This quick podcasts tells you why guest speakers are important and tells you how to find them! Rather than a one-day whole-school experience, guest speakers related to current class topics can be more powerful.
17 Feb 2024
Apprenticeship Overview
This is an explanation of how Registered Apprenticeships through the U.S. Department of Labor work.
12 Feb 2024
Teaching Teachers: math and science teachers tell us what they learned
Thirty Math and Science teachers attended a professional development day, and they tell us how they plan to integrate careers into their busy classrooms.
The take-away? Simple ideas can build relevance and help students answer the question, When am I ever going to use this Math and Science?
22 Nov 2023
A Career-Relevant English Class
What is it like in an English class?
What is it like if the writing projects are REAL? Post a poem? Write a movie review? Teaching to English Standards never was so fun! Hear many ways that 10 minutes of time yields great results! Students are motivated AND they learn about job titles involved with writing. (This podcast takes 11 minutes.)
Career Development: "Every significant adult touching the career planning model," Mike Kerner, Genesee Intermediate School District.
2 Nov 2023
Principal "fired up" about careers in classrooms!
Working on School Improvement Plans! How can your school implement a plan for teachers to creating at least one career project for students? This podcast features a principal who is changing school climate by including career development in all classrooms.
The practice reinforces the Educational Development Plan (EDP) process which is managed in all classrooms. EDPs are reviewed during the annual open house where parents look at them with their children and talk about the relevance of school through careers.
The benefit? Students graduate knowing what their next steps are for education after high school and joining the world of work.
26 May 2023
CSI job title in the Physics classroom!
Students love the job title of Crime Scene Investigator. This podcast features representatives from the police department giving students in a Physics classroom the chance to calculate information from an accident scene. Real world connections make this more interesting for them! Listen to hear how it works.
18 Apr 2023
Careers in Classrooms Humanities and Literature
These ideas are for all classrooms. Start small, keep it simple and look for ways to connect classroom learning with the world.
25 Mar 2023
Earthquakes; why should I know this?
Can you list jobs mobilized with an earthquake? Hear how Career Pathways are used to modify any unit to include career connections! Meredith Dorow tells you how simple and useful it is.
17 Mar 2023
Connecting Job Titles and Social Studies - Guest Speakers in Class
Do you want to connect job titles with academic topics? Meg Walton uses community contacts to point out the relevance of Social Studies. She shares how to make it easy! Guest speakers demonstrate how relationships matter!
21 Feb 2023
Entrepreneur: Cosmetologist from employee to business owner!
How can someone get started earning money in cosmetology? Starting from renting a booth, being an employee or owning your own salon, this interview tells you how it works!
14 Feb 2023
Entrepreneur: Hot Tub and Spa Company
He put one on the top of the Henderson Castle in Kalamazoo and installed some of the area's biggest projects. Find out how starting at 25 years old, this entrepreneur ran his own business selling and installing hot tubs, decks, saunas and other related projects.
This podcast was one of the first audio projects I tackled. I loved the process of producing audio, so it comes from the archives!
Full disclosure, he's my husband! As a "learner" in audio world, you practice with people you know :-)
27 Jan 2023
Entrepreneur: Family Farming with Community Supported Agriculture
Listen to the skills needed and how someone can get started if they are interested in being a farmer! Dreaming of growing produce and selling to the big grocery chains? Here's how one family figured how to pay the bills while offering Community Supported Agriculture subscriptions for summer produce.
20 Jan 2023
Entrepreneur: Marketing Major, Business Minor
How does someone get started opening a business after getting a degree? Find out about how money management and personal skills lead to success.
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