Middle School is a bridge between Elementary School and High School.  Middle School is a time of transition. Middle school is the threshold between elementary and high school, between childhood and adulthood Kerka (2000). 

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2. A Bridge
 Middle School is a bridge between Elementary
School and High School.
 Middle School is a time of transition.
 Middle school is the threshold between
elementary and high school, between childhood
and adulthood Kerka (2000).

3. The Need
 Without Middle School Career Education,
students failed to build a foundation of the
connection between high school academic
subjects, potential careers, world of work, and
post-secondary training (Kerka 1994, Wells and
Gaus’ 1991, Finch and Mooney 1997, Johnson
2000)

4. Benefits
Middle School Students who completed career
education programs had the following positive
outcomes –
 Increased understanding of the world of work
leading to an openness to an increased number
potential careers (McDonald and Jessell 1992,
Hughes, 1993, Smith 2000, Finch & Mooney,
1999)

5. Benefits (2)
Middle School Students who completed career
education programs have –
 Improved skills to make informed decisions and
complex career information problem solving
(McDonald and Jessell 1992)
 * Enhanced academic, personal, and teamwork
skill development(Toepfer, Smith 2000, Finch
& Mooney, 1999, Kerka 2000)

6. Benefits (3)
As a results of career education programs, middle school
students have –
 Increased career awareness, self-esteem, clearly
defined goals, a sense of direction, and motivation to
persist and attain a postsecondary education and
training (Bell, T.H. 1983, McDonald and Jessell 1992,
Toepfer, p. 63, O’Brien et al. 1999, Marcos, K. 2003)

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