1. Assignment #7- A Lesson Plan
Developing A Career Plan

2. Discover Your Interests
Through the use of Career Cruising students will discover their interests.
Select Career Matchmaker – answer 39 questions which will provide careers based on student answers.

3. Career Scavenger Hunt Choose a career of interest.
Fill in the following fields by using the Internet, a newspaper, or a personal contact:
Education needed
A school that offers this course of study
A current trend that will affect this field
A job listing in this field
One thing I have learned about this field
A great source of information about this field

4. Develop Your Career Goal
Create a power point -
Include the following information

5. Introduction Where did you grow up? Who and what have influenced you?
Who are you?
Where did you grow up?
Who and what have influenced you?
What is important to you?

6. What do you want for yourself?
Your Dream
What do you want for yourself?
List at least two nonmaterial dreams.
Example: good health, loving family.
List at least two material dreams:
Example: a new car, a home of my own

7. Personal Strengths What are your personal strengths and skills?
Strengths you have.
Strengths you need to develop.
Skills you have.
Skills you need to develop.

8. Industry Information What is the career that interests you?
What do you know about its job market?
What education, training, and skills will you need to be successful?

9. Present Your Career Plan
Create a time line showing the steps you will need to take in order to complete your career plan. Include what may have to happen in the following years:
Freshman year of high school.
Sophomore year of high school.
Junior year of high school.
Senior year of high school.
College/technical school/on the job training.

10. You Have Done It!
Include images that show your chosen career in action.
Add words that are inspirational as one works to reach their career goal.
Dream
Achieve
Effort
Believe