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Lesson 10

Lesson 10. Education & Advancement. Key Terms. Apprenticeship Associate’s Degree Bachelor’s Degree Career Ladder College Community College Cooperative Education. Grants & Scholarships Internship Occupational Training Programs Student Loan University. Planning Your Career.

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Lesson 10

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  1. Lesson 10 Education & Advancement

  2. Key Terms • Apprenticeship • Associate’s Degree • Bachelor’s Degree • Career Ladder • College • Community College • Cooperative Education • Grants & Scholarships • Internship • Occupational Training Programs • Student Loan • University

  3. Planning Your Career • Figure out what you want to do • Identify the education, training, and/or experience you need to be able to do it • Start planning how you will acquire the education, training, and/or experience you will need

  4. What Are Your Interests, Aptitudes, & Abilities? • Figure out what kinds of things you enjoy doing • Helping people • Solving problems • Etc. • This may point you in the direction of a specific career • Take a career test • Virginia Wizard offered through the Guidance Department • Others

  5. Setting Goals & Priorities • Once you set goals, look at your priorities • How important is goal to you? • Should you plan your coursework around it? • Is it worth your precious free time to explore? • If you set your priorities to meet your goal • Each step toward goal should be another rung up the career ladder

  6. Going to College • You may have career in mind and know what degree you need to pursue that career • If not, take some courses that may interest you • You may discover an area of study and career that you would like

  7. Non-College Job Training • Trade School • Focused on specific skill-based career • Auto mechanic • Welder • Etc. • Can be only a few weeks to several years • Apprenticeships • Learning period of up to 5 years & may include additional course work at night • Work at job and learn that trade from experienced employees in that field

  8. Internships, Apprenticeships, and Cooperative Education • Internship • Work at job in your field of study • May or may not get paid • Way to build work experience in that field as you learn • Apprenticeship • Work at job for which you received training • Normally paid • Cooperative Education • College student does combination of classwork and full-time work at a job in their career area • Normally paid

  9. Paying for Your Education or Training • Grants & scholarships available to qualified applicants • Grants & scholarships from college or training program • Student loans from financial institutions • Student loans from the government • Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) • Coverdale Education Savings Accounts • State education savings plans • Virginia 529 College Savings Plan

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