CareerView Career and Academic Readiness Skills Book

CareerView is designed to help high-intermediate and advanced English language learners explore their work interests and job opportunities across many employment sectors while they develop career and academic readiness skills to achieve their short-term and long-term goals. This new two-volume program helps prepare students for a successful transition to continuing education, vocational training, and employment. The Core Text focuses on vocabulary development and communication skills through contextualized instruction tied to employment sectors. • An integrated curriculum promotes employability and academic-readiness goals of the English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). • Vibrant illustrations depict an array of occupations and workplace settings. • An active conversational approach gives students “soft-skills” practice with functional contextualized workplace communication. • Critical thinking and personalization questions promote discussions about workplace values and expectations, problem solving, and personal experiences. • Skills Checks provide built-in review practice in each unit. • Tech Tasks develop students’ digital-information skills. • An audio program and answer key allow students to study independently at their own pace. The Career & Academic Readiness Skills Book focuses on employment-sector information, career and academic-readiness skills, and civics connections. • A career exploration focus helps learners identify their work styles, personal characteristics, and values, and how these dimensions relate to employment sectors and jobs. • Career research lessons get students online to search for information about occupations. • Academic lessons focus on STEAM topics: Science and Sustainability; Technology; Engineering; Arts and Architecture; and Math. • On-the-Job Instructions activities offer reading practice with workplace notices, safety procedures, and instructions for operating equipment. • Civics Connection Profiles focus on how employment sectors relate to community life. • Listening activities reinforce communication skills and prepare students for standardized listening tests. • An audio program and answer key allow students to study independently at their own pace.

PART A: CAREER EXPLORATION Self-Exploration The O*Net Career Exploration Tools Job Zones: Levels of Education, Training, & Experience Using the My Next Move Website PART B: CAREER & ACADEMIC PREPARATION 1 RETAIL Academic Lesson Technology & the Changing Retail Industry 2 CULINARY & FOOD SERVICES Academic Lesson The Science of Culinary Arts 3 BUILDINGS & GROUNDS Academic Lesson Making Buildings Greener 4 COSMETOLOGY Academic Lesson The Chemistry of Cosmetology 5 MANUFACTURING Academic Lesson Revolutions in Manufacturing: From Assembly Lines to Robotics 6 RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION Academic Lesson Designing a Green Home 7 COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION Academic Lesson LEED Certification in Commercial Building Construction 8 AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY Academic Lesson Innovations in Automotive Technology 9 MEDICAL CARE Academic Lesson Science & Technology in Medicine Today & Tomorrow 10 HEALTH SERVICES Academic Lesson Health Informatics 11 PUBLIC SAFETY Academic Lesson The Science & Technology of Identification 12 FINANCE Academic Lesson The Mathematics of Personal Finance 13 OFFICE ADMINISTRATION Academic Lesson Designing the Office of the Future 14 HOME, PERSONAL, & COMMUNITY SERVICES Academic Lesson There’s an App for That: How Technology is Transforming the Service Economy 15 SMALL BUSINESS, FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP, & ENTREPRENEURSHIP Academic Lesson The Economics of Starting a Small Business 16 TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY Academic Lesson The Future of Travel 17 COMMUNICATION & THE ARTS Academic Lesson Technology Innovations in the Creative Arts 18 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Academic Lesson From the Telegraph to Fiber Optics: A Short History of Telecommunications 19 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Academic Lesson Coding, Cables, & Computers: The Growing InfoTech Sector 20 GREEN JOBS Academic Lesson Energy, the Environment, & Emerging Employment Opportunities PART C: MY CAREER PATHWAY My Career Exploration Profile My Short-Term and Long-Term Goals Education Opportunities My Pathway Finding Job Opportunities Applying for Employment Creating a Work & Education History, Resume, & Cover Letter Job Interview Skills Managing My Social Media Reputation