1. Naviance Career Key & Career Exploration Granite Oaks Middle School Electives 2014 – 2015

2. Objectives  To help students think about career choices and course decisions for high school  Complete Career Key through Family Connection to help identify your high interest areas  Explore careers that match your high interest areas – as a beginning step.

3. Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9 2FYT-UiKso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9 2FYT-UiKso

4. Career Bound – Future Found Your Future is Now! Interests & Skills What do I like and dislike? (Interests) What do I do well? (Skills) Life After High School There are a lot of “where’s” – apprenticeships, career/technical schools, employment, military opportunities, colleges and universities. It’s important to choose a “where” that fits you. Academic Plan (Classes) All good roads to your future go through high school. 1.Who Am I? 2. Where do I want to go? 3. How will I get there?

5. Vocational Technical School Community College High School University (Graduate) University (Doctorate) University (Undergraduate) Professional School Military Middle School

6. What is Career Key?  Online career assessment tool used through the Naviance program  Based on Holland’s Theory of Career Choice  Research shows that personality/college majors/career matches predict success and satisfaction

7. Log into Naviance at https://connection.naviance.com/graniteoaks Your username is the same as your Rocklin USD Google account Your password is your Student ID.

9. Career Key Assessment  Click on the “About Me” section at the top of the page  Look for the my assessment section and click on “Career Key” 1.Know Yourself: –Take the Career Key assessment 2.Know your options: –Learn about the jobs that interest you

10. Career Key Results  Read traits associated with the highest score  Click on “View Careers”  Then, pick six careers from your first and second highest career options and “Save to My List”

11. On the home page, click on the “CAREERS” tab

12. Click on “Explore Careers &Clusters”

13. Exploring Careers  Pick one career to learn about  Click the “Knowledge and Skills” tab: 1. What are the most important skills? 2. What are the most important abilities? 3. What are the most important knowledge areas?

14. Exploring Careers  Click the “Typical Tasks”: 1. Name two typical tasks performed with this career.  Click the “Wages”: 1. What part of the country makes the most doing this job?

15. Begin exploring! Browse careers by cluster here Search for careers by name here

16. Road Trip Nation  Road Trip Nation Archives gives you an insiders view of people pursuing their interests  Click on “Careers” and scroll down towards the end of the page  Click on “Explore More” and begin your Road Trip experience