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powerful QUESTIONSfor an amazing JOURNEY
careerEducation
Just Ask!
Teacher’sGuide
Just Ask! helps students to:
n Reflect on and evaluate their unique interests, skills and talents.
n Develop the “soft” skills they need to succeed in their personal and professional lives.
n Identify and initiate their “next” steps to move forward on their college/career journey.
Upon completing the 14 activities a student will be able to: (SLO)
n Identify their Holland Code and a career pathway that interests them.
n Choose a post-secondary education option that meets their needs.
n Recognize the advantages of a STEM –related career.
n Evaluate their soft skills – the ones employers seek in new hires.
n Create a career related experience outside the classroom.
n Ask powerful questions to gather information to make good decisions.
n Pack their bag for their college/career journey.
Resources in this guide enhance and extend college/career lessons with:
Just Ask!…Powerful Questions for an Amazing Journey
Just Ask!
This booklet will help students develop their critical thinking/questioning
skills as they prepare for life beyond high school. Filled with relevant
information and data, and designed for today’s visual learners, this
engaging booklet invites teens to think and take positive action steps as
they embark on their college/career journey.
Links to relevant Internet sites.
CACareerCafe.Com connections.
Suitable video clips.
Additional student activities.
Can you imagine your future?
What are you cut out to do?
What sparks your interest?
Why invest in your education?
Do you gravitate toward STEM?
Have you found the secret to success?
Do you get to the heart of listening?
Which questions help you dig deeper?
Why do you need the gift of gab?
Do you know the score?
Is your glass half full?
How well do you weather a storm?
Would you like hands-on experience?
Are you ready for what’s next?
pages 4 – 5
pages 6 - 7
pages 8 – 9
pages 10 – 11
pages 12 – 13
pages 14 – 15
pages 16 – 17
pages 18 – 19
pages 20 – 21
pages 22 – 23
pages 24 –25
pages 26 – 27
pages 28 – 29
pages 30 – 31
Table of Questions…
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Can you imagine your future? pages 4-5
Big Future
Show students this site and the Get Started section.
Encourage them to share and explore the site with
their parents.
You Can Go
Great site to motivate students to continue
their education beyond high school. Have your
students take and print their College Pledge.
This lesson introduces students to the
power of questions and calls on them to
answer self-reflection questions to get
them thinking about what they might
want to do with their lives.
Your imagination is your
preview of life’s coming
attractions. — Albert Einstein
Have students share their interpretation of this quote with the
person sitting next to them.
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The Question Game can be used to ntroduce a
new topic or to review for a test to help students
build their skills.
Best Possible Selves Exercise capitalizes on the
power of visioning.
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How Oprah Found Her Calling
Oprah’s video is a good way to motivate
students to be more self-reflective as they focus
on the Top 10 Questions activity. It’s important
for students to experience how asking and
answering questions can help them get in touch
with what’s important to them.
What Questions Did You Ask Today?
Chic Thompson, creativity guru and author of
What a Great Idea! 2.0, discusses the importance
of asking questions and touches on the research
behind why students stop asking. After viewing
the video, ask your students why they think
people stop asking questions.
CA Career Café: This California Community College site will provide students
with additional videos, resources and activities.
To begin, show them the Café home page and then view the Five Video…
Ask them: Where will you be 5 years from today?
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What are you cut out to do? pages 6-7
This lesson introduces students to
California’s 15 Pathways and emphasizes
the varied career opportunities and
different educational requirements
within each Pathway.
Quote More Activities
Ask students to put this
proverb into their own words.
If you want to know the
road ahead, ask someone
who has traveled it. — Chinese Proverb
Who Do U Want 2 B ?
This site includes Information on California high school
and community college courses, career options, and
financial assistance. Use the Pathway Finders Quiz
See the CTE Toolkit Lesson Plans and handouts for
more activities around Career Pathways.
Did You Know?
Students who choose and follow a
career Pathway stay in school longer
and are more motivated to
complete their course of study.
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The CA Career Café – Explore section is a great way to
show students how to research and collect information
about the different Pathways. It also helps them
connect Pathways to careers.
Pathway Video
Because high school students in California are
encouraged to identify a Pathway, this video will
help students understand the why’s and what’s of
Pathways. This video is a good way to begin this
lesson.
Words from the President
President Obama addresses the importance of
getting education and training beyond high
school and encourages students to go to college.
Café Connections
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What sparks your interest? pages 8-9
O*NET
This direct link will help students link their 3-letter
Holland Code to specific careers.
My Next Move
For a more extensive Holland Code online
assessment, your students may want to try this
one and compare their results.
In this lesson, students complete a
simple version of the Holland Code —
a self-assessment that will help them
identify careers that interest them.
Have students create a collage or a Pinterest page that shows their passions.
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You have to find what
sparks a light in you so
you, in your own way, can
illuminate the world.— Oprah Winfrey
Winning Combinations lets students apply the
Holland Code to specific occupations.
B Your Best helps students identify and articulate
what they do well.
Define Your Rainbow is a colorful and fun activity
that will get students thinking about what matters
to them.
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How to Find Your Passion
Ken Robinson’s “teachable moment” suggests
ideas on how students can find their element or
passion. After viewing, ask students to describe a
time they were in their element.
Ask: What were you doing when time stood still
for you?
Holland Code Video
Show this video after they complete their Holland
Code assessment. Ask students to take notes about
the description of their most dominant Holland Code
personality type.
Ask: How well does your Holland Code describe you?
Stop by the Start section of the Café and have students view the
Strengths video and complete the lesson.
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Why invest in your education? pages 10-11
FASFA
Students and their parents
can get information and fill
out an application for federal
financial aid.
EconEdLink
This site is the leading source of
online economic and personal
finance lessons and resources
for educators and students.
Georgetown University Report
View or download the report, The
College Advantage: Weathering the
Economic Storm.
College is an investment that involves
money and time. It’s a proven fact that
the more you learn, the more you earn.
This lesson presents the facts about the
value of post-secondary education.
Ask students to explain how the U.S. Job
Gains and Losses graph supports this quote.
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An investment in
knowledge pays the
best interest.— Benjamin Franklin
“Who Knows?” Bingo helps you find out what
students know about their post-secondary
educational opportunities.
Picking a College Decision Tree helps students
make a college choice that’s right for them.
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Can a 2-Year Degree Beat Out a 4-Year Degree?
A college degree’s impact on earning potential is
well known, but does an Associate Degree have
more value?
Five Ways Education Pays
Learn about the other ways a college degree can
transform your students’ lives and lifestyles!
In the Success Tips section, review Be Money Wise, to give students additional
information and resources for financial aid.
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Do you gravitate toward STEM? pages 12-13
SMART Scholarships for STEM Students
Students could get paid to earn a degree
in science, technology, engineering, or
math — and get hired at graduation. It’s a
SMART deal offered by the US Department
of Defense.
Change the Equation.org
This site offers many resources
and links to STEM programs
throughout the United States.
iON the Future
Students can play STEM
games online as a “guest”
and learn more about
STEM career opportunities.
This lesson will help students
identify the advantages of a STEM
career and how they can get STEM
ready.
Ask students who Sir Isaac Newton was
and how this quote relates to his work.
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Millions saw the apple
fall, but Newton was the
one who asked why.— Bernard Baruch
STEM Brainstorm, an activity for small groups,
gets students to brainstorm ideas on why they
think students shy away from STEM.
iON Future Learning Guide has some great
STEM classroom activities and online resources.
http://cacareerbriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/MWTW-Teacher-Directed-Activities1-11.pdf
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A STEM Education, Tools to Change the World
This Whitehouse video stresses the importance
of a STEM education. May be more interesting to
teachers or parents.
What Do You Want to Do?
This animated rap video, from the UK, describes a
range of career opportunities open to students with
skills in STEM.
In the Success Tips section, have students review Make Math Matter
to give them additional information about the importance of math.
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Have you found the Secret to Success? pages 14-15
CA Career Briefs
Try this Get Soft Skills classroom lesson if your
students are interested in workplace success.
Better Soft Skills
Get more compelling facts about the
importance of soft skills.
Regardless of their college/career path,
students need soft skills to succeed.
Many students do not have these skills
and don’t realize why they are important.
This lesson and those that follow will
introduce the most essential soft skills
and focus on why they matter.
Ask students to complete this sentence: The most important single ingredient
in the formula of success is…
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The most important single
ingredient in the formula
of success is knowing how
to get along with people.—Theodore Roosevelt
Mastering Soft Skills in the Workplace lets
students apply the Holland Code to specific
occupations.
Body Language provides some interesting
classroom activities for students.
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Soft Skills-Communication
The Department of Labor created this video. It’s
clever but not sure how students will relate to it.
Hard Facts Behind Soft Skills
This video offers a good introduction to soft skills.
Make sure students understand the difference
between hard and soft skills.
Invite students to stop by the café and review the People Skills videos, quizzes
and activities.
Body Language
This video is a good way to introduce the
body language section of this lesson.
Soft Skills for High School Students
If you are looking for a video to show parents
or other instructors, this one is filled with good
research on soft skills and success.
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Do you get to the heart of listening? pages 16-17
High Gain
A good resource for teaching listening skills and a
free booklet on 21st century listening.
Bodylitics
You may want to check out these 3 great tips
guaranteed to make your students better
listeners.
Although students spend more time
listening than they do speaking or
reading, few students are good active
listeners. This lesson draws attention to
this important skill and why and how to
become a better listener.
Ask students: How does it make you feel
when someone really listens to you?
More Activities
Perhaps the most
important thing we ever
give each other is
our attention.—Rachel Naomi Remen
Improving Listening Skills with these skill
building classroom listening activities from an
Oklahoma Career Tech supplement.
R U Listening? calls on students to define the
Chinese character for listening.
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Get Students to Listen in a more Focused Way
To pick up three quick and easy listening activities to
try in your classroom, watch this video.
Julian Treasure at Ted Talks
Julian Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears
for conscious listening. This video is 7 minutes, but
worth it.
While not directly related to listening, this café lesson, Conversations,
encourages students to listen and ask questions to learn from
professionals in careers that interest them.
How to be a Good Listener
This video gives students five great tips for better listening.
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Which questions help you dig deeper? pages 18-19
To succeed students must have
good critical thinking skills — which
includes the ability to construct
“good” questions. This lesson focuses
on the basics of asking questions.
Ask students to explain to the person
sitting behind them, the first thing they
do when they run into a problem.
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When solving problems,
dig at the roots instead of
just hacking at the leaves. — Anthony J. D’Angelo
Getting Them Out of Their Seats and starting
conversations by asking questions using a concentric
circles format.
Getting Answer-Oriented Students to Focus on
the Questions by having students write questions
for a test.
Teaching Students to Ask Questions
Read how one instructor gets students
more involved in learning by creating
their own questions.
The Right Question Institute
Here you’ll find resources for
teaching two skills: to ask questions
and to participate effectively in
decisions.
Lite Mind
Try these 10 ways to
harness the power of
questions.
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5 Whys
This will help you with the 5 whys process —-
more appropriate for instructors.
Questioning Techniques
This is a good introduction to some of the
basics to asking good questions.
If your students are ready to reach out and make some connections, have them
try this Mentor lesson at the café.
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Why do you need the gift of gab? pages 20-21
To thrive both personally and
professionally, students need good
face-to-face conversational skills. This
lesson is designed to get them thinking
and practicing conversing as they learn
to appreciate the advantages of
face-to-face conversation.
Ask students to describe a person they
know who has good conversational skills.
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Conversation costs
nothing, but can bring
you the world. — Catherine Blyth
Start a Conversation gives your students a chance
to initiate three short, friendly conversations.
Small Talk is a Big Deal will help students get
chit chat going. This activity does use workplace
references.
Pew Social Media
For more information on the Pew
Study cited in the lesson, use this
report.
Road Trip Nation
Show your students how students
are connecting via conversations
to learn more about people and
careers that inspire them.
Experience Life
Here are tips on how to improve
face-to-face communication in a
digital world.
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Suggest your students visit the café and check out the Experience section. Here
they will find real world activities that will help them choose their career paths.
Small Talk
To introduce your students to small
talk, this short video is a good place
to start.
The Engaging Child
This will explain to parents why teens need to
speak, write and have conversations without
relying on technology.
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Do you know the score? pages 22-23
The National Association of Colleges and
Employers (NACE) identifies teamwork as
a key employment skill, yet most students
have a limited understanding of how
teams work and what it takes to be a
good team player. This lesson addresses
the basics of teamwork and some
strategies for students to try.
Ask students to describe the best
team experience they have ever had.
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Teamwork divides the
task and multiplies
the success.— Unknown
Mastering Soft Skills for Workplace Success:
Teamwork Includes five excellent teamwork
activities, complete with directions and print
outs for you to try in your classroom.
Soft Skills to Pay the Bills
Developed by ODEP there are great
resources here focused on teaching
“soft” skills to youth, including youth
with disabilities.
Teamwork University of Kent
For your more experienced
students, have them try the
“Exercise on Team Working Skills.”
CA Career Briefs: Collaborate
To introduce the 4 teamwork
stages, use this classroom lesson
that includes a video intro.
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Miracle on Ice
This video clip works well with the “Olympic Dream
Teams” section and what it takes to be a great team.
Lessons from Geese
Lessons learned from watching geese in flight
provides interesting insights into teamwork. Pair
this slide presentation and student activity for
some great discussion.
After your students have completed some of the teamwork activities, send them
to the Collaborative video, quiz and activitiy for People Skills number 2.
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Is your glass half full? pages 24-25
This lesson offers tips and tools to
get your students to look on the
bright side and to understand the
advantages of having an optimistic
attitude.
Ask students to create a can-do
list for their weekly assignments.
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Success comes in cans;
failure in cant’s. — Unknown
A for Attitude gets your students working
together to reflect on the characteristics of a
person with a good attitude.
Short and Tweet offers students some sage advice
on a positive attitude and their career journey.
The Happiness Project
For books, quizzes, and inspiring positive
articles this site has some great stuff and
is frequently updated.
Career Briefs: Manage Emotions
This classroom lesson includes a video and activity
to get your students thinking about how emotions
influence behavior.
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Encourage your students to visit the café to view the video, quiz and
activity for People Skill number 3, Positive Attitude.
The Power of Questions
This video focuses on the advantages of
learning how to ask positive questions
and why they are so powerful.
How to Create Your Own Luck
For a better explanation about the
24x3 rule and the power of opti-
mism and luck, show this video.
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How well do you weather a storm? pages 26-27
When students are resilient, they are able
to harness their strengths and rebound
from a setback or challenge. This lesson
focuses on some of the factors that help
build resiliency and steps students can
take to weather their storms.
Have students write a short description
of someone they know who overcame a
setback and went on to succeed.
More Activities
Life isn’t about waiting out
the storm; it’s about learning
to dance in the rain. — Unknown
Resilient Heroes Activity is a classroom “research”
exercise that comes with step-by-step directions,
background information and a student worksheet.
Get on the ROAD is a great activity to get students
thinking about how to overcome obstacles that get
in their way of reaching a goal.
Resiliency in Action
This site offers a number of
good resiliency resources,
articles and books as well as a
resiliency quiz.
American Radio Works
For more information and
suggestions for preparing kids
for college take a look at the
grit test.
Hope Mongers
Hope is a leading indicator of
success and this site provides
the research and insights into
the power of hope.
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Suggest your students stop by the Cafe and try People Skill number 5
Be Resilient where they can view the video, take the quiz and complete the activity.
How Do You Build Resilience?
This video give students very specific things to do
to build their coping skills.
Can Perseverance Be Taught?
This 18 minute Ted Talk offers a great deal
of valuable info for high school teachers.
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Would you like hands-on experience? pages 28-29
This lesson encourages students to gain
experiences outside the classroom and
get involved — to reach out and talk to
people and join school and community
organizations related to the things that
interest them.
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The most dependable and
up-to-date information
on jobs and careers is not
found in books or on the
internet. It’s found by going
out and talking to people.— Richard Bolles
100 Things to Do Before I Die really
gets students thinking and listing
specific experiences they want to have.
Do something.Org
This site gives students an opportunity
to design and connect with volunteer
experiences that suit them.
ROP
Regional Occupational Program Centers offer
classes to help prepare students,16 and older,
for work by providing them training and
experience.
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At the café students can learn more from this online lesson — Volunteer.
Do Something Org
This video will get students thinking about
what they can contribute to make the world
a better place.
Road Trip Nation
Students can learn a lot about interviewing
and asking questions in this video.
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Are you ready for what’s next? pages 30-31
Edutopia
Read this essay on the power of reflection.
CA Career Briefs
Online, quick and easy active learning student
success lessons with downloadable activity pages
as well as lots of free resources.
All of your students will need some post-
secondary education/training to find
and keep a good job. This last activity
will help them put together some of the
information they have gathered in the
Just Ask! booklet, to help them take their
next steps to success.
What are 3 things you learned about yourself and what you want to do with your life, from the activities in Just Ask?
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The most important
questions in life can never
be answered by anyone
except oneself.— John Fowles
Goal Setting provides a worksheet students can
use to brainstorm goals and break them into
manageable pieces.
Hit Your Target is a goal setting activity focused on
making SMART goals.
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What’s Holding You Back?
Plenty of positive student videos that address a
variety of challenges high school students have
faced and the path their journey has taken.
If you showed the video, Five, when you started this booklet, reshow it and see if
students have different ideas about where they will be five years from today.
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“The power to question is the basis of all human progress.”
— Indira Gandhi