Intro to Career Research

EQ - How will managing personal finances impact your major life decisions?

1. Activator - Factors Races
2. AP - Factors of Career Selection Quiz
3. Activator – Quote Analysis

“Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked.

'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat.

'I don't know,' Alice answered.

'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.”

1. TPS – What makes decision making so difficult?
2. Laptops - www.careercruising.com
3. Discussion Question - What are you hoping to learn during your career exploration?
4. Intro to Career Presentation Project
1. Overview
2. Graphic Organizer
3. Rubric
4. Expectations
5. Career Cruising Continuation
1. Click the "Assessments" Tab at the top of the page
2. Complete Matchmaker (3 sets of questions)
3. Complete Skills Assessment
6. Browse two of your top choices
7. Create a Decision Matrix to choose which career is best for you to research
8. AO - Begin your research
9. Presentation Preparation

The Decision Matrix

EQ - How can I use Decision Matrix make a career decision?

1. Activator - Tournament of Champions (Factors of Career Selection)
2. Activator - Planning a class trip
3. Introduction to the Decision Matrix (Teacher demo)
4. Small Group Practice
5. Splashdown – The characteristics of career selection
6. AP - Individual Practice - Create a decision matrix using the factors of careers selection
7. TOD – How can using the decision making matrix help you make a career selection?
8. If Time Permits - CareerCruising

Quiz - Next Class

Factors of Career Selection

EQ - How can understanding the factors of career selection help you plan for your future?

1. Activator: Collaborative Quest - Use & cite at least 3 sources (articles, videos, podcasts, etc.)
1. Make a List of 10 jobs/careers that did not exist 10 years ago
2. Make a List of 10 jobs/careers that may exist 10 years in the future
2. Discussion Question: What does this mean for you?
3. Independent -  Splashdown – Make a list of important factors when considering a career path
4. Collaborative Pairs
1. What factors impact your career decisions?
2. How do these factors change throughout a lifetime?
3. What is the difference between a job and a career?
5. Class discussion – Factors of consideration when choosing a career
1. *Handout – Factors to Consider in Career Selection
2. Rank ‘Em 
6. Collaborative Pairs
1. Create a mnemonic device
2. Practice
7. AP - Summarizer - Muddy Points Grab Bag
8. Intro to Decision Making Matrix *Handout to homework*

Welcome to Personal Finance

EQ - What can I expect to gain from taking Personal Finance?

1. Activator:  Personal Finance BINGO
2. AP - Class Discussion related to terminology
3. Collaborative Mind Map - "Just Care"
1. Review how to create a Mind Map
2. Independently design a Mind Map - "Just Care"
3. Notecard Groups - Giant Post-It 
4. Museum Walk - Place a star next to what your group agrees with the most
5. Debriefing - Pick a new partner & discuss the meaning of "Just Care"
4. Independent Assignment - What will you do to "Just Care" this semester?
5. TPS - Whiteboard Collage - 
1. Write 3 ways money affects you and the world 
2. Discuss: How has money affected you today?
3. Think: Donegal Investment/Student **
4. Discuss: Who makes this money available to invest in you?
5. Revisit "Just Care"
6. Introductions: Syllabus, Room Procedures, Grad. Project
7. Back of Index Card - 3 goals you have for this class
8. TOD: 3-2-1
• 3 topics you want to learn in this class
• 2 items you learned today
• 1 thing you already know from the BINGO card
9. Survey - Homework

Standards: 

15.6.12.A: Evaluate the impact of internal and external influences on financial decisions.