What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up

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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?

• Tools for an exemplary career development program

Vivian Snyder, vsnyder_at_doe.k12.ga.us
404-657-8331 Tech Prep 2006
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Career Development

• GOAL Participants will become familiar with the
  GDOE Career Development Initiative as it relates
  to parent involvement in the career planning
  process.

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Objectives

• To provide rationale for the new GDOE career
  development initiative
• To provide a brief description of the framework,
  key components and delivery system in the new
  GDOE career development initiative
• To provide information, tools, resources and
  materials for career related activities and
  parent tools.

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Career Development is

• A lifelong process by which individuals define
  and redefine career-related choices and outcomes.
  (NOICC, March 1994)

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Basic assumptions are

• ALL educators are career developersTeachers
  make all professions possible
• ALL students are expected to work, therefore, ALL
  students need career developmentThe future of
  work is LEARNING a living
• Parents are the greatest influence in a students
  career decision-making process. Many studies
  show that young people cite their parents most
  frequently as the main influence in their
  occupational plans. No other group even comes
  close.--Sarah M. Shoffner and Richard H.
  Klemer, 1973

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OPPORTUNITY
IS THE KEY WORD!!!!!
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Why Opportunity? Because Students

• Need help to enter a rewarding career
• Need a hopeful vision of the future
• Need the opportunity to experience the world of
  work
• Need to recognize the link between the world of
  work and education
• Need to recognize that the expectation is to
  become a productive citizen in a democratic
  society
• Need to know that postsecondary education is
  required in many occupations
• Will change the way they work because of the
  advances in technology
• Will change jobs 5-7 times lifelong
• Are expected to be creative, intuitive and team
  oriented
• Are expected to perform a variety of tasks
• Will compete in global markets

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Academic Development is
Rigor
A lifelong process by which individuals develop
the attitudes, skills necessary to achieve
success in education and develop into
contributing members of society.
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Personal/Social Development is
A lifelong process in which individuals develop
attitudes, skills and knowledge in
self-awareness, self-esteem, relationships with
others, independence and social responsibility.
Relationship
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Career Development is

• A lifelong process by which individuals define
  and redefine career-related choices and outcomes.
  (NOICC, March 1994)

Relevance
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Vision Statement

• The Georgia Department of Educations Career
  Development Initiative will provide the necessary
  tools, knowledge, and resources for systematic,
  developmental, and comprehensive career planning
  for all students in grades K-12. The initiative
  will foster improved educational achievement,
  improved preparation and participation in
  postsecondary education, better articulation
  among levels of education and between education
  and work, higher graduation and promotion rates
  and, ultimately, more informed and considered
  career decisions.
• http//www.doe.k12.ga.us/

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National Career Development Guidelines
Assessment
Career Center
Portfolio
WBL
ICP
Teacher-as-advisor
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www.GeorgiaCRN.org
www.GeorgiaCRN.org
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National Career Development Guidelines

• Provides standards (competencies) upon which a
  comprehensive, developmental guidance program
  can be built.

www.acrnetwork.org or www.GeorgiaCRN.org
SMART CHOICES
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The Career Planning Process
Educators assist students in answering the
following questions
WHO AM I ? (Self-knowledge) Helping students
discover their interest, aptitudes and the things
that are important to them.
WHERE AM I GOING? (Career/Educational
Exploration) Helping students discover their
numerous options in the world of work and the
relationship work has with education.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET THERE? (Planning/Management)
Helping students formulate a plan of action to
reach their career goal.
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Assessment

• Will assist the student in learning about
  themselves by identifying interest, aptitudes,
  and whats important to them
• Will increase or narrow the options a student
  might consider
• Will assist the students decision-making ability
  in the career management process

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Who Am I?
Self-Awareness
Occupation Sort IDEAS (additional GCIS
cost) Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
(ASVAB) O Net Interest Profiler ONet Work
Importance Locator SKILLS Career Keys PSAT (9th,
10th, 11th)
www.gcic.peachnet.edu Destination Success GA
College411
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Where Am I Going?
Exploration

• Labor Market Information (LMI)
• Materials, knowledge, tools and resources (CAREER
  CENTERS)
• Work-Based Learning
• Classroom/TAP activities

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The fact is...

• By 2010, more than 42 percent of job growth in
  the economy will require a vocational
  certificate, associates degree, bachelors
  degree, or higher.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

postsecondary education is important!
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The fact is...

• Between 2000 and 2010, jobs that require an
  associates degree are projected to grow at a
  much faster rate than the average of all jobs
  21.7 v. 15.2
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

postsecondary education is important!
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The fact is...

• Eight of the ten fastest growing jobs from 2000
  to 2010 require some form of postsecondary
  education, and this trend will continue.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

postsecondary education is important!
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Information students and parents need
Tech Prep is a nationwide career development
system that leads to a postsecondary credential.
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Information students and parents need
Work-based learning is a program connecting both
school-based and work-based learning.
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Information students and parents need
The HOPE Grant is postsecondary financial funding
for students who graduate from a Georgia high
school who wish to attend a Georgia public
technical college.
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Information students and parents need
Nine of the top ten fastest growing occupations
are in health and computer occupations.
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Information students and parents need
Georgias Colleges, Universities and Technical
Colleges is a publication from the Georgia
Student Finance Commission listing ALL
postsecondary schools in Georgia w/a thumbnail
sketch of each.
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Information students and parents need
High school dropouts earn 27 to 30 less that
high school graduates.
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Options after high school educational exploration
What level of education do students need to reach
their career goal?
College
Military
Technical College
OJT
Special Purpose School
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Work-based learning will

• Provide students with the opportunity to know
  what they do NOT want to do.
• Provide students with realistic work experiences.
• Provide students the opportunity to develop
  realistic work skills and personal qualities .
• Provide students with the opportunity to explore
  the world-of-work directly linked to career
  interest/pathway.

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Work-based Learning Opportunities.
Students should be encouraged to take advantage
of all work-based learning opportunity they have
in middle and high school.

• Career-related Field Trips
• Job Shadowing
• School-based Enterprises
• Entrepreneurial Ventures
• Internship/Practicum
• Clinical Experiences
• Cooperative Education
• Youth Apprenticeship

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There's an education in knowing what you
don't want to do!!!!
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Career centers will

• Provide relevant career materials
• Assist students in researching occupational ideas
  suited to their interest, values, and abilities
• Offers career assessment through testing and
  interest inventories
• Provide opportunities for parents to participate
  in student career plans
• Provide materials to parents and community
  members so they can explore their own career
  interest

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Career Centers

• Postsecondary school catalogs, applications and
  scholarships
• Career exploration materials
• Test taking skills materials
• ACT-SAT-PSAT-PLAN-ASSET materials
• General scholarship materials
• Parenting materials
• Self-help materials
• Financial aid materials
• Apprenticeship information
• High school programs and curriculum Magnet
  schools, YAP, TECH PREP, Dual Enrollment, Joint
  Enrollment, AP, student organizations such as
  DECA, DCT, CBE
• GCIS and other software
• Internet resources/addresses

Check out www.GeorgiaGO.org for information on a
GO Center
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Two Resources.for exploration

• Taking the Road Less Traveled (high schools)
  Preparing students for nontraditional careers
• Power points awareness, recruitment, retention
  and placement
• Workbook
• Video
• resources
• Destination Success (high schools and middle
  schools)
• Teacher Tips
• Student Activities
• School Projects
• Surveys and Forms

Perkins Legislation Section 112, 113 and 134
(State Plan) What are you doing to positively
affect the outcome of these students? (Special
populations) States must continually make
progress toward improving the performance of
nontraditional students.
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How Am I Going To Get There?
Planning for high school and postsecondary
education and beyond.
Planning
GDOE Individual Career Plans (ICP) GCIS Portfolios
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Portfolios will

• Help all students know who they are, where they
  are going and how will they will get there (the
  process).
• Motivate students to achieve higher standards
  (make good choices).
• Develop skills in the planning process (fail to
  plan, plan to fail).
• Establish goals (employment NOT graduation)
• Promote exploration and research (gather
  information).
• Expand career and postsecondary options (gather
  information).
• Ensure equity (ALL students).

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6-year Individual Career Plan (ICP)

• Involves student, parents and middle/high school
  staff/counselor/advisor
• Initiated at the 8th grade level
• It is based on systematic investigation and
  exploration in the middle school

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6-year Individual Career Plan (ICP)

• 13th and 14th year added to emphasize the
  importance of postsecondary education and help to
  identify and track Tech Prep students
• The dual diploma communicates to students and
  parents higher academic expectations especially
  in core academic classes

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6-year Individual Career Plan (ICP)

• Career plan is based on a CAREER FOCUS within a
  CAREER CLUSTER with an END in mind and recommends
  a sequence of classes in a selected PATHWAY.
• Career plan has a focus on the FUTURE.

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Delivery System Teachers-As-Advisors will

• Provide one-on-one guidance to ALL students
• Provide students with a clear focus on their
  future and a plan to get there
• Provide one-on-one encouragement to take the the
  higher-level academic courses always emphasizing
  the need for high education
• Provide consistent encouragement for those
  students who are experiencing problems
• Provide for more parent involvement
• Provide teachers with a better understanding of
  curriculum and the opportunities students have
  within the system as a whole such as TECH PREP,
  YAP etc.
• Provide teachers the opportunity to develop
  strong bonds with their advisees

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What is the difference between guidance and
counseling?

• Guidance is the help that ALL students receive
  from parents, teachers, counselors, and others to
  assist with educational and career development.

• Counseling is the help that SOME students receive
  from professionals to overcome personal and
  social problems that interfere with learning.

National ratio of counselor to students is 1 to
477. ASCA school counselor, American School
Counselor Association, May/June 2004
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Whos responsible?
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Key websites

• www.gcic.peachnet.edu
• www.Georgia411.org
• www.GeorgiaGO.org
• www.doe.k12.ga.us
• www.GeorgiaCRN.org

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WORKSHOPS w/career focus

• GVSDC www.GVSDC.org
• Counselor Workshop, Augusta, June 19-20
• Teacher-as-Advisor Oct. 4 and 18
• Middle School Transition Sept 27 and 28
• Postsecondary Transition Oct. 25 and 26

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Questions and/or Comments