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Self-Assessment and Career Planning

Dr. Nicole Combs
Kauai High School
9-12/Management
1st Period
QTR 3Week 1-2

Unit Summary:

Thisunitintroducesstudentstotheguestspeaker,syllabusforthesecondsemester,classrules
careerportfoliorequirements,andonlineresourcesforcareerplanningandexploration.Theunit
equipsstudentswiththeknowledgeoftheirownpersonalinterestsandstrengths,whichwilllater
beusedtodeterminetheirspecificcareerchoices.
Unit CTE Content or State Standards:
Unit 7: Self Assessment and Career Planning
Introductions (Guest Speaker: Nicole Combs)
Overview of class syllabus (sections to be taught by guest speaker)
Overview of class rules (during guest speaker sessions)
Sample Portfolio
Skills and interest inventory
CTE.9-12.2.1- Analyze annual individual education and career goals
Materials/Resources:
Classroom equipment, worksheets & handouts, guest speaker, online resources, sample
portfolio
Lesson
Objective(s)
Lesson 1: Getting to
know each other and
introduction to career
planning
Lesson 2: Evaluate
personal interests and
strengths

Lesson 3: Preparing
presentation of
interests and strengths
Lesson 4: Class
presentation of
interests and strengths

Lesson
Assessment(s)
1 summative
assessment:
agreement form
1 formative
assessment: selfassessment results,
journal
1 summative
assessment: online
quiz
1 formative
assessment:
preparation of
presentation on
self-assessment
1 summative
assessment:
students do selfassessment
presentations

Lesson Duration & Instruction Summary

1 class: Introductions, syllabus review and
agreement, class rules activity, demo of
www.gcflearnfree.org and discussion on sample
portfolio
2 classes: Students sign up for free account on
www.gcflearnfree.org, complete Career
Planning and Salary ModuleDiscover Your
Career Needs--Assessing Yourself activities

2 classes: Small group discussions on findings

from assessments; students plan and create
presentations of self-assessment findings
1 class: students present findings to class,
students peer evaluate each other according
to rubric