Thursday & Monday, March 20 & 31, 2014

Dear Class:

WEEK 6, S2 March 17-31

Freewrites-
Learning Target: Students know the difference between career related terminology.
Vocabulary: What is meant by these terms—experience, interest, hobby, skill, ability and characteristic?

Use an online dictionary, Google or Merriam Webster (link), to learn the relevant definition for each term, and then in your own words—
1) Write a definition of each term.
2) Give an example of how it is each is applied.
3) Explain how each is different from the others and if there are any similarities or use a Venn diagram to show the relationships.

FREEWRITE: Understanding Career Planning Pathways video. Response statement: State 3-5 suggestions the narrator of the video provides that will help in your career search.

CIS link

Reflection on Jobs program benefits Fortune 500 and underprivileged youth Do you think you might try this? What would stop you from trying?

PERSONAL INVENTORY ANALYSIS -- We will work on this today and you need to finish it by the end of the class!

Learning Target: Students explore ways to better understand their actions and the outcomes of their actions. Burning ???? How are habits created and how do they affect one's life- present and future?

Freewrites for the week-
INTRO TO 7HABITS (slides 1-5, 6-11)
Follow the directions for your freewrite.
Slide 2 - Freewrite part 1
Slide 4 - Freewrite part 2,
Rap video question
Slides 5&6 - Freewrite part 3
Slide 7 - Vocabulary and sentence using the word

Learning Target: To analyze your interest, preference and skills assessments to identify occupations that match.
How do you do this? You will list top scores from each category and explore the occupations listed with each score. You will then select your two favorite/preferred choices.
What am I looking for? You are looking for patterns that show similar occupations or clusters across the assessment scores.

Monday/Tuesday Activities
Complete these handouts:
PIAR: Personal Inventory Analysis and ReflectionSECTION 4— PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
Now that you have completed the analysis of your three assessments, you should be able to see a pattern to your results. Look over your results from the: INTEREST PROFILER, WORK IMPORTANCE LOCATOR, and HOLLAND PERSONALITY that you wrote in the three prior handouts. Complete the handout as directed.

MyCOE: My Career and Occupations Exploration
How well do your skills match your chosen or desired career /occupation?
While in your Skills Answer page, click on the “Top 30 Occupations” link.
You should see occupation titles listed with numerical scores next to them. These are listed under categories called Occupational Clusters.
CIS Explanation:“The occupational ratings can go from +100 to -44. The higher the rating, the better the match between your skills and the skills required by the occupation. All of the occupations on your Top 30 list are good matches with your skill preferences.

Compare the two (PIAR) occupations from page 8 of your PIAR, Section 4, to the list of the “Top 30”.
Which occupations from the “Top 30” list match the closest to these two (PIAR) occupations?
Complete the handout as directed.

Sincerely,
Mr. Green-Hite