Norris School District, Curriculum

Careers 8

TITLE

Careers 8

TEXTBOOK

Career Skills, Second Edition by Joan Kelly-Plate and Ruth Volz-Patton Glencoe/Macmillian, McGraw-Hill, 1991

DESCRIPTION

This course is designed to help students develop a personal awareness of themselves and their interests in relation to possible future career choices. An exploration into career areas through class work and media of various types helps to provide information in areas of interest to the students as well as additional areas which may create new interest. This elective course is nine weeks in length.

CATEGORICAL OBJECTIVES

1. Students will study the influences of self awareness on career choice.

2. Students will study career development from the past to the present.

3. Students will participate in interest inventories as a form of career research.

4. Students will select a career and study the aspects of that career.

5. Students will study communication as a job skill.

6. Students will learn social skills required to be successful on a job.

WRITING ACTIVITIES

1. Students will write complete definitions for terms used in each chapter.

2. Students will answer the review questions for each chapter using complete sentences and proper paragraph structure.

3. Students will use library resources and transform the information into written reports which use complete sentences, proper paragraph structure, correct spelling and appropriate grammar.

4. Students will write book/magazine/news article reviews on current career issues.

MULTICULTURE ACTIVITIES

1. Students will become aware of cultural issues in relation to career development. Issues such as discrimination in hiring practices will be discussed.

2. Students will appreciate and value diverse points of view.