Exploring Career Options

Advisory Development Table of Contents DateTitle Page # 11/17/11Resolving Conflicts Wisely16 11/28/11Mini Math Lesson17 12/01/11Learning of Discipline18 01/12/12Navigating the Road to My Success19 01/31/12Exploring Career Options20

Exploring Career Options 20R 20L 01/31/12 Exploring Career Options Reflection 01/31/12 Observe, Question, Comment CST Prep:

Area Formulas Squares/Rectangles Parallelograms Triangles Trapezoids Circles

Exploring Career Options 20R 20L 01/31/12 Exploring Career Options Reflection 01/31/12 Observe, Question, Comment CST Prep: Purpose:

Purpose This lesson will help guide students’ thinking about the types of careers or jobs they might want to pursue What they might need to do in order to reach their objectives How college might help them achieve their goals

Exploring Career Options 20R 20L 01/31/12 Exploring Career Options Reflection 01/31/12 Observe, Question, Comment CST Prep: Purpose: Learning Goals:

Learning Goals To explore individual interests and see how those interests connect to a career or job. To understand the array of careers available, the training necessary for those careers, and the benefits and drawbacks of the careers and jobs the students select. To begin connecting life goals with educational goals. To use the Internet to conduct research on topics of interest.

Exploring Career Options 20R 20L 01/31/12 Exploring Career Options Reflection 01/31/12 Observe, Question, Comment CST Prep: Purpose: Learning Goals: Career Survey:

Career Survey Section A 1.What activities do you like to do outside of school? 2.What do you watch on TV and in the movies? 3.What is one book you enjoyed reading? 4.What are your favorite classes? 5.Do you like to spend time alone or with lots of people? 6.Who are the people you admire? What do they do for a living? 7.What makes you proud about yourself? 8.Do you prefer doing things that involve using your hands or things that require using your head?

Lets Think About it Have each team generate a list of 10 specific jobs that they know about or have heard of from family members, friends, other adults, people they’ve seen on television or in the movies, or from other such sources. Instruct students to be specific (e.g., a “teacher” is a job or a career, “education” is not).

Career Survey Section B 1.List the three careers or jobs that interest you the most: a._________ b._________ c._________ 2.List the career cluster that you are most interested in: 3.What do you find interesting about this career cluster? 4.What are the connections between your interests in Section A and the careers you chose in Section B?

Exploring Career Options 20R 20L 01/31/12 Exploring Career Options Reflection 01/31/12 Observe, Question, Comment CST Prep: Purpose: Learning Goals: Career Survey: CST Prep #2:

Exploring Career Options 20R 20L 01/31/12 Exploring Career Options Reflection 01/31/12 Observe, Question, Comment CST Prep: Purpose: Learning Goals: Career Survey: CST Prep #2: Career Research:

Career Research 1.JOB #1: (describe): a.This job is part of which career cluster? b.What do people in this job/career do? c.What education/training is needed? d.How much money does a person in this career/job earn annually? e.Are there many openings for this type of job/career? f.What two skills are required of someone who does this kind of work?

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