career-portfolio-to-enhance-career-maturity-thompson-holmboe

Slide 1: 

Governor’s Institute for Career Education and Work June 16, 2009 Michael D. Thompson Director of Counseling and Career Development Middletown Area School District Pathways to Pride Program Connecting Careers, Curriculum & Character Education

Slide 3: 

Using the Graduation Project with a Career Development Focus

Slide 4: 

Program Description Curriculum Integration Portfolio Development Monitoring the System Topics of Discussion

Slide 5: 

The Graduation Project at Middletown High School is a comprehensive multidisciplinary effort designed to help students prepare for life after graduation. A committee of teachers, counselors and administrators meets monthly to plan the specific career development activities within and outside of the classroom. Students are guided by counselors, advisors and teachers through the process of investigating career fields and the related training necessary to achieve those careers. Program Description

Slide 6: 

Curriculum Integration

Slide 7: 

The curriculum addresses many of the student activities required for the graduation project throughout high school. Therefore students benefit from the expertise of subject area specialists. Some activities will require independent student research Academic Departments involved with activities: Business Social Studies Language Arts Curriculum Integration

Slide 8: 

Stand alone Career Development Course Futures I-9 th grade (Business Department) Self Assessments *access.bridges.com Occupational Searches Choices and Planner Post-Secondary Searches Career Software Resume Building Job Skills Pathways Exploration Futures II-10 th grade (Business Department) Courses use Choices software Planning for connecting personality to career to post-secondary opportunities leading to a successful career are covered in these courses. Focus is on the recently adopted Career Education and Work Standards Curriculum Integration

Slide 9: 

Social Studies Department-11 th Grade Shadow Day-Fall Junior College Fair-Spring Both programs delivered and discussed in Social Studies Curriculum Integration

Slide 10: 

Language Arts Department-12 th Grade Senior Interview Workshop-Fall Interview Skills Resume Writing Workshop-Winter Career Action Plan-Spring Curriculum Integration

Slide 11: 

Portfolio Development

Slide 12: 

Every student beginning in the 9 th grade Career Futures Course receives a Career Portfolio. Located in the inside sleeve are a list of required items that must be completed and documented for students by grade. This becomes a record of progress that a student makes towards their individual career goals. Portfolio Development

Slide 13: 

Students will complete an interest assessment, occupational search and a post-secondary search each year through a course or with their counselor The Differential Aptitude Test and the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery are used to assess abilities and skills in grades 9 and 11 Preferences and work Values are also assessed using the “Do What You Are” Personality Assessment in Futures II-grade 10. These are linked to the 6 Holland Types. Portfolio Development

Slide 14: 

The culminating activity of the Graduation Project is a written Career Action Plan and Oral presentation. This is completed by the end of the first semester in 12 th grade Rubrics developed by the Grad Project Committee guides the student through the process. Students will review their portfolio and record of assessments, accomplishments and experiences to develop a cohesive post secondary plan. Portfolio Development

Slide 15: 

Monitoring the System

Slide 16: 

Monitoring the Career Portfolio is the ultimate responsibility of each student. The monitoring process is initiated at the beginning of each school year in homeroom/advisory. Counselors receive a list of missing activities in the portfolio. Parents and students will be notified at the end of the 1 st Quarter on their report card. During the 12 th grade a team of teachers and business partners evaluate the oral presentations of the student career action plans. The committee evaluates the contents of the portfolio. Students completing all of these items become candidates for graduation by the end of quarter three in Grade 12. Monitoring the System

Slide 17: 

PA Standards for Career Education and Work

Slide 18: 

Career Futures Course-9 th Career Futures Course 10 th Shadow Program Program-11 th Junior Post-Secondary Fair-11 th Career Action Plan-12 th 13.1.11 Career Awareness and Planning PA Standards for Career Education and Work

Slide 19: 

Career Futures I Course-Job Skills Unit-9th Career Futures II Course-Planning, researching, and obtaining a career-10th (looking for a job, interview process, resumes) Senior Interview Workshop on Interviewing and Resume Writing Career Action Plan Oral Presentation-12th 13.2.11 Career Acquisition-Getting a Job PA Standards for Career Education and Work

Slide 20: 

Career Futures Course-Job Skills Unit-9th Career Futures Course-Soft Skills, The Team Concept-10th Senior Interview Workshop on Job Retention-12th Economics & English-Resume Writing and Interview Skills Career Action Plan Oral Presentation- 12th PA Standards for Career Education and Work 13.3.11 Keeping a Job

Slide 21: 

Career Futures I Course 9 th Entrepreneurship Unit Entrepreneurship Course-21 st Century Skills-11th Economics- Unit on writing a business plan 13.4.11 Entrepreneurship PA Standards for Career Education and Work

Challenges for The Future: 

Challenges for The Future To teach all of the Career and Work Standards in all discipline areas To provide professional development to all staff so that they will provide a greater degree of contextual learning and make their subject relevant and vital for their students in the changing economy of the 21 st Century As Middletown Area High School develops its Career Pathways Program. The Graduation Project as a true Transition Plan for all of our students

Slide 23: 

Mr. Michael D. Thompson, Director of Counseling & Career Development Middletown Area High School 1155 North Union Street Middletown, PA 17057 (717) 948-3333 ext. 6006 mthompson@raiderweb.org