School Champion Resource Materials

Here are resources to assist educators in implementing Career Cruising Network. Click on the "Helpful Documents" section in your Career Cruising CAMS account for additional resources.

Student Materials (material that can be incorporated into lesson plans for career development and other discipline courses; the documents may be modified to fit your needs)

• Student Instructions for Career Cruising Network (provides students with instructions on how to navigate the basics of Career Cruising Network in one classroom period—for use in conjunction with the Career Comparison Matrix)
• Career Comparison Matrix for Career Cruising Network (provides students with a worksheet to answer questions about their top career interests and keep them on task—for use in conjunction with the Student Instructions)
• Student Instructions for Finding NCGP Mentors (provides students with directions on how to connect with a mentor for the NC Graduation Project using Career Cruising Network)

School Website Materials (to link to F4K/Career Cruising login sites)

• F4K/Career Cruising Logo-1 — F4K/Career Cruising Logo-2 — F4K/Career Cruising Logo-3
  (can use as a hyperlink to F4K/Career Cruising login sites from your school or school district website)
• Message for website hyperlink (In addition to our suggested messages to accompany the hyperlink icon to F4K/Career Cruising login sites, you will probably need to add a brief message explaining the use of the program at your school, which could include career exploration and course registration.)
• F4K Logo-1 — F4K Logo-2 (F4K logos for informational/promotional materials, etc)

Educator Materials

• Getting Started Instructions (covers four steps to get started using Career Cruising Network: how to create student portfolios, how to create and manage advisor accounts, how to assign students to advisor groups, and how to print student access cards)
• Student Portal Overview (introduces educators and parents to the student portal)
• Student Portal Overview--Spanish (introduces Spanish-language version of the student portal)
• Employer Signup Tool (recruit employers to get involved and share Work-Based Learning Opportunities with you and your students; includes information needed to sign them up or send to F4K)
• School Action Plan (use this template to develop an Action Plan for your school or school system that incorporates Career Cruising Network into your career planning process)
• Technical Requirements (make sure your computers are set up for optimum performance with Career Cruising Network)
• Parent Introduction Letter (publish in your PTSA newsletter or send home to parents on your letterhead to encourage them to participate in their child's career exploration and education planning)
• Regional Portfolio Completion Standards (use this document to determine Completion Standards on a regional scale and contact John Shaw to finish the setup; establishing Regional Portfolio Completion Standards will standardize expectations for students across the school system)
• Student Access Card Template (Merge this Microsoft Word label template with an Excel spreadsheet that you can export from student lists in your CAMS account to print students' portfolio usernames and passwords on 1.33" x 4" Avery #5162 labels. To include your school username and password, add two columns to the spreadsheet and label them "School Username" and "School Password" to match the merge codes in the template and then copy your school username and password into those columns for each student. You can also delete the merge codes in the template and add your school username and password to the template, but make sure to update the rest of the labels before you complete the merge.)

Work-based Learning Materials

• Job Shadow Assignment Form (helpful in arranging several job shadowing opportunities)
• Job Shadow Consent Form (ask students to get this or similar form signed by their parent/guardian before job shadowing)
• Job Shadow Evaluation (follow-up with students and employers)