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10 th Grade Ramp-Up Review. 10 th Grade Wrap-Up. Objectives. Review Ramp-Up Unit Main Points Skills Needed for H.S. and Postsecondary Success Growth Mindset Informed Career Decisions Progress Monitoring PLAN Test Results Career, Postsecondary and H.S. Planning Résumé
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10th Grade Ramp-Up Review 10th Grade Wrap-Up
Objectives • Review Ramp-Up Unit Main Points • Skills Needed for H.S. and Postsecondary Success • Growth Mindset • Informed Career Decisions • Progress Monitoring • PLAN Test Results • Career, Postsecondary and H.S. Planning • Résumé • Budgeting • Academic Skills for Postsecondary Success
Skills Needed for Future Success • What is Ramp-Up? • Develop knowledge, skills, and habits for postsecondary success • Pillars: Academic, Admissions, Career, Financial, Personal/Social • Tools: Readiness Rubric & Postsecondary Plan • Why College Readiness? • The earlier the better • Better chance of getting accepted to your colleges of interest • You will have more options after high school • SMART Goals • Specific, Measurable, Achievable • Relevant, Timely
Growth Mindset • Fixed mindset • Believes intelligence & abilities cannot be changed • Growth mindset • Believes abilities and intelligence can change through effort and learning • Constantly puts forth effort: improves their abilities. • Learn from mistakes: can lead to improvement • Persist: Do not give up!
Informed Career Decisions • Personal areas that should align with careers of interest • Interests, Skills, Personality, Values, Learning Style • Categories from the Career Interest Profiler • Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional • Explore Colleges that align with • Your careers of interest • Add to your “colleges I am thinking about list” in Naviance
Pair and Share • I know that the sooner I prepare for my postsecondary career the better the opportunities I will have in the future. • I understand the difference between Growth vs. Fixed Mindset. • Careers that I am interested in should align with my personal interests, skills, personality, values, and learning style.
Progress Monitoring • Readiness Rubrics help you know if you are on track to be college ready • Grades • Academic Belief • Self-Management • Effort and Persistence • Test Scores • Close readiness gaps by setting SMART Goals • Have an Action Plan - IMPORTANT!
PLAN Test Results • Valuable information contained on Page 2 of the PLAN test results • How to improve your academic skills • What determines the PLAN World of Work map? • Student Preference of Activities • Data, Ideas, People, Things • Preparation for the ACT • Average ACT score range for an Open Admissions College 16-21 • Average composite ACT score 20
Career, Postsecondary & High School Planning • The Readiness Rubric helps you identify and close any readiness gaps you may have • Two levels on the path to college readiness • Developing: Does Not or Partially Meets • Meeting: Meets or Exceeds • The Postsecondary Plan helps you create an academic plan that best fits your career and postsecondary aspirations • Advanced classes will help with your postsecondary readiness
Pair and Share • The Readiness Rubric & Postsecondary Plan will help me reach my short & long-term goals. • I know that setting up Action Plans will help me close any gaps that I may have with my postsecondary readiness. • The PLAN test ‘World of Work Map’ is a great way for me to connect my academic strengths with careers that might interest me.
Résumé • The purpose of a resume is to share a summary of your skills, education, and experiences with prospective employers, colleges, or donors. • The parts of a resume include: • Main heading with name and contact information • Work experience • Education • Volunteer experience • Extracurricular activities • Awards/Honors • Skills • References
Budgeting • Reality Check • Learn the costs to live in your city of choice • Provides salary information by education level and career • Two main factors of financial success • Increase income and reduce expenses • Major 10th grade expense categories • Entertainment, Clothes, Savings, etc. • Main key to keeping a good budget • Follow through
Academic Skills for Postsecondary Success • GASP Projects • Requires skills that will help you to be successful with your middle, high school, & college careers. • G – Gather • To collect information • A – Analyze • To study the information closely • S – Synthesize • To combine information from multiple sources • P – Present • To share the information
Pair and Share • My résumé will show potential employers, colleges, or donors a summary of my skills, education, and experiences. • I understand that two keys to my future financial success is creating a budget and following through with it. • GASP projects help me to develop skills that I will need for future success in high school, college, and career.
Classroom Discussion • What did you discuss with your partner? • Skills Needed for H.S. and Postsecondary Success • Growth Mindset • Informed Career Decisions • Progress Monitoring • PLAN Test Results • Career, Postsecondary and H.S. Planning • Résumé • Budgeting • Academic Skills for Postsecondary Success