North Far North Careers Toolkit
The North Far North Careers Toolkit helps high school educators and counselors bring career exploration into the classroom in meaningful, engaging ways. Grounded in the regional labor market and aligned with community college pathways, the toolkit connects students to the North Far North Careers website as a central resource. By using the lessons and activities in this toolkit, educators and counselors can guide students through a structured exploration of their interests, industries, and future opportunities while building the confidence and knowledge needed to make informed decisions about their postsecondary paths.
This resource is more than a set of lesson plans—it is a framework for empowering students to see the relevance of their education, understand the wide range of options available to them, and begin shaping a vision for their future. The toolkit provides a consistent way for educators to introduce career concepts, spark curiosity, and strengthen the connection between students’ aspirations and the real opportunities in their region.
How to Use the Toolkit
The North Far North Careers Toolkit is designed to empower high school educators and counselors in guiding students through career exploration and planning. It includes four comprehensive lesson plans tailored to each grade level in high school—9 through 12. The lesson plans use a gradual release of responsibility approach in which students increasingly take the lead from one grade to the next in making decisions about their career and education plans. In each lesson, students work on their online Career Exploration Planning Tool. They add to this tool each year, resulting in a possible postsecondary plan for themselves by grade 12.