Lesson 4: High School Options
Mapping Your Trip
Optional Activity 1
– High School Environment
Now that you have chosen career areas that interest you, it's
time to look at what is available to help you prepare. First,
let's take a closer look at your high school. You'll need your
career journal.
- Study the range of courses offered at your high school by
looking on your school's Web site or in a course selection booklet
from your guidance office. Choose three courses you have not
taken and complete the
assignment sheet .
- Choose two people on your high school's staff (teacher, administrator,
coach, custodian, etc.) and ask them to fill out a career
profile sheet. You must sign up with your teacher before
you contact the staff members of your choice. Record in your
career journal what their career path teaches you about career
choices and how that information influences your own choices.
- Visit your school's library/media center and find two non-Internet
sources that could help you find out more about your specific
career interests. You could use books about careers, biographies
of someone in the field, magazines related to specific careers,
etc. Complete
the assignment sheet.
- Visit your high school guidance office/media center and locate
the following to complete
the assignment sheet:
- A college majors guide.
- Information about a technical program or career center
program.
- Information about the ACT/SAT.
- Information about military service opportunities.
- A college view book.
Go to Optional Activity 2.
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