Wednesday & Thursday, February 24 & 25, 2016

Dear Class

Learning Targets: Students will --​

• Know basic budget vocabulary
• Know whether a minimum wage job can support you
• Understand the value of self-assessments --
  Know their personality type and how personality types relate to career options.

Salary Based Vocabulary — take the pre-test and memorize the definitions.   Budget Vocabulary Flashcard Practice  There will be a test on this this week....

We have done the CIS "Interest Profiler" that is at the website for CIS.
Remember, we will revisit this "Interest Profiler" next week!

Look at the Curriculum Guide at:  Curriculum Guide
You will be meeting with your counselors soon.  As a preliminary, I want you to create a document entitled:  Next Year's Classes.  Create a table with two columns and 9 rows.  In the top rows, put in Semester 1 and Semester 2. Create next years two semester's classes that you dream about...

We will be looking at careers using the "Looking At Careers, It’s Never Too Soon" worksheet that will be filled out.  You need to "open with" google docs.  The actual video is located at:  Video Link .

FreeWrites/Warm-Up:  

• Warm-Up: Take the Meyer's Briggs survey. Copy and paste your results into a Google document: Create a doc and label it: FullName_MeyersBriggs.  You will follow the instructions on "Taking the Meyer's Briggs".

Monday & Tuesday, February 22 & 23, 2016

Dear Class

Learning Targets: Students will --​

• Know basic budget vocabulary
• Know whether a minimum wage job can support you
• Understand the value of self-assessments --
  Know their personality type and how personality types relate to career options.

Dear Class:

Salary Based Vocabulary — take the pre-test and memorize the definitions.   Budget Vocabulary Flashcard Practice
There will be a test on this next week....

 Please complete the Budget Reflection.  Second Copy Budget Reflection Make a copy, delete the "Copy of" and put your name in its place.  This should take no longer than 15 minutes

We will be doing the CIS "Interest Profiler" that is at the website for CIS The user name is "ddouglas" and the password is "ddhs".  You need to create an account.  When you get done creating the account, and pasted in the "Interest Profiler", put your user name and password above the pasted picture.  This is required!   Go to the tab "Exploration", then "Interest Profiler".  Answer all 172 questions to the best of your ability and then copy and paste the screen(s) (whole thing will not fit on one page) into a document you created named "LastName_Interest_Profiler".  You may have to redo...sorry....

FreeWrites/Warm-Up:  

• Warm-Up: Take the Meyer's Briggs survey. Copy and paste your results into a Google document: Create a doc and label it: FullName_MeyersBriggs.

We will be looking at careers using the "Looking At Careers, It’s Never Too Soon" worksheet that will be filled out.  You need to download.  Then, upload in your google docs.  The actual video is located at:  Video Link .

Thursday & Friday, February 18 & 19, 2016

Dear Class

Learning Targets: Students will --​

• Know basic budget vocabulary
• Know whether a minimum wage job can support you
• Understand the value of self-assessments.

Due today:

Refined Budget that brings your income down to "$0" for the end of the month (remember, this should not be living "Paycheck to Paycheck" scenario.  Rather, you should have money put away in the savings.   All of the information was found in the Budget Presentation (Link to it).   Make sure you support what you are doing in column "F" by answering the questions in that column.  I also need to see the "% of MONTHLY GROSS" which should be NET.  I will be grading this over the weekend.

You need to know the vocabulary.  Budget Vocabulary Flashcard Practice
There will be a test on this next week....

We will be doing the CIS "Interest Profiler" that is at the website for CIS The user name is "cpcc" and the password is "mthood".  Go to the tab "Exploration", then "Interest Profiler".  Answer all 172 questions to the best of your ability and then copy and paste the screen(s) (whole thing will not fit on one page) into a document you created named "LastName_Interest_Profiler".

Maybe today and Friday, depending:

FreeWrites/Warm-Up:  

• Warm-Up: Take the Meyer's Briggs survey. Copy and paste your results into a Google document: Create a doc and label it: FullName_MeyersBriggs.

We will be looking at careers using the "Looking At Careers, It’s Never Too Soon" worksheet that will be filled out.  The actual video is located at:  Video Link .

Wednesday & Thursday, February 17 & 18, 2016

Dear Class:

Learning Targets: Students will --​ Know basic budget vocabulary Know whether a minimum wage job can support you Understand the value of self-assessments.

Good to Know... TYPES OF DEGREES -  How much post-secondary education do I need?  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs  Vocabulary:  22 Salary and Budget terms, see link below.

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Tuesday (carried over from Thursday last week) New seating: PERIOD 8      FreeWrites/Warm-Up:   FW #2- This is from your Paceography. We will create a Google slide for this assignment. File name: PDx_FullName_PACEFinalProject      Activities: Students, you will work on the following today: What are wages and salaries?  A short video explaining earnings from a job. Finish Salary Based Budge for minimum wage earner Goal: reach a balance budget of $0.00 or plus. Adjust expenses and savings allotments to achieve this. Reflection:  >>>>   Will this wage support you?  >>>>   What adjustments or compromises  will you have to make to reach a balanced budget?  Presentation from staff of College Possible, ~ 45 min B day: last half of period 5, first half of period 6 and first half of period 8 A day: TBD CIS Interest Profiler- Make a screen shot or copy of your results and place them into a new Google doc, PDx_FullName_InterestProf.  This survey assesses the kind of work environment your interests indicate.​ If time, video on Careers — It Is Not Too Late To Think About Careers ​​

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     Wednesday

     Thursday 

     FreeWrites/Warm-Up:  
     Period 5: Finish video: Make Stress Your Friend, share
      FW # 2, 3, or 4 — Please finish responses. See FW slide.
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     Activities: Students, you will work on the following today:

1. What are wages and salaries?  A short video explaining earnings from a job.
2. Finish Salary Based Budge for minimum wage earner
   Goal: reach a balance budget of $0.00 or plus.
   Adjust expenses and savings allotments to achieve this.
   Reflection:
    >>>>   Will this wage support you?
    >>>>   What adjustments or compromises  will you have to make to reach a balanced budget?
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3. CIS Interest Profiler- Make a screen shot or copy of your results and place them into a new Google doc, PDx_FullName_InterestProf. 
   This survey assesses the kind of work environment your interests indicate.​
   
4. If time, video on Careers — It Is Not Too Late To Think About Careers

NOTE~
If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to go to the class website, read through the weekly agenda, find the work you missed, and complete it.

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    Friday  & Next Monday

     FreeWrites/Warm-Up:  

• FW # ? - 

     Activities: Students, you will work on the following today:
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• VIDEO: Looking At Careers: It's Never Too Soon
  Complete the handout as you watch the video. 
• Finish writing your response to the questions posted on FW 3 and FW 4 slides. 
• Use the slide prompts to transfer the information from your FW 2, 3 & 5 to your final project. When you finish with this task, you will have completed about half of section one of your final project.  YEAH!!!!  
• Next week we will continue with :
  What are wages and salaries?  A short video explaining earnings from a job.
  Finish Salary Based Budge for minimum wage earner
  Goal: reach a balance budget of $0.00 or plus. Adjust expenses and savings allotments to achieve this.
  Reflection:

           >>>>   Will this wage support you?
           >>>>   What adjustments or compromises  will you have to make to reach a
                       balanced budget?

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Thursday & Tuesday, February 11 & 16, 2016

Dear Class:

Seating charts for Per. 1, 2, 4, 7 & 8

• Finish Salary Based Budget- as a minimum wage earner
• Salary Based Budget ~ Follow the slide tutorial found in:
  • Will My Job Support Me?
    a.k.a  Salary Based Budgeting
  to complete a monthly budget for a minimum wage earner. You will select one of the following jobs and look up the beginning annual wage on slide 3/Step 2 of the tutorial: waiter/waitress/dishwasher; lawn mower, babysitter/ child care worker, barista, retail clerk, gas station attendant, laborer.
  We will do this together in class.
• Watch "TED Talk:  Make Stress Your Friend".   1.  How is this video related to PACE?  2.  How does your body react to stressful situations in a bad way?  In a good way?  3.  How should you deal with stress or stressful situations to benefit from it?  OR What do you attach to stress so our body benefits?  4.  How does one find courage or resilience from stress?   Copy and paste these questions in a new google doc and entitle it "TED Talk:  Make Stress Your Friend" and answer the questions regarding....

• Looking At Careers: It's Never Too Soon
• CIS Interest Profiler- Make a screen shot or copy of your results and place them into a new Google doc, InterestProfession. 
  This survey assesses the kind of work environment your interests indicate.
  
  Coming up later:​
• MyRoad Account Set-Up
  MyRoad ORA, CAREERS AND MAJORS Slide Tutorial  
• What is an interview like? ​

Tuesday & Wednesday, February 9 & 10, 2016

Dear Class:

 ​Tuesday-- Extended Activity schedule for Period 2.  & Wednesday

Seating charts for Per. 1, 2, 4, 7 & 8

• Complete Self-assessment: FW 5 

• Salary Based Budget ~ Follow the slide tutorial found in:
  • Will My Job Support Me?
    a.k.a  Salary Based Budgeting
  to complete a monthly budget for a minimum wage earner. You will select one of the following jobs and look up the beginning annual wage on slide 3/Step 2 of the tutorial: waiter/waitress/dishwasher; lawn mower, babysitter/ child care worker, barista, retail clerk, gas station attendant, laborer.
  We will do this together in class.
• Watch "TED Talk:  Make Stress Your Friend".   1.  How is this video related to PACE?  2.  How does your body react to stressful situations in a bad way?  In a good way?  3.  How should you deal with stress or stressful situations to benefit from it?  OR What do you attach to stress so our body benefits?  4.  How does one find courage or resilience from stress?   Copy and paste these questions in a new google doc and entitle it "TED Talk:  Make Stress Your Friend" and answer the questions regarding....

• Looking At Careers: It's Never Too Soon
• CIS Interest Profiler- Make a screen shot or copy of your results and place them into a new Google doc, InterestProfession. 
  This survey assesses the kind of work environment your interests indicate.
  
  Coming up later:​
• MyRoad Account Set-Up
  MyRoad ORA, CAREERS AND MAJORS Slide Tutorial  
• What is an interview like? ​​​

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Friday & Monday, February 5 & 8, 2016

Dear Class:

ALL CLASSES- SURVEYS ON PRIOR BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE, REVIEW EXPECTATIONS SLIDE, 
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Activities: Students you will work on the following today:

      1. Resume Pre-Test

           Account set-up (See tutorial below) - (should be done from last class)
            Google Drive folder, FreeWrite document and sharing work.

      2.   Learn how to access the FreeWrite assignment slides and complete tasks:

• FreeWrite document and FreeWrite #1  & #2 

      3.  Work Place Basics: Essential Skills for Success  30 min  (Handout)

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      4.   Discover aspects of your self through self-assessments: 

• ​FW #3 Surveys: What Kind of Student Am I?    Copy the results into your FW (1st column under date) and answer the questions on the slide.
•  FW #4                 What Kind of Learner Am I?    Copy the results into your FW (1st column under date) and answer the questions on the slide.

LT Quiz topics: 

• Know the acronym PACE, the purpose of this class,  and how it will benefit them. 
• Know how to navigate the class website to complete class work.
• Understand the value of self-assessments.

NOTE~
If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to go to the class website, read through the weekly agenda, find the work you missed, and complete it.

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Friday & Next Monday

FreeWrites:  #5

Activities: Students you will work on the following today:

1. Budget survey.  Handout/half sheet  (Can I live on a minimum wage job? 40 min)
2. Work Place Basics: Essential Skills for Success  30 min (Last class)
3. Looking At Careers: It's Never Too Soon
4. MyRoad Account Set-UpMyRoad ORA, CAREERS AND MAJORS Slide Tutorial  
5. Wed: What is an interview like? ​​

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Wednesday & Thursday, February 2 & 4, 2016

Dear Class:

ALL CLASSES- SURVEYS ON PRIOR BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE, REVIEW EXPECTATIONS SLIDE, 
​
Activities: Students you will work on the following today:

      1. Resume Pre-Test

           Account set-up (See tutorial below) - (should be done from last class)
            Google Drive folder, FreeWrite document and sharing work.

      2.   Learn how to access the FreeWrite assignment slides and complete tasks:

• FreeWrite document and FreeWrite #1  & #2 

      3.  Work Place Basics: Essential Skills for Success  30 min  (Handout)

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      4.   Discover aspects of your self through self-assessments: 

• ​FW #3 Surveys: What Kind of Student Am I?    Copy the results into your FW (1st column under date) and answer the questions on the slide.
•  FW #4                 What Kind of Learner Am I?    Copy the results into your FW (1st column under date) and answer the questions on the slide.

LT Quiz topics: 

• Know the acronym PACE, the purpose of this class,  and how it will benefit them. 
• Know how to navigate the class website to complete class work.
• Understand the value of self-assessments.

NOTE~
If you are absent from class, it is your responsibility to go to the class website, read through the weekly agenda, find the work you missed, and complete it.

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Friday & Next Monday

FreeWrites:  #5

Activities: Students you will work on the following today:

1. Can I live on a minimum wage job? 40 min
2. Work Place Basics: Essential Skills for Success  30 min (Last class)
3. Looking At Careers: It's Never Too Soon
4. MyRoad Account Set-UpMyRoad ORA, CAREERS AND MAJORS Slide Tutorial  
5. Wed: What is an interview like? ​​

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Monday & Tuesday, February 1 & 2, 2016

                                           ANNOUNCEMENTS: 
February 1-5, 2016
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          Welcome Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors!

Students: 
This is the class page/website. Everything we need to know or do is posted here.
Take a few minutes to read the class page below and become familiar with the site.

Note: With a pencil or pen, please complete any handout that has been given to you.

•  You will turn in work in one of two ways: 1)  at the end of a task, you will pass your work to the center aisle with your group; 2) work will go into a TURN IN folder found in the class basket or out during class on the book case by the door. 

IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE:
Mock Interviews will occur on the following dates:
Semester 2 —Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6
You must attend one of the sessions to receive full credit for the interview.

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Learning Targets: Students will -- Know the acronym PACE, the purpose  of this class,  and how it will benefit them.  Know how to navigate the class website to complete class work. Understand the value of self-assessments. ​You will have a quiz on these later in the week.

Good to Know... TYPES OF DEGREES -   How much post-secondary education do I need?  Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs  Vocabulary: CAREER

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Monday & Tuesday Today we plan on engaging in the following activities:  Sharing a bit about ourselves-- Fill out the Paceography handout  —15 min.                       2 T's and a L—5 min. Turn in when requested. Desk tag.  What is PACE? What will we do? How can one be successful? --     Syllabus —20 min PACE introduction and account set-up presentation.   slides 1-8 Getting to know others--Connections --20 min What I know about getting a job. —10 min How do I support myself? - 10 min. Exit/ End of class: Homework: Turn in the Paceography to the  "TURN IN" top tray as you walk out the door. Take it home to complete and bring to the next class.  Take the Syllabus home, have your parents sign it and place it in "TURN IN" top tray.  You have two weeks to turn the Syllabus in for extra credit. Know what PACE means and what it means to you.