{"id":8731,"date":"2008-05-16T17:16:34","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T22:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ewm.com\/2008\/05\/16\/career-day-is-here-and-what-do-i-say\/"},"modified":"2008-05-16T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T22:16:34","slug":"career-day-is-here-and-what-do-i-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/?p=8731","title":{"rendered":"Career Day is here and what do I say&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was talking to another agent and they told me they got a phone call to do a career day but they did not know where to start.  Well I have been doing career days for the last 17 years so here is some information that could help.<\/p>\n<p>As a way to build connections between elementary school and careers, It will be a good idea for the speaker to include the following information in their presentations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What single subject in elementary school is the most important for you career and why (i.e. reading, math, science, social studies, art, etc.)?<\/li>\n<li>How do other school subjects play a role in your career?<\/li>\n<li>What is your educational background?<\/li>\n<li>What additional skills and training have you received?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to these connections, you may also want to address some of the following questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you like about you work?<\/li>\n<li>What would you like to change about your work?<\/li>\n<li>What special tools or equipment do you use?<\/li>\n<li>What do you hope to accomplish in your career?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Helpful hint when presenting to students:<\/p>\n<p>You could:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bring along visuals or &#8220;hands-on&#8221; items<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Depending on your career, you may want to bring some items that would help illustrate the kind of work you do. Remember that what is &#8220;everyday&#8221; to you is new to our students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provide kid-friendly examples<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it is helpful to equate your career to the student world. For example, a financial planner could explain how he helps people save for a house by demonstrating how he might help students save for a bike (that should get their attention!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ewm.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2008\/05\/pict2068a1.jpg\" title=\"Career Day at Morningside Elementary School\"><img src=\"http:\/\/blog.ewm.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/230\/files\/2008\/05\/pict2068a1.jpg\" title=\"Career Day at Morningside Elementary School\" alt=\"Career Day at Morningside Elementary School\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<em>Gunnery Sergeant  Abiud (Abi) Montes at  Morningside Elementary School for Career Day<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave time for questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is always a good idea to involve students throughout your presentation and to leave time for questions at the end.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was talking to another agent and they told me they got a phone call to do a career day but they did not know where to start. Well I have been doing career days for the last 17 years so here is some information that could help. As a way to build connections between [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1439,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1439"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.myewm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}