- Read literature with diverse characters and authors and make sure to point out different career choices.
- Invite guest speakers who relate the the theme of the literature we are reading to talk about their professions.
- Encourage them to talk to school counselors and invite the counselors into my classroom on a regular basis so the students will be familiar with them.
- Encourage service projects at organizations that students have interest in. For example, if a student is considering becoming a veterinarian I would encourage him or her to volunteer at the humane society or animal shelter.
- Notice and discuss trends and fads that my students are following.
- Have clear consequences for undesirable behavior.
- Give students examples of what I expect from them by showing them previous students' work that has been done well.
- Criticize undesirable behaviors and never criticize the person who does that behavior.
(most of these ideas are from pg. 106 in Educational Psychology by Anita Woolfolk)
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