Welcome to the Real World

Steps

JOB #1:

JOB #2:

Step 1:

Pick a job.

• One that does not require a high school degree (hourly wage).
• Example: Fast food, blue collar (manual labor), etc.
• Job as if you dropped out of high  school

• One that requires at least a college degree (salary job)
• Example: career that is white collar (needs specific skills)
• Dream job

 Step 2:  Employment requirements

• Find a job application
• Skills needed
• Create a Resume for this job.
• Have this:
• Overview
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Personality match
• Personality miss
• Career Path/Salary
• Hours
• Wage/Salary
• Skills to acquire

• Have a resume for this job
• Website: http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes/quickstart/agree.shtml
• Click the career field you want to pursue, click the format (in blue), press “save as”.
• This is a template to help you.
• Ask your English teachers for help.
• Pick a dream job
• Website:
• http://online.onetcenter.org/find/descriptor/browse/#cur
• Have this:
• Overview
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Personality match
• Personality miss
• Career Path/Salary
• Hours
• Salary
• Skills to acquire

Step 3:

Education

• Nothing required
• Think about:
• Classes you need to graduate high school
•  RMHS completion

                                  GPA?

• Extracurricular involvement (Clubs, sports, band, music, officer, etc.)

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• Get help from RMHS college center

• What’s the best college for your job?
• Where is your school? What kind of entrance scores/tests do you need? What type of high school classes do you need?
• What is your major? What classes will you be taking? How much is tuition?
• Search: U.S. News: America’s Best Colleges 2007
• Website: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/tools/search.php
• To help you decide: Follow directions on the website to find the best college based on 6 areas: location, campus info, academics, majors, financial aid& cost, and sports and activities.
• Get help from RMHS college center
• Items on the left side under step 3: education.

Step 4: Housing

a)       Find a dream house! (Website: http:www.realtor.com)

b)       Put in city, state, and price range.

c)       Click on the address of the house and include details of the house.

d)       There is an estimated payment on the right, click “change assumptions”

e)       Change the down payment to zero, press calculate, and take note of the monthly payment (this is to JUST give you an idea!)

Step 5: Monthly Budget

• Students will do price comparisons to determine their numbers.
  • Research two items per subject.
    • For example, research two car insurance companies to get quotes and then pick which best fits you (maybe based on cost or quality of insurance).
    • (Cite!)³
  • Be able to explain how you determined your monthly budget!
    • Parents, family member, internet comparison, in-store, etc.
• Figure out and monthly budget:

• $____________ Cell phone
• $____________ Utilities (water, electricity, gas, upkeep, etc.)
• $____________ Food
• $____________ Gas ($120 per a car)
• $____________ Car insurance (about $200 per car)
• $____________ Medical insurance
• $____________ Entertainment (movies, internet, etc.)
• $____________ Car payments
• $____________ Monthly Rent or mortgage (This is to give you an idea.)
• $____________ Miscellaneous
• $                               MONTHLY TOTAL   X     12 months= $                                     yearly budget.

Step 6: Equations and graph

1. 1.       Students will use the slope-intercept form (y = mx + b)
2. 2.       Students will produce a graph then determine how many years will be needed to work to obtain their dream house based on their job.
3. 3.       Students will make a math equation to represent their yearly savings (m=yearly salary minus yearly budget), years worked (x), savings/debt (b), and the total cost of their dream house (y).
4. 4.       Graph on the x-axis money total money earned .
5. 5.       The y-axis will be time in years.
6. 6.       that indicates how long it took for you to obtain the item.
7. 7.      Students will show all work very neatly..

Step 7: Conclusion Presentation

Introduction: Describe what this project required you to do.

Discuss Job #1: from vault.com, talk about the Overview (Uppers, downers, personality match, and personality miss) and Career Path/Salary (Hours, salary, skills to acquire).What are the employment requirements and how is education involved?

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Discuss job #2: from vault.com, talk about the Overview (Uppers, downers, personality match, and personality miss) and Career Path/Salary (Hours, salary, skills to acquire).What are the employment requirements and how is education involved? Discuss what college you picked and why.

Analyze your project. Discuss how math was involved. How long will it take for your job to obtain the money needed to cover all of your living expenses.

Assess your networking skills with professionals: how did it feel communicating in the career world?

Reflect on your thoughts about what kind of education is needed to where you want to go. How much time did you spend on this project? Talk about what you learned from this project. What will you do now to improve your opportunities to achieve your dream job?

Step 8: Presentation format

• You must incorporate technology.
• How will you present your real world project?
• Some quick ideas: Science board, powerpoint, poster board, video, website, pod-cast,  vid-cast, newspaper, magazine, TV commercial,  TV show, travel brochure, etc.

Step 9: Networking

• Professionals
• It is your responsibility to invite professionals for your dream job. This can be accomplished by obtaining their contact information (phone number, in-person, email, etc.) and informing them what you are doing.
• Interview these professionals and take notes. Invite them to your presentation day.
• Professional attire
• What will you look like? It is professional and business-like? Do you look like a high school “I just woke up and rolled out of bed” student?
• Communication Skills
• You must understand and comprehend your project well enough to verbally answer any questions about your project. Practice, practice, practice: practice makes perfect.

DUE:

May 28th, 2014

• Your grade will be severely affected if you do not have a finished project
• No late projects will be accepted for any circumstances.

4: ADVANCED

• Professional quality.
• Neatly organized.
• Creative details.
• Clearly prepared.
• Highly accurate mathematical computations.

3: PROFICIENT

• Semi-professional quality.
• Organized.
• Normal details.
•  Prepared.
• Accurate mathematical computations.

2: BELOW PROFICIENT

• Minimal professional quality.
• Somewhat organized.
• Minimal details.
• Moderately prepared.
• Partial accurate mathematical computations.

1: NOT PROFICIENT

• Unprofessional quality.
• Disorganized.
• No details.
• Unprepared.
• Inadequate  mathematical computations.

0: DOES NOT EXIST

• Unable to score.
• No organizational skills.
• No details.
• No evidence of preparation.
• No mathematical computations.

Scoring Rubric

Weighted factor

Received

Max

Comment

Step 1: Pick a job

x 2

8

Step 2: Employment requirements

x 2.5

10

Step 3: Education

x 2

8

Step 4: Housing

x 2

8

Step 5: Monthly Budget

x 4

16

Step 6: Equations and graph

x 4

16

Step 7: Presentation

x 2.5

10

Step 8: Presentation format

x 1

4

Step 9:  Networking

x 2.5

10

Step 10:  Wow-ness factor

x 2.5

10

TOTAL

NA

NA

100

Grading Scale

A         90-100+ Excellent job! You look and sound prepared for the future: finishing HS, going to college, and obtaining your dream job! The next Bill Gates?!? No questions asked: I would immediately hire you! I wouldn’t mind working for you!

B         80-89 Good job! Prepared and ready, I would want to work with you. I am sure you are teachable and there is room for improvement. Future unit/district manager? The sky is the limit!

C         70-79 Average. Not too shabby. There are some details left out and that’s the difference about being average and extraordinary. H.J. Heinz (condiments) liked to put it: "To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success."

D         60-69 Ummmmmm last minute? There is a difference between this math class and any other class. Whatever the case, I hope you have a better idea about your future and what is involved.

F          <59 Think about life and your future: Is education involved in your future? Let me know how I  can help you.