Description: Are you ready to explore your strengths, interests, and future career possibilities? This course helps students discover who they are and what types of work might fit them best. Through a mix of personality assessments, career interest tests, and hands-on activities, students will learn to identify their unique skills, values, and motivators.

Students will explore careers using tools like StrengthsFinder, RIASEC, Myers-Briggs, Big Five, Working Genies, and career aptitude test, while researching industries, developing skills inventories, and building actionable career plans. Guest speakers, interactive workshops, and a final “Career Vision” presentation make the course both practical and engaging.

By the end of the class, students will have a clear understanding of themselves, understand how purpose and passion connect to everyday work, potential career paths, and the next steps to achieve their goals—turning self-discovery into a roadmap for the future.

Tutor: Erin Johnson studied Studio Art at Bethel College and later attended YWAM in Colorado. Over the years, she built a thriving photography business, leading a team of photographers, earning multiple awards, and being featured in numerous publications. Her work has taken her across the U.S. and internationally, including Mexico and Europe, capturing weddings and meaningful life moments. In addition to her photography career, Erin runs two other businesses and is involved in her husband’s residential remodeling company. She married her husband in 2000, and together they have three daughters. She loves traveling, painting and hiking (especially in Arizona). As a teacher, Ms. Johnson brings a relaxed, open-minded, and hands-on approach to the classroom. She loves helping students discover their creativity, strengths, and future paths.

Cost: $257, $267, or $277 (depending on registration date)
Level:  Grades 9-12
Prerequisite:  None
Homework:  1-2 hours per week
Texts: (To be purchased by parents) The Sacredness of Secular Work by Jordan Raynor (ISBN 9780593193099)

Supplies:  Folder for class handouts, notebook