Smart Choices

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Smart Choices

• for high school and beyond

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A Parent Presentation . . .
designed to enlighten parents about the

• Workforce and workplace changes in the 21st
  century
• Need for career guidance and career development
  throughout the educational process
• Nontraditional training and employment
  opportunities
• Planning for high school
• High School Course and Program Options
• Importance of Parental Involvement

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The Ever-changing Workforce and Workplace

• of the 21st Century

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The purpose of this presentation is to give you a
glimpse of the future and explain how your child
can begin preparing now for the changes and
challenges of the 21st century!
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Changes in the Workforce in the 21st Century
Spending 20 plus years with one employer is a
thing of the past due to many factors, such as

• Rapid technological changes
• Competitive global markets
• Company downsizing
• Mobile workers

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Workforce Changes (continued)
Some of the changes in the workforce of the 21st
century are

• Most new jobs will require education beyond high
  school, but only 20 of the jobs will require a
  four-year college degree.
• Of todays high school students, 60 will work in
  jobs that do not yet exist.
• New jobs will continue to shift to the service
  industries with more than half of the new jobs in
  health, business, and retail services.
• In the next century, 44 of all jobs will include
  information management.

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Workforce Changes (continued)
The way we do business will also change. For
example

• Individuals will need to perform a variety of
  tasks requiring broader skill areas.
• Individuals will find themselves working in more
  dynamic group environments.
• Individuals will face the necessity of updating
  their skills in order to get and keep jobs.

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Success in the Workplace
Success in the workplace depends on

• Occupational Skill Level
• Human Relations

• Computer Literacy
• Problem Solving
• Excellent Math, Science, and Communication Skills
• Ability to take Initiative
• Decision-making Abilities

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Success in the Workplace (continued)
Workplace success also depends on

• Healthy self image
• Job satisfaction - ongoing good career decisions
• Positive perception of ones relationship to the
  workplace
• Ability to access the job market, negotiate or
  bargain for decent wages, and maximize
  opportunities

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Success in the Workplace (continued)
Workplace success also depends on

• Recognition of the importance of upgrading skills
  and retraining
• Ability to make the most of changing
  circumstances
• Ability to deal with gender and race role changes
  and conflicts
• Ability to accept people in a variety of
  positions regardless of race, ethnicity, gender,
  class, age, or disability status
• Ability of individuals, employers, and
  educational institutions to provide supportive
  structures to help employees combine work and
  family

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The Need for Career Development and Career
Guidance Throughout the Educational Process
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Open the Door to Your Childs Future
Encourage career development and career guidance
throughout your childs educational process to
insure smart planning for high school and beyond.
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Career Education Goals

• Understanding self and others
• Exploring occupations
• Learning to make decisions
• Acquiring work skills
• Planning for beyond high school
• Helping students to become lifelong learners

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Guidance Curriculum
Provides a foundation of information for career
development and successful high school and
postsecondary educational planning
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Guidance Curriculum Emphasis

• Self Knowledge
• Educational Occupational Exploration
• Career Planning

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Career Guidance Pointers

• Provide self knowledge and career exploration
  opportunities
• Encourage career planning before the selection of
  a graduation seal in 9th grade
• Encourage challenging academic standards
• Encourage periodic evaluations
• Suggest work-based learning

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What is Your Concept of Career Develpment?
Career development is much more than preparing
for an occupation. Rather, career development is
a dynamic process (not a one-time activity)
involving our

• Beliefs Values
• Interests Personality
• Skills Aptitudes
• Knowledge about the ever-changing work environment

This process concerns the whole person and spans
our entire lives.
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Stages of Career Development

• Career Awareness
• Elementary Grades
• Career Exploration
• Middle Schools
• Career Preparation
• High School

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Importance of Career Development

• To help middle school students link their career
  interests to the available high school
  courses/programs.
• To encourage students to test their interests in
  a career field by enrolling in a related course,
  participating in shadowing and/or mentoring
  experiences, etc.

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Importance of Career Development(continued)

• To educate students for a changing workforce
• To enlighten and involve parents in their childs
  career development process.
• To supply business and industry with the best
  trained workers in order to sustain economically
  strong communities.

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Career Development Process
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• Who am I?
• Where am I going?
• How do I get there?

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Career Choice is a Continuing Process
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An interest is a preference for one activity over
another. Ones interest is the base upon which an
occupation is chosen.
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An ability is a skill (or set of skills) that is
used to do something well.
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Tomorrows workers will need more education and
skill to work with and manage technology
successfully.
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Remember that career development is a process.
Make sure that your child takes advantage of all
the career guidance resources available in
his/her school.

• Guidance Counselor
• Career Center
• Career Exploratory Programs
• Computerized career data banks (like GCIS)
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (printed materials)
• Career Fairs, etc.

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Nontraditional Training and Employment
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Encourage your children to think Outside the
Box in terms of future careers and the workplace.
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Nontraditional Training and Employment

• Preparation for occupations or fields of work for
  which individuals from one gender (male or
  female) comprise less than 25 of the individuals
  employed in each such occupation or field or
  work.
• Some of these fields are in computer science,
  technology, and emerging high skill occupations.

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Do you naturally think of males performing some
jobs and females performing other jobs? What
about the jobs below?

• Auto Technician
• Nurse
• Child Care
• Provider
• Electrician

• Female or Male?
• Female or Male?
• Female or Male?
• Female or Male?

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Many of us stereotype jobs according to womens
work and mens work. You may be thinking, so
what? These innocent stereotypes can limit your
childs opportunities.
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Because of long-held stereotypes

• A young woman who is good at math and science and
  loves the outdoors may never consider a career as
  a civil engineer.
• A young man may want to work in the medical field
  and may genuinely like to care for people, but he
  might never seriously consider nursing.

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We attribute behaviors, abilities, interests,
values, and roles on the basis of gender. We
often use language that pertains to males or
females when referring to roles and careers. For
example

• Fireman instead of Firefighter
• Stewardess instead of Flight Attendant
• Chairman instead of Chairperson

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Increasingly, gender stereotyping hinders the
career options of young women.

• Over the last 20 years, the number of women in
  the workforce has risen by 21 million (95
  increase).
• It is estimated that women will account for 15
  million or 62 of net growth in the labor force
  between 1990 and 2005.

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Increasingly, gender stereotyping hinders the
career options of young women.

• Two out of every three new workers in the next
  decade will be women.
• As a general rule, women and men spend comparable
  time in the workforce 41 years for single women
  and men and 34 years for married women with
  children.

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Gender Stereotyping and Young Women

• The lower paid, lower status jobs have
  traditionally been attributed to women.
• Families maintained by women have increased
  dramatically.
• Women of all ages are more likely to live in
  poverty than men, and black women are nearly
  three times as likely as white women to live in
  poverty.
• In the early 1990s, 54 of the poor families in
  this country were headed by women.

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To a lesser degree, gender stereotyping affects
young men.

• Economic stress, employment problems and
  unemployment are linked to domestic problems.
• Nearly 80 of husbands are now with their wives
  in the delivery room compared to 27 a decade
  ago.
• Men are now the primary caregiver in one out of
  every five dual-earner households.
• Men do about 33 of the domestic work up from 15
  in 1965.

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In essence, a lot hasnt changed.

• Men and women still face internal and external
  barriers to nontraditional work.
• Womens role in the workplace is still perceived
  as secondary.
• Womens involvement in the workforce is still
  seen as temporary.

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A Lot Hasnt Changed (continued)

• The wage gap has decreased, but not
  significantly.
• The status of workers who are people of color and
  new immigrants has improved, but not dramatically.

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Planning for High School
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Middle School Credit

• Students who take courses based on the Quality
  Core Curriculum (QCC) in middle school may
  receive Carnegie units toward high school
  requirements.

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Help Your Child Understand High School Credit

• Carnegie Unit - one unit for 150 hours of
  instruction
• Core Course - a course chosen from English, math,
  science, social studies or foreign language to
  satisfy graduation requirements
• Seal - an attachment placed on a high school
  diploma indicating successful completion of one
  or more programs of study
• Required Course - course that is mandatory
• Elective - a course, beyond the core
  requirements, that fulfills Carnegie units for
  graduation

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High School Graduation Seals
Listed below are the four seals which can be
earned based on units of credit. Your child
should choose a College Prep seal or a
Technology/Career Education seal based on his/her
educational and career goals.

• The College Preparatory (CP) seal requires 22
  units.
• The College Preparatory with Distinction (CP)
  seal requires 24 units/3.0 gpa.
• The Technology/Career Preparatory (TCP) seal
  requires 22 units.
• The Technology/Career Preparatory with
  Distinction (TCP) seal requires 24 units/3.0 gpa

Your childs school may have additional
requirements for graduation. Be sure to check
with the guidance counselor or advisor for
specific local requirements.
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Middle School Exploratory Programs
Many middle schools offer exploratory programs
which operate on six, nine, or twelve week
rotations. These programs allow students to

• Develop life skills (classes in Family Consumer
  Sciences)
• Experience a number of fields (Technology,
  Business, Trades, etc.) to narrow career
  interests
• Learn to work cooperatively to complete
  assignments
• Put classroom theories into practice through many
  hands-on activities
• Determine courses/programs to pursue further in
  high school
• Make informed decisions about the choice of a
  high school seal

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Standards for Admission to University System of
Georgia Colleges and Universities

• The Board of Regents is the governing body for
  all university system colleges and universities.
• Board of Regents increased the number of College
  Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) requirements.
• Admissions based on Freshman Index
• (Verbal SAT Math SAT Core GPA x 500)

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Standards for Admission to Georgia Technical
Schools

• The Department of Technical and Adult Education
  sets the standards for admission to the technical
  schools in Georgia.
• ASSET is the state-mandated test for entrance
  into these technical schools.
• SAT and ACT scores are also accepted for
  admission. Applicants are accepted in regular,
  provisional, or developmental status and may
  exempt ASSET testing with the SAT or ACT scores
  specified by each technical school.
• Additional criteria may be set by individual
  schools.

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Hands-on Learning Experiences
Your child can enrich his/her high school
education by participating in some of these
experiences
Shadowing
SchoolAcademic/Technology/CareerEducation
StructuredSummerWork Experience
Internships
Mentoring
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High School Options
Three Options Which Can Lead Students to a Two or
Four Year Postsecondary Education
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As students explore careers, they will be amazed
to learn that many of these high tech/high
skill/high wage careers require a two-year
Associate degree, not a four-year Bachelors
degree.
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Students no longer have to choose EITHER a
technical school OR a college. Two years in a
technical school plus two more years in selected
Georgia colleges can lead to a four year degree.
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Tech Prep

• Two-year high school program of study plus two
  years of technical studies with options for a
  four-year degree.
• Some courses may count for high school and
  technical school credit.
• Preparation in fields such as engineering
  technology, applied science, mechanical,
  industrial or practical arts, or trade,
  agriculture, health occupations, business, or
  applied economics.

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Tech Prep (continued)

• Community mentors provided for chosen career
  fields.
• Academic skills in math, science, communications,
  economics, and workplace skills built through
  applied instruction.
• Associate or Bachelors degree or a postsecondary
  certificate can be obtained in a specific career
  field.

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Youth Apprenticeship

• Combination of classroom and work-based learning
  in high school and requires postsecondary
  education.
• Strong academic foundation in math and
  communication is provided through applied
  instruction.
• Work-based component requires specific training
  plans, directly related to the career objective.

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Youth Apprenticeship (continued)

• Preparation in fields such as business, marketing
  and information management, environmental and
  agricultural sciences, human services, health and
  medical, technical/engineering, and arts and
  humanities.
• Leads to an Associate or Bachelors degree or a
  postsecondary certificate in a specific career
  field.

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Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) Degree

• Two-year program of study in high school plus two
  years in a technical school plus two years in a
  four-year institution
• Credit transfers from one institution to the next
• Georgia Southern University, Valdosta State
  University, and Clayton State University offer
  BAS degrees.

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Parental Involvement
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Talk with your child about different activities
of work.
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Understanding the World of Work

• Assist your child in investigating basic skills
  needed in occupations.
• Discuss expectations related to cooperation,
  respect, and the value in the world of work.
• Assist in finding labor market information.

University of Wisconsin
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Career Preparation and Decision Making

• Assist your child in developing a list of
  strengths and interests.
• Help your child in making connections between
  current interests and future careers.
• Expand your childs ideas about careers by
  encouraging career exploration.
• Review and discuss requirements for middle school
  and/or high school graduation.

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Interpersonal Skills

• Help your child to develop problem-solving
  skills.
• Work with your child to develop effective
  communication skills.
• Help your child to manage conflict and change.

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Review and Discuss Academic and Career Plans

• Visit your childs school counselor on a regular
  basis.
• Help your child become aware of educational,
  training, and work-based learning opportunities.

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Become Involved
Parents are a very important part of the career
education and career development process. In
essence, help your child make smart choices for
high school and beyond!