YOUR PERSONAL EDUCATION PLAN

AND THE 2011 CAREER FAIR!

The Personal Education Plan is a process that students participate in, which results in an actual plan for your future.

What is it really?

Process:grade level required and recommended

activities

Plan:1. student’s career

cluster or pathway goal

2. student’s goal of which type of post secondary institution

3. student’s four-year high school plan, including courses

How to choose a high school (September) Planning for high school success (Spring) Explore individual skills & talents (January) Review career & interests (October 1-5) Attend career fair (October 12) Practice interview skills (October 6) Start resume’ (March) Explore college information (fair on October

13)

So what are the 8th grade activities?

Anger management Helping someone thinking of self-harm Knowing how I’m changing Improving my test scores How to get better grades Learning more about high schools and

college

What did you ask for?

A Quick Review:1. October 12 (next Wednesday)2. Stay in period 2 class, get fair book, name

tag3. Sit with someone who is an international

student and ask the questions in your career fair book.

4. Dress appropriately! Act appropriately! Use your manners and act professionally!

Today’s main topic-Career Fair

6. You will have 1 hour at the fair to interview 3 businesses, one college, and one high school.

7. Be sure to watch for the Merrill stoplight to turn yellow! Go to the goodbye area!!!

8. On the bus ride home, fill out what you learned (your teacher will give you this page), and give it back to your teacher with your career fair book as you leave the bus!

5. Know your bus color and teacher! Don’t leave anything on the bus!

Get your planner ready so you can write down the three businesses you want to talk to! You can put these into your career fair book next Wednesday before we leave!

SO, WHO’S GOING TO BE THERE?

Butterfly Pavillion Colorado Parks & Wildlife Denver Botanic Gardens Denver Water Denver Zoo King Soopers Grocers US Forest Service Water Quality Management (Emily Griffith

Technical College)  

AGRICULTURE CLUSTER

iCAST ((International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology)

Newfield Rocky Mountains (Oil Exploration) Noble Energy (Oil and Natural Gas

Exploration) State Energy Sector Partnership (energy

efficient or renewal energy fields)

AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND NATURAL RESOURCES--ENERGY

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning--Emily Griffith Technical College

Architectural Technology (Career Education Center)

Colorado Cleanup Corporation (demolition and earthwork company)

Denver Architectural Foundation Designscapes (landscape design and construction)

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

Frentress Architects (international design firm)

LPR Construction Company (Structural Steel , Industrial Construction)

Parsons Construction (engineering and construction organization)

Saunders Construction, Inc. (commercial and residential construction )

Southwest Carpenters Training

Centennial Controls (engineering, design, and installation of Building Automation Systems)

DPS-Electrical Department DPS-Integrated Building Automation

Systems DPS-Pest Maintenance DPS-Plumbing Department DPS-Structural Department DPS-Sustainability (Energy)

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION--TECHNICAL EDUCATION

DPS-Welding & Metals Shop JCOR Mechanic (complex plumbing and

mechanical projects) Plumbers Local #3 (plumbing careers)

95.7 The Party AND Hot 107.5 (Radio) Arts Street Audio--Career Education Center Channel 9 (Television) Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Colorado Film School/Community College of

Aurora Comcast (Internet, Digital Cable TV,

Comcast Digital Voice®, and Wireless)

ARTS, AV TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION

CondorCam (cablecam company ) Denver Center for the Performing Arts enver Museum of Nature & Science Denver Musicians Association Denver Post (Newspaper) Denver Public Library EON Office (furniture and office supply) Fashion-Career Education Center Museo (Latino Americano art and culture)

• Spyder (Apparel & Fashion

industry )

Denver Public School-Human Resources Denver Teacher Residency Hope Center (Service to Special-Needs and

At-Risk Children & Adults ) Misers Occupational Safety Training

(Certified Asbestos and Lead disciplines) Teach for America (teaching)

EDUCATION

1st Bank Junior Achievement Schwab Investments US Bank Wells Fargo Bank Westerra Credit Union Young Americans Bank

FINANCE

City of Wheat Ridge Mayor's Office for Education & Children City & County of Denver-Mixed Clusters

Operations 911 Emergency CommunicationsAnimal Care & Control/Public HealthBudget & Management Career Service AuthorityCivil Service Commission

GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Technology Services Electronic Monitoring Program/Pretrial

Services Information Technology and Adult Workforce Youth Workforce of Economic Development   Office of Economic Development Park Rangers Police/Fire/Sheriff-Fire Engine Recycles/Solid Waste/Public Works

Crime Laboratory Bureau Department of Finance

CCO--Auraria Higher Education Center Athletic Trainer (Career Education Center) Health Science Medical Preparation (Career

Education Center) Centura Health Children's Hospital Colorado University College of Nursing Denver Health Paramedic Department

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center Metro Denver Dental Foundation Vision Care Specialists

HEALTH SCIENCE

Denver Golf FROSCH Travel Agency Grand Hyatt Hotel Denver Hamilton Linen & Uniform McDonalds Palo Alto (restaurant franchises) Vail Resorts (ski resort)

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM

Cosmetology/Barbering (Emily Griffith Technical College)

Denver Housing Authority Goodwill Industries ( job placement for the

disadvantaged and disabled) Paul Mitchell The School ( Beauty School &

Cosmetology) YouthBiz Inc. (youth empowerment

program)

HUMAN SERVICES

Apple Computers Bentley Systems, Inc. (computer software) Dell Computers DoTS-Site Support for DPS Technology Google Microsoft Store Vergent Products (product development)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Center for Legal Inclusiveness (diversity in the legal profession)

Colorado Bar Association (Law) Denver Department of Safety (Denver

Police, Fire, and Sheriff Departments) Elbert County Sheriff-K9 Unit (Dog) U.S. Army US Forest Service Law Enforcement

LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONS AND SECURITY

Inter Tech Plastics (manufacturer of custom molded products)

Welding (Emily Griffith Technical College)

MANUFACTURING

Athletics/CIC Colorado Rockies Baseball Club Sukle Advertising Design Zozo Marketing Group (website

design and improvement)

MARKETING

Aerospace, Math/Science-Community College of Den

American Meteorological Society (Weather) CABPES (Black Engineers) Colorado First (science and technology

leaders) ESRI (geographic information systems

mapping software ) Space Voyage Academy Camp USAF (United States Air Force)

(STEM) SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH

Air Craft Training (Emily Griffith Technical College)

Auto-CEC Middle College Automotive Technician (Emily Griffith

Technical College) Denver International Airport Denver Police Race Car RTD--Regional Transportation District--BUS

TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISITICS

Arapahoe Community College College in Colorado Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Colorado State University in Pueblo Community College of Aurora

POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Technical Education, Community College, Colleges and Universities

Community College of Denver Community College of Denver-1st Community College of Denver-Career &

Technical Education Denver Scholarship Foundation DeVry University Emily Griffith Opportunity School Front Range Community College Johnson & Wales University Kids Tek Metro State College of Denver

Red Rocks Community College University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Denver University of Denver University of Northern Colorado - Greeley

South T.J (Thomas Jefferson) Kennedy East North West Manual Montbello

HIGH SCHOOLS

George Washington Career Education Center Denver Center for International Studies Denver School of the Arts*

Find your business person; you may have to wait your turn

Smile, look them in the eye, and introduce yourself

Shake their hand firmly, but not too tight Say “May I interview you about your

business?” Use the questions in your career fair book

HOW DO I INTERVIEW?

Listen closely—write down responses Do not look around! Nod your head when you understand Wait until there is a pause to ask your next

question Thank them and again shake their hand

when you are finished.

HAVE A GREAT TIME AT THE CAREER FAIR 8TH GRADERS!! WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!