"Financial Considerations When Choosing Your Career"

Audience:

Class of 2026 for both Lansing School District

Purpose: Career Exploration (with Finance emphasis for this workshop) is one of the pillars of the federal GEAR UP Grant, and the work plan we follow.

Goals: Created and exhibited an "Extreme Reality (ER)" type module, widely used with Career/Finance activities for middle school students. This type of simulation assigns each student a random career, and as the game plays out, they see very clearly all the pros and cons of a salary, cost-of-living in different parts of the U.S., lifestyle they are hoping to achieve vis-a-vis salary, etc. Discussion and student reflection followed with GEAR UP staff facilitating.

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Project Contact:

Samantha Luna-Simmons
Office of College Access Initiatives
Associate Provost for University Outreach and Engagement
lunasama@msu.edu

Partners

Dwight Rich School of the Arts
Gardner Academy
Post Oak Academy
Eastern High School
Everett High School
J.W. Sexton High School
State of Michigan - Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO)
U.S. Department of Education
Dwight Rich, Gardner, Post Oak, Eastern, Everett, Sexton, State of Michigan Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO), U.S. Department of Education

Report of calendar year 2021 activity.