Career Exploration

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PowerPoint Presentation

• Career Exploration
• Keyboarding CRLE

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What the heck is a CRLE?

• CRLE A Career-Related Learning Experience
•  A CRLE is a specific type of learning experience
  with essential components
• Inquiry
• Working with Adults
• Creating a Product
• Professional Standards (CRLS)
• Reflection

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Key Content, Knowledge, Concepts and Skills
addressed

• Interview process
• Identification of a specific career or career
  field of interest within the students Focused
  Program of Study (FSP)
• PowerPoint Technology
• Presentation skills

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Essential Question

•  What post high school education or training
  should I pursue, and what technology skill should
  I possess to prepare for employment in a chosen
  career field?

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 Inquiry

• Identify a career or career field of interest and
  inquire about the education and technology skills
  needed for employment.

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Adult Connections

• Interview an adult whose career is the same or
  similar to the student would like to have one
  day.
• The career should align with the students
  Focused Program of Study
• Arts Communication
• Business Management
• Health Services
• Human Resources
• Industrial Engineering Systems
• Natural resources

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Product

• PowerPoint presentation

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Career-Related Learning Standards

•  Career-Related Learning Standards
• Personal management Maintain regular attendance
  and complete project on time assume
  responsibility for decisions and actions.
• Problem-Solving Use decision-making skills.
• Communications Listen and speak clearly give
  and receive feedback in a positive manner
  maintain clear, organized, accurate and
  appropriate communication.
• Employment Foundations Apply academic knowledge
  and technical skills in a career context.
• Career Development Learn educational, training
  and skill requirements for career-interest area
  participate in an interview.
• Teamwork Work with others to review and edit own
  work.

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 Reflection

• From this experience
• What did you learn about technology skills,
  education and training needed in a particular
  career?
• How has this learning affected your future career
  goals?

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CIS

• You will use CIS to explore career options best
  suited for you.
• You will be answering the following questions
• Who am I?
• Where am I going?
• How will I get there?
• What are my next steps?
• Where am I now?
• There will be four areas you will be exploring
• Interest Profiler
• SKILL Assessment
• Occupation Sort
• Reality Check

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CIS

• Fill out the CIS Worksheet as you explore the CSI
  site.

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Interview

• You will be interviewing an adult in the
  community who has a career in the occupation you
  explored and is related to your FPS.
• The person cannot be a family member.
• Can be a friend or coworker of a family member.

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Interview

• The best way to interview someone is to have a
  face-to-face interview with them.
• If you cannot conduct the interview in person
  the next best option is over the telephone so you
  may hear the tone and inflection in their voice.
• E-mail is the worst way to conduct an interview
  and texting is not allowed.

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Interview Script

• To used if contacting by phone
• Use something similar if using e-mail
• Remember face-to-face is best!

• Hello, my name is __________________________, and
  I am a student at Clackamas High School enrolled
  in a Keyboarding class. As a Career-Related
  Learning Experience, I must interview a community
  member whose career is closely related to one I
  would like to have in the future. I need to
  identify the educational requirements and
  technology skills needed to work in this area.
  May I ask you some questions regarding your
  career choice?

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Interview

• Name of subject interviewed correct spelling
• Job title
• Place of employment (inc. address)
• What are your duties
• What are general skills do you use?
• How is technology used in your line of work?
• What are technology skills do you use?
• What is your educational background? Degrees?
• What kind of training have you had?
• Where any additional qualifications, such as,
  certificates, licenses, etc., required for you to
  do your work?
• How do you manage your time?
• What kind of hours do you work?
• Who decides when you work?
• How do you problem solve on your job?
• What kind of communication skill do you use to
  complete your job?
• What courses (classes) help you the most on this
  job?
• What is necessary to for you to continue to be
  employed in this field?
• What is the average pay scale for people in this
  career/job?

• You will have a list of 18 questions you must
  ask.
• You must add two questions of your own.