Monday & Tuesday, September 29 & 30, 2014

 Dear Classes:

Due by October 5

Monday AM Assembly Schedule  
Friday PM Assembly Schedule

We have a continuation of exploring Who We Are>
Learning Targets:

1. You have identified 3 occupations based upon your QuickStart Careers survey in MyRoad. 
2. You will identify 3 majors based upon your QuickStart Majors survey in MyRoad.  (If you do not have the sheet I handed out, you will have to use the link, "make a copy", and fill it in...in your own words!)
3. You will be able to identify basic and transferable job skills.
4. Coming up: Explain the difference between personal  and transferable skills.

  

Freewrites:

• Monday & Tuesday, >Watch 15 minutes Dropout Nation, work on handout.   Share thoughts
• Wednesday- Pd. 1, 2 & 4 >  FW5 Amazing Kids
• Thursday & Friday - > FW 6 The Skills You Need to Get a Job

ACTIVITIES

1. Review MyRoad slides 15-21 to complete Careers Tree handout successfully.
   Responses should be complete thoughts, and summary of major points in the text.
2. Read through MyRoad slides 22- to 26 and then take the MyRoad QuickStart Majors survey. Complete theMajors Tree handout successfully by writing in complete thoughts, sentences. No one word statements please.
3. Catch up on any Freewrite responses you have not completed. Read the optional articles for FW1 on slide 3.
4. Take the MyRoad, QuickStart, My Personality High School Profiler survey. A handout will be available soon.

Thursday & Friday, September 25th & 26th, 2014

Activities: 

• Daily Freewrites- see the slide show link. 
•   Freewrite #3 (How Strong is your Character) &
• 3b- 3 Million Open Jobs   (see below)

 Freewrite 3b- 3 Million Open Jobs 

 Link to video

Copy and paste these response statements into your document.
1> Who are the parties responsible for training/educating people for employment and why?

2> Do you think many of your peers are ready for entering the working environment? Why?

3> What would you suggest they do to better prepare themselves for work?

• Complete today the MyRoad Surveys- QuickStart Careers both sides!!!!
  Turn it in at the end of class by Friday.​

Next-

Activities:
Daily Freewrites- see the slide show link.
Today, we get back into "CollegeBoard" MyRoad (Link here)
Look back at slides 20-23 to jog your memory!  (Link here)
Complete the MyRoad Surveys- QuickStart Careers and ORA Profiler
Complete the handouts: Career Tree and College Tree

• Take the QuickStart Majors survey when you finish the Careers handout on both sides. Fill out the related Majors handout.
• Coming Up
   ORA Profiler
  Intro to Resume Writing  & Vocabulary

Videos we are watching:

• 60 Minutes- 3 Million Open Jobs  Write  short response (see Freewrite 3b)
• Learn 360: The Right Job For Your Personality
    > Complete handout on video.
• Dropout Nation, 15 minutes
• Coming Up
  60 Minutes- Amazing Kids

          

Tuesday & Wednesday, September 23 & 24, 2014

WEEK 4, SEPT. 21- 28, 2014

due September 28

What an interesting week you will have:

• This is a very introspective time for you. 
• You will be examining who you are as you complete the surveys and review the results.

 Careers Tree Sheet

Careers Tree Sheet google

Careers Tree Instructions 

The Right Job for Your Personality

Learning Targets:
You will

1. Identify 3 careers that match your interests and abilities
2. Identify 3 education programs that match your interests and abilities
3. Identify basic and transferable job skills
   
   Coming Up~ 
4. Explain the difference between personal and transferable skills
5. Explain what is meant by business language

This is important knowledge for job searches and resume writing.

Key words/phrases to know are:

• Occupational cluster
• Career vs Job
• Reflect & Introspection
• Business language
• Action verbs
• Skill, Ability, Hobby, Interest
• Personal & Job Related skills

Activities: 

• Daily Freewrites- see the slide show link.
  Monday & Tuesday Freewrite #3 & 3b
  Wednesday & Thursday Freewrite 4
• Complete the MyRoad Surveys- QuickStart Careers and ORA Profiler
• Complete the handouts: Career Tree and College Tree
• Coming Up- Intro to Resume Writing  & Vocabulary

Videos:

• 60 Minutes- 3 Million Open Jobs  Write  short response (see Freewrite 3b)
• Learn 360: The Right Job For Your Personality
    > Complete handout on video.
• Dropout Nation, 15 minutes
• Coming Up
  60 Minutes- Amazing Kids

Friday & Monday, September 19 & 22, 2014

Good Morning Kids!

What an interesting week you will have:
This is a very introspective time for you.
You will be examining who you are as you complete the surveys and review the results.

Key words/phrases to know are:

Reflect & introspection
Business language
Action verbs

Activities:
Daily Freewrites- see the slide show link.
Today, we get back into "CollegeBoard" MyRoad (Link here)
Look back at slides 20-23 to jog your memory!  (Link here)
Complete the MyRoad Surveys- QuickStart Careers and ORA Profiler
Complete the handouts: Career Tree and College Tree

We may not get to these but...
Videos:
1.   Finish "Workplace Basics:  Essential Skills for Success (Link here)
2.   60 Minutes- Amazing Kids (Link here)
3.   60 Minutes- 3 Million Open Jobs (Link here)
4.   Dropout Nation, 15 minutes (Link here)

Learning Targets:
You will identify basic and transferable job skills in the behaviors of individuals as well as yourself
know the difference between personal and transferable skills
know the definition of business language,

Wednesday & Thursday, September 17th & 18th, 2014

PACE:

Learning Target: Students will identify skills they have that are
success oriented; and
transferable to the work place.

1. Finish Video: Workplace Basics.  Complete Handout
2. Do Freewrite #2  Look at Community College Again.
3. Take the Careers and Majors Surveys in MyRoad.  Save results in MyProfile.
   Complete the handout following each survey.
4.  Workplace Basics:  Essential Skills for Success Video and handout

FRIDAY, 9/19 & MONDAY, 9/22

1. Do Freewrite #3
2. Pick up on #3 and finish.
3. Video: 60 Minutes: 3 Million Open Jobs
   Reflect in Freewrite

Monday & Tuesday, 15th & 16th, 2014

WEEK 3, SEPT. 15- 19, 2015

due September 21

Say hello to our 3rd week of school!

Greetings to Moonday Monday.  Did you catch the Aurora Borealis this past weekend? The sun tossed out energy to allow this phenomenon to be seen.


On our plate today:
New seating for some periods.
Did you finish setting up accounts?:
Your "professional" Google Gmail account. MyRoads account
Verify your student gmail?  Username is your student ID number. Password is your 8 digit birthday >  Jan. 1, 1999 looks like 01011999.

A day

Pre-assessments—
Handout- What goes into a resume?
Also see slide 28 of the Account Setup link and take the 2 online surveys.
You are graded on participation and not on what you know or do not know.

Learn to—

• Make a Word document, label the document using a standard procedure, save to the "Documents" folder of the desktop. 
• Capture a screen shot.

Begin Freewrites: Make a document  "Right Job for Your Personality"...Discuss in a freewrite.
Freewrites

Take the Careers and Majors Surveys in MyRoad.  Save results in MyProfile.

Complete the handout.

TUESDAY-
Homeroom Period 2-
Distribute planners
Vote for Homecoming Court

• Students are to write ONE male and ONE female student per form.
  Freshman--Yellow
  Sophomores--Green
  Juniors--Pink
  Seniors--Blue

Thursday & Friday, 11th & 12th

STUDENTS:
Good Morning 

What we will do today: \

• Connections/share commonalities- Peer introductions
• Make sure documents are in your ddouglas gmail account, in shared folder with me!  
• Accounts set-up- We did this last period but make sure you have accounts for School/student Gmail account, Google Drive, and folder set-up, Professional gmail account, and MyRoads/ College Board
  MyRoads Login
   
•  Do the two pre-assessments on slide 28 of the PACE Presentation.
• Redo "Jung Briggs-Meyers" personality test and follow instructions on slides 30-35
• Getting started- Our first Freewrite
• Freewrite Example
• PreTest on "Who Am I?--Personal Inventory Pre-assessment"  and "What do I know about resumes?"
• What do you know about the job world?
• Who Am I? - Personal Inventory Assessments on MyRoad
• Video: What Employers Want

Tuesday & Wednesday, September 9 & 10, 2014

WEEK 1A- 2 SEPT. 5- 12

due September 14

STUDENTS:
WELCOME TO PACE and BACK TO SCHOOL!!  

Please find your seat from the seating chart.
Work on the Paceography handout given to you when you entered. 

What we will do today:

Seating- alpha/gender sorted
Introductions-

• Paceography & 2T/1L
• Syllabus: What is PACE? What will you do in this class? How is it graded? Why do you need it?
  Key units of the semester.
• Know the Machine
• Connections/share commonalities
  
  
  ​HOMEWORK-

1. Go to Student Vue and verify your new student Gmail address. 
2. Share the syllabus with your parents/guardian complete the back side with signatures and return it to your teacher in the next 2 weeks or extra credit.

Coming up next:
Tuesday- special schedule to review games, dances, assemblies and cafeteria behavior.

• Account set-up- School gmail account, Google Drive, and folder set-up, Professional gmail account, and MyRoads/ College Board
  MyRoads link also in right sidebar.
   
• Getting started- Our first Freewrite
•  
• What do you know about the job world?
• Who Am I? - Personal Inventory Assessments on MyRoad
• Video: What Employers Want