Career Exploration Bundle | Interest Survey, Project & Clusters, Grades 8-12
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Career Exploration Bundle

The whole career exploration arc, in order

Students find out what they are interested in, research one career until it survives a reality check, then learn the 14 Career Clusters well enough to pick next year's courses. Three complete resources — 70 files and 190+ printable pages — that also work perfectly well on their own. Grades 8-12, print and digital, every answer key and rubric included.

✓ 3 complete resources✓ 70 files, 190+ printable pages✓ 8 self-grading Google Forms™✓ Grades 8-12
$25

● Instant download · Lifetime access · Editable & print-ready

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What's in Every Lesson

The same open-and-teach system in all three resources.

Editable Slides
Three editable decks, one per resource: 14 slides, 13 slides and 12 slides.
The 48-Item Survey
An interest inventory that lives in the file. Students take it and score it themselves in about three minutes.
Source Log
Three required sources, each logged with publisher, link, date and the fact it supports.
56-Card Cluster Sort
Real job titles plus 14 cluster headers, dealt so the deck never arrives pre-sorted.
Assessment
Two 8-question quizzes and two performance tasks, each with a key or a four-level rubric.
Self-grading Google Forms™
Eight ready-to-assign forms across the three resources. Assign in Google Classroom and let them grade themselves.

See the Actual Pages

Why the three are better together.

The survey

It ends by naming a cluster

48 items across six interest areas, scored by the student on a six-column page. The cluster match sheet then turns a three-letter interest code into named Career Clusters, which is the step almost every other tool skips.

  • ✓ 48 items, six interest areas
  • ✓ Self-scoring, no answer key to grade
  • ✓ Interest code to named clusters
The 48-item Career Interest Survey page
The project

It starts by asking for one

Students pick a career inside their matched cluster and research it against three required sources: the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, a real current job posting and a real program of study. The source log is where a rushed project shows up first.

  • ✓ Three required, citable sources
  • ✓ Publisher, link, date and the fact it supports
  • ✓ 5-day and 2-week pacing maps
The Source Log page from the Career Exploration Project
The clusters unit

The cluster becomes a course they can sign up for

All 14 clusters and the full 72 sub-cluster index, a 56-card sort groups argue over before they check the key, 14 printable posters for the gallery walk, and a pathway planner that ends on the course they can take next year.

  • ✓ 14 clusters, 72 sub-clusters named
  • ✓ 14 printable posters plus a 56-card sort
  • ✓ 16-to-14 crosswalk for the retired list
The 56-card Cluster Sort and its recording sheet
Assessment

Graded without you writing it

An 8-question quiz in each of the two units, a performance task in each with a five-criterion, four-level rubric and a score sheet, and every written question keyed with a rationale.

  • ✓ Keys and rubrics for everything
  • ✓ Eight self-grading Google Forms™
  • ✓ Score sheets included
Assessment and rubric pages from the Career Exploration Bundle

What's inside · 3 resources

1
Career Interest Survey
One class period · 20 files
2
Career Exploration Project
5 days or 2 weeks · 26 files
3
Career Clusters
5-day unit · 24 files
In all three
Teacher guide and day-by-day plan
Editable slide deck
Print-ready PDFs
Editable Word files
Self-grading Google Forms™
Every answer key, rationale and rubric

Every resource also ships a Skills and alignment map with a blank column for your own state standards.

Why Teachers Choose It

They hand off to each other

Interests to a cluster, cluster to research, research to next year's schedule. A student finishes holding a plan, not three worksheets.

The survey is in the file

No outside website, no student accounts, no links to rot. It works the same in September as it will in three years.

Three required sources

Not “find some websites.” The Occupational Outlook Handbook, a real current job posting and a real program of study, each logged and dated.

The current 14 clusters

14 clusters and 72 sub-clusters, with a 16-to-14 crosswalk, while nearly everything else on the market still teaches the retired 16.

Runs on paper

Self-scoring, no logins, no student accounts. Sub days, testing weeks and no-device days are covered.

Print and digital

Print-ready PDFs plus eight self-grading Google Forms™ for when you want the class data.

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FAQ

What is in the bundle?
All three resources above: the Career Interest Survey (one class period, 20 files), the Career Exploration Project (5 days or 2 weeks, 26 files) and Career Clusters (5-day unit, 24 files). 70 files and 190+ printable pages in all, with a teacher guide and day-by-day plan, an editable deck, print-ready PDFs plus editable Word, self-grading Google Forms™, and every answer key, rationale and rubric.
Can I buy the three separately?
Yes. Each one stands on its own and is sold on its own. The bundle simply costs less than buying them one at a time.
How is this different from the Career Readiness Bundle?
They are neighbors, not nested. This bundle is exploration — working out what a student is interested in and what it is called. The Career Readiness Bundle is the six Professionalism units that come after it: resumes, cover letters, interviewing, soft skills, workplace professionalism and professional email. Neither one contains the other.
What formats are included?
Editable .docx and .pptx plus print-ready .pdf, so it works on paper, on screen, or through Google Classroom.
What grades is it for?
Grades 8 to 12, and all three work well in middle school career exploration and advisory. They fit CTE, career readiness, advisory and college and career readiness programs.

Career exploration, in the right order.

One download, three resources, every key and rubric included.

See the individual resources