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Do Now. On index card http:// www.todaysmilitary.com/inside/stream/living http :// www.myfuture.com/military/articles-advice/military-benefits What is your career cluster? What is the first thing you think of when you hear military? What does ASVAB stand for?
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Do Now • On index card • http://www.todaysmilitary.com/inside/stream/living • http://www.myfuture.com/military/articles-advice/military-benefits • What is your career cluster? • What is the first thing you think of when you hear military? • What does ASVAB stand for? • http://www.careersinthemilitary.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.profiles
THE ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery April 23, 2013
What is the ASVAB? • No stress test! (There is no pass/fail) • Excellent “dress rehearsal” for the ACT, SAT and PSAT • Designed to be a career exploration and planning tool • Approved tool for Colorado’s Individual Career and Academic Plans • Helps identify skills and abilities for future educational or career paths: • Immediate employment after high school • Vocational education • College • Voluntary military enlistment
Taking the ASVAB does not obligate you for military enlistment
Students Use the ASVAB… • To identify career interests which match individual: • Interests • Values • Talents • Abilities
Additional Benefits of taking the ASVAB • Excellent predictor of performance on the ACT and SAT • Some Labor Unions use the test to select applicants for their paid apprenticeship program • Some Universities, Colleges, Technical Schools use the test to select applicants for their specialized programs
Students also use the ASVAB… • To Identify: • Military Career Aptitude • College ROTC • Military Scholarship Opportunities
Studies reflect that prior to taking the ASVAB students are planning to…
Sample Questions on the ASVAB • Automotive • If a car is driven mostly in a city so that the spark plug tip never gets hot enough to burn off excess carbons in the cylinder, then A. lower voltage should be applied to the spark plug. B. the tip should be pulled farther out of the cylinder. C. the tip should be pushed further into the cylinder. D. a thicker conductor in the plug must be used.
Sample Questions Cont’d • Electronics • Because solid state diodes have no filament, they A. don't work. B. are less efficient than tubes. C. require less operating power. D. require more operating power.
Sample Questions Cont’d • Shop Information • Which handsaw should be used to make a rough cut with the grain in a thick board? A. ripsaw B. backsaw C. coping saw D. crosscut saw
How to Use Your ASVAB Results • Summary Results show students’ areas of strength and areas of potential growth • Scores motivate students to go forward • Career resources provide tutorials that show the relationship between test scores and occupations • FYI – Find your interest inventory • OCCU-Find – Matching interests and strengths to potential careers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfsiI1CKnX0
NORTH HIGH SCHOOL CAREER DAY APRIL 26, 2013