WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENTS ARE INTRODUCED TO EXPLICIT CAREER/POST-GRADUATION

CURRICULUM?
INQUIRY CAREER/POST-GRADUATION LESSON 1/4
Robert Janoski
English 2 Honors
Period 4 51 minutes
OVERVIEW/ RATIONALE
Some of this curriculum is directly used, and some is indirectly adapted from:
http://www.k12.wa.us/secondaryeducation/careercollegereadiness/CareerReady.aspx
The first day of the 4 lesson mini unit will consist of a short lecture outlining the day and the importance of
setting goals, planning for life after graduation, etc., followed by an interest inventory. Students will then use
the findings on the interest inventory to dig deeper and research different career fields and specific career
paths. Students will be required to turn in their research notes showing everything they found out about the
career(s) they looked at, including but not limited to: salary, requirements, education needed, a day in the life,
other benefits, work schedule, retirement, projections for future, etc.
Interest Inventory:
http://www.careertech.org/sites/default/files/StudentInterestSurvey-English.pdf
Site used for research:
http://www.myplan.com/careers/index.php
ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS
SWBAT think critically about their interests and passions/hints of passions
SWBAT connect these interests and passions to career interests
SWBAT examine these opportunities and determine goals, steps, requirements, etc.
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
SWBAT honestly assess themselves in terms of interest and career readiness
SWBAT begin to visualize the requirements for attaining some goals or
SWBAT begin to visualize the importance of setting goals and finding a passion in life
STANDARDS
See attached spreadsheet
MATERIALS
Laptops for students
PROCEDURES
Intro lecture (0-5)
- Importance of career readiness
- Drawbacks and pitfalls of common approaches
- Benefit to todays exercise
- Outline of day
Interest Inventory (5-20)
Research (20-47)
Exit ticket (45-51)
Sharing of results if students finish earlier (??-45)
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ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Aside from the quantity and quality of their research notes, students recognition of the importance of this type
of education and their adeptness at navigating online resources about it will be evident by their filling out of a
short exit ticket which asks them to describe what overall lessons they learned (not career specific) in todays
class, rank and describe the degree to and reasons by which they believe todays lesson will help them prepare
for life after high school, careers in general, their specific goals, and the abilities to discern interests/passions
and set goals.
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS / NOTES