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GRADE: 11                             LESSON: 11

 

THEME: PLANNING FOR LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL

 

 

LESSON GOALS:           

 

  • Help students review their Academic Goals and postsecondary plans.
  • Incorporate these Academic Goals and students’ career and postsecondary explorations into a draft High School & Beyond Plan Checklist.

 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:     

 

  • What do I want to do in the future?
  • How can I plan?

 

MATERIALS NEEDED:

 

  • Academic Goals Handout
  • Current Grade Report
  • High School & Beyond Plan Checklist (Gr 11)

 

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:  

 

  1. Discuss students’ goals for the year. Hand out current grades and have students retrieve the Academic Goals they developed from their portfolios. Lead students in a discussion about their goals and their current grades. What did they hope to achieve this year? Are they succeeding? What kind of help do they need to achieve their goals? Are they following their own plans for reaching their goals?  What about their plans for senior year?

 

  1. Review the High School & Beyond Plan. Students graduating from high school in 2008 and after are required by OSPI to complete a High School & Beyond Plan. The format of that plan is up to the individual district, but it must include information on: students’ personal stories, their learning styles and plans, their goals for high school, and their goals for life after high school. Explain that students will have the opportunity to complete a detailed checklist now so that next year it will be easy to complete the plan.

 

  1. Complete a DRAFT High School & Beyond Plan Checklist. Distribute copies of the High School & Beyond Plan Checklists. Ask students to answer the questions on the handout. Tell them to use the work they’ve done this year in advisory to help them.

 

STUDENT PRODUCTS:        

 

  • High School & Beyond Plan Checklist. Each student should complete a checklist and file it in his or her portfolio.

 

 

HIGH SCHOOL & BEYOND PLAN CHECKLIST – GR 11

 

 

 

Name: ________________________ Grade: _________   Advisor: ______________________

 

CAREER PATHWAY: Which career interest have you selected?

 

o      Agriculture, Science, and Natural Resources

o      Art, Media, Communications, and Design

o      Business, Management, and Finance

o      Education, Social, and Health Services

o      Engineering, Science, and Technology

 

Career(s) of Interest:                                                                                                    

 

                                                                                                                                   

 

CAREER RESEARCH: Steps you have taken to be able to pursue a career that interests you:

 

o      Registered for electives in my pathway (details):                                               

 

                                                                                                                       

 

o      Updated resume (or will update senior year):                                                      

 

o      Conducted career interviews (list):                                                                     

 

o      Completed a job shadow:                                                                                  

 

o      Obtained summer job or internship:                                                                    

 

 

POSTSECONDARY RESEARCH: Your postsecondary plan based on the educational requirements for your top career choice (check as many as apply):

 

o      No more education needed (explain why):                                                          

 

o      Apprenticeship – Length, details:                                                                       

 

o      Two-year degree (AA or AS) – Major:                                                             

 

o      Four-year degree (BA or BS) – Major:                                                              

 

o      Postgraduate degree – Describe:                                                                       

 

 

POSTSECONDARY PLANNING: Postsecondary institutions you have researched (list institution and the major you wish to pursue; list military here – branch of service and job choice – if you wish to enlist):

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

                                                                                                                                               

 

 

POSTSECONDARY PREPARATION: Steps you have completed or plan to take:

 

o      Postsecondary visits, workplace interviews or discussions with a recruiter

o      PSAT or PLAN (for 4-year college)

o      SAT Reasoning, SAT Subject Tests and/or ACT (for 4-year college)    

o      ASSET and/or COMPASS (for community or technical college)

o      ASVAB (for military)

 

 

FINANCIAL PREPARATION: Steps you have taken or will take to prepare yourself for the future:

 

o      Have completed the FAFSA 4Caster (and/or full FAFSA) with parents

o      Have researched scholarship opportunities

o      Have researched tuition and living expenses at postsecondary institutions listed above

o      Have started a savings or checking account and/or obtained a debit card

o      Have researched insurance issues related to turning 18: health and auto

 

 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Steps you have taken or will take to become involved in the community:

 

o      Have begun or completed __ hours of volunteer service:                                                             

o      Have registered to vote (when 18)

o      Have registered with Selective Service (for males, when 18)

 

BEYOND PLAN – BACKUP PLAN: Please describe briefly below what you hope to do after graduation AND what you will do if that plan doesn’t work out.