Content Standards:
C.S.9.4 Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
Competencies: Students will…
C.C.9.4.09 Develop competency in areas of interest.
GOAL: Students will identify the career clusters and concentrations available in their schools and become familiar the online Programs of Study websites.
Activity Statements:
Advisors will share information about their school’s career clusters and career pathways and share information about the Department of Education’s website including the Guidance and Counseling Section. Advisors will also make students aware that they must select a career concentration in the 10 grade.th
Materials:
1. School brochures/pamphlets containing information on career clusters and concentrations
2. Programs of Study and websites
3. School individual student plans and forms 4. CTE Career Pathway Guides
Procedures:
1. Ask students if they can name the 16 Career Clusters.
2. Distribute “Programs of Study” information specific to your school.
3. Distribute Two-Year Individual Student Plans to students from their portfolios. 4. Divide students into groups after you have them self-identify the cluster they believe
they are in and plan to select a career concentration.
5. Have students discuss careers they believe fit into their cluster and review courses they would need to take to complete a concentration based on the information you provided them on school specific clusters and concentration.
Discussion Topics:
1. What is the career you are most interested in? 2. Which cluster is it in?
3. What are required high school courses for the specific career concentration you are most interested in according to the school handouts provided to you?
4. If you are undecided, what is a course you might take next year to help you decide on a career concentration?
Additional Resources:
Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/OCO O’Net Online www.onetonline.org
Oklahoma Tech Website:
http://www.okcareertech.org/cac/Pages/Career_cluster/pathwaypos/pathwayspos.htm Extension Activities:
Explore the Occupational Outlook Handbook website to explore careers of interest. Students may search the A – Z index of occupations. Click on the letter of the first letter of the occupation title and scroll down to find the career in which you are interested. Activities:
1. Have students complete the Career Cluster Survey and then comment in their
Portfolio/Journal about the results (i.e., what did they learn, what careers within their tops clusters were interesting)
2. Have students browse the Career Clusters either on O’Net or Oklahoma Career Tech website or the Career Pathway Guides for American Samoa with the clusters listed. Have them explore careers, programs of study and recommended plans for each Cluster. When they find a cluster they like, have them add it to their Portfolio. Resources:
Internet Sources as stated above
considered (check all that apply): ___ On-the-job training ___ Apprenticeship ___ Military Training ___ Certificate/License ___Associate Degree ___Bachelor Degree ___ Professional Degree
Insert Cluster: Insert Pathway OCCUPATIONS
NOTE: Interest Inventory Administered and Interpreted. Tentative Plan of Study Initiated for all learners. Insert pathway occupations.
A ca de m ic /C ar ee r A dv is em en t P ro vi de d G ra de Le ve l English/
Language Arts Math Science
Social Studies/ Sciences
Career and Technology
Education Majors Other Elective and Required Courses
HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNOLOGY CENTER S E C O N D A R Y 9 9 10 9 11 9 12 Insert your school’s English courses here. Use the pathway POS for an example. Insert your school’s Math courses here. Use the pathway POS for an example. Insert your school’s Science courses here. Use the pathway POS for an example. Insert your school’s Social Studies courses here. Use the pathway POS for an example.
Insert your career and technology education courses for this pathway here. These may be offered at the
comprehensive school or technology center. Courses taken at the Tech Centers may be listed here.
Insert your school’s elective and required courses that support the cluster/pathway.
TECHNOLOGY CENTER/ COLLEGE/ UNIVERSITY P O S T S E C O N D A R Y
13 Insert General NOTE: All plans of study need to meet
learner’s career goals with regard to degrees, licenses, certification, etc. Use the post-secondary institution’s degree plan to help customize the learner’s plan and insert appropriate courses.
14
Insert General
15 Continue courses in area of specialization. Use institution’s degree plan.
16 Complete courses for major. Use institution’s degree plan.
Opportunities for experience/training for high school or post-secondary learner: ____Career and Technology student organization __ Internship/work study ___Job shadowing ___Part-time employment ___Volunteer work ___Work based/work site learning ________________________________________ __________________________________________
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(Learner Signature) (Parent/Guardian Signature) (School Official Signature)
Dates: Freshman review _____ Sophomore review _____ Junior Review _____ Senior Review _____ Grade 13 review ____ Grade 14 review ____
GRADE 9 LESSON 20: TEST-TAKING SKILLS