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You are still perfecting your plan. You are persevering in your academics. You are involved.
You are still perfecting your plan. You are persevering in your academics. You are involved.
It's time to talk about specific occupations more in depth and learn how to align your high school path with your after high school goals.
Career Exploration--Another Online Option
Career Exploration--Another Online Option
As a career explorer, you have several online tools to help you. If you look back at the previous class pages, you will see some of those tools. Here is one more tool, Career OneStop. Choose the one you like best!
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
What do you want to do after high school? What have you found out so far?
(Here are more resources: Big Future, ILCIS 360, O*Net.)
How do you know what you want to do?
How certain are you, on a scale from 1-5, that this is what you want to do?
What do you know about how to reach that goal?
What is your plan?
What do you need from your counselor to help you reach your goal or to explore more options?
Job Shadow
Job Shadow
Here are three options:
Do a search on YouTube to find a career you'd like to "try-on." Search: job shadow (career you'd like to try) Here is an existing playlist of careers on YouTube. Here is another online resource to check out! This site has over 400 job shadow interviews from many different career fields.
Talk with family and friends about their careers. Ask to shadow them for a day.
Talk with your counselor or Mrs. Guinn about setting up a shadow opportunity with a professional in the community.
Now is the time to try on different careers. Job shadowing can be an excellent way to test out what you have selected.
Checking In
Checking In
Questions for the end of your sophomore year:
Questions for the end of your sophomore year:
How confident are you in your after high school goals?
What kind of related activities have you done toward your goal(s): Have you taken classes, completed volunteer activities, job shadows, or work experience?
What kind of encouragement have you received that leads you to believe that you will be successful in your goal?
Develop a list of activities and goals for the next 2 years to help move you toward your goal. Discuss these with your counselor, teachers, parents, and/or friends. Here is a form to help you organize.
Picking classes for next year
Picking classes for next year
Have you considered?
Have you considered?
Taking an AP class, a dual credit class, or a class aligned with your path of career interest?
Talk about these options with your counselor and teachers when picking your classes for next semester. Take the most challenging courses you are able to take.
Know your graduation requirements, but also know the requirements for college admission and opportunities for dual credit--information can be found for both in the curriculum guides for each school. These are updated annually and are located on this page.
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