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Spark curiosity, build confidence, and help every student take their first steps toward a meaningful future with Hats & Ladders.
Explore Hats & Ladders
Need a career readiness boost? Put Hats & Ladders to work in your school, district or organization and get equipped with an easy to implement digital curriculum and toolkit that includes:
Personalized Career Exploration
Empower learners with future possibilities through engaging, research-based career exploration activities and tools.
Self-assessments
Illustrated and age appropriate surveys of Core Personality (RIASEC) and Work Values adapted from validated inventories.
Building Blocks
Foundational activities, in and out of school, that include likes and dislikes, and connections to related pathways.
Climber Profile
Evolving snapshot of a learners’ career interests, experiences, and goals.
Middle School Career Exploration Curriculum
Engage younger learners with a comprehensive, classroom-ready career exploration digital curriculum, with print workbooks to support structured classroom activities.
Career Clusters
14 Clusters that unlock recommended pathways and include introductory “tour” videos, myth busters and From the Field interviews with real-world professionals.
Pathways
60+ district-connected pathways, with videos and activities that teach career-specific terms and concepts, and culminate in pathway fit assessments.
Occupational Search
Curated collection of 225+ in-demand and/or higher wage “Hats” (careers) with:
- Key occupational data (e.g., educational pathways, including military and college alternates)
- Visual indicators that compare students’ interests and work values with those aligned to a career.
- District-connected, localized market salary and demand data for each career.
- Tools to rate each career’s “perks,” “quirks” and “job gear.”
Print Workbooks
Student workbooks, with color graphics and classroom-based activities to deepen and apply career learning.
Interactive Games
Scenario-based games that enable students to try on a “Hat” (career) and become immersed in authentic workplace settings, real-world decision-making scenarios, and interactive activities.
Achievements
Achievements, points, collections and “climbs” (quests) to motivate in-depth personalized exploration.
Goal Setting & Planning
Equip learners with dynamic tools for high school and beyond, including:
Career Plans
Personalized Career Planner that connects career goals with their foundational “Building Blocks” and lets students select pathway-aligned, stage-specific next steps.
Course Plans
District-aligned course Planner that helps educators and students design a district-specific graduation plan that is tailored to students' career goals."
Coach Feedback Tools
In-app Coach messaging to guide students’ career and course planning.
Family Engagement
Easy to download plans that students can share with teachers and family, along with handouts to engage trusted adults in future planning.
Interactive Games
Scenario-based games that enable students to try on a “Hat” (career) and become immersed in authentic workplace settings, real-world decision-making scenarios, and interactive activities.
Skill Development
Enable learners to develop, practice, and apply essential life, academic and workplace skills, as well as specialized skills aligned to students’ career goals.
PowerSkills
Digital and workbook activities to develop and practice essential skills for any career (eg. communication, conflict management, problem solving).
MoneySkills
Digital and workbook activities to develop and practice essential financial skills (eg. budgeting, taxes).
ProSkills
Digital and project-based activities to develop and practice specialized skills for a range of pathways and industries.
Skills Portfolio
Create a digital portfolio of project work to showcase skill development across pathways (coming in 2026).
Access & Equity
Support learners of all abilities with engaging, multimodal content and experiences, including:
Literacy Supports
Grade-appropriate instructional text with embedded vocabulary support, and text-to-speech (coming in 2026).
Multimodal Instruction
Rich visuals and short videos to support text-based content.
Accessibility Tools
Fully accessible experience that incorporates appropriate font sizes, color contrast ratios, keyboard navigation, video captioning and screen reader support.
Language Translation
Compatible with browser-based language translation tools.
Coach Dashboard & Reports
Easily track student progress and discover career insights to drive career readiness across your Class, School, or District, using:
Coach Toolkit
Digital support materials that include implementation and pacing guides, Getting Started handouts, and lessons.
Climber Mode
Test drive and model learner-facing assessments and activities.
Progress Tracking
Track individual, class, and school completions and achievements, and provide support as needed.
Real-time Insights
Discover individual, class, and school career interests and needs to inform instruction and programming.
Professional Development
Live trainings and video library to ensure that Coaches know how to deliver the curriculum with ease and confidence.
Administrator Tools & Integrations
Maximize your investment in career readiness through administrator tools and configuration.
SSO & SIS Integration
Easily integrate with your district systems, including single sign-on (SSO) and integration with common SIS systems to securely exchange roster information for quick updates, class, and account creation. Partners include Clever, Classlink, Google, and more.
Analytics
Track program implementation and outcomes aligned to key career readiness indicators used by districts and states.
District Configuration
Select rostering service (e.g., Clever, ClassLink, OpenRoster-compatible CSV) and set State and MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) focus for career data offered to students and teachers.
District Implementation and Support
Customer service, through 24-7 Help Center, weekly office hours and ongoing support.