Career Quest: Ready, Set, Work!

Launch

Students will launch the career readiness project by exploring their strengths and interests, examining realistic workplace scenarios tied to speaking up and making decisions, and setting up the first artifacts for their Personal Career Portfolio and investigation work.

Days 1 - 3

🚀 My Future Starts Here

Launch 45m

🧭 Workplace Clues and Questions

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

📁 Career Portfolio Setup

Deliverable 45m

Launch Mystery

Students will investigate a realistic workplace mystery, generate and refine investigable questions, examine evidence from scenarios and communication artifacts, and draft an evidence-based hypothesis about how self-advocacy, problem solving, and decision making should work in that situation.

Days 4 - 9

🕵️ Workplace Text Message Mystery

Launch 45m

🧰 Self-Advocacy Talk Moves

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

🔍 Scenario Evidence Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

❓ Investigable Question Builder

Project Work 50m

💼 Partner Check on Real Responses

Community Experience 45m

📝 Mystery Question Conference

Assessment 45m

Plan Evidence

Students will design and test a credible plan for gathering evidence from workplace scenarios by deciding what to observe, how to document responses and outcomes, and how to strengthen reliability through peer critique, revision, and checkpoint feedback before beginning full simulation data collection.

Days 10 - 15

🧭 Scenario Evidence Map

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

📝 Observation Log Mini-Lab

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

🛠️ Toolkit Method Plan Draft

Project Work 45m

💬 Method Critique Carousel

Deliverable 45m

🤝 Workforce Method Check

Community Experience 45m

✅ Evidence Plan Readiness Gate

Assessment 45m

Collect Scenario Data

Students will run workplace simulations, collect traceable evidence from their responses, document feedback and revisions in their toolkit, and build a reliable data set for later pattern analysis about self-advocacy, problem solving, decision making, and workplace behavior.

Days 16 - 21

🧭 Scenario Evidence Log Reset

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

🎭 Self-Advocacy Scenario Trial

Project Work 45m

🧩 Problem-Solving Response Trials

Project Work 45m

👥 Two-Peer Toolkit Critique

Deliverable 45m

🏢 Workforce Partner Feedback Round

Community Experience 55m

✅ Simulation Evidence Checkpoint

Assessment 45m

Analyze Patterns

Students will analyze evidence from workplace simulations by organizing data, creating visual displays, testing interpretations with peers, and identifying patterns, strengths, and anomalies that inform revisions to their self-advocacy/problem-solving toolkit and Personal Career Portfolio.

Days 22 - 27

📊 Scenario Data to Charts

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

🗂️ Coding Self-Advocacy Evidence

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

🧠 Claims from Pattern Evidence

Project Work 45m

🔍 Peer Review of Analysis Boards

Deliverable 45m

🎯 Revision Goal Conference

Community Experience 45m

📝 Findings and Next-Step Memo

Assessment 45m

Defend Toolkit Findings

Students will turn their investigation results into evidence-based conclusions, name limitations in their scenario data, refine their self-advocacy/problem-solving toolkit and Personal Career Portfolio through critique, and prepare for partner-facing portfolio defense conversations before the final showcase phase.

Days 28 - 32

🧠 Claims and Limits Conference

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

🛠️ Toolkit Evidence Revision

Deliverable 45m

📁 Portfolio Proof Check

Project Work 45m

🤝 Workforce Partner Practice

Community Experience 45m

🎤 Portfolio Defense Dry Run

Assessment 45m

Showcase

Students will present their completed Personal Career Portfolio and self-advocacy/problem-solving toolkit to an authentic audience, use feedback to strengthen how they explain evidence of readiness, and reflect on how their strengths, decisions, and workplace behaviors connect to future employment goals.

Days 33 - 35

🗣️ Portfolio Defense Warm Rehearsal

Deliverable 45m

🎤 Career Readiness Showcase

Community Experience 45m

📁 Final Portfolio Defense Reflection

Assessment 45m

Launch Days 1–3

Day 1

🚀 My Future Starts Here

Launch 45m

Day 2

🧭 Workplace Clues and Questions

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 3

📁 Career Portfolio Setup

Deliverable 45m

Launch Mystery Days 4–9

Day 4

🕵️ Workplace Text Message Mystery

Launch 45m

Day 5

🧰 Self-Advocacy Talk Moves

Knowledge/Skill Building 40m

Day 6

🔍 Scenario Evidence Sort

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 7

❓ Investigable Question Builder

Project Work 50m

Day 8

💼 Partner Check on Real Responses

Community Experience 45m

Day 9

📝 Mystery Question Conference

Assessment 45m

Plan Evidence Days 10–15

Day 10

🧭 Scenario Evidence Map

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 11

📝 Observation Log Mini-Lab

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 12

🛠️ Toolkit Method Plan Draft

Project Work 45m

Day 13

💬 Method Critique Carousel

Deliverable 45m

Day 14

🤝 Workforce Method Check

Community Experience 45m

Day 15

✅ Evidence Plan Readiness Gate

Assessment 45m

Collect Scenario Data Days 16–21

Day 16

🧭 Scenario Evidence Log Reset

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

Day 17

🎭 Self-Advocacy Scenario Trial

Project Work 45m

Day 18

🧩 Problem-Solving Response Trials

Project Work 45m

Day 19

👥 Two-Peer Toolkit Critique

Deliverable 45m

Day 20

🏢 Workforce Partner Feedback Round

Community Experience 55m

Day 21

✅ Simulation Evidence Checkpoint

Assessment 45m

Analyze Patterns Days 22–27

Day 22

📊 Scenario Data to Charts

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 23

🗂️ Coding Self-Advocacy Evidence

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 24

🧠 Claims from Pattern Evidence

Project Work 45m

Day 25

🔍 Peer Review of Analysis Boards

Deliverable 45m

Day 26

🎯 Revision Goal Conference

Community Experience 45m

Day 27

📝 Findings and Next-Step Memo

Assessment 45m

Defend Toolkit Findings Days 28–32

Day 28

🧠 Claims and Limits Conference

Knowledge/Skill Building 45m

Day 29

🛠️ Toolkit Evidence Revision

Deliverable 45m

Day 30

📁 Portfolio Proof Check

Project Work 45m

Day 31

🤝 Workforce Partner Practice

Community Experience 45m

Day 32

🎤 Portfolio Defense Dry Run

Assessment 45m

Showcase Days 33–35

Day 33

🗣️ Portfolio Defense Warm Rehearsal

Deliverable 45m

Day 34

🎤 Career Readiness Showcase

Community Experience 45m

Day 35

📁 Final Portfolio Defense Reflection

Assessment 45m

September 2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

21 Day 1

Launch

🚀 My Future Starts Here

22 Day 2

🧭 Workplace Clues and Questions

23 Day 3

📁 Career Portfolio Setup

24 Day 4

Launch Mystery

🕵️ Workplace Text Message Mystery

25 Day 5

🧰 Self-Advocacy Talk Moves

28 Day 6

🔍 Scenario Evidence Sort

29 Day 7

❓ Investigable Question Builder

30 Day 8

💼 Partner Check on Real Responses

1 Day 9

📝 Mystery Question Conference

2 Day 10

Plan Evidence

🧭 Scenario Evidence Map

October 2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

5 Day 11

📝 Observation Log Mini-Lab

6 Day 12

🛠️ Toolkit Method Plan Draft

7 Day 13

💬 Method Critique Carousel

8 Day 14

🤝 Workforce Method Check

9 Day 15

✅ Evidence Plan Readiness Gate

12 Day 16

Collect Scenario Data

🧭 Scenario Evidence Log Reset

13 Day 17

🎭 Self-Advocacy Scenario Trial

14 Day 18

🧩 Problem-Solving Response Trials

15 Day 19

👥 Two-Peer Toolkit Critique

16 Day 20

🏢 Workforce Partner Feedback Round

19 Day 21

✅ Simulation Evidence Checkpoint

20 Day 22

Analyze Patterns

📊 Scenario Data to Charts

21 Day 23

🗂️ Coding Self-Advocacy Evidence

22 Day 24

🧠 Claims from Pattern Evidence

23 Day 25

🔍 Peer Review of Analysis Boards

26 Day 26

🎯 Revision Goal Conference

27 Day 27

📝 Findings and Next-Step Memo

28 Day 28

Defend Toolkit Findings

🧠 Claims and Limits Conference

29 Day 29

🛠️ Toolkit Evidence Revision

30 Day 30

📁 Portfolio Proof Check

November 2026

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

2 Day 31

🤝 Workforce Partner Practice

3 Day 32

🎤 Portfolio Defense Dry Run

4 Day 33

Showcase

🗣️ Portfolio Defense Warm Rehearsal

5 Day 34

🎤 Career Readiness Showcase

6 Day 35

📁 Final Portfolio Defense Reflection