Career Education 9 Subject: Career Education 9 Author: Julia Thomson Grade Level: 9 Time Duration: 1 hour (A and B) Overview

of Lesson: This lesson will consolidate materials previously discussed in the course pertaining to seeking employment. Professional Growth Guide Goal(s): Goal 1: Support broad areas of student growth by providing varied and constructive learning opportunities Goal 2: Affirm dignity and respect for individuals (students, families, colleagues) Goal 5: Create a positive community in the classroom and school Personal Goals: Withitness Reinforce Student Responses Hands-up Culture in the classroom Outcomes and Indicators: CG9.1 Plan for, demonstrate, and document improvements of ones own capacity for building a positive self-image o Assess ones own personal characteristics and apply those that contribute positively to achievement of personal goals LW9.1 Assess ones own abilities to seek, obtain, and/or create wrk through researching successful strategies and applying them to ones own life o Demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and attitudes in preparing personal career documentation (e.g., rsums, proposals, portfolios, cover letters, interviews) LW9.2 Use acquired knowledge to create a plan for life and work based on ones preferred future o Determine whether or not it is necessary to modify and/or create new life/work scenarios and adjust ones short-term action plans Materials: SMART Board, Interview handouts, Teacher Notes, *the students are to bring their cover letters, rsums, and dress professionally for this lesson* Activities and Procedures: Attendance Motivational Set http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KV2rxpQ_Js Handout on How to Ace an Interview o Go through each of the sections with the students o This lesson is fairly interactive Give One, Get One On their handouts they have a chart that is divided into 9 boxes. For this portion they will identify one thing that they think is important to remember when they are going to a job interview and write it down in one of the boxes. They will have 2-3 minutes to go around to their classmates and fill in the rest of the boxes by swapping answers. They should try not to have repeated items First Impressions This is meant to go over some of the key points that the students should know about showing up to a job interview. Your handout has some potential answers but feel free to add what you would

like. The students should write in some points for each, as theirs has blank spots beside each word Student generated as much as possible Mock Interviews They will select three questions that wish to ask people in the interview. I have listed some sample questions on the handout. I encourage them to create their own Throughout the interviews they will write down the interviewees responses Set it up like a speed dating exercise Arrange students into an even number of rows (multiples of two) One row will remain in the same seats while the other group will rotate through Because of the size of the class and the desk arrangement you may have to have two groups as opposed to one long line The time for this is 2 minutes per person, for a total of 4 minutes per pair. They will be with three different people (time permitting) Assessment: This will consist of teacher observations.