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Activities for Middle School Students

Middle school is the time to begin creating a career portfolio. A career portfolio is a collection of your child's academic and work experiences, career interest assessments and personal achievements. It is a record of important academic and career information your child may need in the future. Use a file, envelope, journal, scrapbook or other storage device to create a career portfolio. Your child can use the portfolio to:
  • Record and save dates, places and duties performed in volunteer work, paid jobs, internships or work-based learning (for later use on a job application or resume).
  • Record classes taken in middle and high school, and grades received in those classes.
  • Store information about education and training options and locations.
  • Record results from interest and personality assessments.
  • Store records of awards, achievements or honors.
  • Record information about extracurricular activities.


Here are some more formal activities you can do with your middle school children:

Skills at Work and School- ( http://www.mychildsfuture.org/parents/activities/Activity_MS_SkillsWorkandSchool.pdf )
This activity shows how work and school expectations are similar. It will help your child make a connection between school and work. It focuses on how work habits and employability skills learned now will help later in life.

Things Employers Expect-( http://www.mychildsfuture.org/parents/activities/Activity_MS_ThingsEmployersExpect.pdf )
This activity relates home and school responsibilities to work. It helps develop an awareness of the importance of personal responsibility and good work habits

Decisions, Decisions- (http://www.mychildsfuture.org/parents/activities/Activity_ES_DecisionsDecisions.pdf )
This activity will help your child understand the importance of decision-making and practice a model for making decisions.

  The series of articles presented for this segment can be located at “My Child’s Future” http://www.mychildsfuture.org/parents/item.htm?edlvl=2 which is supported by “Oregon’s Partnership for Occupational & Career Information.” You can also download the entire booklet, "Helping Your Child Through Early Adolescence," at http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/adolescence/index.html.

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