In this exciting new workbook, elementary students read about Dez the Dawg, who meets 12 different people downtown and explores the 12 job families through engaging narratives and appealing illustrations. My Career Adventure: Careers Are Everywhere is arranged into three sections filled with fun activities to introduce children to career concepts while promoting character development and academic growth.
Activities to inspire and educate children include:
- Career vocabulary builder: Word searches, word jumbles, and crossword puzzles are used to familiarize students with career vocabulary.
- Career and character scenarios: Students write and reflect about 10 career and character essential traits to tie career success with strong character and examine consequences of behavior.
- Academic skill study: Students explore 12 school essentials that are necessary for career success and match examples of the essentials to the workplace.
Just as they did for older students in the best-selling Becoming the Best Me, Second Edition, the authors of My Career Adventure: Careers Are Everywhere seamlessly integrate career exploration, character education, and academic preparation into one book, introducing elementary students to concepts important in their future work and personal lives.
Dr. Robert “Bob” Orndorff is co-author of The PITA Principle: How to Work With and Avoid Becoming a Pain in the Ass, Becoming the Best Me, and My Career Adventure. In addition, he is the associate director of Career Services and affiliate assistant professor of Counselor Education at Penn State University. In his position, he directs and supervises all aspects of the professional career counseling program. He also provides training and supervision for career counselors and doctoral-level graduate students.
Orndorff also wrote The Insider’s Guide to Finding the Perfect Job (Peterson’s) and has written several articles, research papers, and more on character education, career planning and development, and job search. He is a highly sought-after speaker and presenter and has given several career and character education presentations at seminars and conferences around the nation. He also serves as a career consultant in the education and business industries.
He has received numerous national recognitions throughout his professional career, including a national award for “the best educational program related to career services in the nation,” which was highlighted on Good Morning America, and the National Association of Colleges and Employers “Award of Excellence.”
Orndorff has a Doctor of Education degree in counselor education (specializing in career development) from Penn State University; a Master of Arts degree in student affairs in higher education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania; and a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.
Erik Orndorff is the co-author of My Career Adventure and teaches Communication Arts for Pequea Valley School District in Kinzers, Pennsylvania. He has a Masters in Education from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania and is a certified presenter for Learning Focused Schools (LFS). He presents at state and regional conventions on character in the classroom.
For interview requests or questions about these authors, contact Selena Dehne at sdehne@jist.com or (651) 215-7548.
