Looking Ahead to High School |
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Students will create tentative high school plans, based
on career interests. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
How do my career interests influence my high school
plans?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 7
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
4
Topic: Knowledge
of the benefits of educational achievement to career opportunities.
Standard: Describe the importance of
academic and occupational skills in the work world. Identify how the skills
taught in school subjects are used in various occupations. Describe individual
strengths and weaknesses in school subjects. Describe a plan of action for
increasing basic educational skills. Describe the skills needed to adjust to
changing occupational requirements. Describe how continued learning enhances the
ability to achieve goals. Describe how skills relate to the selection of high
school courses of study. Describe how aptitudes and abilities relate to broad
occupational groups.
C. Career Planning
12
Topic: Understanding the process of career planning.
Standard: Demonstrate knowledge of
exploratory processes and programs. Identify school courses that meet tentative
career goals. Demonstrate knowledge of academic and vocational programs offered
at the high school level. Describe skills needed in a variety of occupations,
including self-employment. Identify strategies for managing personal resources
(e.g., , talents, time, money) to achieve tentative career goals. Develop an
individual career plan, updating information from the elementary-level plan and
including tentative decisions to be implemented in high school. Identify and
appreciate personal interests, abilities, and skills. Demonstrate the ability to
use peer feedback. Demonstrate an understanding of how individual
characteristics relate to achieving personal, social, educational, and career
goals. Demonstrate an understanding of environmental influences on one’s
behavior. Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between personal
behavior and self- concept.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 20 min.
Review the 15 career clusters and related
careers.
Attachments for Step 1
Title: FileName: Career Group1.doc
Description: Use this as a basis
for your discussion.
Step:
2 Duration: 5 min.
Ask students to select one or two careers that interest them.
(If students select a broad career area, such as newspaper publishing, have them
specify the job title, such as reporter, typesetter, or advertising
salesperson.)
Step: 3 Duration: 30
min.
Using the high school curriculum guide from your school
district, have the students organize and plan their high school course work
schedule, based upon their career interest.
Attachments for Step
3
Title: FileName: Looking Ahead.doc
Description: Print and copy for
each student.
Materials and Equipment
High school curriculum guide, “Career Groups” reference sheet
and “Looking Ahead” activity sheet, Pencil or pen
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
Three class periods
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students' participation in the activity will be
evaluated.
Extension
Remediation
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.
