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Week of August 26-29
Monday 8/26 Objective: Answer these questions: A. Why is it so important to study career education? B. What careers match up with my interests? Did you finish the first 2 Career Interest Surveys? 1. "Which Careers Match Your Skills" Education Planner. 7 boxes. Put an X in the boxes that apply to you. Circle AT LEAST 2 careers in the list that interest you. 2. Did you do the Career Cluster Interest Survey . Summarize on the bottom of pg. 6. Now, take a highlighter and HIGHLIGHT the 3 BOXES of your 3 HIGHEST clusters. View 16 Career Clusters; See sheet with jobs matching clusters. As we watch this 16 Career Clusters video, fill in both a JOB or 2 that interest you AND 2 important HS classes you should take to prepare for a job in this cluster. Also see the 16 clusters worksheet with possible jobs. Assignment for Tuesday: Now, fill out the South Dakota Career Interest Survey packet. to determine which of the Holland Vocational Personalities bests fits you. ============================================================== Tuesday 8/27 1. You should have tallied the 6 columns to determine your Holland Vocational Personalities. 2. Next, on the handout provided, again number your top 3 3. Flip to the backside and locate your top 2 or 3. Read the italicized description of each personality and circle ONE or TWO jobs in each of those top interest areas that appeal to you. 4. On the next page of the handout, Career Assessment Summary Worksheet,go to #2 where it says "Use your South Dakota Career Interest Survey." Follow this link to Exploring Occupations of Interest Page to complete the activity. 5. Assignment for Wednesday: Follow the instructions on the handout CAREFULLY to Complete the Your Free Career Test Activity HERE **Note: The order of info is REVERSED on your results page. My Work Environment info comes first. You will have Your Free Career Results show up first, so skip to #2 then go BACK to letters A & B when you scroll farther down to Work Environment info. ================================================================== Wednesday 8/28 We welcome our Career Link Coordinators Kristy Jackson and Matt Thompson Here is the link to the Job Shadow Application ================================================================== Thursday 8/29 1. Find the unfinished 2-sided worksheet labeled Career Assessment Summary Worksheet with the table on top. Go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief 4-question survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. Once you hit submit, look at the results and record your top 3 clusters from THIS activity on the summary sheet. See if they match your first hand-scored 16 Career Clusters survey. Then follow the links on the list of your top Career Clusters within this Education Planner site and look at some of the jobs. List a job from each of your top three clusters from THIS site. Now ALL of these activities should be complete! Leave your folder with me in your class crate for the weekend. Don't leave the room with it!! Please put everything IN THIS ORDER Job Shadow Introduction Follow Up: 2. View West Central High School Career Exploration Program (16:07) 3. Advice for Shadowing from Kristy's presentation (7:35) (periods 3, 6, 7) Per 5 finish Be ready for anything! Enthusiasm can shape your experience! Be on time! Ask questions! Show appreciation! 4. See the other job shadow resources on the West Central Job Shadow Page **Note: If you are someone who is considering a HEALTH occupation or had HEALTH SCIENCE show up as one of your top clusters, please take this HEALTH Career Test. Previous Week's Lessons: Thursday 8/23 and Friday 8/24 Objective: To answer the question: "Why am I here???" See Mrs. Renner's Objective! Introduction and Housekeeping 1. Authors & M&M Activity ; Outline 2. Read: The Importance of the Junior Year ....no matter whether you are planning a 2 year degree, 4 year degree, military or the work force. 3. What to Expect in English 3 4. Career Folders (decorate), Supplies 5. Class Rights & Responsibilities Sign and date the back and put in folder 6. Complete Student Info Card and return to me 7. Create a Desktop Folder, Add to your Symbaloo, Create Desktop Shortcuts or Add Bookmarks for: SHOW ME all 7! 1. Mrs. Renner's page 2. Exit Room Request 3. Quia 4. QuickTopic 5. SDMyLife/Xello 6. Turnitin 7. Occupational Outlook Handbook Be sure all 3 completed career assessments are in your career folder. For today's activity, you will need to use THIS Career Assessment Summary Worksheet 1. Take out your completed Sixteen Career Clusters Activity. Go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. Once you hit submit, look at the results and record your top 3 clusters from THIS activity on the summary sheet. See if they match your first hand-scored survey. Then follow the links on the list of your top Career Clusters within this Education Planner site and look at some of the jobs. List a job from each of your top three clusters from THIS site. 2. Using your results from your completed South Dakota career interest survey, Go to the Exploring Occupations of Interest Page to complete the next section of the summary sheet. 3. Move on to the sheet labeled Career Interest Worksheet. Go to Your Free Career Test. Click through the 40 questions. You don't have to click right on radio button--just on the response. Please give the questions a little thought in terms of your future. Try NOT to answer "NOT interested" as many times as I did! Once you finish, complete the Career Interest Worksheet. **Note: If you are someone who is considering a HEALTH occupation or had HEALTH SCIENCE show up as one of your top clusters, please take this HEALTH Career Test. 5. Put everything in your folder in THIS ORDER (click to open) Week of August 27-30 (see previous days' lessons at the bottom of the page) Thursday 8/30 Job Shadow Introduction Follow Up: 1. Test your assumptions. A job might be quite different from what you think it is! View A Day in the Life (through 2:34) 2. View West Central High School Career Exploration Program (16:07) 3. Advice for Shadowing from Kristy's presentation (7:35) Be ready for anything! Enthusiasm can shape your experience! Be on time! Ask questions! Show appreciation! Here is the link to the 2018 job shadow application. Remind parents to complete their online consent form. If they need a paper copy, let me know. Both your application & parental consent should be completed by next Friday, September 7. **Remember that all of this info is on the Job Shadow Assignments link under More... above See the note I sent to parents about shadowing. Before you leave for the long weekend, be sure all 3 completed career assessments are in your career folder. --Put everything in your folder in THIS ORDER (click to open) If you don't leave folder with me in class, BE SURE I HAVE IT BY 3:30! next week: Quia registration-- If you have never used Quia, Click Create My Free Account. Enter FULL first and last name and school email address and wait for the code. Set Up Shortcuts or Bookmarks for Mrs. Renner's page and Quia Previous Days' Lessons Wednesday 8/29 Kristy Jackson, Career Link Coordinator, visits to share job shadow info. If you are absent today, I will be recording one period of the presentation and will make that available through Google Drive. Here is the link to the 2018 job shadow application. Please do not fill out until AFTER you visit with Kristy Jackson. I will email the link to the parent permission form to your parents TONIGHT! ======================================================================= Tuesday 8/28--(Golfers and other absentees, we may not get through all of this in class) Period 3: Watch 17 min video Period 6: Finish 17 min video. Start at 11:40, #11 Period 7: Finish 17 min video. Start at 7:59 #6 Pick up all of the activities on the back counter. **Whatever you don't finish in class is homework! Read all instructions below carefully! Review THIS DOCUMENT before starting this process! 1. Start with the "Which Careers Match Your Skills" Education Planner. There are 7 boxes. Put an X in the boxes that apply to you, then circle AT LEAST 2 careers in the list that interest you. 2. Next, read instructions & do the Career Cluster Interest Survey . Summarize on the bottom of pg. 6. 3. Now, fill out the South Dakota Career Interest Survey packet. Follow the instructions on the handout. See the list of occupations that correspond to your interest area. Circle a few occupations that appeal to you. 4. For the next activity, you will need to use Career Assessment Summary Activity (I'll give you a hard copy) Sorry, if you are a golfer or are absent, please print this activity. Note that the back side is crossed off. Don't use that page! 5. Review your completed Sixteen Career Clusters Activity that helped figure out your top 3 clusters. Now go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. Once you hit submit at this site, look at the results and record your top 3 clusters in the table at the top of this Career Assessment Summary sheet. See if any of these 3 clusters match your 16 Career Clusters survey. Then follow the links on the list of your top career clusters within this Education Planner site and look at some of the jobs. List a job from each of your top three clusters from THIS Education Planner site. 6. For # 2 on the Career Assessment Summary Activity worksheet, using your results from your completed South Dakota career interest survey, Go to the Exploring Occupations of Interest Page to complete the next section of the summary sheet. *Note: the Summary of Job Duties is now located ABOVE not below this row of icons. 7. Move on to the sheet labeled Career Interest Worksheet. Go to Your Free Career Test. Click through the 60+ questions. You don't have to click right on radio button--just on the response. Please give the questions a little thought in terms of your future. Try NOT to answer "NOT interested" as many times as I did! Once you finish, complete the back side of the Career Assessment Summary Worksheet. **Note: If you are someone who is considering a HEALTH occupation or had HEALTH SCIENCE show up as one of your top clusters, please take this HEALTH Career Test, which is also accessible at the YourFreeCareerTest site under the Career Tests tab at the top left. It could help narrow down the infinite number of potential paths in the medical field. When you finish, Place EVERYTHING in your career folder and LEAVE IN THIS ROOM! If you don't finish, bring your folder and ALL of the completed activities back with you on Wednesday. ================================================================================ Monday 8/27 Class Rights and Responsibilities (Per 3 and 7) Cell Phones will be used periodically for classroom activities. I will inform you WHEN that will be. At all other times, cell phones are not to be seen or heard. Keep them in your laptop bag. After first warning, phones will be placed in cell hotel on my desk. After 2nd warning, phones will be sent to the office. Use phone in hallway & lunchroom, not in classrooms. Complete Student Info Card and return to me Career Folders (decorate), Supplies Emergency procedures (tornado, fire, intruder) Remind Registration--see info on board in front of room if you didn't sign up Friday Objective: Answer these questions: A. Why is it so important to study career education? B. What careers match up with my interests? 1. View Did you know (Shift Happens)-2018 remix (4:46) 2. View Did you know, in 2028 (3:15) 3. View 15 jobs that will disappear in the next 15 years (17:00) 4. View Careerealism for Students--a little dated but important message! (3:43) As you view, fill out this Exit Ticket ========================================== Thursday 8/23 and Friday 8/24 Objective: To answer the question: "Why am I here???" See Mrs. Renner's Objective! *Bring a 2-pocket folder to class tomorrow! 1. M&M Welcome ; Outline See instructions for Remind Registration--also see instructions on the board 2. Read: The Importance of the Junior Year ....no matter whether you are planning a 2 year degree, 4 year degree, military or the work force. 3. View: Class of 2020 --info we covered in class meeting--here for future reference Also see link to junior test dates above 4. What to Expect in English 3 5. Class Rights and Responsibilities 6. Complete Student Info Card and return to me 7. Career Folders (decorate), Supplies 8. Emergency procedures (tornado, fire, intruder) 9. New Library info and Cards (tape in planner)--we are no longer part of Siouxland Library, but you can still use the Siouxland Library downtown to request books! 10. Remind Registration--see info on board in front of room. 11. Quia registration-- If you have never used Quia, Click Create My Free Account. Enter FULL first and last name and school email address and wait for the code. 12. Set Up Shortcuts or Bookmarks for Mrs. Renner's page and Quia Objective: Answer these questions: A. Why is it so important to study career education? B. What careers match up with my interests? 1. View Did you know (Shift Happens)-2018 remix 2. View Did you know, in 2028 3. View 15 jobs that will disappear in the next 15 years 4. View Careerealism for Students--a little dated but important message! As you view, fill out this Exit Ticket 5. Pick up all of the activities on the back counter. Start with the "Which Careers Match Your Skills" Education Planner. There are 7 boxes. Put an X in the boxes that apply to you, then circle AT LEAST 2 careers in the list that interest you. 6. Next, do the Career Cluster Interest Survey . Summarize on the bottom of pg. 6. 7. Now, fill out the South Dakota Career Interest Survey packet. Follow the instructions on the handout. When you finish, come back here and go to the Exploring Occupations of Interest Page to complete the activity. 8. Complete the 2-sided SD Career Survey follow up. Be sure to turn it over! Place EVERYTHING in your career folder and LEAVE IN THIS ROOM! **Don't worry if you don't get through all of this today!! Finish in SRB! Stay focused! Be sure all 3 completed career assessments are in your career folder. For today's activity, you will need to use THIS Career Assessment Summary Worksheet 1. Take out your completed Sixteen Career Clusters Activity. Go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. Once you hit submit, look at the results and record your top 3 clusters from THIS activity on the summary sheet. See if they match your first hand-scored survey. Then follow the links on the list of your top Career Clusters within this Education Planner site and look at some of the jobs. List a job from each of your top three clusters from THIS site. 2. Using your results from your completed South Dakota career interest survey, Go to the Exploring Occupations of Interest Page to complete the next section of the summary sheet. 3. Move on to the sheet labeled Career Interest Worksheet. Go to Your Free Career Test. Click through the 40 questions. You don't have to click right on radio button--just on the response. Please give the questions a little thought in terms of your future. Try NOT to answer "NOT interested" as many times as I did! Once you finish, complete the Career Interest Worksheet. **Note: If you are someone who is considering a HEALTH occupation or had HEALTH SCIENCE show up as one of your top clusters, please take this HEALTH Career Test. 4. Go through SDMyLife Adventure Book 5. Put everything in your folder in THIS ORDER (click to open) |
