Career Exploration

Big Idea: How do my interests help guide me in my thinking about potential career options?   

After today I should be able to: Using the results of my interest profiler, I will analyze (Costa’s Level 2) three career options and identify (Costa’s Level 1) one specific career I would like to learn more about.

Agenda:

1. TRF for tomorrow
2. Complete the Pre-Unit Prompt
3. Answer the prompt in Google Classroom.
4. Digital Career Interest Profiler
5. Watch two videos on your career.
1. Career videos option 1
2. Career videos option 2
6. Career One Pager
7. Design Your One-Pager: Create a visually appealing one-page document that includes the following elements: 
1. Career Title: Clearly state the career you've chosen. 
2. Image: Include a relevant image or graphic that represents your chosen career. 
3. Education and Training: List the necessary education and training requirements. 
4. Skills and Abilities: Highlight the key skills and abilities needed for success. 
5. Salary Range and Job Outlook: Present information on salary and job growth potential. 
6. Work Environment: Describe the typical work environment for this career. 
7. Personal Reflection: Write a short paragraph reflecting on why you're interested in this career and how it aligns with your goals and values. 
8. Tips for Creating a Strong One-Pager: 
1. Use Visuals: Incorporate images, diagrams, or charts to make your one-pager more engaging. 
2. Use Color: Use color strategically to highlight important information and make your one-pager visually appealing. 
3. Use Fonts and Text Size: Choose fonts that are easy to read and use a variety of text sizes to emphasize key points. 
4. Organize Your Information: Use headings and bullet points to organize your information and make it easy to read. 
5. Proofread: Carefully proofread your work to ensure there are no errors in spelling or grammar.

Homework:

1. None

College Scholarships

Big Idea: How does my current high school GPA  and test scores align with an academic fit school?  

After today I should be able to: I will utilize (Costa’s Level 2) information from my transcript to identify three academic fit colleges. 

Agenda:

1. Use Tallo to look for scholarships.
1. Overview video
2. Tallo AVID link
3. Tallo account creation set-up instructions.
4. Paying for college
5. Not going into debt for college

Homework:

1. None

Study Groups

Big Idea: How can I work with my peers to be successful?

After today I should be able to: 

Agenda:

1. Study groups. Make sure you take a picture of what you worked on today.

Homework:

1. None

College Research

Big Idea: How does my current high school GPA  and test scores align with an academic fit school?  

After today I should be able to: I will utilize (Costa’s Level 2) information from my transcript to identify three academic fit colleges. 

Agenda:

1. Take notes on video about finding the right college based on PSAT/SAT scores
2. Answer discussion question on Google Classroom.
3. Provide students time to take notes about three academic fit colleges based on their GPA and any other filters they applied to their search. Have students include the following in their focused notes: 
1. Current GPA Filters applied (e.g., location, majors)
2. Choose three schools from your list to research further and take focused notes on:
1. Name of college Admission GPA range, as it relates to current GPA Acceptance rate 
2. Cost per year Application requirements 
3. Graduation rate 
4. If signed into College Board, is this considered a match, reach, or safety school based on academic progress?
5. Any other useful information
3.  Go back to your original quickwrite.
1. Was the name of the original college you selected one of the three you researched? 
2. If it was, why do you think this was the case?
3. If it wasn’t, why do you think this was the case? 
4. Do you feel one of the academic schools you researched also aligns academically with a career you would like to pursue? Why or why not?

Homework:

1. None

Notetaking Day 3

Big Idea: How can I use the five phases of notetaking to improve the notes I take for college classes?

After today I should be able to: I will examine and reflect (Costa’s Level 3) to produce an authentic set of notes to demonstrate (Costa’s Level 2) and refine my skills.

Agenda:

1. Take notes on a video about AI robots. We will use this set of notes for the next few lessons.
2. Fill out your TRF for tomorrow.
3. Today we will process our notes from last time.

Homework:

1. None