Career Guidance
Middle School

Indiana school counselors teach a Guidance Curriculum that helps all students achieve academically, prepare for a career and college, and develop good citizenship skills.  School counselors coordinate guidance in all Indiana schools as required by the Educational and Career Services component of 511 IAC 4-1 corresponding to the Indiana School Counseling Program Standards and the Guidance Curriculum component of the American School Counselor Association National Model.

Guidance Curriculum

• Indiana Student Guidance Standards
  
• Classroom Lessons & Activities by Student Guidance Standard
  

Career Guidance Programs & Resources

• Drive of Your Life
  
• Career Voyages
  
• Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs
  
• Ready for the Real World
  

Career Exploration

• Career Interest Inventories
• Career Interest Checklist – Learn More Indiana
  
• Career OINK Quiz
  
• Drive of Your Life
  
• Career Cluster Inventory (PDF version only)
  
• Career Key
  
• Work Values Assessment (login using option 2)
  
• Career Compass
  
• Emotional IQ Assessment
  
• Career Profiles
• Learn More Career Profiles
  
• Career Clusters
• Indiana’s Career Clusters
  
• National Career Clusters

Career Plans

• Indiana Career & Course Planner
  
• Indiana Career Pathways by Career Clusters
  
• Sample HS Career & Course Plans
  

Job Shadowing, Internships & Work-Based Learning Experiences

• Job Shadowing
• Job Shadowing Information (click on Career Exploration)
  
• Job Shadow Day
  
• Take Daughters & Sons To Work Day
  

Work Permits & Student Employment Laws

• Student Employment Laws
• Indiana Teen Worker Resources
  
• Indiana Teen Work Hours Poster I
  
• Indiana Teen Work Hours Poster II
  
  
• Work Permits
• Indiana Work Permit Forms
  
• Work Permit Rules & Form
  

Labor Market Information

• Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs
  
• Indiana Strategic Skills Information by Region
  
• Indiana Skills Pathways Career Guide
  
• WorkKeys Scores Required by Indiana Occupations