Why Your Mentor Wants You to Get Good Grades

One thought, you might want to focus a tad more on is exactly how much money they will need to survive post-high school.  Maybe a simple visual for one thing, say transporation.  You could show cost to ride the bus for a year, cost to buy and maintain a beater car and cost to buy and maintain a nice car.    Oh, I think it's good to show what happens if you don't go to college and what kinds of jobs would then be available. Possibly a table of diff types of jobs and their salaries

In Colorado from September 2013 through August 2014, the average unemployment rate for those with less than a high school diploma was 8.9 percent; the rate for those who completed high school was 5.2 percent. For those with some post-secondary training, it dropped to 4.7 percent. (http://www.denverpost.com/smart/ci_26893850/career-building-trades-retains-strong-attraction-students#)

Students who end their ninth grade year on-track (that is, having enough credits to be promoted to tenth grade and having earned no more than one semester F in a core course) are almost four times more likely to graduate from high school than those who are off-track. In fact, a student’s on-track status is more predictive of high school graduation than their race/ethnicity, level of poverty, or test scores. http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/publications/On-Track%20Validation%20RS.pdf DON’T USE THIS SLIDE IF STUDENTS ALREADY HAVE MORE THAN 1 F, BECAUSE IT’S POTENTIALLY TOTALLY DEMOTIVATING.

Agenda Part 1: You And Your Responsibilities Part 2: Stuff You Need Part 3: Where Does Money Come From? Part 4: So Let’s Talk About Jobs Part 5: What’s My Point?

Part 1: You And Your Responsibilities

How old are you?

How old are you? -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Years Ago Years in the Future

What responsibilities do you have NOW that you didn’t have 4 years ago? Years Ago Years in the Future

What responsibilities do you have NOW that you didn’t have 4 years ago? What responsibilities will you have in 4 years that you don’t have now? -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Years Ago Years in the Future

(Hold That Thought; We’ll Get Back to It.)

Part 2: Stuff You Need

What Are These Things?

(So, what are these things?)

What Do You Need to Have Them?

What Do You Need to Have Them?

(Pause.)

Part 3: Where Does Money Come From?

Where Does This Come From Right Now?

Where Will This Come From In 4 Years? -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Where Will This Come From In 4 Years?

Where Will This Come From In 4 Years? -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Where Will This Come From In 4 Years?

-4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 How Will You

-4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 How Will You Get This

-4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 How Will You Get This So You Can Have This?

And…

(Pause.)

Part 4: So Let’s Talk About Jobs

-4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4

There are some jobs that you qualify for now, & will be able to get in 4 years… …Even if you don’t finish high school.

An if you don’t finish high school, you can always go back and get your GED. But if you know people who have done this or tried to do this, talk to them, before you plan on not finishing school! It’s not easy! DPS dropout rate: 45%

There are some jobs that you will be able to get… If you graduate from high school.

If you graduate from high school… You can always go back to school later in life, and get a certificate, or a 2-year degree, or 4-year degree, etc. People do this… Because they want to get a better job, and/or Because they want to learn more about something that interests them.

There are some jobs that you will be able to get… If you graduate from high school… …and get a certificate or a 2-year degree.

If you graduate from high school and get a certificate or a 2-year degree… …You can always go back to school later in life, and get 4-year degree, etc. People do this… Because they want to get a better job, and/or Because they want to learn more about something that interests them.

There are some jobs that you will be able to get… If you graduate from high school… …and get a diploma from a 4-year college.

If you graduate from high school and get a diploma from a 4-year college… …You can always go back to school later in life, and get more education, like an M.D. (doctor), J.D. (lawyer), Ph.D. (college professor), D.V.M. (veterinarian), M.Div. (pastor) or others . People do this… Because they want to get a better job, and/or Because they want to learn more about something that interests them.

(Pause.)

Part 5: That Was A Lot of Information. What’s My Point?

Remember This Slide…?

-4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 How Will You Get This So You Can Have This?

The Answer Is…

Get You Less or More of This And of Course, Different Jobs Get You Less or More of This

…without finishing high school $23,000 Jobs you can get… Average Annual Salary …without finishing high school $23,000 …with a high school diploma $30,000 …with a certificate or 2-year degree $34,000 …with a 4-year college degree $47,000 …with a Master’s degree or higher $60,000 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=77; “Median annual earnings of full-time year-round wage and salary workers ages 25–34, by educational attainment: 1995–2012” (Adapted)

How Much You Need to Make to Support… Average Annual Salary …Just you $19,296 http://www.selfsufficiencystandard.org/pubs.html (2011 numbers)

How Much You Need to Make to Support… Average Annual Salary …Just you $19,296 …Just you and a baby $39,381 http://www.selfsufficiencystandard.org/pubs.html (2011 numbers)

Different Jobs Have Different Paths That Lead to Them. OtherJobs. Doing a certificate or a 2-year degree Some Jobs. Other Jobs. Graduating From High School Not finishing High School OtherJobs. Doing a 4-year college degree Getting more degrees -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Years Ago Years in the Future Other Jobs.

The Not-So-Serious News is That You DON’T Have to Decide Now What You Want For A Job.

The Serious News is That You DO Have to Decide Some Things. Now The Serious News is That You DO Have to Decide Some Things. Now. And Every Day, Starting Now.

YOU Have to Decide:

Does This Look Familiar?:

Too Many of These…

Will Give You…

X Just One Path. -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Some Jobs. OtherJobs. Some Jobs. Doing a certificate or a 2-year degree Other Jobs. Graduating From High School Not finishing High School OtherJobs. X Doing a 4-year college degree Getting more degrees -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Years Ago Years in the Future Other Jobs.

Lots of These…

Will Give You…

Lots of Paths. OtherJobs. Doing a certificate or a 2-year degree Some Jobs. Other Jobs. Graduating From High School Not finishing High School OtherJobs. Doing a 4-year college degree Getting more degrees -4 -3 -2 -1 NOW 1 2 3 4 Years Ago Years in the Future Other Jobs.

So:

Think, NOW, about how many choices you want to have in 4 years. Years Ago Years in the Future And talk to your mentor about what you are thinking. Your mentor can help you get what you want.

(Useful websites.) http://www.gwhscounseling.com/career-planning.html http://www.mynextmove.org/find/zone http://www.bls.gov/oco/ https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/majors-careers

(Useful websites.) https://statfuse.com/college-chances