JR. Pirate Talk

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JR. Pirate Talk

• The 6 year plan!
• Prepared by Amy Farrow, School Counselor, Horizon
  Elemenatry

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WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE

• Our Goal for the evening
• To discuss the components of the 6 year plan to
  prepare you for what you should be tracking over
  the next six years.
• Following a 6 year plan should lead to
• Each student taking a personal investment in
  their own education as they see how it relates to
  their own future success.

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Your source on the District website
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Start by knowing about yourself!

• 1) Track your own Personal Development
• View and discuss
• Learning Style Inventory
• Multiple Intelligence Inventory
• Career Clusters Inventory
• Online resource where you can take these again
  in the future to see how you grow and change.

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Learn about yourself resources
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• 2) Track your own Hobbies /Abilities /Interests
  
• Start your own resume of what you do for your
  own growth (computer skills, sports, activities,
  jobs, community groups, elective subjects, etc.)
• Track volunteer information for Merit Award and
  applications to college / scholarships.
• Online resource for volunteering
• Online resource for finding out how to get
  involved in clubs and sports in Asa Clark Middle
  School and Pewaukee High School

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ACADEMICS BEYOND
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1) Know where you are in the academic world

• What does your report card look like?
• MAP Measure of Academic Progress
• (2nd- 10th)
• WKCE Wisconsin Knowledge Concepts Exam
  (3rd-8th and 10th)
• In the Future EXPLORE (7-9th), PLAN (10th),
• ACT or SAT (college entrance)

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2) Know what skills adults are expecting of 21st
Century learners

• Be a critical thinker and problem solver
• Show leadership skills when collaborating
• Communicate well in oral and written form
• Be flexible yet organized so you can adapt
• Initiative for innovation with imagination
• Know how to access and apply information (gained
  through internet and other sources)
• Be ready to constantly learn career or college
  readiness

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The Six Year Plan Starts.

• At the sixth grade orientation!
• Students will meet with the Asa Clark
  Counselor, Adriana Plach in their classrooms in
  January.
• Parents and Student should attend Thursday,
  January 13th, 2011 Orientation . (at 430)

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Know what you could learn through classes offered
at Asa Clark Middle School Pewaukee High School

• Read through the entire course
• description book attend all orientations.
• a) Plan ahead
• b) Know the facts you may find yourself
  interested in something you had waved off

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Academic goal at end of 6 years

• Working backwards helps sometimes
• Step 2) Most who drop out of college by end of
  first semester sophomore year had come in
  freshman year being undecided about their major.
• Step 1) Most who come in freshman year of high
  school without a somewhat focused interest in any
  particular elective area, often reach Senior
  year without an idea about a college major.

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So that means

• If you want to experiment, do that in Middle
  School, so
• your plan by High School may have some
  experimenting but by Junior year is pretty
  decisive as far as elective choices, so
• by the end of Senior year you have a goal for
  college, so
• when you start college, you finish college.

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Academic Thinking Ahead

• PHS Graduation Requirements
• English 4 credits
• Math 3 credits
• Science 3 credits
• Social Studies 3.5 credits
• Physical Educ./ Health 2 credits
• Fine Arts 3.0 credits
• Electives 9.5 credits
• TOTAL of 28 credits

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ACADEMICS BEYOND
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Academics beyond resources!
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More academic links to know about (but not until
year 3 or so)

• How can I prepare myself for future testing and
  better academic scores???

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ACADEMICS BEYOND
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FREE Resources you can use to prepare for future
testing
www.actstudent.org/explore/
www.revolutionprep.com
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Heres the BEYOND part
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Another BEYOND PART. Volunteering

• Pewaukee High School has many avenues to
  promote volunteerism. Being a member in Key
  Club, the Merit Award and National Honor Society
  are a few.
• College and scholarship applications will expect
  to see volunteer hours. Potential employers are
  looking for ways you show positive citizenship
  and give back to the community.

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Planning for Life After PHS

• Hearing educational / career expectations from
  parents is the most influencing factor in a
  childs career planning

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Remember where your resources are
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Planning for life after PHS
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MORE PLANNING RESOURCES!
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Planning for LIFE AFTER High School

• Wisconsin Covenant
• January of 2006, the Wisconsin Covenant program
  was created to inspire young people to plan early
  for a successful high-school career that will
  lead to higher education. Eighth graders in
  Wisconsin are invited to sign the Wisconsin
  Covenant Pledge, promising to
• 1) Earn a high-school diploma.
• 2) Maintain at least a "B" average in high
  school.
• 3) Complete classes needed to prepare for higher
  education.
• 4) Demonstrate good citizenship.
• 5) Apply for state and federal financial aid in a
  timely manner.
• 6) Take the necessary steps to gain admission to
  a University of Wisconsin System institution, a
  Wisconsin Technical College, and/or a Wisconsin
  private college or university.
• In return for meeting these goals and keeping
  the pledge, a Wisconsin Covenant Student will
  become a Wisconsin Covenant Scholar, earn a place
  within the partnered systems, and receive a
  financial aid package, based on their family's
  financial need, to help make college affordable.

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What if we want more specific information about
careers in which our child is interested?
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Life in the REAL WORLD
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SO what next?

• Remember
• this is a 6 year plan.

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General must do

• Attend ALL Middle School and High School
  orientations and future Pirate Talks
• Talk frequently about educational expectations
  and potential career paths based on learning
  style, talents, interests, work ethic, skills and
  inventories they can keep retaking
• REALLY read over everything in the Asa Clark and
  PHS course description guides to plan out and
  re-plan and plan again in the next 6 years
• Volunteer get active and track it!

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Frosting on the cake

• Visit the Career Planning Resource section of the
  districts website and explore the links
• Discuss with your child topics such as their work
  ethic how it applies to their future career
  the computer skills they have tracking the
  technology they can operate.
• What are they doing in school to build their
  academics or 21st Century Success skills so they
  affect their own future positively? (remember the
  links to help with that?)

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FINAL SLIDEWelcome to the next six years!By
Winter 2016 you will be looking at your last
semester as a Pewaukee student and ready to start
your independent future!