download (PDF) |
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| MyPlanner View/Download (PDF) |
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Career Acquisition: Getting a Job
- 8A—Identify effective speaking and listening skills to use in a job interview.
- 8B—Evaluate resources available in researching job opportunities.
- 8C—Prepare drafts of career acquisition documents.
- 8D—Develop an individualized career portfolio, including achievements, awards, recognitions, career exploration, career plans, community service projects, interests, goals, etc.
- 8E—Explain the importance of essential workplace skills/knowledge.
| Product | 8A | 8B | 8C | 8D | 8E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EducationPlanner.org Visit EducationPlanner.org |
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| Career Acquisition: English View/Download (PDF) |
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| MappingYourFuture.org Visit MappingYourFuture.org |
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| MyPlanner View/Download (PDF) |
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Career Retention and Advancement
- 8A—Determine attitudes and work habits that support career retention and advancement.
- 8B—Analyze the role of each participant's contribution in a team setting.
- 8C—Explain and demonstrate conflict-resolution skills.
- 8D—Analyze budgets and pay statements.
- 8E—Identify and apply time management strategies as they relate to both personal and work situations.
- 8F—Identify characteristics of the changing workplace.
- 8G—Identify formal and informal lifelong learning opportunities that support career retention and advancement.
| Product | 8A | 8B | 8C | 8D | 8E | 8F | 8G |
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| EducationPlanner.org Visit EducationPlanner.org |
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| Career Retention and Advancement: English View/Download (PDF) |
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| MappingYourFuture.org Visit MappingYourFuture.org |
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| Career Retention and Advancement: Math View/Download (PDF) |
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| Middle School Activity Book View/Download (PDF) |
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| MyPlanner View/Download (PDF) |
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Entrepreneurship
- 8A—Compare and contrast entrepreneurship to traditional employment.
- 8B—Evaluate how entrepreneurial character traits influence career opportunities.
- 8C—Identify and describe the basic components of a business plan.
| Product | 8A | 8B | 8C |
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| Entrepreneurship: English View/Download (PDF) |
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| MyPlanner View/Download (PDF) |
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