How to help your child with career planning

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How to help your child with career planning!

• Little things that parents can do to help teens
  become aware of talents and abilities!

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KEY TO SUCCESS

• Research has shown that parental involvement is
  the single greatest factor in determining student
  success.

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PARENT IMPACT ON SCHOOL SUCCESS

• Teens of highly involved parents are three times
  more likely to earn a bachelors degree.
• Reading skills are more dependent on home
  activities than math or science skills.
• Teens with parents involved between middle school
  and high school are four times as likely to
  complete higher education plans.
• For more info http//www.ihep.org/assets/files/pu
  blications/a-f/From_Aspiration_to_Action.pdf

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soon!

• Ask questions!

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STRATEGY TO STAY INVOLVED

• Help your teen
• Focus on his/her interests and abilities.
• Acquire academic and technical skills, free,
  while in high school.
• Plan to take advantage of all post-secondary
  programs available in high school related to
  career interests.
• Prepare for an appropriate, affordable
  post-secondary education.

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How can you help your teen to focus on
interests/abilities?

• How will you connect your interests to your high
  school education?
• How will you connect your interests to your
  future career?
• What steps do you need to take to get you to
  your ten-year goal?

• What do you do in your free time?
• Whats your favorite subject in school?
• What are your favorite volunteer activities?
• Where do you see yourself in ten years?

• Help to recognize unique talents by using their
  JOY and INTERESTS as a guide!

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A Call to Parents A Familys Guide to High
School and College SuccessSix Steps Parents
Can TakeDr. Susan Quattrociocchi, Ph.D.
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As a parent, you should know that each year

• American kids borrow 28 million to pay for
  college while their parents will provide even
  more than that in additional cash support!
• 33 of teens drop out of college in their
  freshman year!
• Only 50 even earn a bachelors degree
• And 33 of graduates end up taking jobs for which
  they do not use their degree!

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Step 1 Help the Child to Focus

• Help your child to focus on who they are!
• Take a tour of their hearts before a tour of
  colleges.
• What makes them joyful?
• What motivates them?
• Do what you love and the money will follow.

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Step 2 Have a good financial plan (Prepare for
appropriate, affordable post-secondary education)

• Start parent and teens savings plan (Teens
  should save 25 or more of their wages.)
• Options for saving on college costs
• start at a technical college and transfer
  (Liberal Arts Transfer), use military college
  plans, enroll in adult apprenticeship plans, seek
  employer college credit payment plans
• Have a family financial plan
• Parents decide what they can afford, student
  decides what s/he can do, including scholarships,
  loans, work study, student employment

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Step 3 Use your high school to college
connectionusually free!

• Advanced Placement courses (Biology Statistics
  Literature/Composition, Economics, History,
  Psychology, UW Calculus)
• Youth Options (at MATC or UW Index E in course
  handbook)
• Articulated courses (Hospitality, Biotechnology,
  Word, Metals, Graphic Arts, Marketing)
• Transcripted Credit courses (Accounting, others
  coming)
• Youth Apprenticeship courses (Auto Technician,
  Biotechnology, Construction, Finance, Health,
  Information Technology, Manufacturing, Printing
  and Graphic Arts, Production Agriculture Animal
  Science or Plant Science, Hospitality/Tourism,
  Welding)
• Take advantage of all post-secondary programs
  available in high school related to career
  interests.

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Step 4 Get basic and academic skills free in
high school

• Four college courses with the highest enrollment
• Remedial mathematics
• Remedial reading
• American History (required)
• Technical courses
• You may pay tuition for these courses your child
  receives little/no credit towards college
  graduation!

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How do students acquire academic and technical
skills (Step 5)free?
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Step 6 Focus on selecting the right college or
post-secondary school

• Education should be a means to your childs
  goals, not the goal itself!
• Look at all of your childs options
• Adult apprenticeships
• Military
• Technical or specialized colleges
• Employer pays for college or training
• 4 year college.

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Reminder Future careers will require continuous
training and re-training.

• Training might take the form of
• Business in-services
• Informal training on the job
• Professional training
• College course work
• On-line training programs

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• Questions?
• Related Handouts?

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How can you help your student at each grade level?

• Look for talents, abilities and struggles.
  Support all areas. Learn and support!

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Middle School

• Point out talents and strengths, connect to
  usefulness in a career area
• Support struggles teach student coping
  techniques
• Job shadowfriends, co-workers, etc.
• Use HS Course Handbook and Curriculum Maps to
  determine a Four Year Plan
• Give your best guess of a career area look up
  post-secondary school entrance requirements
  select HS courses accordingly
• WISCareers website
• Begin to use college websites for general
  information.

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WISCareers Websitehttp//wiscareers.wisc.edu/

• Career and interest assessments
• Information on careers
• Search for colleges and technical schools
• - Admission requirements
• - Financial Aid
• - Cost estimates

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http//www.americancollegeplanners.org/

• Another educational, free website.
• Not for profit.
• Check it out! Its not too early to start to
  plan!

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4 Year College Entrance Requirements for Class
of 2009

• High school diploma
• Minimum of 17 core credits (4 English, 3 Math,
  3 Social Studies, 3 Natural Science, 4 other
  areas above Art, Music, Foreign Language)
• More competitive schools may require 4 credits
  each of Science, Math, Foreign Language
• Take elective classes in career majors.

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Foreign Language Scoop

• UW Madison and UW Eau Claire require two
  years of FL for admission
• Two years FL for EXIT at other state colleges
• The two years must be in the same language
• Private schools have their own admission
  requirements
• Technical/specialty schools do NOT require FL

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More FL Scoop

• College FL courses are faster paced.
• Taking 5 years of FL may prepare student for
  Advanced Placement (AP) tests (students can earn
  retroactive FL college credits)
• Caution poor HS FL grades hurt cumulative grade
  point averages used for admission! May create
  poor overall feelings about academic
  successconsider your childs study habits, etc.

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More Middle School

• Encourage participation in service learning,
  volunteering, serving community (notice
  interest areawith people, working alonenatural
  leader, natural do-eretc.)
• Note program admission requirements vs.
  college admission requirements and select HS
  classes accordingly.
• Always keep your childs study habits and
  interests in mind!

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Ninth Grade

• Establish good study habits at home
• Continue Job Shadowing, Service Learning
  activities
• Update Four Year Plan with career interest
  changes, focuses
• Continue to note talents, strengths and relate to
  career choices
• Attend MATCs Campus Preview Days
• Know the up-and-coming employment trends and
  needs.

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What are the hot careers of the near future?

• Technology and Skilled Trades (Accounting,
  Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing,
  Finance)
• Computer Science and Programming
• Medical-Health Field
• Service Field
• Hint Think broad career areasthere are many
  different careers in the (example health) area,
  etc. Dont narrow down yet!

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What is the median annual salary by major fields
of study for 1998 graduates?

• All graduates 24, 156
• Humanities 21,469 (Psychology, Sociology, etc.)
• Social and Behavioral Sciences 21,984
• Natural Sciences 22,347
• Computer Sciences and Engineering 32,802
• Education 20,456
• Business and Management 26, 658
• Other professional/technical 24,959

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Tenth Grade

• Ask about Career Workshop portfolio suggest
  items to include in portfolio
• Job shadowing is expected in Career Workshop
  class (1/2 1 day)
• Update Four Year Plan note course prerequisites!
  Choose courses by career needs, not friends
  suggestions. Look at college catalogs!
• Consider co-ops or youth apprenticeships related
  to career field interest apply/register for
  these
• Continue noting talents, service.

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More Tenth Grade!

• If considering a part-time job, try to work in a
  career-related position (or people-related,
  project-related, whatever their interest is,
  etc.)
• Attend MATCs Campus Preview Days
• Recognize the 4 college admission standards
  Cumulative GPA, ACT score (highest score), rank
  in class, required academic courses
• Use WISCareers, our career guidance computer
  system to explore career options and
  post-secondary educational options

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Eleventh Grade

• GPA at end of 11th grade college admission GPA
• Parent and student meet with guidance counselor
  to plan post-high school options
• Job shadow more specific career options
• Do more service for the community!
• Consider co-ops or youth apprenticeships related
  to career field interest (Remember college
  savings plans!)
• Tour college campuses, participate in MATCs
  College Preview Days, arrange for college visits

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More Eleventh Grade

• Meet with students already attending each college
  (better if from the Waunakee area)talk!
• Explore college scholarships, business benefits
  of college tuition grants, etc.
• Tour more campuses.
• Keep noting strengths, interests, struggles..
• BUTlisten to your child! Career choice is
  theirs! Begin to learn how to distance your
  opinions but yet support your childs interests.

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Twelfth Grade

• Final college visits
• Update Career Workshop portfolio to reflect
  earned college credits, related experience,
  certifications.
• Ask teachers, employers, respected others for
  recommendation letters
• Apply for scholarships
• Apply for colleges, other post-secondary options
• More job shadows
• Keep up grades for final admission proof
• Learn about college life and plan for the
  transition.

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After HS Graduation

• Meet with college Program Director and present
  portfolio
• Talk with others attending the same school
  learn!
• Plan for transition
• (Be ready for changed planschanging
  post-secondary school plans, majors, minors,
  career interests, everything! But your child
  will never loose experiences from middle and high
  school, and these all offer career ideas.)
• Good luck!

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Test Yourself on the ABCs of Higher Education!
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What percentage of Americans hold a baccalaureate
degree today versus those in 1980?

• 24 of all adults 25 years or older today
• 16 - in 1980
• A Masters degree?
• 6 in America today
• 8.9 in Wisconsin
• A Ph.D?
• 1.5 (same for America and in Wisconsin)

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What percentage of high school students plan to
attend college?

• 67 nationwide 69 in Wisconsin
• Plan to attend a two-year college?
• 40 nationwide 21.2 in Wisconsin
• (2006 WHS grads 27)
• Plan to attend a four-year college?
• 60 nationwide 47.8 in Wisconsin
• (2006 WHS grads 57)
• Graduate or professional school?
• 33 in both

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What percentage of high school students actually
enroll in college?

• 55 nationwide 63 in Wisconsin
• Where do they attend?
• 49 public colleges
• 6 private colleges and specialty schools

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What percentage of two- and four-year college
students drop out before their sophomore year?

• 33.3 nationwide, 50 in Wisconsin
• What percentage of college students drop out
  before graduation?
• 48 nationwide, 21 in Wisconsin
• How many years does it take the average student
  earn a baccalaureate degree?
• 5.5 years for 18 24 year olds
• 6.4 years for 24 years or older
• Wisconsin averages are the same.

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Whats your career IQ?

• Little test..The four highest future employment
  areas are?
• Technology and Skilled Trades
• Computer Science and Programming
• Medical Careers
• Service Careers

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What percentage of all new jobs requires some
post-secondary and/or technical education?

• 65 nationwide 80 in Wisconsin
• A baccalaureate degree?
• 22 nationwide 17 in Wisconsin
• What percentage of college graduates take jobs
  that do not require a baccalaureate degree?
• 30 nationwide 20 in Wisconsin

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In 1997, what percentage of all jobs fell into
the category of skilled trades, paraprofessional
or technical occupations?

• 36 nationwide
• And in the year 2005?
• 45 nationwide

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Parents are the key to a childs career success!

• Help your child to plan their future career!
• Help your child to focus on talents and
  strengths teach coping skills for struggles!
• Make financial plans to post-secondary education!

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Contacts for additional questions

• Middle School Guidance Office
• 849 2072
• High School Guidance Office
• 849 2115
• School to Career Office
• 849 - 2137

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Thank you!

• Monica E. Butler
• School to Career Coordinator
• Waunakee Community Schools
• 849 2137
• mbutler_at_waunakee.k12.wi.us

• Ty Jury
• Guidance Counselor
• Waunakee Middle School
• 849 2072
• tjury_at_waunakee.k12.wi.us