1. USING CAREER GUIDANCE TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH CRITICAL LIFE SKILLS

2. 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. 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

4. Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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

6. JOSH’S BROKEN GUITAR

7. COMMUNICATION

8. “WAIT…I’LL TEXT YOU THE NEXT PLAY!”

9. EMPLOYMENT QUICK TIPS AND STRATEGIES

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

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

12. CAREER CLUSTER ASSESSMENT

13. STUDENTS MAY HAVE TO CHANGE INITIAL JOB SELECTION

14. ALIGN PLAN OF STUDY WITH CAREER INTEREST

15. TEAMWORK

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

17. VIRTUAL JOB SHADOWING

18. CONNECTING STUDENTS WITH EMPLOYERS

19. RESUME CREATOR

20. CREATE A PORTFOLIO

21. 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

22. REALITY CHECK

23. ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL LITERACY

24. SHOW ME THE MONEY

25. AID AND AWARDS FOR S.C. RESIDENTS

26. POWER SCHOOL INTEGRATION

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

28. THANK YOU SO MUCH! James E. Deal Director of SCOIS State Department of Education Student Intervention Services 1-800-264-9038jdeal@ed.sc.gov