FutureFrame Career Chats
Short, structured career conversations for real classrooms
Designed for private, charter, and nontraditional schools
Designed for private, charter, and nontraditional schools
FutureFrame Career Conversations help students explore careers by hearing directly from professionals about their work, their career journey, and the skills they use every day.
These short conversations allow students to:
• explore real career paths
• connect school subjects to real work
• reflect on their interests and strengths
• discover patterns in the types of work they enjoy
Career Conversations are designed to work alongside the FutureFrame Student Hub, where students complete reflections, track discoveries, and build their personal career portfolio.
FutureFrame Career Conversations are designed to be simple and flexible.
Teachers can use them in:
• advisory periods
• career exploration classes
• homeroom
• enrichment programs
• workforce development programs
Step 1
Students watch a Career Conversation.
Step 2
Students complete the Career Chat Quest Reflection.
Step 3
Students record their discovery in the Pattern Tracker.
Step 4
Students add insights to their FutureFrame Portfolio.
This process helps students begin recognizing patterns in the types of work, environments, and challenges that interest them.
Teachers can introduce students to a wide range of careers through short professional conversations.
Below are examples of careers students can explore.
Discussion prompt for students:
What skills does this career require?
What type of problems do professionals in this field solve?
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Suggested student question:
What risks and opportunities come with starting a business?
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Suggested student question:
What type of people does this career help?
What education is required?
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Suggested student question:
How does creativity play a role in this career?
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Suggested student question:
How does this work impact communities?
After watching a Career Conversation, teachers may invite students to discuss questions such as:
What surprised you about this career?
What skills did the professional say were important?
What part of this work sounded interesting to you?
Would you want to explore this field more? Why or why not?
These conversations help students connect what they heard to their own interests and strengths.
FutureFrame helps students discover patterns in their interests, thinking styles, and career curiosity.
Career Conversations allow students to explore real professions while noticing:
• the types of problems people solve
• the environments people work in
• the skills different careers require
Students then record discoveries in their:
FutureFrame Quest Reflections
Pattern Tracker
Career Discovery Portfolio
Over time, students begin to see patterns in the careers and work environments that interest them most.
FutureFrame Career Chats™ is:
A conversation tool for teachers
Flexible across grade levels
Aligned to interest exploration and bias-aware practices
Designed for schools with limited time and resources
It is not:
A full career curriculum
A counseling replacement
A data-heavy platform
Another initiative teachers must manage