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YOUR PERSONAL EDUCATION PLAN. AND THE 2011 CAREER FAIR! . What is it really?. The Personal Education Plan is a process that students participate in, which results in an actual plan for your future. Plan: student’s career cluster or pathway goal - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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!