1. Best Postsecondary Options 8 th Grade Career & Postsecondary & Exploration #4

2. Pre-Test 1.What are two types of degrees offered in Accounting at a two-year college? 2.What is AAS degree an acronym for? 3.How much of your academic caseload must be in liberal arts or science for an AS degree?

3. Objectives Two Year Colleges – Community and Technical Colleges Iseek – Accounting Two-Year Degree Example – Alexandria Technical and Community College Example Update Postsecondary Plan – Admissions Readiness Update Naviance – Colleges I am Interested In

4. Review 1.One career cluster – Health Sciences 2.One of the fastest growing career clusters – Health Sciences 3.Average annual salary for a surgeon – $184,150

5. Two-Year Colleges Have many good options Degrees to work or a four-year college For Accounting – Associate’s in Applied Science » One-third of work in science or liberal arts – Associate's in Science » Half of work in science or liberal arts

6. Google iseek Careers

7. iseek: Career Clusters

8. Finance Career Cluster

9. Finance Careers

10. Accounting Field of Study

11. Colleges That Offer Accounting

12. Alexandria Technical & Community

13. Alexandria General Information

14. Alexandria Home Page

15. Update Postsecondary Plan

16. Explore Related College Majors Investigate Related College Majors Iseek Explore Career Clusters page on Naviance Gain awareness of more colleges That have your majors of interest Add colleges to Postsecondary Plan Your “colleges I am thinking about” list

17. Classroom Discussion Related College Majors of interest New colleges of interest Add colleges to – Postsecondary Plan – Your “colleges I am thinking about” list

18. Post-Test 1.What are two types of degrees offered in Accounting at a two-year college? 2.What is AAS degree an acronym for? 3.How much of your academic caseload must be in liberal arts or science for an AS degree?

19. Review 1.Two types of degrees offered in Accounting at a two-year college – AAS and AS 2.AAS degree an acronym for – Associate of Applied Science 3.Amount of academic caseload that must be in liberal arts or science for an AS degree – Half of your academic caseload