rubric to assess the career power points

Stage 1—Desired Results

Career Power Points

2012 South Dakota MyLife Magazine

Lesson Plan Title:

7-8th Grades Career Development

Author: Marion BlueArm (2-5-2013)

Essential Questions:

What career is the student interested in at this time and why? What are the 10 (+) most essential components about the career? How can knowing what career sounds interesting help the student pursue a focused education

and career path?

Overview/ Purpose:

The purpose of this lesson is twofold: (1) to expose students to as many careers within the associated career clusters as possible and (2) to help them learn specific and the most essential information on each occupation, including core tasks, what classes they need to take in high school to prepare themselves, and what direction their education and career path could take from here on out. Students will be exposed to this information by personally researching one occupation, reading about more in the SDMyLife magazine, and finally by listening to as many slide show presentations on other careers as there are students in the class. Classroom discussion will further enhance their learning.

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge on how to create a Power Point, create new slides, order slides, select the slide layout, select a template for the background, insert objects, and possibly work with simple transitions.

Basic knowledge on what makes a good Power Point presentation including such hints aso Assuring that text is legible and contrast and colors easy on the eyes (e.g. no brilliant

colors against a neon background)o Large fonto Limited words and lines per pageo Not too many or lengthy transitionso Fragment sentences are okay

Making the Connection Checking Understanding Higher Order Thinking Handout

Stage 2—Learning Plan & Assessment Evidence

Materials needed: South Dakota MyLife Magazine, Paper and pencil for notes Handout: Career Power Point Instructions Handout: Rubric for Career Power Points Computers with internet access Classroom or otherwise accessible printer Promethean board or other technology that allows projection of what the teacher

demonstrates on the computer.


o No direct reading when presenting- rather use each slide as visual support of what is talked about

o Loud and clear voice and avoidance of “uhms” Students all have their SDMyLife user names and passwords and possess some basic familiarity

with their SDMyLife portfolios and the site in general.

Summative Evidence (Objective): Students will create a 10+ slide Power Point on a selected career, each slide corresponding to specific characteristic of the occupation, and present their slide show to the class. Students will gain basic knowledge on as many careers as there are presenters in the classroom.

Time Required for Lesson: Six periods: four 55 minute periods plus two periods for student presentations of the Power Points

Resources: The sample Power Point referenced in the text on the career of Veterinarian is available for free from [email protected] upon request.

Suggested Activities and Procedures:

Instructions:

Day 1: Introduction of Career Power Point Project.

1. Ask every student to take out a blank piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Then hand out the South Dakota MyLife Magazines, and ask students to turn to the Table of Contents p. 2. Read through it together and start leafing through the magazine. Draw students’

attention to the fact that a different individual is featured on each double page pages 5-35 and that each of those pages illustrates a number of South Dakota in demand careers that are in the same cluster as to the one described. Challenge students to think about a career they may be interested in? To what cluster does it belong? Have each student jot down 3-5 careers of interest on a piece of paper. (10 min.)

2. Announce the task of the week: Each student will complete a Power Point on one of the careers jotted down on their piece of paper and everyone has to select a different occupation than all


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other students. (That way the presentations will represent the maximum variation of careers possible in each class.) Pass out the instructions for the Power Point and advise students that the same instruction sheet is available under the downloaded links in their SDMyLife in My Portfolio – My Links . Let them know that, if they download the instruction sheet from SDMyLife, all the websites given as sources will be life links that are clickable for direct access to the sources. Then hand out the rubric so that students will be informed on grading expectations from the beginning and will know what to do to earn maximum points. Briefly go over the rubric as a class to clarify expectations. (10 min.)

3. Show the sample Career PowerPoint either as the provided word print out or the actual Power Point presentation (source referenced below). (5 min.)

4. With the class, brainstorm ideas on how best to conduct the research. (Some sources are suggested on the instruction sheet.) Briefly discuss responses; then tell the students that your expectation is that their primary source will be the career tab in SDMyLife. In their magazines on the top right corners of the right hand pages of the careers they marked, they will see the career cluster to which each occupation belongs. By clicking on the career tab in their portfolios, they will see several search options: they can access the career directly by typing its name in the search box or they can search by clusters. This last choice is especially useful if students perhaps still want to change their mind and rather do their Power Point on a career that is different from the one they originally chose but closely related and hence in the same cluster. Have students search the career tab and narrow down their choice to one career. (5 min.)

5. Ask students to select their career in the SDMyLife site and then click on “Save to Portfolio”, a blue link on the left of the page that features each occupation. Have students print the first page that opens, labeled “At a Glance”. Then ask them to click on the blue “Working Conditions” tab on the left, on the “Sample Career Path” tab, and on the “Earnings” tab and print each of those pages as well. (All information needed for the Power Point will be on one of the printouts EXCEPT for “Advantages vs. Disadvantages”, which asks for the students’ opinions and is entirely subjective. There are no wrong answers). Allow students to collect their printouts or you collect them and then hand them out (5 min).

6. Give students a moment to read the information on their career from their printouts. If they get done before others, they are to look back at their computer screen and click on each blue tab on the left of their career, one at a time, and read the detailed information provided (10 min.).

7. Using the Promethean board, walk the students through the process of how to open a blank Power Point presentation (a skill they hopefully already possess, but they can also learn as they go along). As you complete each step, have the students mimic you in the creation of each slide. Wait for everyone to be finished with each slide before moving on.

a. Select the title slide layout (slide 1). In the top text box, have the students type as title the career of their choice. In the bottom box, have them write their name, hit enter for a new line, type their name, hit enter, their school, enter, write the current month and year.

b. Then click “new slide” and select the layout for the remaining slides. Most should have a top box for the heading and a bulleted bottom box for text, except the slides which contrast SD wages/ national wages, SD job



outlook/ national job outlook and advantages / disadvantages. These should have a heading box and below two bulleted text boxes next to each other.

c. Create all 10/11 slides one at a time and title them according to the instruction handout. Point out to the students that the headings correspond to most bolded headings under “At a Glance” for each career in SDMyLife. (See the instruction handout in the attachment for a listing of the slides and their headings.) (15 min).

8. Have students click back on the first content slide of their presentation (slide 2, the one after the title slide) and begin creating their presentations. Tell them to worry about the text first BEFORE changing slide design or adding illustrations or transitions. Students will work on their Power Points for the remainder of class time as well as the next three times the class meets. (A fourth and possibly fifth hour will be needed for presentations. As a bonus, the teacher may provide treats to each student who has finished their presentation (5 min+/-).

Days 2 – 4: Development of Presentations

1. Students continue to work on their Power Points. Keep moving around the room and be available to answer questions and provide assistance.

2. If a student claims to be done, have him or her share the slide show with you. As time allows, quickly read through all the slides with the student. If any needs improvement, ask the student to revisit the particular section and what s/he thinks should be edited. Then provide your suggestions for improvements.

3. Either have students email the finished presentation to you or retrieve them directly while computers are synchronized.

4. Any student who is done early can either assist helping others or can use their time as assigned.

Closure/ Wrap Up: Day 5 and 6: Career Power Point Presentations

1. When all students have completed, edited, and finalized their presentations, have students take turns stepping up to the Promethean board and presenting their slide shows.

2. Instruct them to start out by introducing themselves and stating the career they have researched. Students are to show and share the content of each slide, however, they should not read directly off the slides but instead paraphrase their content.

Assessment:

See the rubric provided in the appendix as the suggested assessment tool.

Extension Activities

Class discussion on the good points of each presentation and on items that could use some improvement.

Students could be given blank rubrics and score each presenter.

Alternate Options:



Allow students to complete this project with a partner instead of alone. Have students upload their completed Power Points into their SDMyLife portfolios.

STANDARDS: Revised Bloom’s Level:

Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial postsecondary options, including college.A:B1 Improve LearningA:B1.5 Organize and apply academic information from a variety of sources

A:B2 Plan to Achieve GoalsA:B2.7 Identify post-secondary options consistent with interests, achievement, aptitude and abilities

STANDARD C: Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.

A:C1 Relate School to Life ExperiencesA:C1.3 Understand the relationship between learning and workA:C1.6 Understand how school success and academic achievement enhance future career and

vocational opportunities

Career Development: Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.

C:A1 Develop Career AwarenessC:A1.1 Develop skills to locate, evaluate and interpret career informationC:A1.2 Learn about the variety of traditional and nontraditional occupationsC:A1.3. Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests and motivationsC:A1.7 Understand the importance of planning

C:A2 Develop Employment ReadinessC:A2.3 Demonstrate knowledge about the changing workplaceC:A2.7 Develop a positive attitude toward work and learning

C:B1 Acquire Career InformationC:B1.1 Apply decision-making skills to career planning, course selection and career transitionC:B1.2 Identify personal skills, interests and abilities and relate them to current career choiceC:B1.3 Demonstrate knowledge of the career-planning processC:B1.4 Know the various ways in which occupations can be classifiedC:B1.5 Use research and information resources to obtain career informationC:B1.6 Learn to use the Internet to access career-planning information

C:B2 Identify Career GoalsC:B2.1 Demonstrate awareness of the education and training needed to achieve career goalsC:B2.4 Select course work that is related to career interestsC:B2.5 Maintain a career-planning portfolio

C:C1 Acquire Knowledge to Achieve Career Goals



C:C1.1 Understand the relationship between educational achievement and career successC:C1.2 Explain how work can help to achieve personal success and satisfactionC:C1.3 Identify personal preferences and interests influencing career choice and successC:C1.4 Understand that the changing workplace requires lifelong learning and acquiring new skills.

Personal/ Social Development: Standard B: Students will make decisions, set goals and take necessary action to achieve goals.

PS:B1.9 Identify long- and short-term goals

(Standards available at http://www.ascanationalmodel.org/files/StudentStandards.pdf )

Attachments (Lesson Materials)

1. Student Handout: Career Power Point Instructions2. Teacher Rubric for assessment of Career Power Points3. Sample Career Power Point shown in Word. In the classroom, it can be shown to the students as

a sample slideshow presentation.


http://www.ascanationalmodel.org/files/StudentStandards.pdf


SDMyLife Career Project - JHDirections:

Create a Power Point presentation with a background and design of your choice. Your presentation will

have a minimum of 10 slides, one addressing each of the following criteria. All answers can be found in

Career Cruising www.sdmylife.com under the Career tab on top of the page and also on the various

career websites listed on page 2.

Slides:

1. Name of Career, Your Name, current Grade Level, School, Month & Year

2. Core Tasks (describe the career/ occupation)

3. Workplace (locations, inside or outside; where?)

4. Working Conditions (working hours, special dangers or other conditions)

5. Earnings / Income/ Wages/ Salary: range; SD and/or national averages

6. Education/ Training Needed

7. Attributes and Abilities (Special Skills needed)

8. Sample Career Path (Name and describe the different levels)

9. Job Outlook (In Earnings tab: employment trend, national and South Dakota given)

10. Advantages/ Disadvantages (as perceived by you (5+ things you dis/like the most about the job)

11. Bonus slide: Related Careers: Name at least 10 and some clusters and maybe what industries

they fall under.

12. Sources and other Resources (names and urls or other sources where you found your

information)

Oral Presentation:

Share the findings on your preferred career with the rest of your class in an oral report.

If you like, you can use notes that you add below your slides or notes recorded on separate note cards.

When presenting, do not read your slides but state in your own words the important aspects under each

heading.


http://www.sdmylife.com/


Additional Sources:

The biggest job search site is the Occupational Outlook Handbook which is now online at http://www.bls.gov/oco. Write the name of the job you want to find into the search box. This site has thorough information on most known occupations and contains a section on each slide you need.

http://apps.sd.gov/applications/LD01DOL/Template/Main.aspx? TemplateID=17&OrphanPage=http://apps.sd.gov/applications/LD55CareerInsite/CustomContent/welcome.aspx Type the career into the keyword box or search by interest area below.

You can also explore the following web site(s) for information on the same occupation: www.mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership

Explore the Match My Careers and Cluster link www.mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/match_career.cfm

and then pick one career (also called an occupation).

O*Net Online allows a wider search and provides an in-depth look at hundreds of specific occupations, including detailed skills, knowledge and ability requirements, tasks and work activities involved, work settings, and interests and values of people employed in a given occupation. Includes military. http://online.onetcenter.org Click on Find Occupations, in the keyword box, type the name of the occupation.

The JobStar site http:// jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.htm includes information on careers and on each branch of the Military. Click on Guides to Specific Careers.You can also research the Military by scrolling down to Military. Click on Military Career Guide Online or go to http://www.todaysmilitary.com/app/tm/is and select the desired branch. Follow directions and print the information.

To see real life job openings, visit http://www.careeronestop.org . Click on Topics A-Z (top right), scroll down to the heading Occupations, click on browsing , under Keyword Search, type the name of the occupation.

You can collect information from various sites to complete your career PowerPoint. State all

sources used on your last slide and copy-paste the url where you found it.

Rubric to assess the Career Power Points


http://www.careeronestop.org/

http://www.todaysmilitary.com/app/tm/is

http://jobstar.org/tools/career/spec-car.htm

http://online.onetcenter.org/

http://www.mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership/match_career.cfm

http://www.mappingyourfuture.org/planyourcareer/careership

http://apps.sd.gov/applications/LD01DOL/Template/Main.aspx?TemplateID=17&OrphanPage=http://apps.sd.gov/applications/LD55CareerInsite/CustomContent/welcome.aspx



http://www.bls.gov/oco


Slides Points: 5 4 3 1-2 11 Introduction All 5 stated: name of career,

student name, School, student’s grade level, and month and year.

4 stated 3 stated 1-2 stated well 1 or less and slide is named

2 Core Tasks Career is briefly but clearly described so that it is easy to know what tasks and skills it involves

Career is described and tasks are mentioned

Career is described but specific tasks are unclear

Two tasks are named

Only one task is named

3 Work Place 5 aspects named: career is tied to a particular location? Indoor/ outdoor? Country/ city? Clear description of location requirements

4 aspects named and clearly described

3 aspects named and described

1-2 aspects named and clearly described

One or less described and slide is named

4 Working conditions

5 aspects are described, such as working hrs; special dangers; work environment, travel, tips, with people or not, indoors/ outdoors…

Info on 4 aspects, Info on 3 aspects,

Info on 2 working conditions well described

One or less working condition described.

5 Earnings/ Wages/ Income/Salary

SD and national beginning and averages wages stated (4)

Only 3 of 4 stated Only 2 of 4 stated

Only one of 4 stated

Not correctly stated but said something

6 Education/Training needed

Levels of education needed clearly stated

Partially stated but some examples given

Partially stated; no PS school named

Marginally stated

Slide named, but non-pertinent information

7 Attributes & Abilities

5 special skills, knowledge, abilities, or needed licenses and types of diplomas stated.

4 aspects named and clearly described



1 aspect named and described

8 Sample Career Path

All 3-4 levels given in SDMyLife stated and earnings, requirements, and responsibilities of each named.

At least 75% of levels and sub criteria stated

At least 60% of levels and sub criteria stated

30%- 40% of levels and sub criteria stated

Something said but not stated correctly or 1 level or less

9 Job Outlook National or state job outlook including (1) employ #s now and (2) future, reflecting (3) what change, (4) percentage, and (5) # of future job openings.

4 of the named aspects accurately stated



1of the named aspects accurately stated

10 Advantages 5 + likes about the job (prospects) well stated

4 stated 3 stated 2 stated 1 stated

10 Disadvantages 5 aspects disliked about the job) are stated

4 stated 3 stated 2 stated 1 stated

Bonus Slide: Related Careers

At least 10 related careers and some related clusters

7-9 related careers and/ or clusters

5-6 related careers and/or clusters

2-4 related careers and/or clusters

1 related careers or clusters

11 Sources/ Resources

3 + sources named with print source or url provided

2 + sources named with print source or url provided

3 sources but no url or print source or vice versa

2 sources but no url or print source or vice versa.

1 source or less.

Total Points A: 55+ B: 44 – 54 C: 33 - 43 D: 11 - 32 F 10-



Sample Career Power Point


rubric to assess the career power points

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