1. What is it? Why do we spend time doing it? How can it help me? OHS High School and Beyond Plan...

2. What is the High School & Beyond Plan? Our 3 Guiding Questions Who Am I? What, then, can I become? How do I become that? Skills, Interests, Values, Learning Style & Lifestyle Preference Career options based on “Who Am I?”…. Education/Training needed for your career(s) of interest.

3. What is Career Cruising…

5. Apprenticeship or Technical School Employment or Gap Year Military Why do I need a plan? 2 or 4-year College Skill Gap = jobs!

6. Career Exploration Brainstorm: What does it take to get a Tootsie Roll in your hand? How Many Jobs are Connected to Getting a made and into your mouth? What are the INGREDIENTS? Where do they come from? How? How is the candy itself MADE? What about PACKAGING? (How is it MADE? DESIGNED?) How does the candy TRAVEL to the store? WHO decides how much to buy? WHAT makes you want to buy a Tootsie Roll? How is the candy REGULATED/MONITORED (serving size, nutrition, etc.)? What about the Tootsie Roll Company? What might its employees do?

7. High School & Beyond Plan Helping you get from this….. To this…..

8. What does “SUCCESS” look like to YOU?

9.  Short-term – by end of 1 st Semester  At least one academic goal  1 or more other goal(s) related to your activities either within or outside of OHS  Long-term – by end of 2 nd Semester  At least one academic goal  1 or more other goal(s) related to your activities either within or outside of OHS Setting your own SMART Goals for this year…. SUCCESSSUCCESS =

10. High School & Beyond Plan What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Oliver Wendell Holmes TODAY’S TASKS: Goal Setting ~ Short & Long term ( 1 st & 2 nd semester ) Needs Assessment and Perceptual Data Survey OR Learning Styles???

11. Login = ohs-email prefix up to the “@” (no spaces) EX: ohs-reykdalk Password = your student/login number ( add a 0 at the beginning if only 6 #’s ) Check out the website’s “home page” while everyone gets logged in….