Complete a Career Project!

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.
• Prepare criteria for personal career planning, and use the decision making process to formulate tentative career plans.
• Compare salaries and employability for different education levels.
• Create a visual presentation outliningyour chosen career for a virtual career fair.
• Review 2 career projects from classmates and give feedback.

Watch the video to get started...Good Luck!

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Explore Careers that match your interests and abilities.  In the following slides, you will read directions to help you complete your career project.  We have spent time in class discussing careers, interets, abilities and skills. Remember to consider these when you are choosing a career to explore. 

Time to get started!!

To move on, click on the Process button on the bottom right side of the screen

Project Directions:

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

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

Step 2: Click http://portal.achieve3000.com/kb/career/ Achieve3000Career and click “Resources” and then “Career Center”.

Step 3: Select at least four (4) careers from the dropdown menu to explore, then click "Find Careers". Read over the descriptions and academic requirements. Narrow down your list to two (2) career choices to dig in depth.  

Other sites to help you with your research include:

Step 4: Complete the Career Comparison Worksheet for your two (2) career options.

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

• Power-point
• Brochure
• 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. 

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

Step 7: Open a classmates project and view.  Evaluate their project using the handout from your teacher.

 Name:______________________________                       Period:__________

Reflect on your Careers and Self Discovery Project:

1. What did you like/dislike about the research experience? 
2. If  you could do the project again, what would you do differently? Why? 

3. What suggestions can you make to improve this project?

The Career Exploration project allows your to recognize your strengths, abilities and interests and plan for the future.  Update your career search as your interests change. Talk to people who are working in careers that interest you. Ask them about their experiences! Ask if you can "shadow" them for a day to really get a feel for what they do.  

Remember to complete the Career Commentary sheet for at least 2 students in the class.  Sheets will be provided by your teacher.

Name:_______________________                                                                     Career Commentary

Person who made the project:________________________  Career:__________________________

3 Facts I learned:

1.___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

What was done well? ___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

What could have improved? _____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

Name:_______________________                                                                     Career Commentary

Person who made the project:________________________  Career:__________________________

3 Facts I learned:

1.___________________________________________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

What was done well? ___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

What could have improved? _____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________

‹ Evaluation

Thanks for the format provided by WebQuests and Mrs. Kuhner's website. 

            Don't Keep your Career Dreams a SECRET! 

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