Career WebQuest

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You are responsible for researching a career and sharing the information with your classmates.  The research should be driven by your own interests, skills, abilities and values.  

This research is valuable!  It will help guide the class choices you make throughout high school and the post-secondary option you ultimately choose for a successful career! 

CTE Focus:

• Research and compare careers that match your interests, skills and abilities.
• Prepare criteria for personal career planning, and use the decision making process to formulate tentative career plans.
• Compare salaries, lexile level needed, and employability for different careers.
• Create a computer generated informational flyer or brochure outlining  your chosen career to share at our class career fair. (If using Google docs, email it to my school email with your name and class period in the subject line.)
  
• Critique 2 career projects from classmates using evaluation forms.
  

Getting Started on Career Research

Directions:

You will first read an article on Acieve 3000

Step 1: Log-in to Achieve3000 and search "Help People, Hurt Jobs?" 

> > > READ the article and complete steps 1-4  (you do not have to do the Thought Question). 

Step 2: Click http://portal.achieve3000.com/kb/career/ 

> > > Achieve  3000  Career and click “Resources” and then “Career Center”.

Step 3: Select at least four (4) careers from the dropdown menu that interest you to explore, then click "Find Careers". 

> > > Read over the descriptions, Lexile Levels and academic requirements.

> > > Get a feel for the type of information they provide about each career.

> > > Then continue with the next phase of research.

You will continue your career research until you narrow down your list to two (2) career choices to dig into in depth. You must>>>>>>Complete a career comparison worksheet.

One of the best websites to help you with your research is:

http://www.mynextmove.org/explore/ip

It's the O*NET Interest Profiler updated website!

• The O*NET Interest Profiler helps you decide what kinds of careers you might want to explore.
• The O*NET Interest Profiler has questions about work activities that some people do on their jobs.
• Read each question carefully and decide how you would feel about doing each type of work:
• Then rate your answer as: Strongly Dislike, Dislike, Unsure, Like, Strongly Like

Other sites to help you with your research include:

Step 4:

• Complete the Career Comparison Worksheet for your two (2) career options
• Show it to Mrs. Ingenito to get it checked
• Choose one career after discussing with your teacher and complete project. (NO "Luck-based careers such as, professional athlete, singer, dancer, actor, and NO recreational-based careers such as, video game tester, skateboarding.  You need a backup career that you can plan and prepare for.) 

Step 5: Create one of the following for our career fair.

• Informational Flyer
• or Brochure
• or Other project by teacher approval

Step 6: Name your project with your first and last name. Save it into the SHARED folder inside a folder called FACS. Now find the folder with your teacher's name, and the folder for your period. Save it into this folder. Or e-mail to me with Your name & period/day in the subject line.

YOUR PROJECT MUST INCLUDE the following information:

• Name of Career

• Lexile level for the Career (or career cluster) Careers and Lexile Level

• Image or clip art of career

• Job Description and Responsibilties 

• Education Requirements, high school courses one would need, post-high school  certifications and exams required

• Job Outlook: How many jobs are predicted to be available in the future? Will there be more jobs or fewer jobs?

• Average salary for entry level and experienced worker (if both are available) 

• College or Trade School that offers a program for this career
• What is the name of the school?
• Where is it located?
• How much is tuition?
• Are scholarships or grants available?

• Other jobs within the same Career Cluster

Name:___________________________________                        Period:__________

Reflect on Your Career Discovery Project:

• You must complete a Career Research Project Reflection Worksheet

CTE / FACS 8th Grade                           Career Exploration Research Project Worksheet                                                      2014 - 2015         

DIRECTIONS:  Use your research resources to answer these questions about the career of your choice.                              

Career Title: ________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Description of career including main tasks and responsibilities.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What are the education and training requirements for this career?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. List other required qualifications such as licensing, certifications, etc.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What is the average wage or salary for this occupation? (Supply a salary range, if given)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What is the employment outlook for this career?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. List the places where people in this career might work.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What are the opportunities for advancement?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. List other occupations that are similar (like) or related (connected) to your career choice.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Is this career available in your area?  List some companies or other places of employment in your area in which this career is located.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. What school subjects or courses would help you to prepare for this career?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Do you think you have the aptitude (potential ability) for this career?  Please explain your answer.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Does this career deal mainly with people, data, or things?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. This career interests you because:

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. List 3 resources used you used for this project.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. List the name(s) of a person or persons who either helped you locate information, or who you know who is employed in this career.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

Thanks for the format provided by WebQuests.

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