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Title: 4 Year Planning with Freshmen


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4 Year Planning with Freshmen
  • Lake Zurich Counseling Department

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Objectives
  • As a result of participation in the 4 year plans
    your son/daughter will acquire the knowledge to
  • identify career interests by taking a career
    interest inventory.
  • analyze their skills, abilities and interests to
    establish goals, plan and prepare for the future.
  • make decisions about courses to take by
    developing their 4 year plan.
  • understand the relationship between the courses
    they take, graduation post-secondary
    requirements and the importance of setting goals.

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First Day of Four Year Plans
  • Career Matchmaker- an internet assessment tool
  • The students can answer as few as 39 questions,
    or as many as 116- depending on their needs
  • The resulting career suggestions list includes 40
    occupations ranked in order of suitability.
  • By clicking on an occupation, they can receive
    clear feedback on exactly why the occupation is
    considered to be a good match for them.

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First Day of Four Year Plans cont.
  • Explore Careers
  • Each in-depth occupation profile includes the
    following information
  • Job description
  • Working Conditions
  • Earnings
  • Education and Training
  • Direct links to related college and university
    programs
  • Sample Career Path
  • A list of related occupations
  • Links to other sources of information

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Creating Electronic Portfolios on Career Cruising
  • The Career Portfolio allows your student to keep
    track of all of their career exploration
    activities as well as their 4 year Educational
    Plan
  • You can log onto www.careercruising.com whenever
    you want, type in your students portfolio
    information (their username and passwords they
    will create) and be able to look at the careers
    and schools they may have saved as well as be
    able to look at their 4 year educational plan.

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Creating Electronic Portfolios on Career Cruising
cont.
  • Students grow and change during high
    school.  Because the program is web based,
    students can return to Career Cruising at any
    time to update.
  • Resume Builder
  • Career Preparation
  • Activities and Abilities
  • Work Experience
  • Volunteer Experience

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Second Day of 4yr Plans
  • Students will complete their 4 year plans within
    their electronic career portfolios in Career
    Cruising
  • Students will learn about graduation requirements
  • Students will be able to understand the
    relationship between the courses they take and
    post-secondary requirements.

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Four Year Plan Template
  • Please find time to discuss your students four
    year plan as well as post-secondary opportunities
    prior to their 2nd day of Career Cruising

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https//www.careercruising.com/
  • Username LakeZurich
  • Password Bears

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  • Any Questions?
  • Thank you for your time
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