School Counseling Curriculum for High School
GRADE 11 Lesson Title: Course Selections and Career Goals CSCA/ASCA Content Standard: Goal 2: School Success Goal 3: Academics to Life Goal 6: Relationship Between School and Work
Classroom Lesson #1 Domain: Academic/Career Time needed: Class Period Facilitator: School Counselor
Students will: Locate course selection information in the WHS Program of Studies (POS). Identify courses that relate to their career(s) of interest. Recognize the relationship between course selection and post‐secondary goals. Enroll in subjects that support career aspirations. Essential Question(s): What is the benefit of taking courses aligned with future career goals? How does high school performance impact post‐secondary goals? Engagement (Hook): Students are given sample transcripts and the student’s career goal and students are asked whether they feel the student would have the appropriate course work/grade/etc. for his/her future goal. Instructional Strategies / Lesson / Activities: 1. Counselor will review WHS graduation requirements, using a template of the four year plan created in grade 9. 2. Counselor will have students review the recommended course work for admission into a four year college, as noted in the POS. 3. Students are instructed to log into their Naviance account and click on a saved career of interest and/or career cluster of interest. 4. Students are instructed to locate and study the “Plan of Study” for a particular career cluster and review the related courses recommended to take while in high school. (To access: scroll down the “overview” page and then click on “education and training”). 5. Students can also reference the “Elective Coursework Worksheet” on Naviance as an additional tool to help students select courses. 6. Students will use the WHS POS to review course descriptions, pre‐requisite information, etc. for related course work. 7. Counselors introduce College Career Pathways as a template for course selection. 8. Students will update their saved 4 year plan with the coursework they wish to take over the next two years based on their research of the POS and future career plans/goals.
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