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Professional School Counselor Guidance Lesson Plan Form
School Corporation: n/a – Learn More Indiana
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Indiana Student Standards for Guidance Addressed
Standard(s) addressed:
6-8.1.30 Identify the high school courses needed to keep all appropriate educational and career options open in the future. 6-8.1.31 Describe the educational requirements for employment in today’s workforce. 6-8.2.4 Discuss the impact of global economics and technology on today’s labor force (e.g., employing people from other countries to do telemarketing in the United States, working from home in a “virtual” office, moving manufacturing jobs from Indiana to other countries).
Indicator(s) addressed:
6-8.1.31 Describe the educational requirements for employment in today’s workforce.
Instructional Development
Grade Level(s): 6-8
Title: Careers in Indiana Today
Summary:
Students will be able to describe growing career sectors in Indiana, and will be able to name some factors that contributed to the rise in certain careers. They will understand education requirements for entering common careers, and they will learn what they need to do in high school to prepare for each type of postsecondary education. They will be able to identify which careers might be a good fit for them based on job characteristics.
Time Frame: 35-45 minutes
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Procedure:
Introduction to Indiana’s Growing Career Sectors
1. Ask students, “What careers do you think are growing the fastest or need the most employees in Indiana today?” Why do students think so? Write answers on board.
2. Say, “Depending on what numbers you’re looking at, different career sectors—or groups of similar careers—are growing the fastest. However, lots of data shows that there are five career sectors that seem to growing in our state. They are likely to need workers when you are done with college. They are:
Architecture & Construction
Information Technology
Marketing, Sales, & Service
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (Write these four titles on the board.)
3. Have students read quietly from LEARN MORE magazines about these career sectors (pg. 4, 5, 6 and 7).
4. Students who are finished reading should write down some careers they think fit in each of the five sectors.
5. Discuss the articles. Some example questions:
What is Architecture & construction? What did you think it was before you read the article?
What is Information Technology? What did you think it was?
What jobs do you think of when you hear marketing, sales and service?
Can you think of a job related to science that does not involve working in a lab?
Can you think of a job related to technology that uses computers? (software developer, web developer, computer programmer, etc.) What other technology careers can you think of? (students may also think of technology related to cell phones, video games, agriculture, etc.)
What were the two kinds of technology careers discussed? (clean energy and information technology)
What do you think the fastest growing career sectors were when your parents were in middle school? Are any of them the same as today?
Learn about Education Requirements
6. Ask for an example career from each sector, and write it on the board next to the sector title. Chances are that several types of postsecondary education will be
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represented among the career choices. 7. Go through each specific career on the board, and talk
about the postsecondary education required. Then discuss any education options not represented in the careers chosen. You may want to write these on the board, too.
One-year workforce certificate (for many advanced manufacturing jobs on the line or repairing robots; truck drivers; some nurses)
Two-year associate degree (for some advanced manufacturing jobs and some healthcare jobs)
Four-year bachelor’s degree (the most common degree; very helpful for farm or ranch managers; necessary for accountants, market analysts and more)
Apprenticeship for three to five years (for many trades that involve working with your hands, such as welding, pipe fitting or electrician work)
Master’s or doctorate degrees (for medical doctors and dentists; high-level economists and statisticians; MBA for some managers)
8. Ask students to look at the LEARN MORE articles again. At the beginning of each section, high school pathways related to the career sector are listed. NOTE: Your local high school may not offer all or any of these pathways, but they will have classes related to each sector.
9. Explain that students will have the opportunity to make a high school Graduation Plan in eighth grade that maps out the classes they will take in high school. If they know they are interested in one of these sectors, they should seek to complete a pathway. All students, whether they have defined career interests or not, should make sure that their high school diploma choice and choice of classes matches their education goal. For example, many four-year colleges require or prefer an Academic Honors diploma, which students should start towards in their freshman year. Apprenticeship programs often want students who are good at math, and may prefer students who have completed the lowest level of certification through earning the Technical Honors diploma. In general, students should strive for the highest diploma type they can, and they should take classes that are related to their future career fields.
Find a Career Fit
10. Ask, “So, how many of you know exactly what career you
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want to have in the future?” Ask for a show of hands. 11. Say, “Even if you think you know what you want to do
now, you should do some career exploring to make sure that the career you’ve chosen is a good fit for your skills, your interests and for the economy. You want to make sure that you will be good at the job, once you’ve learned how to do it, that you will like it, and that you will be able to find somewhere to work. That means choosing a career related to a growing sector is a good choice.”
12. Pass out “What’s My Career Fit?” Allow students to work individually.
13. If you have extra time, ask students to answer a short writing prompt, such as “How will my future career fit into Indiana’s growing career sectors?”
Review Questions (at start of next lesson) You may wish to ask these questions out loud, or turn them into a written quiz.
1. What are four of the fastest-growing career sectors in Indiana? (Architecture & Construction, Information Technology, Marketing, Sales, & Service, Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics.)
2. What are some hands-on jobs in architecture and construction? (carpentry, plumbing, or electric work)
3. Give an example of a career in the technology sector that works on computers. (Answers will vary)
4. Give an example of a career that requires a one-year workforce certificate. (Answers will vary)
5. Which high school diploma is the best choice if your career requires a four-year bachelor’s degree? (Academic Honors)
6. Which high school diploma can help you get a head start on an apprenticeship career, such as being an electrician, plumber or welder? (Technical Honors)
Evaluation
How will mastery of the guidance indicator(s) be evaluated?
Use the review questions (see above) to gauge comprehension and retention.
Learning Resources
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Resources needed: e.g., technology resources, media resources, books, web sites
LEARN MORE magazine, grades 6-8, 2016-17 edition (also available online at LearnMoreIndiana.org)
“What’s My Career Fit?” activity in LEARN MORE pg. 7
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