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GRADE: 10 LESSON: 09

THEME: PLANNING FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL

LESSON GOALS:

• Help students reflect on their career interviews and/or research.
• Help students research postsecondary programs for their career goals.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

• What will I do after high school?
• How can I plan?

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• Postsecondary Worksheet (Gr 10) (next page of this lesson plan)
• Internet access KUDAR worksheet

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:

1. Discuss students’ career interviews. Your students have had the chance to conduct career information interviews or to research careers. What have they learned? What do they know about the education their career goals will require?

2. Review postsecondary options. Distribute the Postsecondary Worksheet. Ask students to use the research they’ve already conducted or to use the library or Internet to answer the questions posed by the worksheet. Students will revisit this information over the next several years as they narrow down their postsecondary choices and begin to compare different options more seriously.

3. Distribute KUDAR handout. Discuss how students can access career and college information.

STUDENT PRODUCTS:

• Students should complete a Postsecondary Worksheet and file it in their portfolios.
• With any extra time, have students review rationales.

POSTSECONDARY WORKSHEET – Gr 10

Name: ________________________ Grade: _________ Advisor: ______________________

WHAT WILL YOU DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?

What education or training will you need to achieve your goals? Use the Internet to complete this handout. Then file it in the Career Development section of your portfolio.

FIRST, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

What do you want to do? Note your career pathway and at least one potential career.

Using information from your school’s library or Career Center or from the Internet (the College Board’s “Majors and Careers Profiles may be helpful: http://www.collegeboard.com/csearch/majors_careers/profiles/) find out what type of education you’ll need after high school to realize your career goal.

To achieve my career goal, I need:

o No postsecondary education (please explain why)

o Apprenticeship

o Two-year degree

o Four-year degree

o Post-graduate degree

o Military Service

o Other

Next, determine what you will need to study in college (your major) for this career:

Finally, list at least three postsecondary institutions that offer this major:

(You may wish to identify two local schools and one that is farther from home. You may list community colleges, technical colleges, apprenticeship programs, the military, or four-year colleges.)