September 30th

A counselor from the school talked with the students about job and gender stereotyping. They guessed what type of job a person had by looking at their picture. The pictures were males and females and most had jobs that many people wouldn't have guessed they had.

September 29th

Students reviewed the personality types that Mr. Ogden presented last Thursday. They took a short personality quiz using Holland's Code. They discovered if they were more likely a doer, thinker, creator, organizer, persuader, or helper. They got into groups according to their types and reviewed a little bit about the skills that personality type has. For the remainder of the class period, we played a game about agriculture and how it affects us.

September 25th

The students had a guest speaker today. It was Mr. Ogden who is the current Guidance Counselor Intern for the counseling office. He discussed how to chose careers based on their personailities and discussed different personality types, such as doer, organizer and helper, and had teh students think about what kind of personaility they have.

September 24th

Today was the last day in the computer lab for the students to work on "Discovering career interests." If they didn't finish today, they can finish it at home tonight. They are due tomorrow (Thursday) at the beginning of class. They have a guest speaker tomorrow so they will not have time to work on it during class.

September 23rd

The students continued to work on their "Discovering career interests" packet using Choice's Explorer on the internet. They will also have tomorrow in class to work on this and it will be due on Thursday at the start of class.

September 22nd

We meet in room P 207 which is one of the school computer labs. Students put together their sample for this class for their portfolio. Students were also reminded that anything not turned in past two weeks after it's due date will not be accepted and that it is their responsibility to check Skyward and the blog site at least once a week to check on their grades. Students were then given a packet entitled "Discovering career interests" and where shown how to create a portfolio on Choice's Explorer. We will be up in the computer lab Tuesday and Wednesday working on this as well. Anything the student does not finish in class needs to be finished at home. This activity and program will help them discover and research three different career areas which may interest them.

September 19th

Students watched short commercial clips that Bill Cosby did about career exploration. We discussed how from very young ages people ask us what we want to do when we're older. We also talked briefly about how young children often pretend that they do a certain type of work. For example, young children will pretend that they are firefighters. We divided up into groups and as groups brainstormed of as many careers as they could think of. Each group shared with the class some of the careers they listed.

September 18th

In our record books we finished creating our monthly budgets with individualized monthly expenses. We finished calculating our own expenses such as entertainment, food, clothing and bills. Using their own income and expenses they calculated how much money they have left over. They then received a 'chance' card that had a random expense or gain for a surprise event. (example: car wreck: have to pay $500, Bonus at work: $200.00) Students also viewed a video about bankruptcy and its increase in recent years especially here in Utah.

September 17th

The class reviewed some terms that would be found on a paycheck Students used their gross monthly income from their occupation given them yesterday to find their net income. Students each are creating a monthly budget based on income and expenses. We calculated how much each student could spend on a monthly mortgage, vehicle and utility bills based on their occupation's income.

September 16th

Students learned some new vocabulary related to work and jobs. Each was then randomly given an occupation with a description of the job, income, vacation days, etc. They were able to explore some of the other occupations and how it compared to their own occupation. They were able to get a good feel for different types of jobs and occupations.

September 15th

The students were able to watch a clip from the movie "Snow White" about going off to work. they were asked what they can do to earn money and what they think the term "work" means from watching the clip. They answered the questions on "The world of work" page in their record books, then the class went through and discussed the correct answers to the questions.

September 12th

The students were given the first few minutes of class to finish their "Dream" collages. Afterwards, they shared with the rest of the class what some of their dreams are. These collages were then turned in for points and will be placed in their student-led conference portfolios. Any time that was left in class was spent playing a career/educational version of trivial pursuit.

September 11th

We created a collage of our dreams today. Using yesterday's wish list as a guide, students found pictures of things that they want or see themselves doing in the future. This way, students can visualize the type of future that they want.

September 10th

We finished up our world of work packet focusing on how occupations are increasing with technology. Students understand that technology is a big part of every aspect of our lives, especially in the career world. We moved on to the things that we dream of having in the future. Students were able to choose a type of housing, transportation, entertainment and other aspects of their lives. They calculated how much their monthly expenses would be if they had all of their wish list items.

September 9th

Students took a CTE vocabulary pre-test. This was a test to see how much they knew already and they were given participation points for doing it. Students then viewed a PowerPoint and took notes on a guide sheet. This information is for them to better understand the world of work: what it is, why people work and different types of careers.

September 8th

My student teacher, Mrs. Rey, starting teaching the CTE introduction students today. They started working today in their CTE Intro. booklets that we created last week. It is very important that students bring these with them everyday to class. They will not be provided with new ones if they forget to bring them. Today, Mrs. Rey introduced herself and discussed why it is important to know yourself and your likes and dislikes to help you decide on future career options and choices. They completed the page entitled "All About Me" and found out information about other classmates on the page "Are we all alike?"

September 5th

Students read in pairs the brochure created by the state explaining what CTE intro is and it's purposes. After reading it, we played a game to earn treats by answering questions found in the brochure.

September 4th

The students were given their folders and CTE Intro career development packets. These will be stored in the classroom and should only be taken home if they have something they need to finish something. They were given time in class to label these and decorate them any way they wanted to (had to be school appropriate).

September 3rd

The students played "Who wants to be a health care worker?" patterned after "How wants to be a millionaire?" The winning teams earned prizes, but it was not for points.

September 2nd

We finished watching the last ten minutes of the health care careers video we started on Friday. We then explain the five different pathways or categories of health care careers and what people in each field do. At the end of class, students were given a ten point, ten question crossword puzzle to complete. These will be due tomorrow at the start of class.