Future-Ready for the Big Wide World
Scope & Sequence
01
Senior Seminar Introduction
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Senior Seminar Syllabus Introduced
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Seniors will take a Student Survey and participate in icebreaker activities.
02
Senior Seminar Pre-Test
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Students are assessed on their prior knowledge of workplace and career literacy skills.
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Students will be given Advice from the previous year's graduating class
03
Letters of Reference & Workplace Vocabulary
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Students will learn about Letters of Reference
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Students will complete activities as they learn definitions of vocabulary words used in the workplace.
04
Workplace Vocabulary Continued
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Students will complete activities as they learn definitions of vocabulary words used in the workplace.
05
Employment Applications: Part I
06
Employment Applications: Part II
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Students will fill out an "Employment Fact Sheet" to use when filling out out applications in the future.
07
Career Objective Essay Prewrite
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Students will do pre-writing activities for their Career Objective Essay.
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Students will complete the pre-writing exercise in class.
08
Career Objective Essay Rough Draft
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Students will use their pre-writing exercise to type their rough draft of their Career Objective Essay.
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Students will wrap up completing their Application Fact Sheet.
COE Edit/Finding Employment
09
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Students will make corrections on their edited COE and select stationary for publishing.
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Students will select a picture for the cover of their portfolio.
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Students will learn the steps in the process of finding employment.
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Students will visit various websites to search for employment in their field of choice to compare salaries and benefits.
10
Recognizing Marketable Skills
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Students will differentiate between hard and soft skills and begin categorizing their own skills for their resumes.
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Students will recognize their activities and community service to be included on their resumes.
12
Resumes: Type Rough Draft
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Students will use their completed Employment Fact Sheet and the template provided in class to type their rough draft of their resume.
13
Resume: Final Edit/Keeping a Job
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Students will make corrections on their edited resumes and save to be printed.
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Students will watch a video and complete an activity on ways to not get fired.
14
Paying Your Dues
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Students will individually read about the topic of "Paying Your Dues".
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Students will individually complete a reflection activity prior to participating in a group discussion.
15
Employment Correspondence
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Students will learn about writing Cover Letters and complete in-class notes.
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Students will learn about writing Thank You Letters and complete in-class notes.
16
Personal Finance: Getting Paid
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Students will complete in-class notes on:
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Paying taxes, W-4 forms and W-2 forms.
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Personal Finance: Paying Taxes
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Students will learn what tax dollars are used for
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Students will learn about W-2, W-4, and 1040 EZ form
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Personal Finance: Creating a Budget
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Students will use internet resources to create a household budget.
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Students will learn the basics of bill paying
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Personal Finance: Renting an Apartment
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Students will learn how to rent an apartment
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Students will learnterminology used in rental listings.
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Students will use internet sources to view apartment listings.
20
Personal Finance: Banks and Credit Cards
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Students will learn the basics of having a checking or savings account.
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Students will learn the basics of having a credit card.
21
Job Interviews: First Impressions
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Students will learn how to prepare for a job interview and the importance of making a good first impression.
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Job Interviews: More Than Questions
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Students will learn strategies and tips for doing well on job interviews.
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Job Interviews: Tell Me About Yourself
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Students will learn about the most commonly asked interview questions and be given strategies for answering them.
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Senior Seminar Wrap-Up
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Students will review their portfolios and take them home.
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Students will complete a survey about Senior Seminar.
