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Students will analyze their aptitudes and interests and
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Primary Learning Outcomes
What are my interests? How can this influence career
planning?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 8
Guidance
A. Self Knowledge
1
Topic: Knowledge
of the influence of a positive self-concept.
Standard: Describe personal likes and
dislikes. Describe individual skills required to fulfill different life roles.
Describe how one’s behavior influences the feelings and actions of others.
Identify environmental influences on attitudes, behaviors, and aptitudes.
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: 5 min.
Discuss with students the influences that affect the decisions
they make. Discuss how one's level of maturity affects decision making and how
this changes over time.
Step:
2 Duration: 10 min.
Have students complete the “My Goals” activity sheet and
outline their educational and career goals, based on their
answers.
Attachments for Step 2
Title: FileName: My Goals.doc
Description: Print and copy for each
student.
Step: 3 Duration: 15
min.
Have students research course requirements for their selected
career goal. Ask students to select courses for high school that will provide
experiences for personal growth and development relative to their career goals.
Step: 4 Duration: 30 min.
Have students complete an “Educational Planning Sheet” with
courses that will lead to a career they have chosen and researched. Have
students review their planning sheet with parents or guardians. File student
educational plan records for review at the next grade level.
Attachments for Step 4
Title: FileName: Educational Planning Sheet.doc
Description: Print and
copy for each student.
Materials and Equipment
“My Goals” activity sheet and “Educational Planning Sheet,”
High school publications of course offerings and graduation requirements,
military, technical institute, and college course materials (catalogs or
software).
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
One or two 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.
