Research shows that a course based on the Freshman Transition Standards that culminates in a 10-Year Plan helps students:
- Understand who they are
- Articulate their goals of the future and
- Actively engage in the educational process
Using the Career Choices series materials as a curriculum that meets the Course Standards for Freshman Transition Classes, workshop participants will explore the various components of a well-executed course that can dramatically change students’ attitudes about the value of education.
In addition, participants will learn:
- Proven methods for helping all students create meaningful 10-year career and education plans
- Strategies to use the 10-year plan throughout high school for advisory functions and academic coaching using the online tool My10yearPlan.com
- How to integrate academics and technology into your Freshman Transition course using the Career Choices series English anthology, math supplement, and My10yearPlan.com
- How the Career Choices series curriculum can be used in a variety of course structures to address myriad of issues for various populations of students
The Career Choices series helps students:
- Envision what is possible
- Relate personal interests to future course goals
- Gain experiences through exploration,
- Realize what it takes to navigate the world of opportunities
- Learn how to access and use resources
- Become intrinsically motivated
- Create a 10-Year Plan to steer their way through the transition years
The Career Choices series helps educators:
- Organize learning into a sequential comprehensive guidance process
- Keep students focused on themselves and what is realistic for them
- Create a learning environment where students are intrinsically motivated
- Realize the satisfaction of helping students create meaningful, quantitative 10-Year Plans
- Use the 10-Year Plan as a tool for guidance purposes throughout the high school years
Join Us to Learn about a Classroom-based, Comprehensive Guidance Course
and the Online 10-Year Career and Education Plan that
Launches Freshmen into a Life of Self-sufficiency
At the end of the day, you'll be saying to yourself,
I wish I would have had this course when I was growing up.