9-12 Scope & Sequence

High School Program

The career development program at the high school level is coordinated by school-based Career Development Coordinators (CDCs). In addition to coordinating work-based learning, supporting Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs, and facilitating career development activities, they work closely with the Student Services team to develop a strategy for implementing the Career Development Plan (CDP).

Grade 9

Pre-Work

  • Add experiences (3+)

  • Review and updated saved skills (5+) and interests (5+)

  • Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)

CDP Activities

  • Skills Lab

  • Review and update saved careers (3+) and favorite career clusters (2+)

  • Review and update the high school course plan

  • Reflection and goal setting

  • Core Xello Lessons:

    • Exploring Career Factors

    • Getting Experience

Recommended Xello Lessons

  • Personality Styles

  • Study Skills and Habits

A Cleveland High School student learns about bone fractures in a CTE Health Sciences course.

Grade 10

Pre-Work

  • Add experiences (3+)

  • Review and updated saved skills (5+) and interests (5+)

  • Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)

CDP Activities

  • Reset and retake Matchmaker career interest inventories (3)

  • Review and update saved careers (3+) and favorite career clusters (2+)

  • Set After High School... goal in profile

  • Save at least three (3) majors/programs

  • Review and update high school course plan

  • Reflection and goal setting

  • Core Xello Lessons:

    • Careers and Lifestyle Costs

    • Program Prospects

Recommended Xello Lessons

  • Work Values

  • Workplace Skills and Attitudes

Culinary arts students from Smithfield-Selma High School's Family & Consumer Sciences program compete at NC ProStart Student Invitational.

Grade 11

Pre-Work

  • Review and update:

    • favorite career clusters (2+),

    • skills (5+),

    • interests (5+), and

    • saved careers (3+) and majors/programs (3+).

  • Add experiences (3+)

  • Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)

CDP Activities

  • Save at least three (3+) schools

  • Create a plan in Goals & Plans

    • Recommend using a career as a starting point

    • Title the plan "Primary Career Plan"

  • Explore Xello's College Planning Knowledge Hub

  • Review and update high school course plan

  • Reflection and goal setting

  • Core Xello Lessons:

    • Career Demand

    • Choosing a College

Recommended Xello Lesson

  • Entrepreneurial Skills

  • Work/Life Balance

Students at Princeton High School learn about the connections between STEM and the automotive industry from a guest speaker.

Grade 12

Pre-Work

  • Review and update:

    • primary career plan (inc. saved careers, majors/programs, and schools),

    • After High School... goal in profile, and

    • favorite career clusters (2+).

  • Add experiences (3+)

  • Upload artifact(s) to storyboard portfolio (1+)

  • Explore Xello's College Planning Knowledge Hub

CDP Activities

  • Create a backup plan in Goals & Plans

    • Recommend using a career as a starting point

    • Title the plan "Backup Career Plan"

  • Confirm FAFSA submission

  • Update/create resume

  • Reflection and goal setting

  • Core Xello Lessons:

    • Career Path Choices

    • Career Backup Plans

Recommended Xello Lesson

  • Job Interviews

  • Defining Success

Accessing Xello After Graduation

To be able to access Xello after graduation, seniors should add a personal email address to their account.

Once their high school single sign-on is no longer available to them, graduates will sign in through the Xello login page: https://login.xello.world. If a graduate has forgotten their password, they click on Having trouble signing in? to have reset instructions sent to their personal email rather than an inaccessible school email address.

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