PLAN YOUR FUTURE

START WITH CAREER EXPLORATION

Visit the WRHS Counseling website for tools and resources to help you identify your skills and interests. Additional tools include Naviance and Pathful, formerly known as Virtual Job Shadow. You can log into Pathful through ClassLink to access "day-in-the-life videos of hundreds of careers. Download the Getting Started page here.

If you are interested in how your strengths and interests connect to work activities, consider taking the Agile Work Profiler.  Once you have identified your top Agilites, use the Tools and Resource tab to research careers in a variety of industries that utilize your Agilites. 

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE OCCUPATIONS AND CAREERS THAT ARE A FIT FOR YOUR INTERESTS

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has created the Occupational Outlook Handbook that makes it easy to research future career options, the wages, and salaries for occupations, The future of employment in the industry, and the education or training required. 

Explore and plan with Ferguson's Career Guidance Center.

Games, videos, and more tools to enhance your search can be found here: https://www.bls.gov/k12/students/

PLAN YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COURSES

Track your credits toward graduation. Be sure to ask your counselor about courses that can be taken for college credit (dual credit) and work-based learning opportunities that will help you narrow your career choices before graduation.

Create your Game Plan in Naviance  by clicking  About Me; then Postsecondary Plan, then Game Plan.

Access the Course Planning Guide for a full list of classes and graduation requirements.

Track your progress toward graduation in Naviance. Log in to your account;  click on Courses; click Manage Course Plans. Use the Pathways pages to find elective courses related to your career interests. 

Get a headstart on your career plans by taking college courses while you're still in high school. Check the Kansas Board of Regents Excel in CTE page for a list of online courses that are approved for state-funded tuition. If in-person learning is more your style, Find Your Program at Washburn Tech and talk to your counselor about attending during the school day. 

RESEARCH COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES THAT OFFER THE TRAINING YOU NEED TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP

Kansas Degree Stats reviews cost and earnings data from real graduates for each undergraduate degree program offered at a public university or college in Kansas. 

Kansas’ NEW Health Care Careers Website 

https://happyinhealthcare.org/