Job Shadowing

Job shadowing is a career exploration strategy. As such, it is most appropriate at the middle school level. Middle school is the time for students to explore the broad range of occupations so that later on they will be able to narrow their career interests. High school students who have not narrowed their career interests by tenth grade may also find job shadowing to be a useful activity. A Job Shadowing Guide provides a program description and student worksheets.

For further information on Job shadowing:

• Workplace Supervisor's Role
• Student Expectations
• Teacher's Role
• Student's Job Shadowing Experience Sheet (pdf format)
• Examples of Other Questions to Ask During Job Shadow
• Workplace Supervisor's Job Shadowing Feedback Sheet (pdf format)
• The Complete Job Shadowing Guide (pdf format)

Users must have a pdf reader installed and configured on their web browser to view pdf files. The Acrobat reader is available free at Adobe's web site.

For questions about this information, contact Sharon W. Wendt (608) 267-9251

Last updated on 2/25/2008 1:28:39 PM