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=**Career Research and Planning Project (100 points total) **=

//**Interest Inventories and Career Research Checklist:**//
 * Gather your interests, strengths, and personality traits, analyze this information, and match these factors with t wo top careers of your choice.
 * Take an Interest Inventory from two sources and print out the results.
 * Find two careers choices that match your Interest Inventories.
 * Complete the Career Planning Handouts A, B, and C using one of your career choices.
 * Understand the importance of researching career options prior to attending high school to help in the selection of high school courses.
 * Create a project of your choice to show what you have learned about this particular career.

Assignments to be handed in:

**2. Career Cluster On-Line Interest Survey**
 * 1. Interest Inventory Results (2)** (Drive Your Ride - //15 points// and Career Cluster On-Line - //10 points//)
 * **Note: Drive Your Ride will have three handouts in itself -**
 * **Interest Survey**
 * **Career Comparison Chart**
 * **Driver's license**
 * 3. Pathways High School Activities and Courses printout** (//5 points//)
 * 4. Career Planning Handouts A, B, C** (5 points each = //15 points//)
 * 5. Project of Your Choice showing what you have learned about your chosen career** (//55 points//)

//**Directions**//: Complete the instructions below.

Step 1. //**Identify**// three (3) career choices based on your interests. Please go to [|Career Cluster On-Line Interest Survey]. //**Answer**// the 16 questions with honesty. When completed, you will receive a list of 25 possible career choices. //**Print**// for future records. (10 points)

Step 2. Log onto [|Drive Your Life Career Development] website. You will need to //**set up an account,**// please use your school's name and password.


 * Do Step One: Customize Your Ride. **//Print out Your Personal Style report.//** (5 points)
 * Complete Step Two: Plan Your Drive. //**Write the three digit code**// on Your Personal Style report that matches your interests that you see on the top left corner of the Drive Your Ride screen.
 * Complete Step Three: Jump in and Drive. When you see the Career Comparison Chart, //**write down the careers**// on (Please do not choose the same careers from step 1) Your Personal Style Print Out. //**Print out your Career Comparison Chart**//. (5 points)
 * When you earn your driver's license, **//print out the driver's license and hand in for credit//**. (5 points)
 * **//Staple together these three papers and hand in for credit.//**

Step 3. Goto [|Career Pathways] find the //High School Expectation// link to find the high school courses and activities that would benefit you with your two particular career choices. //**Print**// your particular interest //Planning Ahead//. Write your name on the top of the paper and hand in for credit. (5 points)

Step 4: Note: Handouts are found in Moodle
 * Print out the **Career Planning Handouts A, B, & C** in black and white and fill in the answers. Staple all three papers together and hand in for credit. You also have the option to type in the answers, however, a completed form may not be saved so make sure you finish each handout before the end of the period. (5 points for each handout)
 * From the work above, choose one of the career choices to continue with this unit. [[image:http://derrymoodle.caiu.org/pix/s/smiley.gif]]

Step 5.

Create a **project** of your choice to show what you have learned about this particular career. Choose between: > (55 points)
 * Poster
 * Written report (min. 2 pages double-spaced)
 * Video-Movie Maker
 * Advertisement
 * Comic strip
 * Oral report (min. 2 minutes)
 * Presentation (min. 8 slides which includes title and summary slide)
 * Other - get teacher approval before starting

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 * //**Projects need to include the following information**//:
 * Name of career
 * Why have you chosen this career?
 * Which Career Cluster it falls into?
 * Suggested high school activities and courses to take
 * Education Required - degrees; years; schools
 * What experience is/may be required prior to employment?
 * Projected salary (this could be stated as a range)
 * Possible places of employment for this career (type of business, facility, etc. and possible geographical location)
 * Your possible career plan beginning with your freshman year in high school (You can place this in a numbered form or a timetable):
 * Include steps you are planning to take or goals you will work towards to successfully reach your chosen career!
 * The outlook of your profession in the next 5-10 years


 * Please feel free to ask questions about the content throughout the activity.
 * This is a class activity in which every member of the class will work individually but can collaborate with each other throughout the assignment.
 * Remember to **save** your work.
 * **At the end of the activity, each student will hand in together their Lesson One packet which contains**
 * 1) Drive Your Ride will have three printouts alone - interest survey, career comparison chart, & driver's license
 * 2)   Career Cluster On-Line Interest Survey
 * 3)   Pathways High School Activities and Courses printout
 * 4)   Career Planning Handouts A, B, C
 * 5) Career Project.


 * **Total Points for Unit:** 100
 * **Following directions thoroughly is the** //KEY to success!**//