Thursday & Tuesday, February 12 & 17, 2015

WEEK 2, FEB. 9-12, S2.PR1

due February 15

 Welcome to the second week of PACE. Please go to the class website and read through the agenda or plan for the week. 

 A great week for discovery of who you are to be had by all. You will learn more about yourself as you take several interest and personality surveys. 

 BTW: Last day to turn in syllabus signed by parents/guardian is Thursday, Feb. 12.
 No school on Friday, Feb. 13           


LEARNING TARGETS:

• Students will see connections between the work world and their personal experience as they discover and affirm aspects of themselves through interest assessments. 
• Students will know select skills they have that are sought by employers. 

ACTIVITIES
Thursday & Tuesday  FREEWRITE lINK?

Go to FW 1A and complete it. We will do Freewrite 1B based on your " You the Person..." handout next week. Note: it is okay if the FW #'s are slightly out of order. Please label and date them. Also, use numbering to separate one response from the other. This really helps me when grading your work.

2)   ACCOUNT SET-UP- MyRoad
a) Read through slides 2-9 and follow the instructions.  About 10-15 min.
If you finish early and are caught up with your freewrites....
  MyRoad.CollegeBoard Link
b) Take the ORA Personality Quiz, see slides 10-13 and the quiz instructions in on slide 29.  125 questions takes about 15-20  minutes.  When you finish... copy and paste all 4 sections of information/data results into a Google document labeled: ORAprofile.
 
3)   VIDEO: Learn 360- What Employers Want; Workplace Basics Essentials
As you watch the video take notes and the self quiz at the end of each section. About 15 min.

Thursday & Tuesday

2) 3 WAY INTERVIEW


1)   Warm-Up: FW 3 How Strong Is Your Character? Read through the instructions and follow.
 

1. What did you learn about yourself from the results ?
2. How can you use what you learned to help you make a career choice?

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2)   Video: 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Jobs
This is  FW 3B. 
Take notes during the video and then transfer the notes to your FW document. 25-30 min.

Give your opinion as you respond to these questions.Justify your answer with a reference from the video.

1. Who are the parties responsible for training/educating people for employment and why based on the speakers in the video?
2. What is your opinion about this matter? 
3. Do you think many of your peers are ready for entering the working environment? Why?
4. What would you suggest they do to better prepare themselves for work? 
    

4)   If time remains in class, finish your ORA Personality Survey, past FW's, or...
​Take the MyRoad Careers Survey, see slides 12-18 of MyRoad Activities.