Go to www.educationplanner.org
Go to the red “STUDENTS” tab across the top and click the “Self-Assessments” link in the drop-down menu.
Click on “What’s Your Learning Style” and then “Answer the 20 Questions”.
Write down your Learning Style on your Student Success Plan as well as five learning strategies that work best for your learning style.
Go to www.educationplanner.org
Go to the red “STUDENTS” tab across the top and click the “Career Planning” link in the drop-down menu.
Click on “Exploring Salary and Pay” and then “The More You Learn, the More You Earn”.
Click on the different levels of education and how that affects the the average level of income and unemployment - note the difference in pay and unemployment for high school graduates vs. non-high school graduates!
Write down how much education you see yourself obtaining on your Student Success Plan.
Go to www.educationplanner.org
Go to the red “STUDENTS” tab across the top and click the “Career Planning” link in the drop-down menu.
Click on “Career Planning Checklist” and then “Middle School”.
Click the arrows next to each topic to expand the section
Reflect on how you, the student, are doing on each topic by completing the Career Planning Checklist on your Student Success Plan and brainstorm how you can improve.
Go to www.educationplanner.org
Go to the red “STUDENTS” tab across the top and click the “Career Planning” link in the drop-down menu.
Click on “Find Careers” and then “Career Cluster Activity”, followed by “Start Now”.
Answer the four sections and you’ll be given a list of your top Career Clusters.
Write down your top five Career Clusters on your Student Success Plan.
Click on a Career Cluster that interests you, and you will see a list of Occupations that are sorted by different Career Pathways within that Career Cluster.
Click the link of an Occupation to explore the different tasks, skills, education needed to succeed in that occupation and much more!
Once you have explored the different Career Pathways, write down a Career Pathway that most interests you for each of your top five Career Clusters (if not interested, just write “not interested”.)
Go to www.mynextmove.org
Click the purple “Start” button in the box that states “Tell Us What You Like To Do”.
Click the “Next” button in the lower right corner of the text box and continue to follow the directions.
After answering the 60 questions regarding your interests, you will be asked about how much education you would like to obtain (Job Zones) and will give you a list of different Occupations you might want to explore further!
Go to www.mynextmove.org
Find the box that states in green “Search Careers with Key Words” and type the career of your choice into the text box.
Click on a Career from the list of Careers that you would like to explore. Note which jobs will be high in demand which are denoted by “Bright Outlook” and “Green” career icons.
Ohio Means Jobs K-12 planner is the self-directed online planning tool to help students with academic and career decision-making. Ohio Means Jobs K-12 planner is available to all students in the State of Ohio, and works in conjunction with colleges, universities, technical schools, and the military for post-secondary research and planning.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.- Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction. - Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training, and the world of work.