Career Advisement: FOCUS ON THE FUTURE

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Career AdvisementFOCUS ON THE FUTURE
TULSA TECH TULSA, OKLAHOMA Career Cluster
Institute, 2009 Fort Worth, Texas
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OVERVIEW
Establishing School Partnerships Memorandum of
Understanding Trust and Common Goal Career
Advisement Individual Student Needs Scope
and Sequence of Program Follow-Up Connecting
with the Student Feedback on Programs and
Process Digging for Gold
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Establishing School Partnerships
Establishing Partnerships

• NOT Recruitment
• Common Goals Student Success
• Enriching the School Environment
• Commitment from both Institutions
• Time
• Resources
• People
• Career Cluster Plans of Study for All Students
• Academic Integration and Success for All Students

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Establishing School Partnerships
COMMON GOALS
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Establishing School Partnerships
School Environment
Students are ready to learn in school? to
develop academic skills and knowledge? for
challenging high school academic and career
studies? for college, work and continued
learning?
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Establishing School Partnerships
Commitment from Both Schools to 3 MAJOR GOALS
(1)    Aligning classroom expectations with those
of employers and postsecondary institutions. (2)  
  Broadening the definition of rigor to include
the ability to apply academic knowledge and
skills to address authentic activities, projects
and problems. (3)    Improving the transition
from the home high school to the technology
center.
Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) is a model to
assist shared-time technology centers in
reviewing actions needed to produce high-demand,
high-skills graduates who will be leaders in
their selected careers. 
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Time, Resources, and People

• Assigned Career Advisor
• Resources for Presentations
• Customized Plans of Study
• Assistance in Guidance Career/ Academic
• Assistance in Pre-Enrollment
• Assistance in Test Analysis
• Assistance in Academic Integration
• Assistance in Career Exploration

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Establishing School Partnerships
Student Services

• Career Cluster Plans of Study for All Students
• Customized Plan of Study
• Correlating Career Interests with Course
  Selection
• Correlating Tech Programs with Career
  Interests
• Organizing Educational Plan to meet
  Graduation and Tech Program Goals
• Academic Integration and Success for All Students

• Oklahoma Department of Education Priority
  Academic Student Skills
• Oklahoma Department of Career Tech Skills
• Job Skills
• College Readiness Skills
• Academic Success and Career Readiness
  Success
• Math and Reading Emphasis
• Program Development

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Interpretive Visuals
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Using Your EXPLORE Results Student Guide to
EXPLORE
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EXPLORE Score Report Side 1
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Your Scores
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Your High School Course PlansCompared to Core
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Your Career Possibilities
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EXPLORE Score Report Side 2
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Your Skills
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What do I do now?

• Now that youve taken EXPLORE, you know much more
  about your skills, career interests, and
  readiness for college. Using your Score Report,
  ask yourself some questions
• Does my high school course plan include
  challenging college prep courses?
• What skills do I need to work on to be sure I am
  on target for college?
• How can I learn more about careers that interest
  me?

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TCTW Goals

• Increase to 85 percent the percentages of
  students who meet career and college-readiness
  goals in reading, mathematics and science.
• Increase the percentages of career tech students
  who perform at the Proficient level to at least
  50 percent in reading, mathematics and science.
• Increase the percentages of career tech center
  graduates who complete a CT concentration and
  enter employment within the field for which they
  were prepared and who enter postsecondary studies.

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TCTW Goals

• Increase to 95 percent the percentages of high
  school students who enter the technology center
  in grade 11 and graduate on time.
• Advance policies and leadership initiatives that
  sustain a continuous school improvement effort.
• Work with middle schools to use assessments to
  guide students in creating programs of study that
  prepare students for high school and career tech
  center.

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Interpretive Visuals
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• Understanding Your PLAN Results
• Preparing for Success

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How has the PLAN test helped me?

• PLAN shows you your strengths and weaknesses in
  English, math, reading, and science
• PLAN lets you know if youre on target for
  college
• PLAN helps you find careers that match your
  interests
• PLAN helps you prepare for the ACT

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Using Your PLAN ResultsStudent Guide to PLAN
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PLAN Score Report Side 1
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Student/School Information
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Your Scores

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Your Estimated ACT Composite Score Range
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Your High School Course Plans Compared to Core
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College Readiness
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Profile for Success
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Your Reported Needs
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Your Career Possibilities
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PLAN Score ReportSide 2
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Review Your Answers
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Your Skills
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www.planstudent.org
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Lastly, what do I do now?

• Now that youve taken PLAN, you know much more
  about your skills, career interests, and
  readiness for college. Using your PLAN Score
  Report, ask yourself some questions
• Am I on target for college?
• What skills do I need to improve to be ready for
  college?
• Am I taking a rigorous core curriculum?
• What careers interest me most?

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Career Majors
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Academic Integration Rubric
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College Readiness

• Postsecondary Transitions
• Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology
  Education supports school improvement efforts
  aimed at increasing the number of Oklahoma
  students who pursue and complete post-secondary
  credentials, licensure and degrees, that are
  critical to the states economic vitality and
  growth. The goal of the Post-Secondary
  Transition Grant is to provide funding for the
  development and implementation of a climate for
  postsecondary success by
• Helping students create a vision for their future
• Holding all students to common college readiness
  standards
• Providing secondary to post secondary transition
  support
• Reducing college remediation rate for CTE
  students
• Increasing college going rate for CTE students in
  high-skill, high-wage degree areas
• Engaging CTE students in rigorous academic and
  technical courses
• Increasing family participation in students
  academic and career preparation
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College Readiness(Component of Individualized
Career Plan)

• Complete FAFSA
• Confirm OHLAP
• Review Graduation Requirements
• Register for ACT
• Complete Tulsa Tech Pre-Enrollment form
• Enroll in Tulsa Techs Alliance (Co-enrollment
  form)
• Apply for Tulsa Community College
• Complete Tulsa Achieves Application
• Apply for OTAG
• Request final transcript to be sent to college

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Additional College Readiness

• Check out www.okwhatsnext.com
• Explore careers/college at www.okcollegestart.org
• Take a learning styles assessment
• Apply for Tulsa Tech/ College/ Military/ Work
• Research scholarship/financial aid
• Take College Placement Test
• Apply for scholarships
• Create a resume, portfolio
• Discuss future plans with parents/ counselors
• Participate in mock interview
• Submit scholarships

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Job Training
CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATE FAQs for Employers
Q What is Oklahomas Career Readiness
Certificate program? A It is a means of
verifying workplace literacy and numerical
competency. The program uses scores from
WorkKeys, an assessment developed by the same
company that produces the ACT college entrance
exam. With a database of more than 14,000 job
profiles, the Career Readiness Certificate
attests to a candidates skills in reading for
information, applied mathematics, and locating
information. Q What is the Career Readiness
job profiling component, and how does it tie in
to the overall efficiency of a company or
organization? A The Career Readiness job
profiling service offers a concrete way for
businesses to analyze the skills needed for
specific jobs and to describe those needs to
educators, students, and job applicants. By
comparing job profile information with
individuals scores on the WorkKeys assessments,
businesses can make reliable decisions about
hiring, training, and program development.
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Job Placement
Internship Placement Services At Tulsa Tech, we
measure our success by our students success.
Thats why, through our Internship and Placement
Services (IPS), we help Tulsa Tech students find
work-based learning opportunities and full- or
part-time employment. We achieve this goal by
building relationships with area businesses and
organizations to locate internship and employment
openings related to student pathways. Because
experience gained in internships greatly enhances
future workplace success, IPS provides work-based
learning as a basic part of many Tulsa Tech
programs. Part-time employment is made available
to students who need assistance to stay in
school. For students who successfully complete
their course work, IPS provides resources
necessary to conduct a job search, along with
referrals to employers with available, compatible
opportunities. IPS strives to locate employment
by the time students graduate. However, alumni
can also use this free service to find work.
Tulsa Techs HotJobs Database
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Job Placement Resources

• Additional Resources
• Oklahoma Career Information System
• Tulsa World Jobs
• Tulsa Metro Chamber Job Search
• Find an Aerospace Job in Tulsa
• USAJOBS
• OklahomaJobs.com
• The Daily Oklahoman
• Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Links

• Business Professionals of America  
• Skills USA  
• Health Occupations Students of America  
• Family, Career and Community Leaders of America  
  
• DECA - An Association of Marketing Students  
• National Technical Honor Society  
• Tulsa Tech Hot Jobs Database  
• Career Interest Inventory

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Life Skills

• Global Search Occupations Employment
• OccupationsReality CheckMilitary
  EmploymentJob SearchKeep That
  JobSelf-EmploymentEducation Training Programs
  of StudyUndergraduate School SortGraduate
  School SortOklahoma SchoolsUS Colleges
  UniversitiesFinancial Aid SortFinancial
  AidCooperative AlliancesCareer
  PathwaysAssessments Career Quest (Occ.
  Sort)Assessment LinkIDEAS (English or
  Spanish)ONET Interest ProfilerSKILLS (English
  or Spanish)ONET Work Importance Locator

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Summary
Career Advisement
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Career Advisement Exploring Your
Options. Choosing a career program or deciding to
further your current career is a life-changing
choice that deserves serious consideration. Tulsa
Techs Career Advisement professionals can help
you navigate your options and choose the path
thats right for you. Our professionals will work
with you to evaluate your strengths and
weaknesses and identify your interests, skills
and work values. Based on your compatibilities,
theyll help you research favorable career
options and their related employment outlooks,
salaries and working conditions. They can also
help steer you to training and educational
resources that will prepare you for initial
employment, as well as advancement opportunities.
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Tammy Barnes, Career Advisor

• Tulsa Technology Center
• Career Advisement
• 3420 South Memorial Drive
• Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145
• Tammy.barnes_at_tulsatech.org
• 828-5264