1 / 17

From here to your career

From here to your career. Your Career Preparation Path. Based on your P*A*T*H Prepares you for various employment options Allows you to develop a wide range of transferable skills Helps you adapt to the changing employment markets Includes a plan for life long learning.

oglesby
Télécharger la présentation

From here to your career

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. From here to your career

  2. Your Career Preparation Path • Based on your P*A*T*H • Prepares you for various employment options • Allows you to develop a wide range of transferable skills • Helps you adapt to the changing employment markets • Includes a plan for life long learning

  3. Requirements for Your Career • Skills • Experience • Abilities & Personality • Education / Training • Make sure you match options to requirements

  4. Education / Training Path • Career Preparation Provider • Any training program, school, institution, individual, or business that offers career preparation instructions. • Examples: • Colleges / Universities, Tech Prep., Career Tech, On the job training, etc.

  5. Selecting a Career Preparation Program • Reputation • Accreditation • Ensures a basic level of quality in postsecondary schools or programs. • Offerings • Cost • Campus Culture • Determine Entrance Requirements

  6. Begin Implementing Your Career Plan • Follow your P*A*T*H • Research career fields • Interview successful people who work in fields that interest you. • Examine programs and schools that can help your career plan.

  7. Implementing Your Career Plan • High School Courses • Core requirements, electives, Credit Tracker • Plan Activities • Extracurricular, volunteering, part-time job • Decide about Jobs • Part-time job, summer job, seasonal help • Manage Your Time

  8. Apply for Admission • Complete Application • Check it over! Mail & include Fees • Official Transcript • School sealed & original school official signature • Resume • Letters of Recommendations • By a teacher, coach, employer, co-worker, school officials, community leaders • Essay or Letter

  9. Cost of Education / Training • FAFSA- Free Application for Financial Student Aid • Apply for needed-base scholarships, grants, loans, or work-study programs. • Uses information from the income tax returns of your parents. • Must be submitted by a specific date to be eligible.

  10. Cost of Education / Training • SAR- Student Aid Report • Results of the FAFSA process • Includes a EFC • EFC- Expected Family Contribution • The amount you and your family should contribute to your education or training • Determines the amount of financial aid they offer students.

  11. FAFSA Website

  12. Financial Need / Eligibility • Be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen • Have a valid Social Security number • Register (if you haven't already) with the Selective Service, if you're a male between the ages of 18 and 25 • Maintain satisfactory academic progress in college or career school • Show you're qualified to obtain a postsecondary education

  13. Applying for FAFSA 1. Gather the documents needed to apply. • income tax returns (yours and most likely your parents), W-2 forms, and other records of income, and • identification documents (social security cards, drivers licenses). 2. Apply at www.fafsa.ed.gov 3. Get free info & help from counselor, website, financial aid advisors, teachers, etc.

  14. Financial Aid • Scholarship • Money provided for your education that you do not have to repay. • May be awarded on the basis of need, academic achievement, or a combination of the two. • Renewable scholarships, requirements must be met • Many people, organizations give out scholarships

  15. Financial Aid • Grant • Money provided by the government, schools, or private donors. • EX: Pell Grants • Do not have to repay grants • Must meet standards and qualifications set by the provider of the grant.

  16. Financial Aid • Loan • Money that must be repaid!! • Available from the federal government, state government, and financial institutions. • Government-sponsored loans have the lowest interest • May need a cosigner (the person responsible for paying back the loan if you fail to make payments)

  17. Financial Aid • Work-Study Program • Pays students for qualified on- or off- campus jobs. • Funded through the school and awarded as part of a financial aid package. • You must show financial need and apply for the opening approved by the school.

More Related