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This Smart Choices activity directs students to research
career clusters, choose 4 and compile information on the training
requirements. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
What are the skills and educational preparation required for
entry-level positions in a career.
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 9-12
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
4
Topic: Understanding the relationship between educational achievement and
career planning.
Standard: -Demonstrate how to apply academic and vocational skills to
personal interests. -Describe the relationship of academic and vocational skills
to personal interests. -Describe how skills developed in academic and vocational
programs relate to career goals. -Describe how education relates to the
selection of college majors, further training, and/or entry into the job market.
-Demonstrate transferable skills that can apply to a variety of occupations and
changing occupational requirements. -Describe how learning skills are required
in the workplace.
6
Topic: Skills to
locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.
Standard: -Describe the educational
requirements of various occupations. -Demonstrate use of a range of resources
(e.g., , handbooks, career materials, labor market information, and computerized
career information delivery systems). -Demonstrate knowledge of various
classification systems that categorize occupations and industries (e.g., ,
Dictionary of Occupational Titles). -Describe the concept of career ladders.
-Describe the advantages and disadvantages of self-employment as a career
option. -Identify individuals in selected occupations as possible information
resources, role models, or mentors. -Describe the influence of change in supply
and demand for workers in different occupations. -Identify how employment trends
relate to education and training. -Describe the impact of factors such as
population, climate, and geographic location on occupational
opportunities.
7
Topic: Skills to
prepare to seek, obtain, maintain, and change jobs.
Standard: -Demonstrate skills to locate,
interpret, and use information about job openings and opportunities.
-Demonstrate academic or vocational skills required for a full-time or part-time
job. -Demonstrate skills and behaviors necessary for a successful job interview.
-Demonstrate skills in preparing a resume and completing job applications.
-Identify specific job openings. -Demonstrate skills to assess occupational
opportunities (e.g., , working conditions, benefits, and opportunities for
change). -Describe placement services available to make the transition from high
school to civilian employment, the armed services or postsecondary
education/training. -Demonstrate an understanding that job opportunities often
require relocation. -Demonstrate skills necessary to function as a consumer and
manage financial resources.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration:
There are basically six training pathways one can take to
prepare for a career: high school/vocational courses, technical schools,
apprenticeship, college, military, and on-the-job training.
Step: 2 Duration:
Have students review the 15 career clusters and the various
careers listed in each cluster.
Attachments for Step 2
Title: Career Groups FileName: Career Groups.doc
Description: A list of occupational
categories and some of the careers found within them.
Step: 3 Duration:
Have students research careers using the Dictionary of
Occupational Titles and any other career information available in the
school.
Step: 4 Duration:
Have students report to the class the various training
pathways for entering these careers.
Materials and Equipment
Military career guide college and postsecondary institute
course catalogs “Career Groups” activity sheet
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
1 hour
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students will be assessed as they outline the training paths
of four careers they have selected.
Extension
Using postsecondary institute and college catalogs and the
military career index, let students plan how they might prepare themselves for a
career. If college is a requirement, have students estimate the cost of their
education, using GCIS materials. Have students estimate starting salaries using
Occupations Handbook/Occupations Digest.
Remediation
Students experiencing difficulty reading or locating resource
material can work with a partner.
Accommodation
Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can
be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in
classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC
standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of
this lesson plan.
