CONTENT (General)

CONTENT (Specific)

ASSESSMENTS

ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS

Explanation of Job-shadows

Personality test

·         Written Holland Personality Test

·         Evaluate the importance of a career that fits you vs. one that does not fit you

·         Form L Personality Test

·         COIN Personality Test

·         Discuss good paying career without college

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

Personality test

·         Evaluate the “cost” of changing majors and being in school longer because of lack of career knowledge

·        Kuder Personality Test on the Internet

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

Personality test

Researching Careers

·         Kuder Personality Test on the Internet

·         Research Career using the OOH on the Internet as well as the Kuder site links to careers

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

College Project

·         Interpret results of Personality Test & Interests to decide on a career.

·         Research various colleges, trade schools, or military sites and decide what kind of post high school training they wish to choose.

·         Determine the cost of training chosen

·         Determine the number of credit hours need

·         List the courses needed to complete schooling to achieve specific career goals

·         List the courses needed in high school that are needed to pursue post high school training desired

·         Explain how you intend to pay for college/training

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

24B4

College Project

·         Same as above

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

24B4

College Project

·         Same as above

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

24B4

Scholarship unit

Thank you to employers

Stress at work

Avoid trouble at work

·         Know the various ways of getting money for college

·         Apply to “Fast Web”, an Internet scholarship site

·         Examine scholarship opportunities specific to student

·         Write a “thank you” letter to job-shadow hosts

·         List ways to reduce and deal with stress in the workplace

·         Know the difference between good stress & harmful stress

·         Know how to avoid trouble at work

WS. Scholarship Internet

Grade letter to employers

Quiz:  Stress & work

           Problems

Portfolio of student work

21A3a

14C4

22A4b

24A4b

24A3c

Ethic in the workplace

·         Define ethics

·         Decide if there is a right or wrong business ethic

·         Think about different situations of employee theft, discipline, whistle blowing, firing, sexual harassment, customer relations, and conflicts of interest and decide if the situations were right or wrong

Portfolio of student work

21A5

24B4

1C5C

Ethic in the workplace

·         Write a paper detailing what they feel is right or wrong concerning specific examples of employee theft, discipline, whistle blowing, firing, sexual harassment, customer relations, and conflicts of interest.

Written paper graded

21a5

24b4

1c5C