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Bell-Ringer 3-24-08. What do you think the “real world” will be like? Do you want a career? Explain. Unit 7: The Real World: Colleges and Careers. What’s the difference between a career, an occupation, and a job?. Career
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Bell-Ringer 3-24-08 What do you think the “real world” will be like? Do you want a career? Explain.
What’s the difference between a career, an occupation, and a job? • Career • The general direction of one’s life as related to work, a long-term path • EX: career areas of agriculture and education • Occupation • An individual’s work “title” associated with specific education and training • EX: teacher (agriculture, biology, general science) • Job • A stepping stone along the path, may be short-term • EX: substitute, part time junior college teacher, agri-research intern, assistant soybean breeder, soil science lab assistant, teen camp counselor
Bell-Ringer 3-25-08 Are you more motivated when a goal is hard or easy? Why?
How do we achieve a vision? GOAL: Something someone wants to achieve -Webster’s Dictionary HS 44 TM A
Benefits of setting goals? • Goals provide us with a sense of direction. • Goals help us identify what is important in life. • Goals help us monitor our progress • Goals motivate us, because we feel good when we achieve them.
Time Frames • Short-term: goals that can be accomplished in less than one year • Intermediate (mid-term): goals that can be accomplished between one and three years • Long-term: goals that can be accomplished in over three years
I will clean out the lost and found on Friday. Please remove your stuff.
Bell-Ringer 3-26-08 When setting goals for college/careers, what’s the most important thing to keep in mind?
Life Areas and Examples • Physical • Examples: body image, health, personal hygiene • Spiritual • Examples: religious expression, morals, faith • Job/Career • Examples: SAE, summer jobs, long-term career plans • Family/Friends • Examples: relationships, friendships • Education • Examples: grades, honors, scholarships
Bell-Ringer 3-27-08 Where do you see yourself during the fall of 2011? Be as specific as you can.
HIGHEREDUCATION Notes
Degrees Notes • Associate’s Degree • 2 years • AA (associate of arts) • AS (associate of science) • Bachelor’s Degree • 4 years • BA (bachelor of arts) • BS (bachelor of science)
College Degree Questions • Under what circumstances is it a good idea to get an Associate’s degree? Disadvantages? • What is the most important thing to consider when getting an Associate’s degree? • How do you decide if a 4-year degree is “enough”? • What are the advantages of going straight from CHSAS to a 4-year college/university? • What should you NOT major in?
Quiz tomorrow on: • Career vs. Occupation vs. Job • Benefits of goals • Types (time-frames) of goals • Life areas for goals • SMART goals • College degrees
Bell-Ringer 3-28-08 Study for quiz
Degrees, cont. Notes • Master’s Degree • 6 years • MS (Master of Science) • MA (Master of Art) • Doctoral (Doctorate) Degree • 8 years • PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) • DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) • MD (Doctor of Medicine) • Ed D (Doctor of Education)
College Degree Questions • What are the advantages of getting a master’s degree “right away”? • What are the advantages of working and then going back to school? • What is a thesis? • How and when should one begin to prepare for a doctoral degree? • What is a dissertation?
End of quarter is Friday, April 11th • Brookfield Zoo Trip is Tuesday, April 15th • Officer applications are due on Wednesday, April 16th (report card pick-up) • Greenhand test is Tuesday, April 22nd
Bell-Ringer 3-31-08 The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. - Plato Agree? Disagree? Why?
Types of Higher Education • Community (junior) Colleges • Confer associate degrees • Examples: Moraine Valley, Kennedy-King, Daley • Colleges and Universities • Confer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate’s • Private - Ivy League • Harvard, Stanford, Yale, etc. • Private - Religious • Loyola University, DePaul University, Trinity Christian College
Public - State colleges and universities (Normal Schools) • Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University, etc. • Public - Land-Grant Universities (LGU) • Morrill Act of 1862 • University of Illinois, Michigan State, Texas A&M, OSU • Public - Historically Black Land-Grant Universities (HBLGU) • Morrill Act of 1890 • Tuskegee, North Carolina A&T, Alabama A&M
Bell-Ringer 4-1-08 What things should you consider when choosing a college?
Size • Type • Location? City? Small town? Close to home? • $$$ • Required GPA and ACT • Type of students • Your major? • Athletics? Programs? Activities?
College Rotation • 6 groups • Rotate brochures and questions • Write name of school(s), then look through brochures to answer questions for each one (do not have to write question). Everyone turns in a paper. • EX: • UAPB and NCAT • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • UIUC • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5