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Course Title:
Career Awareness Section BA
Course Code:
reecarba
MA NCES Code:
22151
Discipline:
Life Skills/Health
Grade Level:
07, 08, 09, 10
Level:
Standard
Offering:
Spring Only (Spring: 25 Seats; )
Duration:
15 weeks
Prerequisites:
None
Additional Requirements:
Accredited by:
Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools; Northwest Accreditation Commission
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Shipped to Students:
No
Course Requires a Media Kit to be Purchased by Course Sponsor
(see additional details below):

No
Description:
** Juniors and seniors interested in this class should enroll in Now What Will You Do? Life After High School**

Prepare now for success in the New Millennium. Whether you plan to go to college, to seek immediate job opportunity or you're just not sure - this course will show you the way.
* Explore topics ranging from self-awareness to career awareness.
* Learn important test-taking skills (including SAT).
* Discover your learning styles and personality traits.
* Master time management skills for use in the classroom now and in future careers.
* Find out about the hot career choices for the new millennium
If you would like a course that helps you learn about yourself while you prepare for the future, this is it!
By the end of the semester, each student will have an individualized career plan to help ensure success in the highly competitive 21st Century.

*This course may be appropriate for Gifted and Talented middle school students that meet all course prerequisites.*


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MediaKit Contents:

Syllabus:
Week 1: Meeting Each Other
Course Guidelines
Course Expectations
Course Navigation
Dream Jobs

Week 2: Self-Awareness: Time Management
How do you spend your time?
Procrastination
Time Management Readings

Week 3: Test Taking
Test Anxiety Symptoms and Tips
Stress
SAT Tips

Week 4: Learning Styles
Learning Style Index
Transferable Skills

Week 5: Personality and Character Traits
Values
Jobs in past centuries

Week 6: Career Resource Information
Finding Information
School resources
Public resources

Week 7: Government Career Resources
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Outlook Handbook
America's Job Bank

Week 8: Investigating Educational Opportunities
College Information
Technical Schools
Apprenticeships
Military Opportunities

Week 9: Survey your School
Interviewing Peers
Tabulating Data
Writing a News Article
Preparing for Project Topic

Week 10: Reviewing who we are
Defining Career Dreams
Career Questionnaires
Narrowing Career Choices
Final Career Project Choice

Week 11-13: Career Planning
Beginning a career plan
Reviewing Web Sites
Research

Week 14-15: Career Action Plan



Course Objectives:
The student will:
1. Make potential career decisions based upon interests, abilities and values and formulate appropriate plans to reach career goals.
2. Select career options based on an evaluation of aptitude and/or interest areas.
3. Review and select a program of study that includes educational training and post-secondary options beyond high school.
4. Understand personal characteristics to be considered in making career choices.
5. Demonstrate knowledge and use of occupational information sources.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of technological and societal changes on careers.
7. Demonstrate an understanding of higher education and training options for careers of interest.



This catalog description was last modified on 05/23/2012


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