1. Electives and More for 2019-2020
Class of 2022
Electives and More for
Presented during Late Start to RWS classes on November 14, 2018

2. Throwback Thursday---on a Wednesday---
Develop your own awesome!

3. What’s next this year? (And how do I get to awesomeness?)
CHOOSE AWESOME CLASSES
FOR YOUR SCHEDULE
EACH YEAR!

4. EXAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY EXAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY EXAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY
Career Cluster: Health Science
The Health Science Career Cluster orients students to careers that promote health, wellness, and diagnosis as well as treat injuries and diseases. Some of the careers involve working directly with people, while others involve research into diseases or collecting and formatting data and information. Work locations are varied and may be in hospitals, medical or dental offices or laboratories, cruise ships, medevac units, sports arenas, space centers, or within the community.
Pathway: Health Science Courses
Year 1-Introduction to Business
Year 2-Core Classes/BACC Health Careers & Medical Terminology
Year 3-Physics/BACC Nurse Assistant
Year 4-AP Science/BACC Advanced CNA, BACC Emergency Medical Technician, Internship
*Related Electives: Intro to Oral Communication/Advanced Speech, Child Development, Psychology, AP Psychology, Sociology, Chem II, Dual Credit Chemistry,Biological Engineering, Molecular & Structural Biology, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Honors Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Lifestyle Management, Foreign Language, Accounting
College Majors (examples) Biotechnology, Biology, Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Dentistry, Emergency Medical Technology/Technician, Health Informatics/Medical Records Administration, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy
Certifications High School: HIPAA, Certified Nursing Assistant, CPR & AED
Certifications Heartland: Nursing Assistant, Practical Nursing, EMT Basic, and EMT Paramedic
Briefly run through this slide as JUST an EXAMPLE of how easy it can be if they have a career interest already. We’ve mapped out a lot of possibilities.
EXAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY EXAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY EXAMPLE PLAN OF STUDY

5. Sampling of Electives at NCHS
Video produced by NCHS Digital Media class

6. What are your options and how will you get there?
What ELECTIVES could help you decide?
Direct to Work
Military
Certificate/ Apprenticeship
Associate’s Degree= 2 yrs
Bachelor’s Degree=4 yrs
Master’s Degree=1-2 years after Bachelor’s Degree
Doctoral Degree=even more yrs
Gap Year=year off
Mixture of a Few Options

7. Next Steps to College & Career Ready….
December 3 & 4
Homeroom visits from your counselor to discuss course entry into Career Cruising
January 2019
By January 11, you will have your courses entered into Career Cruising (DO NOT submit your request)
January students will meet with their counselor to review and submit course request into Career Cruising

8. “Be in the Know” GET YOUR PHONES OUT!
Join us on Twitter! @ironcounseling
Join us on Remind to receive text updates!
NCHS Counselor’s Remind service - for any announcements from our office to 81010

9. BE IN THE LOOP!
Get information from NCHS College & Career Resource Center right on your phone from Mrs.Hawkins—not on handouts.
Get text notifications. Text the to the number