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CALIFORNIA CAREER RESOURCENETWORK
www.californiacareers.info
	
CALIFORNIA CAREER CENTER
Virtual Counselor Web Portal www.calcareercenter.org
	
CALIFORNIA CAREERZONE
Career Exploration &Planning 1Nvvw.cacareerzone.org

Home
•	Links to CalCRNresources

About

Contact information •	Education Code
•	Partner Agencies

Quick Starts

•	Quick Start activities
CA Career Zone Workbooks
California Career Planning Guide (English & Spanish)

Lesson Plans

Career & College Readiness Lesson Plans
0	45 lessons for grades 5-12 0	5 or 6 lessons per grade
0	Lesson Start-Up videos

Meetings
• Quarterly meeting dates • Listserv sign-up

Related Resources

Additional publicly funded career exploration resources
	
Students

• Middle & High School Planning • Exploring Career Options
• Getting aJob
• Postsecondary Education and Training
• Addressing Challenges • Financial Literacy
• Career Related Videos • "My Stuff'Accounts
o High SchoolPlan o Career Action Plan
o Upload and save documents

Educators
• Parent Handbooks in eight languages
o College Planning
o Career Development • Educator Resources
• Helping Students Address Challenges
• Lesson Plan Creator
• Educator to Educator Resource Sharing

Parents/Guardians
• Parent Handbooks in eight languages
o College Planning
o Career Development
• Helping Your Child Address Challenges
• Quick Guides to:
o Exploring Career Options
o Postsecondary Education and Training
o Paying for College
• California Career Zone Workbook
• Make Money Choices Workbook
	
Students

• Career Related Assessments: o Quick Assessment
o Interest Profiler
o Work Importance Profiler o Skills Profiler

• Assessment results link to database of 900+ occupational profiles, 300+ with videos (from O*Net and EDD)

• Occupational profiles link to postsecondary education options with 7,000+ schools
(NCES College Navigator)

• Training information includes California Apprenticeship programs

• Make Money Choices links desired lifestyles with job earning potential

• Career exploration, college application, and job application templates

• Job Application Tools to create resumes, job search letters, and job references list

• Decide/Additional Resources • California Career Zone
Workbook

• Student Accounts

• User guides

Educator Accounts
• Track student progress

• Create reports of student activity

John Merris-Coots	jmerris@cde.ca.gov                            916-324-8151

California Career

California Career Resource Network California Department of Education www.californiacareers.info

The California Department of Education's California Career Resource Network (CalCRN) provides career exploration and planning resources to strengthen the career readiness skills of California's middle and high school students.

The CalCRN website hosts the Career and College Readiness Lesson Plans and has links to all CalCRN resources, which include the following:

The California Career Center is a comprehensive "virtual counselor" with career and college resources and tools to help students begin their career journey. Free student account feature. The Career Center's focus is on students, but it contains resources for counselors, teachers, parents, and guardians. Includes Lesson Plan Creator for educators.

The California Career Zone is a career exploration system providing four easy-to- use career assessment tools. It connects users with information on more than 900 California occupational options and colleges across the country. The "Make Money Choices" budgeting tool helps students make the connection between lifestyle choices and occupations that can financially support those choices. Free student account and educator account features.

Career Surfer

This mobile application is a tool for beginning career exploration and planning. Students can explore careers on their mobile devices by viewing snapshots of the more than 900 occupations detailed on the California Career Zone. Career Surfer is a free download from the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Apple App Store	Google Play

The Support Personnel Accountability Report Card (SPARC) online tool enables school site student support teams to create a unique, publishable document highlighting the impact their staff and programs are having on student career and college readiness.

Join the CalCRN e-mail list! Write to John Merris-Coots at the e-mail address below or go to the "Meetings" tab at www.californiacareers.info

John Merris-Coots	jmerris@cde.ca.gov                            916-324-8151