College and Career Exploration
Overview
This lesson is designed for high school students to learn to use available resources to assist in their college and career search.
College and Career Exploration
College and Career Exploration
Objective: Students will explore and analyze information from Career One Stop and Big Future as well as understand the benefits of using these websites in college and career decisions.
Materials:
Student Device (chromebooks, ipads, etc)
www.careeronestop.org
www.collegeboard.org/bigfuture
Standards: The South Carolina Comprehensive School Counseling and Career Guidance Model
Standard 2: School counselors should create and implement a comprehensive school counseling program that promotes student achievement.
2.1. The program should be designed to meet the needs of all students.
2.2. The program should teach student competencies and focus on student outcomes.
Standard 4: School Counselors should provide direct services to students and indirect services on behalf of the students to parents, school staff, and the community. These services must meet the academic, social/emotional, and career needs of all students.
4.6. The school counselor should have in place ongoing activities designed to assist students with their personal and post-secondary goals (i.e., Individual Graduation Planning (IGP) conferences).
Procedure:
1. Students will take the interest inventory on Career One Stop.
2. Discuss the questions on the student worksheet with the class.
3. Guiden students through the Big Future College Search.
Assessment: Students will complete the student worksheet and submit via Google Classroom. School Counselors will meet individually with students during IGP meetings to discuss results and answer any further questions.
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