Career Resources

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This section of the Gateway is packed with career information. Here you will find tools to assist students with self-exploration of interests, skills and values; research on career information; post-secondary opportunities to consider, and more. You will also find career materials to use with in both classrooms and individual settings.

PERSONAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Self-Assessment: Identifying interests, skills and work-related values

• VSAC – VT Guidance Central
• Career Development eManual
• VSAC Pathfinder – Career Exploration for High School Students
• Mapping Your Future
• Search the VSAC lending library for titles on Self-assessment

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Alternatives to college

• Job Corps
• Vermont Registered Apprenticeship Program
• VSAC Pathfinder – Short Term Training Opportunities and Certificate Programs
• VSAC Pathfinder – Alternatives to College
• Search the VSAC lending library for titles on Alternatives to College

Support for students with disabilities

• Vocational Rehabilitation – Vermont
• Vermont Department of Education
• Linking Learning to Life – Services to Chittenden County Youth
• Stern Center for Language and Learning
• LD Online
• Schwab Learning
• Heath Resource Center
• Search the VSAC lending library for titles on Students with Disabilities

 Vermont schools and Technical Centers

• Vermont Career and Technical Education Programs
• Public Schools in Vermont  

Helping your student to find a mentor or become a mentor

• The Dream Program
• Mobius – The Mentoring Movement for Chittenden County
• Everybody Wins! Vermont – Reading Mentors
• Linking Learning to Life
• Search the VSAC lending library for titles on Mentoring

CAREER MANAGEMENT

General Career Information

• VSAC – VT Guidance Central
• Net Occupational Network
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• VSAC Pathfinder – Career Exploration for High School Students
• VDOL – Occupational Information Center
• What Do You Like?
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly
• Search the VSAC lending library for titles on Careers

CURRICULUM

Career development lesson plans

• Gateway to 21st Century Skills
• Vocational Information Center
• VSAC – VT Guidance Center
• Search the VSAC lending library for titles on Career Development Curriculum

Career development resources

• Vocational Information Center
• The 16 Career Clusters
• National Career Development Guidelines
• Career Awareness in Elementary School
• Career Tips for Parents of Middle School Students

CLICK HERE to find out more about the 16 Career Clusters: A Career Cluster is a grouping of occupations and broad industries based on commonalities.