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Middle M/J Career Research and Decision Making

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Description

The purpose of this course is to enable students to explore careers/career clusters and make informed career choices based on results from career assessments using MyCareerShines. Course activities will enable students to increase self-awareness and develop the skills needed to successfully plan for post-secondary education and the workplace. Work-based learning strategies included in this course include interview techniques, networking tips, and resume writing.

Access the site link below to view the standards from the Florida Department of Education:

Course description: http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewCourse/Preview/13619

Additional Note: Per section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, the Career and Education Planning course must result in a completed personalized academic and career plan for the student; must emphasize technology or the application of technology in career fields; and, beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year, must provide information from the Department of Economic Opportunity's economic security report as described in section 445.07, Florida Statutes. For additional information on the Middle School Career and Education Planning course, go to http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/ced/.

 

Segment 1—Module 1 Skills•Locate, evaluate, and interpret career information. •Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.•Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. Concepts•Identify a career cluster and related pathways, through an interest assessment, that match career and education goals.Segment 1—Module 2Skills•Locate, evaluate, and interpret career information. •Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.•Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. Concepts•Identify and demonstrate processes for making short and long term goals.•Develop a career and education plan that includes short and long-term goals, high school program of study, and post-secondary/career goals. •Demonstrate knowledge of technology and its application in career fields/clusters•Describe the influences that societal, economic, and technological changes have on employment trends and future training. •Demonstrate employability skills such as working in a group, problem-solving and organizational skills, and the importance of entrepreneurship. Segment 1—Module 3Skills•Locate, evaluate, and interpret career information. •Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.•Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.Concepts •Develop a career and education plan that includes short and long-term goals, high school program of study, and post-secondary/career goals. •Understand the relationship between educational achievement and career choices/post-secondary options. Segment 1—Module 4Skills•Locate, evaluate, and interpret career information. •Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.•Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.Concepts•Demonstrate employability skills such as working in a group, problem-solving and organizational skills, and the importance of entrepreneurship.

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.