9th Grade Career Exploration

Skills, Abilities and Interests

Using the Skills and Careers Bulletin Board and the website Occupation Outlook Handbook, students will be able to choose a career based on their current skills, abilities and interests and write a one page paper describing the career and how their skills, interests and abilities would be used in this career with 80% accuracy according to the rubric.

Objective:

Part 1: Identify with a skill and interest. Follow this skill and interest to part 2

Part 2: Choose a career from the cluster of your skills and interests. Follow to part 3

Part 3: Discover educational requirements and salary ranges for this career.

Skills and Careers Bulletin Board

Students were asked to relate a skill and interest they have to the skills and interest learning center. Once they identified with a specific skill and interest they were asked to choose a career they would be interested in from a career cluster. After choosing a career they discovered educational requirements and salary ranges for that career.

Directions For Activity: Discovery

Once the students chose a career, they were directed to the web site http://www.bls.gov/OCO/ in order to research their career. Research included:

Skills and abilities neededDescription of CareerNature of workPersonal opinion

Directions for Activity: Research

Explore the career in Occupational Outlook Handbook

Write a one page paper describing skills needed for this career

Describe the career and the nature of workDescribe how this career interests you with

your opinion of this career after learning about it.

Directions for Activity: Paper

Active Learning Center

9th Grade Four sections of Career Exploration 87

studentsHalf Year

Class Information:

Allowed students to explore their interestsDescribed skills and interests leading to

careersWritten report proved understanding Students displayed creativityStudents responded positively toward the

activity

Benefits

Some time wasted due to allowing students to research on their own

Some confusion with groups viewing the active learning center at the same time

Drawbacks

Statistics of 87 Students33 Students 90% or greater29 Students 80-89%6 Students 70-79%9 Students under 70%10 Students yet to complete

Small groups at the Learning CenterIntroduce and discuss activity before allowing

groups to learning centerHelp those who need direction with exploring

their skills and interests.

Tips and Guidlines

Questions?