College & Career Awareness

Learning Outcomes:

• I can prove that on my own I can show how self-knowledge/self-efficacy (interest, abilities, and strengths) relates to my career interests and selecting and achieving my goals.

• I can prove that on my own I can show how education, career exploration, planning for college career readiness, and current occupational information will assist me in making my long-range plans (CCR Plan).

• I can prove that on my own I can explore a wide range of occupations, CTE Pathways, career trends, and emerging careers.

• I can prove that on my own I can explain the differences between entry-level and expert-level career readiness expectations.

• I can prove that on my own I can explain the importance of making career decisions related to my career aspirations.

• I can prove that on my own I can show my career awareness through participation in Work-Based Learning experiences.

• I can prove that on my own I can participate in experiences related to different career expectations.

• I can prove that on my own I can identify my career and post-secondary education options through investigation of High School to College and Career Pathways.

• I can prove that on my own I can consider and explore non-traditional career opportunities.

• I can prove that on my own I can explain how academic content knowledge and technical skills are used in various careers.

• I can prove that on my own I can use and apply my learned knowledge through multi-day project-based learning experiences.

Canvas

(Register)

Brain Training:

• Tiny Cards

Virtual Business:

• Website

• Introduction

• Registration

Do steps 1-10 BEFORE you click on START:

1. Rent an Apartment

2. Open a CHECKING account (deposit ALL $5000 or use the ATM to deposit your money)

3. Buy a Car

4. Get 3 Jobs

5. Go to School

6. Fill Your Schedule (it should look SIMILAR to this)

7. Buy Food

8. Buy Gas

   1. Buy a Bed

   2. Buy Renter's Insurance (put the price of the bed in the "Amount of Coverage")

Do the following WHILE you play the game:

• Pay Bills on Time

• Buy only ONE thing for your apartment when you have $5000 in checking (ADD the price of the item to the "Amount of Coverage" of your insurance)

Information Technology

• Code.org

• Tiny Cards

Career Exploration

• Utah Futures

• Job Presentation

• Create a video on a career, which must include:

  • • First slide:

    • Place name of career in the Title placeholder

    • Place the Career Cluster name (or Holland Code name) in the Subtitle placeholder

• • No more than 10 words in the entire presentation (including the title of the slide)

    • If you feel like you need to put more, put the words in the Notes

  • No more than 2 pieces of media (images, videos, charts, or graphics) per slide

  • You may use animations, but no more than two animations throughout the whole presentation.

  • Must use transitions (you may use the same one for all of the slides)

  • NO "THE END" SLIDE!!!!!

  • You will need to narrate your presentation.

  • You will need to create a video from the presentation (with your narration).