Content Area: Career Education and Consumer, Family, and Life Skills

 

Index: 9.1A Grade 12 CPI 4

 

Standard: 9.1 - Career and Technical Education

 

Strand: A - Career Awareness and Planning

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 - The student will review and update their career plan and include the plan in a portfolio.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        An individual wants to select a career pathway….in an area of interest for future employment and postsecondary and lifelong learning.

 

·        Each student keeps academic, occupational, activity, and other information in a portfolio for use with a college, employer, etc.

 

·        Develop a portfolio or collection of writings

 

·        Read model college admission essays. Identify the relative strengths and weaknesses of the selected essays. Consider how sincere, persuasive, cogent and well-written the samples are. Develop a final checklist to be used for students own writing. Use actual college and universities application, and draft a college essay that their teacher and peers can review using the class-generated checklist.

 

·        Prepare a list of career-related documents to be used in a portfolio. Include a completed sample copy of students’ career choice in a job analysis, resume, letter of application, thank-you letter, and reference sheet. Compile business documents into a 3-ring binder and give it a title such as “career portfolio.” Also include documents showing certificates of achievements and accomplishments. Use this career binder as a guide to plan for a college interview or a job interview.