Name of Lesson __Kuder Navigator- 8th Interest Assessment______i

Counselor ___Lauren Isaacs/Rachel Underwood_____________

UNIT/TOPIC:
(If unit, note how
many lessons in unit):

Unit: College & Career

Lesson: 8th Grade- Kuder Interest Assessment

DOMAIN:
(academic, career,
personal/social)

Career

GRADE LEVEL(S):

GUIDANCE
STANDARD(S):
ASCA Standards
Addressed:
INDIANA
STANDARDS
ADDRESSED:
*If this lesson is
crosswalked with other
academic areas, please
list here.
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES

ASCA Midsets & Behaviors:

2.A.5- Apply media and technology skills
2.A.7- Identify long- and short-term academic, career, and social/emotional goals
2.B.3- Demonstrate ability to work independently

2.23; 8.3

1. Student will learn about 21st Century Scholars

2. Students will use Kuder Navigator to identify career interests
3. Students will use Kuder Navigator to explore occupations within their identified
career interests

TIME REQUIRED

40 Minutes

MATERIALS NEEDED

LearnMore Magazine
iPad
Kuder activation code

ACTIVITY SUMMARY

21st century scholars information

Kuder Navigator checklist activity
Kuder Navigator career exploration

1. Introduction of counselor/lesson (5 minutes)

PROCEDURE

a. Counselor will introduce self and roles

b. Counselor will introduce the days topic of: career interests

c.

LearnMore Indiana magazines will be distributed

2. 21st Century Scholars (5 minutes)

a. Counselor will introduce 21st Century Scholars and what it is
b. Students will turn to page 15 in the LearnMore magazine
c.

Counselor will guide students through the information on page 15 of

the LearnMore magazine

3. Kuder Naviagator (15 minutes)

a. Counselor will instruct students to turn on their iPads and go to
http://www.indianacareerexplorer.org/
i. Students will select new users from the login area
ii. Students will select student and 8th grade
iii. Students will press continue
iv. Students will create a username and password using the
same username and password as Blackboard
v. Students will enter the access code
1. N3859639VPX
vi. Students will check the agreement box and click register to
complete the process
b. Counselor will introduce students to the home page
c.

Counselor will instruct students to click on learn more about myself

i. Students will select my interests

4. My Interests Assessment (15 minutes)

a. Students will complete the interests assessment
b. Students will fill out the worksheet after completing the interests
assessment
c.

Students will use the rest of the class period to explore the career
pathways and occupations from their results

5. Counselor will collect the bottom portion of the worksheet (post-test)

EVALUATION:
What data will you
collect and How will
you collect data to
show:
1. impact on K12 students
2. feedback on
lesson

FOLLOW-UP PLAN:
CITATION(S)
References/Resources
Used:
Cite copyrighted materials,
but do not reproduce
copyrighted materials in your
lesson plan. Non-copyrighted
materials must be reproduced
and included in your lesson
plan.

1. Counselors will use both a pre- and post-test to collect data

Assess pre- and post- data to edit college and career activities for next year
1. Indiana Department of Education. (2003). Indiana program standards for
school counseling.
http://www.asainstitute.org/schoolcounseling/programstandards.html
2. American School Counselor Association (2014). Mindsets and Behaviors for
Student Success: K-12 College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Every
Student. Alexandria, VA: Author.