Career counseling for kids?(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2006 | by Krone, Emily

Byline: Emily Krone Daily Herald Staff Writer It's never too early to decide you want to be an actuary or a zoologist - or anything in between - according to career counselors at Elgin Area School District U-46. Career counseling traditionally has been reserved for high school seniors and college-age students.

But U-46 is offering the service to much younger students. The district employs two full-time career specialists at the middle school level. Their primary purpose is to make learning meaningful by showing how classroom lessons can have real-life applications. "We've come to the conclusion, according to national studies, that middle school matters in the process of career planning," said U-46 middle school career specialist Beverly...