Week of August 31-September 3
Monday 8/31 We won't be able to shadow in person this year, but there are a lot of other options! Listen to former WC students talk about their shadow and internship experiences! 1. View West Central High School Career Exploration Program (16:07) 2. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality Quiz . Use the Blue Start → and Next → bars. 3. Read your results, then upload the screen shot of your results in Google Classroom. Use Command Shift 4 to grab the paragraph. Your screenshot should look like this image to the left. 4. Go to Google Classroom to complete a Reflection on the career assessment activities. If you don't finish this reflection in class, please finish in SRB or by midnight tonight! Tuesday 9/1 Intro to Resumes Fill out this sheet as you watch 1. View: Should High School Students Have a Resume? (1:33) 2. View: Tips to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash! (3:04) 3. Ignore the robot voice! Top 5 Common Resume Mistakes (4:30) 4. Top 5 Resume Tips (3:14) 5. And on the lighter side: How to Write a Resume- (2:16)- this one has really great tips even though it's got sort of a strange method of delivery! 6. Something YOUR generation is going to have to think about! Social Media Profiles are the New Resume (1:15) Read: Is the Resume Dead? Be careful what you post! Admission revoked 7. Social Media: The good, the bad, and the ugly (2:27) 8. Looking for a job? Meet social media, your new resume (4:03) 9. The New Social Resume (4:00) 10. Linked in Tutorial 1:03-7:40 View LinkedIn Profiles of West Central Grads Wednesday 9/2 and Thursday 9/3 Go over Resume Packet. Here is Resume Outline to Follow Create resume in Google Docs! USE THE SAMPLE in packet--same headings! USE THE CHECKLIST as you design! See resume examples. (Jordan TJ, Kat C, Kadyn N, W. Clancey) Work on resume in Google Drive Use self-edit checklist in packet to check off required info Print resume when you are ready! If you haven't loaded a printer, go to Self Service and choose the B&W Secure Keyosara Printer. Go to printer and enter in your 4 digit code from the email you got from Mr. Waltner 2 weeks ago. Staple two peer edits to your printed resume. Have two classmates peer edit your resume using the checklist! They should mark up the resume, check off each item, AND leave a CONSTRUCTIVE comment at the bottom of the checklist! Make any corrections or take any suggestions they provide on your resume in Google Docs. When you are satisfied that your resume presents your BEST effort, save it in the Google Drive folder I'll share with you for your class. Name it your First Name.Last Name.resume Friday 9/4 & Monday 9/7: No School/Labor Day Holiday Relax, Recline, Rest, Refresh, Read! M&M Activity ; Outline ====================================================================================== Previous Weeks' Lessons Week of August 24-28 Monday 8/24 Continue with Introductory Activities. Did everyone get a folder? Pick up library cards! If you did NOT pick up stack of papers, I slid them in your folder. 5. Read Class Rights & Responsibilities Sign and date on the bottom and put in folder 6. Complete Student Info Card and pass over to the blue tray by the speaker near my door. 7. Either Create a Desktop Folder, Add to your Symbaloo, Create Desktop Shortcuts or Add Bookmarks for: A. Mrs. Renner's page B. Quia-- added to resources page C. SDMyLife/Xello. (awaiting content filter clearance!) D. Turnitin--added to resources page Log-in Information for online platforms: **Be sure you join the CORRECT class! This is TODAY'S 2nd Assignment! You need to show up on the roster in all of these platforms! A. Google Classrooom Period 3: 3ukndv5 Period 5: 2jguhof Period 6: 4yryktw B. Quia Period 3: Follow these instructions Period 5:: Follow these instructions Period 6: Follow these instructions C. Turnitin.com Period 3: Class ID: 26091153 Enrollment Key: Period3 (no spaces) Period 5: Class ID: 26091348 Enrollment Key: Period5 (no spaces) Period 6: Class ID: 26091506 Enrollment Key: Period6 (no spaces) D. Remind: Click and Follow these instructions for all of English 3 **Note: There are THREE ways to sign up to get reminders with or without a phone! So before you leave today, you should have completed TWO assignments: Notecard in blue basket and log-ins for all online platforms! Tuesday 8/25 and Wednesday 8/26 Objective: Answer this question: What careers match up with my interests? 1. Go to your folder and find 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. See Holland Hexagon and label boxes you checked (with Mrs. R's help) 2. Next, 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 the 16 Career Clusters worksheet; See the sheet with jobs matching the 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. (On Tuesday Period 3 got thru Cluster #12, Period 5 & 6 got thru Cluster 11 in video) On Wednesday, finish video from above then... 3. Next, (for Wednesday) fill out the South Dakota Career Interest Survey packet. Follow the instructions on the handout to determine which of the Holland Hexagon Personalities best fits you. 4. You should have tallied the 6 columns to determine your Holland Hexagon Personalities Label your top three totals like this: Column 1: Artistic=Creator Column 2: Conventional=Organizer/Planner Column 3: Enterprising=Persuader Column 4: Investigative=Thinker Column 5: Realistic=Doer Column 6: Social=Helper 5. On the next handout labeled Occupational Interest Group Descriptions provided in your folder, again number your top 3 (Artistic? Conventional? Enterprising? Investigative? Realistic? Social?) 6. Flip to the backside and locate your top 2 or 3 types in the boxes. Read the italicized description of each personality and circle ONE or TWO jobs in each of those top interest areas that appeal to you. Thursday 8/27 1. On the next handout labeled 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 for Thursday. Click on the RED link to follow your Holland Type for a list of Careers. Explore HOT Careers. Choose ONE career and fill out the info on the worksheet. 2. Next, flip this worksheet over and follow the instructions on the handout CAREFULLY to Complete the Your Free Career Test Activity HERE. Answer all of the 60 bubbled questions and click Submit. Jot down your CODE in case you accidentally close out of the site. Click on View Your Results On the next screen, no need to Print or Email results. Scroll down just a little to Your Free Career Test Results Investigate a job! If you can't find the % of growth, scroll to the very bottom of the specific career page under Article Citations and follow the link to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, where you'll see a chart with Job Outlook info. 3. Return to the other side of this 2-sided worksheet labeled Career Assessment Summary Worksheet with the table on top. You will now complete that table. To do so... 4. Go to the Education Planner site and complete the brief 4-question survey to REINFORCE your top clusters. 5. Once you hit submit, look at the results and record your top 3 clusters from THIS activity in the 2 column table. 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. 6. List a job from each of your top three clusters from THIS site. Now the only incomplete activity in your folder should the SDMyLife stapled one. Friday 8/28 Objective: Answer this question: Why is it so important to study career education? As you view, fill out this Exit Ticket 1. View Did You Know (Shift Happens) 2020 (4:36) . View Did you know, in 2028 (3:15) 3. View 15 jobs that will disappear in the next 20 years (17:00) 4. View Careerealism for Students--a little dated but important message! (3:42) 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--add the 1/2 sheet 5. Are you a Planner, a Thinker, a Helper or a Doer? Take this Personality Quiz . Use the Blue Start → and Next → bars. In-class Assignment: For Monday (not enough time) 1. Read your results, then upload the screen shot of your results in Google Classroom. Use Command Shift 4 to grab just a portion of the page. Your screenshot should look like this image to the left . Grab the chart and first 3 paragraphs. =================================================== Week of August 20-21 Thursday 8/20 and Friday 8/21 Objective: To answer the question: "Why am I here???" See Mrs. Renner's Objective on the board! 1. Meet Mrs. Renner video; Mrs. Renner's Pledge 2. Read: The Importance of the Junior Year ...no matter whether you are planning a 2 year degree, a 4 year degree, the military or the work force. 3. What to Expect in English 3 4. Career Folders (add your name & class period, then ALWAYS leave it in this classroom in the bucket on floor under the whiteboard) Pick up 1 from each stack starting with the folder and the notecard in the top left of the table, go across the top row, then come back to the left side to pick up the bottom row. Week of August 24-28 Monday 8/24 1. M&M Activity ; Outline 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 8/25 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 8/26 We welcome our Career Link Coordinators Kristy Jackson and Matt Thompson Here is the link to the Job Shadow Application ================================================================== Thursday 8/27 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) |