Guide to Navigation 101 - Tenth Grade (2009-10)

1

Getting Reacquainted

  • Get reacquainted
  • Encourage students to register for the PSAT
  • Check credits/grades
  • Update portfolios and activity logs
  • Ask students to acquire a spiral notebook (Academic Journal)

2

Citizenship/Career Goal Setting

  • Citizenship Goal Handout
  • Career Goal Worksheet
  • List of LCHS Activities
  • Activities List
  • Discuss student involvement at school and potential activities
  • Students reflect on last year's citizenship goal and create a new goal for 10th grade
  • Students complete the Career Goal Worksheet, identifying a career goal for the year

3

Improving Academically

  • First Semester Academic Goal Worksheet
  • Grade Tracking Sheet
  • Current grades
  • Introduction to Postsecondary Assessments
  • Skyward information
  • Discuss how classes are going
  • Introduce postsecondary assessments for this year and beyond
  • Distribute Grade Tracking Sheets; explain and then students complete
  • Students complete the First Semester Academic Goal Worksheet

4

Reviewing First Semester Goals/the SLC

  • Discuss First Semester Academic Goals
  • Review how students will use Academic Goals Sheets in the SLC
  • Review SLC rubric
  • View DVD
  • Students complete a rubric

5

SAT/ACT and SLC

  • A counselor
  • SAT/ACT information (from counselor)
  • Completed SLC rubric (from last session)
  • Counselor presentation on SAT/ACT
  • Discussion of SLC and how students evaluated it

6

Exploring Careers (Kuder catch up)

  • Access to Kuder
  • Kuder log-in information
  • Projector/Computer (for teacher use)
  • Quick visit to Kuder, led by teacher
  • Students who have completed one (or both) surveys on Kuder will access and print their One-Page Summary Report and their Interests and Skills Composite Report
  • Next, students who have not completed these surveys will begin to do so
  • Students with down time should work on updating their portfolios

7

Exploring Careers and Preparing for Career Interview

  • Kuder One-Page Summary Report
  • Kuder Interests and Skills Composite Report
  • A sample of each of the two reports above
  • A document camera
  • Career Information Interview Handout
  • Resource list of potential career interviews
  • Help students to understand their Kuder reports
  • Allow students to share their Kuder reports with each other in small groups
  • Help students begin to plan their Career Interviews

8

Planning for Life After High School--The Resume Introduction

  • Discuss purpose, content, format of a resume
  • Students complete Resume Handout
  • Students begin to hand write Resume rough draft
  • Students must bring a Resume rough draft (hand written or typed) by meeting #10

9

Exploring Careers--Career Interview Reflection

  • Completed Career Information Interview Handout
  • Career Information Interview Reflection
  • Work Sample Reflections
  • Discuss Career Interviews
  • Complete Career Information Interview Reflection
  • Update portfolios

10

Planning for Life After High School--The Resume Continued

  • In small groups, students share Resume rough drafts, revise, and begin to prepare final drafts
  • Students access computers as possible
  • Final drafts are due at the next meeting

11

Improving Academically and Planning for Life after High School

  • Students should update their Grade Tracking Sheet for the last time for first semester
  • Use document camera to display Academic Journal Prompt #1; students respond in their journals
  • Students should complete the Second Semester Academic Goals Worksheet and fill out the second semester side of the Grade Tracking Sheet
  • Students should complete their High School & Beyond Plan for Grade 10

12

Planning for Next Year and Career Planning

  • Introduce the Four-Year Plan Worksheet and have students complete the credit evaluation (back side of handout) using their historical grades.  Students will complete the rest of the Four-Year Plan at the next meeting
  • Introduce the Postsecondary Worksheet.  Some students will be able to begin research.
  • With remaining time, students may update their portfolios (organizing, writing reflections, inserting best work samples, etc.)

13

Planning for Next Year--The Four-Year Plan

  • Postsecondary Worksheet (completed)
  • LCHS Course Requirements
  • Four-Year Plan Worksheet
  • Historical Grades
  • Conduct a brief discussion of the Postsecondary Worksheet; collect.
  • Discuss course requirements (state, LCHS, college requirements)
  • Review historical grades
  • Create a Four-Year Plan
  • Review course registration process

14

Planning for Next Year--Forecasting/Registration

  • Complete Four-Year Plan
  • Curriculum Guide
  • Course Registration Forms
  • Discuss/review Four-Year Plans
  • Introduce forecasting materials
  • Begin registration

15

Preparing for the Student-Led Conference

  • Planning a Student-Led Conference Handout
  • SLC Rubric
  • Review SLC--purpose, structure, portfolio--using the Planning a Student-Led Conference Handout
  • Review SLC logistics and evaluation, using the rubric
  • Students begin to plan their conferences, completing the Planning a Student-Led Conference Handout
  • Students select date and time of conference; inform parents

16

Preparing for the Student-Led Conference

  • Planning a Student-Led Conference Handout
  • Rubric
  • Quick review of SLC
  • Quick review of logistics; make sure all students have scheduled a SLC
  • Students continue planning by completing the Planning a SLC Handout

17

Practicing the Student-Led Conference

  • Planning a Student-Led Conference Handout
  • Rubric
  • Students work in groups of 2-3 to practice their Student-Led Conference

STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES

  

  

18

Making the Transition

  • Review the year
  • Plan for next year
  • Reflect on SLC Celebrate

Students must bring their current grades to every Navigation meeting.