Inventing the Future: Building Connections from School to Career

EDU H341 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

With growing attention to college- and career-ready practices and policies, educators are looking for new ways to equip students with the knowledge and skills to envision and successfully pursue future educational and career opportunities. However, what is often missing from current efforts is a clear understanding of the ways in which developmental processes influence career development and college readiness across the preK-16 pipeline. For example, how do young people form aspirations, persevere when they confront obstacles, or sustain a sense of hopefulness about their futures? This 2 credit module has two goals: 1) to provide aspiring teachers, counselors, administrators, higher education staff, and researchers with an understanding of the developmental processes that shape how children, adolescents, and young adults approach their futures, and 2) to offer specific strategies for applying this developmental lens to the design of interventions and other efforts to promote academic and career success.
This course meets the career counseling course requirement for Massachusetts licensure in school social worker/school adjustment and school guidance counseling.