2003-2004 Career World® planning calendar

Career World, Sept, 2003

Each issue of Career World meets the six National Career Development Standards:

1. Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span.

2. Students will Complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide variety of substantial post-secondary options, including college.

3. Students will Understand the relationship of academics to the World of Work, and to life at home and in the community.

4. Students will acquire the skills to investigate the World of Work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed decisions.

5. Students will employ strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction.

6. Students will understand the relationship between Personal qualities, education and training, and the world of work

            FOCUS           SPECIAL           GETTING
                            FEATURE            HIRED

SEPT.   Attitude         How               How to Get
        Counts:          Volunteering      Your Foot in
        Personal         Can Make a        the Door
        Stories          Difference

OCT.    Ethics in the    Part-time Jobs;   How to
        Workplace        How to and Your   Answer a
                         Future Career     Job Ad

NOV./   Young            How to            Selling
DEC.    Entrepreneurs:   Deal with         Yourself to a
        Turning          Conflict and      Prospective
        Business Sense   Harassment        Employer
        into Success

JAN.    What You         First Jobs--      Questions to
        Need to          and How           Ask at the
        Succeed          They Relate       Job Interview
                         to Your
                         Future

FEB./   Hot Jobs in      The               Job Tests and
MAR.    Today's          Importance of     How to Ace
        Market           Role Models       Them
                         and Mentors

APR./   Beyond High      Careers with      How to
MAY     School           a Global          Deal with
                         Emphasis          Rejection

         STRATEGIES           TECH            COLLEGE
         FOR SUCCESS       CONNECTION          BOUND

SEPT.   Setting Your     Computer          How to Pick
        Priorities       Repair            the Right
                                           School for
                                           You

OCT.    Humor to the     Film and          Confessions
        Rescue           Video             of an
                                           Admissions
                                           Officer

NOV./   What Do You      Firefighters      Freshman
DEC.    See Yourself                       Voices from
        Doing in Five                      the Trenches
        Years?

JAN.    How to Read      Radiological      First-year
        a Company's      Technicians/      Pitfalls and
        Culture          CT Scan           How to Avoid
                         Technicians       Them

FEB./   Learning from    Textiles and      Roommates:
MAR.    Constructive     Fashion           How to Get
        Criticism                          Along with
                                           Them

APR./   What's Your      Tech Jobs of      Is On-line
MAY     Work Ethic?      Tomorrow          Learning for
                                           You? (pros
                                           and cons)

             HOT            WHAT DO            CAREER-RELATED
            JOBS         I DO WITH ...?            SKILLS

SEPT.   Hot Jobs in      Geography         Demonstrating the
        Customer                           need for positive
        Service                            attitudes toward work
                                           and learning
                                           Assessing personal
                                           strengths

OCT.    Hot Jobs in      Geometry          Identifying personal
        Teaching                           values
                                           Applying decision
                                           making skills

NOV./   Hot Jobs in      Art               Analyzing the relation-
DEC.    Government                         ship between educa-
                                           tional achievement and
                                           career planning
                                           Developing career
                                           planning skills

JAN.    Hot Jobs in      Speech            Describing the
        Sports                             influence of a positive
        (behind the                        self-concept
        lines)                             Assessing personal
                                           strengths

FEB./   Hot Jobs in      Chemistry         Describing how
MAR.    Marketing                          societal needs and
        and Sales                          functions influence
                                           the nature and
                                           structure of work

APR./   Hot Jobs in      Civics            Developing skills for
MAY     Health Care                        locating, evaluating,
                                           and interpreting career
                                           information and
                                           obtaining jobs

        TAKE ACTION                         CLOSE-UP

 Activities that encourage               Interviews with young
students to evaluate skills,          role models and professionals
   attitudes, and interest
    and develop a career
         portfolio

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