⏰ Do Now — Start Here
Do you already have all 5 things on the board? (personal email, school ID, parent/guardian contact info, home address, graduation year) Check with a partner if you're missing any -- we need them all today.
New-student onboarding
Run this lesson in the first week for any student setting up Career Pathways for the first time; returning 10th-graders can use the time to double-check their existing account instead (see Grade 10, "Welcome Back").
🎯 Today's Big Question
- How do we register for NYC Career Pathways, and why does it matter?
📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To
- Navigate to the Career Pathways NYC participant portal and locate the school access code field.
- Successfully create and submit a CPP account using accurate personal and family information.
- Explain, in one sentence, why this account matters for their CTE pathway.
🧰 What You'll Need
- Chromebook or classroom computer with internet access
- Personal email address
- School ID number
- Parent/guardian's name, phone number, email, and home address
- Expected graduation year
📋 Your Plan for Today
- Do Now + supply check (5 min): confirm every student has what they need. Students missing information get a note home / are queued to finish next period with support.
- Mini-lesson (5 min): why NYC tracks CTE participation through Career Pathways, and how it can help them later (internships, transcripts, scholarships).
- Guided account creation (25 min): as a class, go to https://participants.careerpathways.nyc/ together. Project the steps. School access code: 09X403-000000. Students enter their own information at their own device while the teacher circulates.
- Troubleshooting & individual help (10 min): support students who are stuck on email verification, spelling of parent info, etc.
- Confirm and screenshot (5 min): each student screenshots or writes down their confirmation so we can verify everyone completed registration.
🖨️ Print Your Handout
Word, picture, and definition for today's vocabulary, plus a place to write and draw. Available in English, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Chinese.
📚 Key Words
- Career Pathways NYC (CPP)
- NYC's system for tracking CTE students' credentials, work-based learning, and internship eligibility across high school.
- Access Code
- A code your school gives you so the system knows which school and program to attach your account to.
- Work-Based Learning
- Any structured activity (job shadow, internship, guest speaker, site visit) that connects classroom learning to a real workplace.
✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include
Teacher checklist: each student's name is checked off as 'registered' in the CPP system by the end of class (or flagged for follow-up).
Exit Ticket: Write one sentence: why might a college or employer care that you have a Career Pathways record?
📊 Before You Leave
Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.
🎓 ACP Exam Prep
This lesson connects to the Photoshop Adobe Certified Professional exam: Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry
🔗 Want to Learn More?
🚀 The Extra Mile
Cross-Class Connection: This is the same account-setup and record-keeping habit your Advisory / College & Career Readiness class expects you to maintain all four years.
Career Connection: Every entry-level design job application asks for a work-experience history — CPP is your first real practice building one.
Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:
- Design a simple one-page "digital portfolio checklist" flyer for underclassmen explaining what CPP is and why it matters — genuine onboarding material. Start here: list the actual account-setup steps in order as plain text first, before you touch a layout, so the checklist is accurate before it's pretty.
- Turn your CPP profile summary into a short, well-designed personal bio card you could actually attach to a resume. Start here: draft your CPP summary as plain text and cut it down to three sentences before you design the card around it.