Career Development 2201

 

Evaluation:

 

Course Portfolio                           40%

Research Projects                        20%

Presentations                               10%

Assigments                                  20%

Employment Skills Portfolio          10%

 

Career Hours

 

Each student registered in Career Development must complete 30 hours of volunteer work in order to recieve credit for the course.

 

Career Hours Sheet

 

Career Hours Rules

 

Course Work

 

Unit 1:

 

Assignments:

Film Assignment #1 "Rudy"

 

Case Study #1 Marble Zip Tours
 

Cover page 

Table of Contents

Activity #1 A Page about me

Activity #2 Text page 3 Question #1

Activity #3 Career Cruising: Matchmaker #1

Activity #4 Page 19, Know yourself

Activity #5 Journal: Describe in detail why you would or would not want this job for your career.

Activity #6 Credentials (Text page 20)

Activity #7 Career Cruising: Matchmaker #2

Activity #8 Unit 1 Summary (complete key terms, questions #s, 2, 5, 6, 7, and 10)

 

Unit 1 Assignment: Career Powerpoint  (including presentation)

You must choose a career that appeared on one of your career Matchmakers.  You will create a powerpoint including the following information:

1. a description of the career,

2. skills and personal attributes required for career,

3.  education required (identify possible schools and programs),

4. training required (identify possible schools and programs),

5. certification required

6.  identify possible career paths,

7. starting/average/top yearly salary,

8. describe average work day,

9. describe clothing/equipment used,

10. describe where people with this career can work (nurse = hospital, clinic, etc.),

11. pictures related to the career (working in the career, tools, location of work, etc.)

     

     

Unit 2

 

Activity #9 Career Cruising: Matchmaker #3

Activity #10 Text page 35, question #2

Activity #11 Multiple intelligence notes

Activity #12 Multiple intelligence test results (to complete the test go here: http://www.literacynet.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

Activity #13 Mulitple intelligence Journal (Do you agree or disagree with your mulitple intelligence test results? (Explain) How could the test results help you in the future (school, career, etc.)