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Career Cruising in your Classroom

Career Cruising in your Classroom. Kerri Bowles Region 8 ESC. Workshop Agenda. Item #1. Item #2. Item #3. What is Career Cruising? Background Information. Career Cruising Assessments Career Matchmaker, Ability Profiler, Skills Inventory, Learning Styles Inventory.

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Career Cruising in your Classroom

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  1. Career Cruising in your Classroom Kerri Bowles Region 8 ESC

  2. Workshop Agenda Item #1 Item #2 Item #3 What is Career Cruising?Background Information Career Cruising AssessmentsCareer Matchmaker, Ability Profiler, Skills Inventory, Learning Styles Inventory Career & School InformationInformation available Activities & Lesson PlansImplementation Portfolios & Communication ToolsUsing Career Cruising as a communication tool Item #3 Item #4

  3. What is Career Cruising?? • Exceptional Interest Assessment • In-depth Occupation Profiles • Multimedia Informational Interviews • Comprehensive College, University, and Financial Aid Information • Engaging Career Portfolio Tool • Career Advisor Management System • Printable Lesson Plans, Assignments, and Worksheets Great tools for your classrooms! You have it….. Put it to use!

  4. Career Matchmaker • Proven - Matchmaker is based on a system that has been the world's leading computer-based career matching tool for over 30 years. • Easy to understand – Your students receive clear feedback on why individual careers may or may not suit their interests or skills. • Interactive - Participating in the matching process creates an opportunity for learning and self-awareness. • Flexible – Your students can complete anywhere from 39 to 116 interest-related questions, and can complete the optional My Skills component. • Intelligent - Matchmaker creates customized sets of questions for each user. • Accessible – Your students can save their work and log back in from home or wherever they have access to the Internet.

  5. Self Awareness and Learning • Career Matchmaker provides clear and helpful personal feedback. • Matchmaker not only suggests suitable occupations, it also shows how each of those occupations matches personal and work interests. • This practical and individualized feedback helps make the matching process a meaningful and empowering experience. • If the student completes the My Skills component, Matchmaker will also show how their skills match up with those required for each occupation, helping to see which skills they may need to develop.

  6. Other Assessments My Skills Learning Styles Ability Profiler • Rate your level of skill in 45 key areas to see how your skills match up with the careers that you are interested in. • Discover how you learn and retain information and find tips on how to improve your study habits to suit your learning style. • Learn more about your abilities and see how your abilities compare to those used in careers that interest you.

  7. Portfolio Tool • Career Cruising's Portfolio Tool allows you to save and organize your career exploration activities, develop an education plan, and create a resume. • With the Portfolio, you can: • Save Matchmaker results and other assessment results • Bookmark careers and schools that interest you • Create a personalized high school plan • Develop a post-secondary education plan • Establish short-term and long-term career goals • Record career development activities, such as internships, volunteer work, career fairs, etc. • Document work experience, extracurricular activities, skills and abilities, and awards • Upload and store documents such as essays, reference letters, or scanned art work • Create a customized, professional resume

  8. In Depth Occupation Profiles • Career Cruising contains detailed information on hundreds of occupations—from Actuary to Zoologist. • Each profile includes: • Job description • Working conditions • Earnings • Education and training requirements • Direct links to related college programs • Sample career path • Related jobs • Other resources • Multimedia interviews

  9. Multimedia Interviews • Each career profile features two multimedia interviews with real people in that occupation. • Some benefits of the multimedia interview format: • Compelling - Users of all ages find multimedia (photographs, sound and video clips) more engaging than standard text descriptions. • Personal Perspective - The personal insights and experiences of real working people complement the more general occupation information. • Useful Preparation - The interviews provide a useful introduction and framework for users who would like to conduct their own informational interviews. • Practical - Users get to see what occupations are really like at a very practical, concrete, and personal level. • Convenient - Career Cruising provides easy access to informational interviews for every occupation without having to arrange expensive field trips or bring in hundreds of guest speakers.

  10. Explore Colleges & Universities • Career Cruising provides comprehensive information on thousands of 2-year colleges, 4-year colleges, and career and technical schools across the country. • The school profiles include: • School overview (including type, location, setting, website) • Admission requirements and contact information • Estimated expenses • Enrollment and freshman profile • Details on libraries, housing, and other facilities • Clubs and social organizations • Intercollegiate athletics, intramural sports, and athletic scholarships • Majors offered

  11. Financial Aid Information • Career Cruising's financial aid database includes details on thousands of scholarships, grants, awards, fellowships, and other assistance programs. Using our Financial Aid Selector, you can find financial aid programs that you qualify for based on factors such as gender, background, academic record, educational plans, and more. • Scholarship profiles include: • Award and donor/sponsor descriptions • Award criteria • Application process and requirements • Contact information

  12. Lesson Plans Career Cruising has many built in lesson plans as well as many possibilities for expansion of ideas!

  13. Classroom Ideas • Other lesson plans: • Math – use the career information to create graphs/charts comparing salary information between levels of jobs or across states • ELA – research/write about careers related to current CTE course • Geography – compare job potential by US region • Communication – present information about selected career • Built In Lesson Plans: • School Subjects & Careers • Using Career Matchmaker • Career IQ – What you know • Career Fair Project • Career Interview Project • Work Skills • Creating a Resume • College Research Project

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