CAREER DECISION MAKING LESSON

Grades 9-12

 

Literacy Connections:

 

1.3   Students select and apply strategies to facilitate word recognition and develop vocabulary in order to comprehend text.

3.2    Students prepare, publish and/or present work appropriate to audience, purpose and task.

4.3  Students use Standard English for composing and revising written text.

 

 

Cooperative Work Education Content Standards Addressed:

 

1. Career Readiness

Students will assess and identify character traits, career interests and aptitudes in developing a career plan relative to labor trends of the global economy.

2. Career Acquisition

 

Students will become aware of skills, aptitudes and ethics required for employment acquisition in a competitive global marketplace.

 

4. Integrated Learning and Life Skills

 

Students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied to the workplace, personal life and life-long learning.

 

Description:

 

Students will visit CT Works centers and/or local high school career centers to explore Department of Labor career resources, assessments and begin creating a Student Success Plan. 

 

Essential Question:

 

Do I shape my career path or does my career shape me?

 

Objectives:

 

Students will become aware of their own skills, aptitudes and values and how they match those required for employment in a competitive marketplace.

 

Students will begin creating a student success plan and write a reflection essay.

 

Activity:

1.      In groups students complete Work Values Exercise

2.      Visit CT Works Centers and/or local high school career center for a tour of services and register for use of career center.

3.      Students choose 2-5 of the following assessments to complete:

Harrington O’Shea Career Decision Making interest assessment and/or

            Choices interest assessment,

online ONET skill assessments,

online personality inventory.

4.      In a table or chart, students list three jobs that match their profile.  Using online resources such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook, students identify the skills, education, salary and outlook for these jobs.

5.      Using the following resources:

                              http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/etc/

                              http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/jcc/

      Students will identify where they may receive this training.

6.      Students compile data into Student Success Plan.

7.      Students complete essay reflecting on the following questions: 

·         brainstorm and imagine occupations related to each subject in which you are enrolled.

·         list five people who are currently employed, identify their jobs and list subjects or courses related to each job.

 

Assessment:

 

Students are given Career Decision Making rubric to self-evaluate.

 

CAREER DECISION MAKING

Assessment Tool

 

	Does not state 0	Significantly below standard 1	Below Standard 2	Meets Standard 3	Exceeds Standard 4
Can describe career-related interests, skills and values	No response	Description contains minimal reflection on assessments used	Description is clearly connected to assessments used; student could name 1-3 specific personal traits	Description is a good beginning to reflecting on assessments used; student could name 3 specific personal traits	Description is very insightful and reflects student assessment; student could name 4 or more personal traits
Can describe lifestyle budgeting needs	No response	Description is unrealistic	Description has some realistic reflections, but lacks consistency	Description has many realistic reflections	Description is thoughtful and reflects realistic expectations in all cases
Can identify three or more specific jobs that match this profile	No response	Less than two are identified	2 are identified	3 are identified	3 or more are identified and are all appropriate
Can describe the requirements for these jobs	No response	Description is unclear, no connections are made	Requirements are listed, more information needs to be added	Description has clear connections to the job	Requirements are clearly connected and thoroughly descriptive
Can describe plan for meeting these requirements	No response	Plan has no goals	Plan has some goals, and 1-2 steps needed	Plan has goals and 2-3 appropriate steps needed	Plan has a clearly stated goal with 3 or more appropriate action steps needed to get to that goal.