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Agenda: Welcome Create Journals Career Clusters and Pathways Monday, January 7th Introduction to Careers class overview / expectations… so much to look forward to 

Objective / Employability Skills Sheet – Daily Routine • Create your journal / notebook • 30 lined pieces of paper • Colored outer page • Staple – decorate title with your name / period • Stays in class – in class work grade • Uses • Notes • Writing responses… group activities

Monday, January 7th Journal Work…write the following “Choose a job you love, and you will never work a day in your life.” -Confucius, Chinese philosopher Explain your ideal career

Overview of class • Understanding Yourself • Preparing your Path to Success! • Career Cluster Exposure • Specific Career Searches • Activities within CTE Pathways • Exploring Career resources on-line (AKCIS) • Career and Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) Participation

Career Clusters?? • What are career clusters? • Do you know how many there are? • Which one captures your interest the most? Groupings of occupations/career specialties used as an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction. Clusters Online

Career Pathways Sub-groupings of occupations/career specialties used as an organizing tool for curriculum design and instruction. Occupations/career specialties are grouped into Pathways based on the fact that they require a set of common knowledge and skills for career success. Architecture & Construction Design/Pre-Construction Construction Maintenance/Operations

Agenda: Group activity Present your product Tuesday, January 8th Career Variety… what do you know?

Group Brainstorm of Careers Group of three or four Establish speaker and secretary… 2002 Federal Decisions Write down as many careers as you can think of. (minimum 30) What career clusters might they be in? How did you categorize your list? Competition… who will win? Brief group presentation of your “method”

Agenda: Present Posters from yesterday Take Career Cluster Survey Wednesday, January 9th Career Cluster Survey… where is your interest?

Present Posters from yesterday • Practice public speaking skills by presenting group posters (careers / jobs and how you chose to categorize them) • Each member of your committee will share at least one occupation they find interesting. • Hang on Wall like 1st period did yesterday

Career Interest Survey • Each student gets own copy. • Explain that each section relates to a career cluster (last page shows the key to this) • Please emphasize that they do NOT write on the packet but record answers in their journal notebook (found in back of room) • If there is time remaining, discuss as a class the outcomes… do you think it is an adequate judgment? • Please give students up to 10 points for completing survey and using time wisely. I would suggest doing this as students are completing the survey. Let them know this will be done  Record on attendance sheet.

Agenda: Personality and Career Interest Profiler Survey Career Cluster Inventory Thursday, January 10th Personality Checks… AKCIS resources to help guide you in the right career cluster

Interest Profiler Questions

Career Interest Survey

Agenda: Career Interest Survey’s 16 Career Cluster handout Career Plans Friday, January 11th Purpose of Career Plan and how to create one

Something to think about… • If you work 40 hours a week, you will have spent 2,080 hours on the job in one year. At that rate, if you retire after 40 years of working, you will have spent 83,200 hours of your life on the job. Use that time well by selecting a career path that you will enjoy.

Making a Career Plan • Benefits… • Nine Steps… • What would your steps be?

Steps to Career Plan • List your personal and career interests, natural abilities, job skills, academic achievements, and values. • Establish short- and long-terms goals. It is important to establish dates for reaching your goals and to identify a method for evaluating your progress. • Locate and use occupational information. • Identify broad career areas that are related to your interests, talents, and important values. • Choose as many occupations as possible within your broad areas of career interest. Make certain that your selection are expected to offer future growth and stability and will provide experiences leading to higher-paying, more desirable occupations. • Narrow down your occupational choices to a few • Develop a plan to acquire the education and training you will need to enter the occupations you have selected. • Learn job-seeking and job-keeping skills • Decide what sacrifices you are willing to make to fulfill your career plan.

Case Study Who cares about Andrea? • Read out loud… • In groups decide what you would do

Agenda: Fill out PCLP folders Academic vs. CTE Pathway meeting Wednesday Tuesday, January 15th Personal Learning Career Plans … let’s begin planning

Record in Journal • Three people you admire and respect most. Have any of these people influenced you’re thinking about what career you should consider? How and Why? • Have you done anything to discover more information about yourself, about occupations, or about the education and training needed for certain careers? If so, what have you done? If not, what could you do?

Agenda: Pass out cluster/pathway packet Manufacturing Movie – Notes Manufacturing Vocabulary Crossword Thursday, January 17th Topic: Manufacturing Career Cluster Introduction

Agenda: Assembly line Peanut and Butter Sandwich Friday, January 18th Topic: Benefits and history of assembly line

Agenda: Cluster Overview Explore Pathways Movie – Notes Introduce Vocabulary Assignment Tuesday, January 22nd Topic: Human Services Career Cluster Introduction

Agenda: AKCIS.ORG Complete Know Myself Section Thursday, January 24th Topic: Begin Career Plan on AKCIS.org

AKCIS.ORG – Sign in • My Career Plan • Know Myself • Data-People-Things-Check List • Thinking About Myself • Reality Check Activity • Save Information on AKCIS

Friday, January 25th Guest Speaker – Randi Fuller – Family Services

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