Intro to Financial Aid

EQ - How can financial aid impact my future personal finances?

1. List - 10 Things You Need to Know About Paying for College
2. Inquire - What questions do you have about financial aid?
3. Note - Distribution of Article
1. Frame It (Title, Section heading)
2. Anticipate the purpose
3. Actively Read
1. Highlight unknown words
2. Write questions/thoughts in the margin
3. Briefly summarize each section after reading
4. Know - CERA
5. Career Cruising Financial Aid Section
1. Access your portfolio
2. Click Find A School
3. Click Financial Aid (Link @ bottom of page)
6. Find and apply for a scholarship
7. TOD - Muddy Points

HOMEWORK - Find a link to an online scholarship and post it as a comment to this post.

Career Research

EQ - After researching your career, how do you know whether or not it is a valid option for you?

1. Activator – TPS Splashdown: Factors of Career Selection
2. Introduction to Career Research Project
1. Graduation Project Breakdown
2. *Handout* - Project Advanced Organzier
3. Q & A Session
4. Teacher Demo

1. Login to www.careercruising.com
2. Click the "Assessments" Tab at the top of the page
3. Complete Matchmaker (3 sets of questions)
4. Complete Skills Assessment
4. Select a career from the personalized list and begin your research
5. Presentation Preparation

FInal Presentation Preparations

EQ - After researching your career, how do you know whether or not it is a valid option for you?

1. Activator - Quote Analysis
   • "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." ~ Benjamin Franklin
2. Rubric Prep
3. Peer Share
• Partner 1 Present
• Partner 2 Feedback
• Partner 2 Presents
• Partner 1 Feedback
4.  Class Reflection
1. What went well?
2. What could be improved?
5. Revision Work Time
6. Re-Present
• Partner 2 - Present
• Partner 1 - Feedback
• Partner 1 - Present
• Partner 2 - Feedback
7. TOD: 3-2-1
• 3 - Reasons why you will succeed when presenting
• 2 - Changes you made that made your visual aid better
• 1 - Reason how this process has helped you

Presentation Development

EQ - After researching your career, how do you know whether or not it is a valid option for you?

1. Activator - Super Bowl Ad
2. Peer Share - Briefly summarize your career research to you partner (90 seconds each)
• Advanced Organizer Review
• Jot down "talking points" on scratch paper
• Partner 1 - Go
• Partner 2 - Feedback
• Partner 2 - Go
• Partner 1 - Feedback
3. Planning the presentation
• Rubric Review
• Q & A
• Storyboard/Outline
4. Introduction to PowerPoint alternatives ("Class Links" Page)
5. Project work time
6. TOD - Where did I stop working today?  Where will I begin tomorrow?

Quiz and Career Research

EQ - After researching your career, how do you know whether or not it is a valid option for you?

1. Activator - Peer Hot Seat
2. Quiz
3. Laptop Log In
4. Review Advanced Organizer
5. Career Cruising
1. Finalize Assessments
2. Choose 2 careers of interest and Save each to your portfolio
3. Briefly peruse each of these 2 options
4. From these 2 options, choose a career to research
6. Complete the Advanced Organizer for your career selection
7. TOD - 3-2-1
• 3 - List 3 interesting points about your career selection.
• 2 - List the 2 careers that you saved to your portfolio
• 1 - Write 1 goal that will require you to learn more about this career.

Résumé Writing

EQ - How do I create an effective résumé?

1. Discussion on Reading Assignment
1. Need v.s Merit
2. Activator - What did you do this weekend?
1. Describe it
2. Notice the descriptive words used
3. Improve your story.
3. Introduction to Résumés – PowerPoint
• Take Notes
4. Class Discussion
5. Create or update a personal résumé and upload it to Career Cruising
• Use the Grad Project Tab for assistance