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Parents/Students: Tom Shelton and Michelle Livingston will be working with Career Education this year. Please contact either one of them at 633-5288. Thank you.

Week 1 Lesson Plan

1. Go over syllabus

2. Get onto the internet and go to http://www.onetcenter.org/CIP.html and download software.

3. Complete both the Interests Profiler and the Work Importance Profiler. Print all results and have students save and print.

4. If time left, have students research their job interests on the internet.

5. Assign homework: Informational Interviews located below:

Career Education: Informational Interviews Assignment

For this assignment, interview three adults who work full time and who have been in their current career for at least a year. Ask each of them the following questions:

1. What is your career, and how long have you been working in this career?

2. How did you enter this career? (accident? choice?)

3. What is your favorite part of your job?

4. What is your least favorite part of your job?

5. Do you have any suggestions for me as I am investigating possible future careers for myself?

Responses:

Person One:

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Person Two:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Person Three:

_____________________________________________________________

*Bring homework and printouts to class on week two.

Week 2 Lesson Plan:

Career Education: Week Two

1. Briefly discuss and turn in informational interviews.

� As you are taking these assessments, please use the dictionary or ask Ms. Sherman if you come across words or phrases that you don�t understand. If you answer wrong for yourself, it will only affect your results and make them inaccurate.

2. Take the career interest profiler. May need to download software again from website: http://www.onetcenter.org/CIP.html When finished, print your results.

3. Go to the Bakersfield College website: www.bakersfieldcollege.edu and follow these links:

� Student Services

� Career Center

� New Career Center Website

� Take a Career Assessment

a. Career Link Inventory: Take this inventory and print your results.

b. ECOS: click on this link, write down your member code on a piece of paper. Click on "take test"; then "students"; then "create an account"; then enter your code, and then make sure that you write your new user ID and password into your Career Ed. Folder/binder so that you can use it at a later date. Then, follow the instructions to take the assessment. View your results at 50/page, and then print them.

4. Go to the website: http://online.onetcenter.org/ and click on skills search. Follow the instructions and print your results.

Homework:

You now have your results from the Career Interest Profiler, the Work Importance Profiler, the Career Link Inventory, the ECOS inventory, and the Skills Search. Study these closely this week. Answer the questions following:

Assessment Results Evaluation

1. After reviewing the results of all five of your assessments, are there any careers that appeared in several of your results? Which ones?

2. Please go through all five of your results documents and highlight all of the jobs that you are interested in exploring for more information about them. Highlight as many as you want.

3. Now that you�ve highlighted the careers that you�re interested in, choose around ten that interest you the most. Please list them here:

Week 3 Lesson Plan: Begin completing in class and finish at home

Name: ___________________________

Career Exploration Questionnaire

1. List the ten most interesting careers that you highlighted in your assessment results from the last two weeks:

Now answer some questions about yourself that also might influence your career choices.

3. Which careers best fit the skills you think you have strong aptitudes/ abilities in?

4. Which careers best fit the kind of abilities you think you are the strongest in?

5. Which careers best fit the kind of work activities that you think you would enjoy. The results of your ONET Interest Profiler focused on this aspect.

6. Which careers do you think would provide the work context, or working conditions most suited to you?

7. Which careers do you think best match your work values?

8. How much time do you think are you willing to spend after high school getting an education/training to enter the career field of your choice? Circle the best answer:

Train on job 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years 4 Years 5+ Years

9. Which of your career interests best match the level of education that you think you could commit to after high school?

10. How much money do you want to make in your career? To figure this out, first estimate the cost of some basic monthly expenses that you are likely to have if you live on your own; Be realistic about this..It might be good to speak to someone who deals with these realities regularly so that you can achieve realistic estimates here

.� Rent/mortgage: ______

� Car payment: ______

� Car maintenance: ______

� Car insurance: ______

� Food per month: ______

� PG & E: ______

� Cable: ______

� Water: ______

� Clothes: ______

� Spending $: ______

� Total: ______

How much money do you now think that you want to earn per month? How much would this be per year? ______

11. Given your answers to this questionnaire, please select a career/ career field to focus on and pursue. Please briefly summarize your reasons for this choice. Remember that you may change your mind at any point throughout this semester if you decide that the career choice is not for you after all. Knowing which careers you do not want to pursue is as important as knowing which one you do want to pursue�

Week 4: Everything we have completed so far is due in class this week (Friday, 9/14):*This will include weeks' 1 & 2 assessment results (with most interesting jobs highlighted), your informational interview if you have not already turned it in, your "Assessment Results Evaluation" from week 2, and your "Career Exploration Questionnaire" from week 3.

Lesson Plan and Activities

In Class:

1. Watch Informational Interviews clip from http://transitions.ascl.info

2. Complete the "Job Listing Assignment".

3. Complete the "Peer Interview"

Homework:

� Locate a business or organization that would have at least one person who you could have either a phone or in-person interview with. The best option of course would be to use your "connections" (family, friends, school) to find this company/business/person. If not, you will have to get creative and bold.

**Please do not contact the person you want to interview yet, we will discuss that in class next week.

� Write or type ten informational interview questions that you would like to ask someone who works in the career field that you are interested in.

Interviewer: ______________________ Interviewee: _________________________

Career Education

Peer Interview Questions: Career Decisions

1. Were you able to find some job listings in the career you were looking for? Does it seem like there are plenty of jobs or not enough?

2. Did you find jobs in the area that you think you want to live in or did you have to look in other parts of the state/ country?

3. Did any of the jobs you found pay what you would like to make? If not, how close were they to the pay range you want?

4. How much information was given about the company/agency that was listing the job? What can you tell about each company/agency? Were you given enough information so that you could do some research on the company/agency before a job interview?

5. If you already had the qualifications, which of the job listings you found would you be interested in applying for? Why?

6. Do you feel that you have narrowed down your choice for the career you want to explore further in this class? What careers do you still feel interested in?

7. If you have already made your choice, what kinds of information do you feel would help you feel more confident in your decision?

8. If you have not made your choice, what kinds of information do you think can help you make your decision?

9. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you about the career(s) you have chosen to explore? What could help you become more excited?

** AFTER EACH INTERVIEW, OFFER SOME SUGGESTIONS TO YOUR PARTNER TO ASSIST THEM TO CHOOSE A CAREER PATH TO PURSUE IN THIS CLASS. PLEASE LIST TWO SUGGESTIONS BELOW:

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Job Listing assignment

Using at least three different job search websites, find and print four job listings in the career field that you want to investigate. You can go to a search engine and search "jobs" or "careers", or you can use some of these well-known job search banks listed here to help you:

www.monster.com

www.bakersfieldhelpwanted.com

www.bakersfield.com (Bakersfield Californian�s Classified)

www.caljobs.ca.gov

www.usajobs.gov (federal government jobs)

www.usajobs.opm.gov (federal government jobs)

www.careerbuilder.com

www.hotjobs.yahoo.com

http://www.co.kern.ca.us/person (County of Kern jobs)

Once you have printed your four job listings, label them at the top of the page in large print: Job 1; Job 2; Job 3; Job 4. Then use the information given to answer the following questions for each of the four jobs:

1. Does the listing give the name of the company or organization that is offering the job? If so, what is it?

Job 1: _______________________________________________________

Job 2: _______________________________________________________

Job 3: _______________________________________________________

Job 4: _______________________________________________________

2. What are the application requirements? Education; training? Experience?

Job 1: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Job 2: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Job 3: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Job 4: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

3. What other kinds of qualifications does the job listing ask for? Why do you think they are asking for the ones they�ve listed?

Job 1: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Job 2: _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Job 3: _______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Job 4: _______________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Does the listing tell how much the job pays? What do you think of the pay rate listed?

Job 1: _______________________________________________________

Job 2: _______________________________________________________

Job 3: _______________________________________________________

Job 4: _______________________________________________________

5. How does the job listing request that you apply for the job? (through email, phone, drop in, mail?)

Job 1: _______________________________________________________

Job 2: _______________________________________________________

Job 3: _______________________________________________________

Job 4: _______________________________________________________

6. After reading the job listing, is this a job you would be interested in applying for? Why or why not?

Job 1: _______________________________________________________

Job 2: _______________________________________________________

Job 3: _______________________________________________________

Job 4: _______________________________________________________

Week 5 Lesson Plan and Activities:

In Class:

1) 10 minutes- Take out last week�s job listing assignment. Take out the Peer Interview assignment, and finish up your interviews. Turn both into Ms. Sherman

2)Next, with the same partner, read each other�s informational interview questions. Discuss whether any questions should be added or left out. Check to see whether your partner�s questions are appropriate, and that they asked important questions about things such as the following:

� What are the person�s most and least favorite things about their job?

� How did the person enter their career?

� What are the working conditions of the job?

� Does the person have any advice for someone pursuing this career?

� Etc�

Then, write at least two suggestions that you have onto your partner�s paper and the write your name down.

3)Next: Divide class up into career clusters to watch videos on their career interests:

� Look at the website: www.unitedstreaming.com , a resource website from the Discovery Channel.

� Go the United Streaming website and create an account if you don�t already have one. The Passcode is: 99A9-3DE1

� Once you have entered your pass-code, create your own username and password and please keep track of this information as you will need it for this class.

� Once you are in the site, look at the left side of the page and click the following:

§ "9-12"

§ "Careers"

� Here, you will see a list of resources on careers. They are listed in groups. You will need to find a video that gives information on your specific career interest. You will see several videos under the following headings about different kinds of careers:

"Get a Life�"

"Careers for the 21st. Century�" (available in Spanish also)

"Emerging Careers�" (available in Spanish also)

*Choose the one that best fits your primary career interest.

� While watching, write down the five most interesting things you learn and turn in today to Ms. Sherman. If you finish early, feel free to watch other videos about different careers that interest you.

� To add the video to your content, click "add", and then add it to a new folder. Name the new folder, Career Education.

*HOMEWORK*

This is the ONLY thing you have to do this week, so�

*This week you need to spend some time, and locate an employee who works in your career field of interest, and make an appointment to have a live interview with them, and if possible, a brief job shadowing experience with them. I prefer for this interview to be in person, but if you have trouble with this, a phone interview would be a last resort. If you would like to be efficient, then you could have a longer job shadowing experience and use this for both my class, as well as a Personal Development activity, if they are willing. Have your questions ready when you call in case they want to have the interview immediately.

When you call, you can use this script, or something similar:

"Hi, my name is ________________, and I am a high school student. I am interested in the career __________________, and I would like an opportunity to ask some questions of someone who works in this career. I called your business/ organization because I was hoping that you might have someone who might be available to help me. Is there someone who I could speak to about this, or someone with whom I could leave a message?"

When you actually get to speak to the person who you might interview, you can use this script, or something similar:

"Hi, my name is __________________, and I am a high school student who is interested in entering the same career field you are in. I was wondering if I could set up an appointment with you so that I can ask you a few questions. I would prefer to meet you at your place of employment, but I would also appreciate the opportunity to just speak with you over the phone."

*Once you complete your interview, I want a copy of the interview questions that you asked, and a synopsis of their answers to your questions. THIS IS DUE IN TWO WEEKS.

Week 6: Lesson Plan and Activities

In class:

1. Have students share something they learned from watching their job shadowing video with the class.

2. Go over and discuss the decision-making strategies on pages 64-65 in the textbook as a class. Discuss as a class whether students feel that they have used this strategy well to decide what career they�ll pursue in this class.

3. Identify the career that you will focus on in this class on my handout so that I can remember and be able to assist you better.

4. Discuss different job training/education opportunities including their cost:

a. On the job training (possible in construction, food industry, etc)

b. Apprenticeship programs (IBEW, IBOE, etc.)

c. Trade Schools (SBBC, SJVC, etc.; These options are often expensive)

d. Community College (In addition to General Education, they have LOTS of training and certificate programs)

e. University career preparation (Private and State Universities)

5. Have students decide which option best suits their needs and then research information on two schools/programs where they will be able to get the education/job training they need.

6. Research information about different training and education options. Print information on at least TWO programs you would consider joining to pursue your career goal. (For example, if you plan to go to medical school, you would research schools, and on their website, find the information page on their medical school department and print it.)

Homework:

Complete the "Career Planning Project" attached.

Career Planning Project

You will be spending the next two weeks working on this project. You will be required to find answers to these questions and provide evidence

1. Read the "Stepping Stones to a Career" and the following examples of short, medium, and long-term goals attached. Based on what you learned, name one short-term goal, one medium-term goal, and one long-term goal for yourself.

2. As part of your career planning, you will need to complete an informational interview and/or job shadowing experience with a person from a company/organization in your career of interest. A form is attached called, "Job Shadowing Plan" that you will need to fill out for this portion of this assignment. Please see Ms. Sherman if you need help finding a job shadowing site.

3. Now that you�ve located two schools or programs in which you could obtain the education/ training you need to enter this career field, you need to find out what the requirements are that you need to fulfill to enter this training/education? Go to your school�s website, and locate, print, and attach the information that they give concerning this. Then, answer the following two questions:

a. What are you currently doing to work towards meeting these expectations?

b. What are the admission requirements to enter this training/education, and what will you do to meet them?

4. Costs of school/training: Attached is the handout, "Education/Training Budget," where you will find, on the left side of the document, a list of the kinds of the types of expenses will you have while getting your training/ education; On the right-hand side of the document, there is a list of possible ways to fund these expenses on the other side. (Document is not available on this website; please see Ms. Sherman)

a. On the left side of the page, estimate a cost for each expense (you did a similar assignment earlier, but this one is specifically designed for expenses during school. On the right side of the page, fill out what funds or methods you will use to cover these expenses. Possibilities include: Financial aid, school loans, working, scholarships, help from family, etc. (If you need to have a conversation with your family about this, now is the time.) Even if you plan to obtain on the job training instead of school, you will likely start out at a low wage in the beginning. Will you need to work overtime in the beginning?

5. How long will you have these education/training expenses until you will be able to begin working in your career choice? What is your plan to be able to sustain yourself in the mean time?

6. Are there any start-up costs for your career, like equipment and supplies that you will need to get started? What are they?

7. What will your beginning salary be when you begin your career?

Informational Interview/ Job Shadowing Plan

For this class, you are required to participate in a informational interview or job shadowing experience. You can use this for both the Career Education Class, and for Personal Development, although there will be two separate handouts to fill out for each class. You will be given this handout later. Please answer the following questions when you locate a job shadowing site:

1. What is the name of the company/agency where you will interview/ job shadow?

___________________________________________________________

2. What is the name and contact number of the person you will interview or job shadow with?

___________________________________________________________

3. What is the name of their specific job title?

___________________________________________________________

4. How did you find this opportunity?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What made you decide on this particular job shadowing experience? How is their job related to the career you plan to pursue?

Week 7 Lesson Plan and Activities:

Career Education: Week 7

In class:

� Interview Mr. Vandernoor

� Have a class discussion using the following questions:

a. Raise your hand if you plan to attend the following for your career (some may include more than one such as CNA to RN): On the job training; Apprenticeship; Vocational/Technical or Trade school; Military Service; Community College; Four-Year University; Post-Graduate Education.

b. Was everyone able to establish a short, medium, and long-term goal for themselves?

c. Who has scheduled their interview successfully?

d. Who has already performed their interview?

e. Who was able to locate at least two schools where they might obtain their education and training for their career choice?

f. After filling out the "Education/Training Budget," whose total monthly expenses still exceeds their total monthly funds? (Discuss options for this)

g. Overall, is there anyone who ran into any major issues with this project? Discuss as a class.

� Do "Controlling Your Emotions in the Workplace" and "I Don�t Know" activities on http://transitions.ascl.info

Week 8 Lesson Plan: Career Education

1. Hand back the projects and have students re-do their budgets. Go over the budgets in class and brainstorm some of the amounts together.

2. Have students do their totals in class and discuss any differences in totals. Whose expenses are much higher than income?

3. Do "Controlling Your Emotions in the Workplace" and "I Don�t Know" activities on http://transitions.ascl.info *Please see Ms. Sherman for username and password for Valley Oaks.

Week 9 Lesson Plans and Activities

In Class

1. On www.unitedstreaming.com, Watch "World of Work: Getting a Good Start"(13 minutes); "World of Work: Getting Along with Your Co-Workers" (13 minutes); "World of Work: Getting Along with Your Supervisors"(13 minutes). Then, discuss the pre-viewing questions for the following film, and then watch it. "Communication: The #1 Job Skill"(24 minutes) Discuss the post-viewing questions for this film. Have students answer the questions about their own attitudes and share some answers in class.

2. Take quizzes for these films.

Homework:

Complete the four packets, answering questions about the various topics covered in the films.

Career Education: Week 10 Lesson Plans/ Activities

1. Collect last week�s homework and take roll.

(5 minutes)

2. Watch "World of Work: Getting a Good Job"; the �job search� and section only, on the website:

www.unitedstreaming.com

(15 minutes)

3. Group activity: The Job Hunt

(55 minutes total)

o Break into six groups�Ms. Sherman will call off numbers. (5 minutes)

o Read your article out loud in the group (take turns or a volunteer). (10 minutes)

o Being as creative as you want to be (and being school appropriate) make a 2 to 3 minute skit/commerical that does the following two things:

*Informs the rest of the class about the most important pieces of information in the article.

*Explains to them why the information is so important.

(20 minutes)

o Perform the skits! (20 minutes)

*Audience will evaluate each group�s performance.

Absent students need to see Ms. Sherman for an alternative assignment.

Career Education: Week 11 Lesson Plans/Activities

In Class:

1. On the website: http://transitions.ascl.info, watch the job application video, and then watch the job application PowerPoint presentation that gives step-by-step instructions on how to fill out an application that can land you and interview. (Career Preparation Module #�s 9 & 10).

2. Trade with each other application rough drafts and fill out rubric. If you are not in class, then you will need to do this at home with your parent/guardian.

3. Share about what problems there were.

4. If time, watch the video about writing cover letters on the same website in the Career Preparation Module #2. We will learn more about how to write a cover letter and practice in class next week.

Homework:

Complete the final draft of your master application in pen. *This is due in class next week.

Job Application Rubric/ Expectations

1. Application is filled out neatly and is legible. 0 1 2 3 4 5

2. There are no blanks left in any spaces. 0 1 2 3 4 5

3. References are appropriate (adults, not family). 0 1 2 3 4 5

4. Contact info is provided for all references/employers. 0 1 2 3 4 5

5. Position applied for is specified (or department). 0 1 2 3 4 5

6. Salary desired is either "scale" or "negotiable". 0 1 2 3 4 5

7. Skills and abilities are specified, detailed, and thorough. 0 1 2 3 4 5

8. Reasons given for leaving a position is not "quit", "fired", "terminated", "laid off" etc.

0 1 2 3 4 5

9. Abbreviations are not used. 0 1 2 3 4 5

10. There are no grammar or spelling errors. 0 1 2 3 4 5

11. All appropriate dates are filled in accurately to month and year.

0 1 2 3 4 5

12. There is nothing written on the application that will prevent the applicant from a chance at an interview. 0 1 2 3 4 5

13. Based on the application, this applicant will appear attractive to potential employers for one or more reasons. 0 1 2 3 4 5

*Please list any reason(s): __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Syllabus:

Valley Oaks Charter School

Career Education Fall 2007

Ms. Sherman

Phone: (661)636-4464

Email: brsherman@kern.org

The following information will help you throughout Career Education this semester. If you have any questions with any information below, then please contact me.

Course Overview:

We will cover several major areas of Career Education including:

●Career Exploration: Student will explore their own interests, skills and aptitudes in relation to possible career choices.

●Researching Career Interests: Major career categories

●Career Decisions: Considering the cost and time of training and

Education

●The World of Work: What is it all about?

●Exploring Resources and their costs: On the job training; Apprenticeship programs; Trade Schools; Community College; University

●Career Planning: Setting goals and following through

●Finding a Job: Resources and information

●Applying for a Job: Applications for employment, resumes, cover letters, job search etiquette and interviews

●On the job: What to expect and what is expected

●Working with others: Building professional relationships and teamwork

Portfolio based grading system:

� Students will turn in portfolio work every Tuesday to the teacher.

Parent Responsibility:

� Monitor student progress and discuss homework assignments with student.

Assessment Testing:

� Students will be tested periodically on their understanding of the material

If you have any questions, then please contact me at (661) 636-4464 or email me at brsherman@kern.org

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