Careers: Talking The talk

$200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 Moving On Up Working 9 to 5 Making the Grade Money Talks Creating A Road Map $100

M OVING O N U P JEOPARDY Non-degreed programs one to two years in length and are geared toward employment in a particular field. Answer: What is a Diploma Program?

M OVING O N U P JEOPARDY A degree awarded after a two year program of study is successfully completed. Answer: What is an Associates Degree?

M OVING O N U P JEOPARDY A degree awarded after a four year program of study is successfully completed. Answer: What is a Bachelors Degree?

M OVING O N U P JEOPARDY Institutions of learning that offer associate of applied science degrees and diploma programs in a variety of career-related fields. Answer: What are Technical Institutes?

JEOPARDY Institutions of higher education which grant academic degrees at all levels and in a variety of subjects. Answer: What are Universities? M OVING O N U P

JEOPARDY Short, unpaid visits to a variety of workplaces to learn more about the requirements of certain occupations. Answer: What is a job shadow? W ORKING 9 TO 5

JEOPARDY High school organizations for students enrolled in CTE programs that offer opportunities for leadership and other skill development. Answer: What are career technical student organizations? W ORKING 9 TO 5

JEOPARDY A program that involves working in a chosen career field for a semester during school to learn more about the job requirements. Answer: What is a youth internship program? W ORKING 9 TO 5

JEOPARDY Programs for high school students to improve their basic skills and learn more about an occupation before applying to an apprenticeship program. Answer: What is a pre-apprenticeship program? W ORKING 9 TO 5

JEOPARDY A high school student is paired with an expert in his/her selected career cluster to learn more about the business. Answer: What is a mentorship? W ORKING 9 TO 5

JEOPARDY Credit awarded for 15 hours of class time and successful completion of a post-secondary education course. Answer: What is a college credit? M AKING T HE G RADE

JEOPARDY An exam covering math, science, and language arts given by American College Testing that is used as a partial entrance requirement for college. Answer: What is the ACT exam? M AKING THE G RADE

JEOPARDY The number assigned to the average of grades from student coursework. Computed by the number of points (A=4, B=3, C=2, and D=1) divided by the number of total credit hours for the semester. Answer: What is GPA? M AKING THE G RADE

JEOPARDY College level courses offered at high schools that allow students to receive college credit. Answer: What are AP classes? M AKING THE G RADE

JEOPARDY “Extra-help” college courses in math and language arts that under-prepared students must complete before enrolling for “regular” college classes. Answer: What is remedial coursework? M AKING THE G RADE

JEOPARDY Credits obtained from both the high school and the college for the same course when standards for both have been met. Answer: What is dual credit? M ONEY T ALKS

JEOPARDY A process for linking two or more educational systems to help students make a smooth transition without experiencing duplication of courses, or loss of credit. Answer: What is articulation? M ONEY T ALKS

JEOPARDY An exchange agreement between post-secondary schools where the same tuition rate is charged. Answer: What is reciprocity? M ONEY T ALKS

JEOPARDY A scholarship aimed at keeping South Dakota students in-state for their post-secondary education and future careers. It covers 16 credit hours of tuition and fees. Answer: What is the Dakota Corp Scholarship? M ONEY T ALKS

JEOPARDY A scholarship that provides $5,000 over four years to a student who has completed the Regents Scholar curriculum, has a GPA of 3.0 and has earned at least a 24 on the ACT. Answer: What is the SD Opportunity Scholarship? M ONEY T ALKS

JEOPARDY Broad groupings of occupations that serve as an organizing tool for all careers. Answer: What are career clusters? C REATING A R OAD M AP

JEOPARDY A plan for high school and post-secondary coursework based on a chosen career cluster. Answer: What are personal learning plans? C REATING A R OAD M AP

JEOPARDY Areas of concentrations within career clusters that require similar academic and technical skills. Answer: What are career pathways? C REATING A R OAD M AP

JEOPARDY Results from this assessment are used to match interests and abilities to career areas. Answer: What is a career interest and aptitude assessment? C REATING A R OAD M AP

JEOPARDY South Dakota students may select from these course plans as a part of graduation requirements: standard, advanced and distinguished. Answer: What are SD Graduation Pathways? C REATING A R OAD M AP

Thanks for playing Careers: Talking the Talk Jeopardy! Start Again?