Career readiness

Classroom Job Application Kit

Applications, Interviews & Jobs · Grades 6-12

Grades
Grades 6–12
Formats
Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
Pages
40
Answer keys
Included
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Turn classroom jobs into a fair, teachable sequence. This Classroom Job Application Kit helps teens connect strengths to role tasks, complete an application, rehearse an interview and review a contribution with evidence. Clear roles, checklists and editable teacher tools support a rotation that includes access needs and a useful handover.

What's included

  • Teacher guide with a 6-session sequence, materials and differentiation: support, on level and challenge
  • Printed standards/skill connections and page-by-page contents
  • 16 classroom role descriptions across 4 reference pages, each with tasks and a success check
  • Lessons on an evidence-based application and interview answers with examples
  • Strengths-to-roles activity, worked fictional application and student application page
  • Fair hiring-day simulation using role criteria and fictional applicants
  • 12 interview role-play cards with first-round and revised-round review pages
  • Fair rotation activity and 16 role checklists across 4 pages, with 3 tick-box steps and role-specific evidence for each role
  • Performance check-in, feedback conversation and role-handover activities
  • 2 responsibility cases, role reflection, final responsibility check and a supported role-trial case
  • Bonus: Classroom-Job-Templates.pptx with 8 fully editable slides: 4 pages covering all 16 roles plus application, rotation, performance and handover templates
  • Complete answer keys and model responses, plus an application and interview rubric

How to use it

Use in secondary classrooms, life skills, career-readiness or special education lessons. The 6-session sequence moves from role descriptions and applications to interviews, a fair rotation, performance review and handover. Low prep: print chosen roles/forms and cut the 12 interview cards if using stations; adapt the editable teacher files to your actual classroom. Use fictional applicants for the simulation, include suitable access supports and offer a meaningful alternative to a public role. Evaluate task-related evidence, not popularity, accent, eye contact or support needs; staff retain responsibility for safety and private records.

Skills practiced

Identifying strengthsApplication writingInterview communicationClassroom responsibilityFair participationGiving feedbackPerformance reflectionRole handover

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