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semester project (on paper) - due Tuesday - this is a part of your semester test grade semester review - not for a grade
May 6 - 7 For Thursday (white) - Friday (red) -Research job interviews and respond to the following items. A) List 5 tips about interviews (how to prepare, how to act) B) List 5 potential questions that could be asked of you. C) Answer those 5 potential questions listed in B. D) List 3 things to avoid in an interview situation. (in preparation or in the interview)
May 2 - 5 For Tuesday (white) - Wednesday (red) -revise resume A) Read the cover letter information B) Search for other sample cover letters for examples of formats and wording of cover letters. Just type "sample cover letter" in Google or Bing. C) Write a cover letter. Pretend you are applying for a job for your adult career and you are qualified for it. Use either a real name and address or a fictional one to apply to. D) Send the rough draft of your cover letter.
April 30 - May 1 sample resumes For Friday - Monday -create resume rough draft
April 29 (4th white) For Wednesday -Best Jobs Assignment -Use the information from this website (money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings) to complete this assignment. -Complete resume information worksheet
April 22 - 23 For Thursday (white) - Friday (red) -Write a summary of these 2 articles 1) valuable employee traits article 2) What Employers Want Then use the information from those articles to complete this table by responding to the following items. A) Which 4 traits, skills, or values are the strongest for you? List specific examples to prove that. B) Which 4 traits, skills, or values are the weakest for you? What can you do to improve each one of those?
April 17 (4th red) For Wednesday -Use the information from this website (money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings) to complete this assignment.
April 15 - 16 For Thursday (red) - Tuesday (red) -Write a summary of 2 articles dealing with job search mistakes or job search tips -Complete job search activity
April 11 - 14 For Tuesday (red) - Wednesday (white) -Skim Worst Teen Jobs (most dangerous) and explain why each is potentially dangerous and how injuries could be avoided
April 9 - 10 finding first job For Friday (red) - Monday (white) -Search youth working regulations and list 10 items that you learned or questions you have about the information
April 1 - 2 For Thursday (red) - Friday (white) -Begin educational research project - due Monday (red) - Tuesday (white) -Begin post high school experiences interviews - due Monday (red) - Tuesday (white)
March 27 - 31 For Tuesday (red) - Wednesday (white) -Complete post high school information analysis -Read in demand careers article and answer questions at the end of the article (please copy and paste just the questions and responses in an email)
March 25 For Thursday -Use the information from this website (money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/rankings) to complete this assignment.
March 21 - 24 For Tuesday (red) -Complete military questions using this website
January 16 - 19 For Wednesday (red) - Thursday (white) -Complete What floats your boat? -Summarize the 4 career planning tips in A Little Career Planning Now Will Go Long Way -Complete worker interviews and write a summary of what you learned - Due Friday January 24 (red) - Monday January 27 (white)
January 14 - 15 For Thursday (red) - Friday (white) Obtain your My Portfolio access card or username and password and use that information to log into SD My Life. Complete this document while researching unknown careers. Choose careers that you have not heard of or those careers in which you are unsure of what those people do. Follow these directions to find the career information. After logging in, from the main page: Choose the careers tab from the bar on the top of the screen. -Choose search by index -Choose different letters for lists of careers. Scroll down those lists to discover unknown careers.
January 10 - 13 Why People Work For Tuesday (red) - Wednesday (white) -Rank work rewards
January 8 - 9 graduation requirements and available classes For Monday - Tuesday -Complete education plan
January 7 For Thursday (red) - Friday (white) -Complete self-evaluation
May 8 - 9 For Friday - Monday -Complete check writing and check register assignment -Begin semester project - due Thursday May 16 (white) - Wednesday May 15 (red)
May 6 - 7 money value survey For Wednesday - Thursday cost-of-living calculator -Complete reality check and cost-of-living assignment
May 2 - 3 interview article interview questions For Monday (white) - Tuesday (red) -job search skills unit test April 22 - 23 -Read resume tips For Wednesday (white) - Thursday (red)
-Read Graduate Job Search article and respond to the following. A) List 5 important facts about the article OR questions you have about the information. B) What does this article tell you about looking for a job? March 27 - April 2 For Tuesday (white) - Wednesday (red) -post high school unit review -post high school unit test
March 21 - 22 Parade "What People Earn" For Monday (white) - Tuesday (red) -Consult the post high school information (brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, etc.) and complete the following tasks / questions. A) You must consult at least 5 different options. List the name of the schools / military branches you looked at and then list 10 total new items you learned or questions you have about the material. B) What are your thoughts about this information? What stands out about what you looked at? C) Does this information change your mind about your plans in any way, confirm your plans, or you still don't know? Explain. -Continue with ed research and post high school interviews (information below) - due Wednesday (white) Tuesday, April 2 (red)
March 12 - 13 SD schools chart For Thursday (red) - Friday (white) -Complete Ed Ops 2
February 28 - March 1 SD higher education enrollment article Label the following schools on the South Dakota map: USD, SDSU, DSU, NSU, BHSU, SDSMT, LATI, MTI, SETI, WDT, DWU, USF, Mount Marty, Augustana, Presentation For Wednesday (red) - Thursday (white) -Educational Opportunities book questions
February 26 - 27 For Thursday (red) - Friday (white) -Complete cluster questions and personal learning plan
February 21 - 25 South Dakota manufacturing For Tuesday (red) - Wednesday (white) -Answer SD My Life magazine questions
-Complete responses at end of resiliency article January 30 - 31 teen life article problem scenarios For Friday (red) - Monday (white)
-Write a reaction to the hours spent in different life roles. Did anything surprise you or were the figures about what you expected? If so, what? Would you like to change anything about how you spend your time? If so, what? How might you go about changing how you spend your time?
SD labor shortage article Work Values Auction sheet
April 2 (white) - 3 (red) Complete this job application
March 29 - 30 For Monday (white) - Tuesday (red) -Choose 3 sections of Worst Teen Jobs (most dangerous)
-Complete McDonald's application
May 11 semester review
May 9 semester project information (due Monday, May 16)
May 5 - 6 For Monday (white) - Tuesday (red) - Complete check writing and check register assignment
May 3 - 4 budget article For Thursday (white) - Friday (red) -Use this and list comparisons of at least 10 pairs of cities. Try to find the pair with the largest difference and also a pair of cities with a similar cost-of-living. For Friday - Read South Dakota low wages article and answer article questions
April 20 - 25 financial pretest / survey -Answer youth worker questions. Use the following sites and article to answer them. finding first job March 11 - 12 unusual majors article
March 3 - 4 What America Earns
February 18 - 22 February 10 - 14 Unemployment Remains High article
February 8 Use the SD My Life - Career Cruising website to complete the research of 10 different careers
May 10 semester project information May 6 For Monday -Complete check writing and check register assignment
May 4 best and worst paying jobs article For Thursday -write a summary of 2 articles about teens and money management or teen financial advice -Track your spending
April 30 budget article For Tuesday -Read South Dakota low wages article and answer article questions
April 20 financial survey What People Earn article -salary information financial vocabulary
April 14 interview questions For Friday -job skills test
April 8 cover letter information
March 31 Ten Qualities of Valuable Employees - write a summary resume worksheet - complete what you can on this
March 29 For Wednesday -Complete job search activity
March 22 For Wednesday -Complete job application 1 and 2
March 12
February 23 For Tuesday February 11 January 24 January 12 graduation requirements and course descriptions
December 9
December 5 - 8
December 1 - 2
For Wednesday (red) - Thursday (white) -Read the youth labor laws information on the following websites and write a list of the key information learned or write questions that you have about the information.
November 14 - 17
November 12 - 13
November 10 - 11
November 6 - 7
November 4 - 5
October 31 - November 3
October 29 - 30
October 27 - 28
October 21 - 22
October 15 - 16 SD brain drain (save) resource booklet questions (save) interview questions (save)
October 7 - 8 education research (save)
October 3 - 6 SD enrollment article (don't save) SD ed ops 2 (save)
October 1 - 2
September 29 - 30
September 16 - 17 career exploration site - then click on browse occupations career exploration details (save)
September 12 - 15
September 10 - 11 help these people out (save)
September 2 - 3 worker traits article and questions (save) - Write at least 1/2 page about yourself and who you would like to become. Answer the following questions. A) What kind of a person are you now? B) What do you hope to be like as an adult? C) What do you need to improve upon as you become an adult? D) What are your strengths?
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