Name: Toby Doyle

Lesson Content Area: Career focus

Goals for the lesson in congruence with Washington State Learning Standards:

Think analytically, logically, and creatively, and to integrate technology literacy and
fluency as well as different experiences and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and
solve problems

Understand the importance of work and finance and how performance, effort, and
decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities

Lesson Objective:

Students will have a better understanding of their interest areas

Students will have a bigger inventory of ideas related to career choices
Students will grasp a better understanding of cost of living realities
Students can begin to explore future careers and the particular paths and education that
are required for these careers
Students gain more knowledge on what is required tasks for careers of their choice

Lesson Rationale:
a. According to data, middle school students are struggling in classes have a hard time
seeing the importance of their education. Hopefully by providing some class curriculum
that focuses on future opportunities and career paths, this will inspire and motivate
students to pursue goals and get a better understanding of what they want to do in life.
This information can help get students organized and can assist them in producing goals
throughout middle school and high school that will help them achieve the necessary
means for pursuing careers of interest.
b. Research suggest that if students are motivated to create goals for themselves, that they
are more likely to have a stronger interest towards achieving those goals. Research also
shows that more career guidance is needed at middle school level, and that students like
exploring areas of interest and future career opportunities.
Materials needed:

Computer lab access

Writing utensil for students

Lesson Outline:

Pathways of Preparation; Guiding students through the WOIS Website

Exploring career fits and lifestyle choices

Lesson Worksheet (Guidance Unit 1):

Pathways of Preparation
Guiding Students through the WOIS Website

Name:__________________________________________

We will explore the WOIS Career Information System website:

www.wois.org

Site key (top left): EBU515 then click Use WOIS

Look under Assessments on the left side. Click on Career Interest Areas and
Start Career Interest Areas then answer the 66 questions.

At the bottom, Uncheck the box marked Save results to my Portfolio.

Click Find my interest area.

Click the word next to your highest number on the chart to see careers that match your
interests. If you dont see a career that interests you, trying going Back and clicking
the next highest area on the chart.

If you want to explore a career thats not listed, click on Occupations on the left side
and try finding your career by alphabet.

Answer the questions on the back about your career.

Questions (To discuss as a group in 2nd unit)

THEN, we will explore how your career fits into the lifestyle you want:
1

Do the Reality Check, which is located on the left side

Click Get a Reality Check button in the center of the screen.

Choose Seattle/Bellevue/Everett under Choose a City. Then NEXT

Follow the prompts to choose your living expenses, using the NEXT arrow, to find out
how your living expenses compare to the career you researched today.

Handout made by Centennial Middle School Counseling Department, Shirley Siegel (A-K),
Erica Fortune (L-Z)

Lesson 2
Goals for the lesson in congruence with Washington State Learning Standards:

Think analytically, logically, and creatively, and to integrate technology literacy and
fluency as well as different experiences and knowledge to form reasoned judgments and
solve problems

Understand the importance of work and finance and how performance, effort, and
decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities

Lesson Objective:

Students will have a better understanding of their interest areas

Students will have a bigger inventory of ideas related to career choices
Students will grasp a better understanding of cost of living realities
Students can begin to explore future careers and the particular paths and education that
are required for these careers
Students gain more knowledge on what is required tasks for careers of their choice

Lesson Rationale:
c. According to data, middle school students are struggling in classes have a hard time
seeing the importance of their education. Hopefully by providing some class curriculum
that focuses on future opportunities and career paths, this will inspire and motivate
students to pursue goals and get a better understanding of what they want to do in life.
This information can help get students organized and can assist them in producing goals
throughout middle school and high school that will help them achieve the necessary
means for pursuing careers of interest.
d. Research suggest that if students are motivated to create goals for themselves, that they
are more likely to have a stronger interest towards achieving those goals. Research also
shows that more career guidance is needed at middle school level, and that students like
exploring areas of interest and future career opportunities.
Materials needed:

Computer lab access

Writing utensil for students

Lesson Outline:

Welcome to the Career Interests Game! This is a game designed to help you match your
interests and skills with similar careers. It can help you begin thinking about how your
personality will fit in with specific work environments and careers.
This exercise is based on Dr. John Holland's theory that people and work environments can
be loosely classified into six different groups. Different peoples' personalities may find
different environments more to their liking. While you may have some interests in and
similarities to several of the six groups, you may be attracted primarily to two or three of the
areas. These two or three letters are your Holland Code.
Go to this website: http://personality-testing.info/tests/RIASEC.php and click on the START box
at the bottom of the screen
After you have taken the test, your results will be calculated and you will receive your 3 letter
code that best describes you. Once you have determined your three letter code, write it down
here_______________________________________ and then click on the website for careers
for your Holland Code. If you cant find it on the page you can use this site to get to it:
http://www.onetonline.org/explore/interests/Social/Artistic/Enterprising/
Once you get to the O-Net Online page, your three letter interest code will be in the boxes, and
you will then click GO to have it pull up careers that coincide with your interest.

Questions:

1. What is the career you chose?

2. What are a few of the tasks required for this career?

3. Give a couple examples of the knowledge and skills you need for this
career?

4. What are some abilities and work activities you need for this career?

5. What is the median wages and the projected growth for the career that
you chose?

6. What is it that you liked about this career?

7. What is it that you dont like about this career?

8. Give some examples of why or why not a career is important to you?

Be prepared to discuss.

Lesson 3:

Goals: Think analytically, logically, and creatively, and to integrate technology literacy
and fluency as well as different experiences and knowledge to form reasoned judgments
and solve problems

Understand the importance of work and finance and how performance, effort, and
decisions directly affect future career and educational opportunities

Lesson Objective:

Students will have a better understanding of their interest areas

Students will explore reasons for pursuing certain career paths

Students will collaborate and discuss areas of interest with other students
Students can begin to explore education, goals, skills, and abilities that are required for
these careers
Students can obtain information about the projected growth of careers they choose

Lesson Rationale:
e. According to data, middle school students are struggling in classes have a hard time
seeing the importance of their education. Hopefully by providing some class curriculum
that focuses on future opportunities and career paths, this will inspire and motivate
students to pursue goals and get a better understanding of what they want to do in life.
This information can help get students organized and can assist them in producing goals
throughout middle school and high school that will help them achieve the necessary
means for pursuing careers of interest, and understand what it all entails.
f. Research suggests that if students are motivated to create goals, that they are more likely
to have a stronger interest towards achieving those goals. Research also shows that more
career guidance is needed at middle school level, and that students like exploring areas of
interest and future career opportunities. This lesson along with the other two lessons is a
way for students to gain more information in order to start thinking about careers that
may be congruent to them as a person. It is a great way to motivate and inspire students

to start planning for their future and empower them to pursue areas of interest in regards
to their career possibilities.

Materials needed:

Materials needed:

Computer lab
Pencil/Pen

Lesson Outline:

Put students in groups according to their Holland score, and let them discuss common
career goals and interest. Take the first letter of the Holland score, and separate them in
groups accordingly and have them discuss.

Follow up to lesson 2 questions and class discussion on why career is important and how
it helps to learn about career opportunities right now. Continuance from lesson 2 and
class discussion on answers to questions 6, 7, and 8

References
Cole, C. G. (1982). Career guidance for middle-junior high school students. Vocational
Guidance Quarterly, 30(4), 308-314.
Luzzo, D. A., & Pierce, G. (1996). Effects of DISCOVER on the career maturity of middle
school students. The Career Development Quarterly, 45(2), 170-172.
Snipes, J. K., & McDaniels, C. (1984). The impact of Virginia's Career Information Delivery
System. Personnel & Guidance Journal, 62(10), 639-641. doi:10.1111/j.21644918.1984.tb00144.x