10890123College and Career Readiness
Course Information
Description
This course provides a challenging adventure in learning and self-discovery to help learners prepare for college and/or career. The learner will develop self-awareness, build relationships, and be empowered to make effective choices in college and career decisions. A wide variety of skills will be explored that promote success in high school and readiness for post-secondary college and career opportunities.
Total Credits
3
Course Competencies
  1. Demonstrate study skills
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product –Journaling
    Written Product – Plan or Worksheets
    Verbal Reports - Small Group Work, Case Studies
    Verbal Reports – Self Assessment Reflection
    Group Activity with presentation
    Group Project with presentation
    Quizzes or Midterm
    Comprehensive Final
    Criteria
    Prepare reading logs
    Analyze results of a learning styles inventory through journaling and/or small group discussions
    Create a personal learning style study/learning plan based of results of a learning styles inventory

  2. Apply goal-setting strategies
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product –Journaling
    Written Product – Plan or Worksheets
    Verbal Reports - Small Group Work
    Verbal Reports – Self Assessment Reflection
    Group Activity with presentation
    Quizzes or Midterm
    Comprehensive Final
    Criteria
    Describe academic guidelines for creating long-term goals and short-term goals
    Compose personal long-term and short-term goals using goal writing guidelines for the term
    Verbally share your long and short-term goals with peers
    Periodically self-assess goals progress
    Analysis how personal priorities impact goal attainment
    At end of term, present your term long goal progress within a peer group

  3. Use problem-solving strategies
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product –Journaling
    Written Product – Worksheets
    Verbal Reports - Case Studies
    Quizzes
    Criteria
    Describe the problem-solving framework in a quiz
    Solve a case study within a small group using the problem-solving framework
    Apply problem-solving framework to a current personal obstacle using a worksheet that requires generating various option-outcomes
    Predict and explore potential option-outcome successes within a journal

  4. Strengthen a positive mindset
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product –Journaling
    Written Product – Plan or Worksheets
    Verbal Reports - Small Group Work, Case Studies
    Verbal Reports – Self Assessment Reflection
    Group Activity with presentation
    Group Project with presentation
    Quizzes or Midterm
    Comprehensive Final
    Criteria
    Define the components of a positive mindset
    Describe the benefits of a having a positive mindset
    Apply positive mindset knowledge to a peer small group case study
    Examine through a journal how you could revise a current personal situation from a negative mindset experience to a positive mindset experience

  5. Use verbal communication skills
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product –Journaling
    Verbal Reports - Small Group Work
    Group Activity with presentation
    Quizzes
    Comprehensive Final
    Criteria
    Define and describe active listening skills in a quiz
    Practice active listening skills in small groups
    Demonstrate effective verbal skills through small group skits (presentations)
    Explain through a journal why respect, open mindedness and bias-free language improves communication

  6. Apply the career development process
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product – Portfolio
    Written Product – Plan or Worksheets
    Verbal Reports – Self Assessment Reflection
    Group Activity with presentation
    Quizzes
    Criteria
    Describe the career development process - quiz
    Identify multiple career development theories - quiz
    Complete self-assessments or activities that produce results related to on your personality, interests, special knowledges, skills, personal values and work values
    Collect, using reliable print materials and electronic databases, careers that would align with self-assessment results
    Research potential careers exploring educational requirements, job details, market outlook
    Produce a portfolio that includes your self-assessment results, the list of potential career options, and details of two career options (that includes job details and market outlook)
    At end of term, give a verbal presentation of portfolio information to peers

  7. Develop critical thinking skills
    Assessment Strategies
    Skill Demonstration
    Written Product –Journaling
    Written Product – Plan or Worksheets
    Verbal Reports - Small Group Work, Case Studies
    Group Activity with Presentation
    Quizzes
    Criteria
    Define critical thinking - quiz
    Explain the benefits of critical thinking - quiz
    Discuss how critical thinking skills can be used to recognize reliable evidence – small group activity
    Demonstrate critical thinking skills when locating and determining reliability of online sources - worksheet
    Use details to discover larger ideas/abstractions - case study with presentation
    Examine existing ideas and develop new possibilities or options within a case study