USING CAREER GUIDANCE TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS

DISTURBING FACTS: 8300 Number of students who drop out EACH DAY Percentage of jobs DENIED to high school dropouts Percentage of dropouts that occur in the 9 th grade 90% 36%

3 REASONS WHY 80% OF RETIRED NFL PLAYERS GO BROKE….. LACK OF COMPETENT FINANCIAL PLANNING LACK OF AWARENESS OF HOW RAPIDLY A CAREER CAN END LACK OF AWARENESS OF HOW RAPIDLY A CAREER CAN END LACK OF PREPARATION FOR A SECOND CAREER LACK OF PREPARATION FOR A SECOND CAREER

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

FOUR CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COPING WITH CHANGE COPING WITH CHANGE TEAMWORK TEAMWORK MONEY KNOWLEDGE MONEY KNOWLEDGE

JOSH’S BROKEN GUITAR

COMMUNICATION

“WAIT…I’LL TEXT YOU THE NEXT PLAY!”

EMPLOYMENT QUICK TIPS AND STRATEGIES

COPING WITH CHANGE “A WOMAN WHO CUTS HER HAIR IS ABOUT TO CHANGE HER LIFE.” COCO CHANEL

WHEN THE WINDS OF CHANGE BLOW, SOME PEOPLE BUILD WALLS AND OTHERS BUILD WINDMILLS CHINESE PROVERB

CAREER CLUSTER ASSESSMENT

STUDENTS MAY HAVE TO CHANGE INITIAL JOB SELECTION

ALIGN PLAN OF STUDY WITH CAREER INTEREST

TEAMWORK

“IT IS LITERALLY TRUE THAT YOU CAN SUCCEED BEST AND QUICKEST BY….. HELPING OTHERS TO SUCCEED.” NAPOLEON HILL

VIRTUAL JOB SHADOWING

CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH EMPLOYERS

RESUME CREATOR

CREATE A PORTFOLIO

MONEY KNOWLEDGE “TOO MANY PEOPLE SPEND MONEY THEY HAVEN’T EARNED, TO BUY THINGS THEY DON’T WANT, TO IMPRESS PEOPLE THEY DON’T LIKE.” WILL SMITH

REALITY CHECK

ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY

SHOW ME THE MONEY

AID AND AWARDS FOR S.C. RESIDENTS

POWER SCHOOL INTEGRATION

REMEMBER…….. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE SOMEONE’S LIFE SIMPLY BY THE WORDS YOU SPEAK!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! James E. Deal Director of SCOIS State Department of Education Student Intervention Services