College and Career Planning
The College and Career Planning unit is designed to motivate you to think about your future.
A career is a lifetime journey of building and making good use of your skills, knowledge and experiences. It is the total of all events and relationships in our lives: family, friends, education, work, and leisure activities. It usually takes advanced training or education to advance in a career. A career is what you are.
A job is something you do for a short time to make money. It usually requires little training and has relatively lower pay than a career. A job is what you do.
Planning your career is important and high school is a good time to start planning. Knowing what you might want to do some day will help you to select classes that interest you.
Big Ideas:
Essential Questions:
Objectives:
Vocabulary:
Career, Cluster, Pathway, Aptitude, Job Outlook, Post Secondary
The College and Career Planning unit is designed to motivate you to think about your future.
A career is a lifetime journey of building and making good use of your skills, knowledge and experiences. It is the total of all events and relationships in our lives: family, friends, education, work, and leisure activities. It usually takes advanced training or education to advance in a career. A career is what you are.
A job is something you do for a short time to make money. It usually requires little training and has relatively lower pay than a career. A job is what you do.
Planning your career is important and high school is a good time to start planning. Knowing what you might want to do some day will help you to select classes that interest you.
Big Ideas:
- Examine self to determine possible career path - interests, skills, values, personality
- Understand how the decisions you make in high school impact your future career. - get involved, try things out - figure out what you like and what you are good at
Essential Questions:
- How can the decisions you make now help you achieve your career goals?
Objectives:
- Complete the Naviance Cluster Finder
- Investigate career choices
- Identify pathway to reach career/future goals
- Create a plan for your future
Vocabulary:
Career, Cluster, Pathway, Aptitude, Job Outlook, Post Secondary