ACADEMIC AND CAREER PLAN
Middle School Outcomes
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Understand the relationship of personal abilities, goals, skills, interests, and motivation to academic achievement
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Identify a personal and/or academic goal
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Create a plan for goal attainment
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Evaluate and make meaningful adjustments to goal/plan
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Share with others: personal, strengths, skills, aptitudes
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Begin to develop effective collaboration and cooperation skills by engaging in extracurricular activities
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Learn the importance of self-determination and self-discipline and how to apply it to learning
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Begin to develop his or her ability to work independently toward achieving an academic or personal goal
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Understand the importance of balancing academic, personal, and community activities in order to achieve a holistic sense of wellness
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Learn how to develop a personal/professional network of adults mentors
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Begin to develop and practice self-advocacy skills and be able to assert themselves through the use of appropriate oral and written communication
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Interest inventories
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Students take assessments that identify their preferred learning styles
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Learn about the elements of decision making
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Learn about the culture and climate of one’s community
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Learn about personal biases and beliefs regarding one’s future
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Build awareness of career planning and acquire information about careers and educational and training pathways leading to them
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Students use research and information resources to obtain career information
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Students associate adults and their work lives with subject matters learned in school
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Students describe traditional and nontraditional career choices and how they relate to career choice
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Students understand the effect of career choices on quality of life
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Identify one career pathway that they are interested in
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Identify how the average salary of a particular career choice may influence their future lifestyle
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Develop a post secondary goal
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Begin to identify how values and academic aspirations support future life needs, wants, and goals
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Explore the differences between types of colleges
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Identify advanced placement opportunities, extra-curricular clubs, organizations, and college preparatory programs available to them.
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Activities or assignments introduce career planning and use internet research
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Classroom or program activities incorporate examples of careers in related fields
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Guest speakers, Career fairs, expos, campus visits and Field trips
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PLAN
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GO
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Apply study skills necessary for academic achievement
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Understand the importance of planning
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Understand that behaviors such as punctuality, courtesy, proper dress and language, and hard work are essential to academic success
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Demonstrate employability skills such as individual initiative, teamwork, problem solving, time management, organization, and communication
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Use research skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career and educational information
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Demonstrate awareness of educational, vocational, and technical training opportunities
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Use critical thinking skills and test-taking strategies
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Understand the choices, options, and requirements of the middle school environment
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Understand the importance of high school course and/or program selection in relation to future options
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Understand high school graduation requirements
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Understand individual assessment results in relation to educational progress
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Demonstrate the ability to complete coursework in a timely manner using some type of organizational system
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Begin to develop an understanding of how their own academic behaviors and mindsets influence career and college choices
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Demonstrate reasoning skills such as critical thinking, using logic, and forming arguments
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Apply personal responsibility and accountability skills to promote a reduction in their tardiness and absentee rates
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Students will complete 8th grade with the financial awareness and preparation essential to meeting the needs for their postsecondary options.
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Review of transcripts/academic record
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Prepare for high school: understand academic options, co curricular options, selecting the right courses, and develop a four year plan
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Learn about intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation
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Explore the right post secondary fit: types of schools and factors to consider
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Learn about the varied costs of post secondary education
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Modify academic goals as necessary
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Modify personal goals as necessary
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Modify career goals as necessary
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Update regularly
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Individual or group conferencing
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Transition to high school
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