Change My Future or Stay the Course – Handout #1 GRADE LESSON

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Change My Future or Stay the Course – Handout #1

GRADE 11 LESSON 3

MY INTEREST, ABILITIES & PLANS

List all of your activities in each of the categories below.

School Activities ______________________________________________________________________

Religious Activities ____________________________________________________________________

Sports Activities _______________________________________________________________________

Social Activities _______________________________________________________________________

Clubs or other organizations _____________________________________________________________

Hobbies/special interest _________________________________________________________________

Use the information above and answer the following questions.

My favorite activity is __________________________________________________________________

My least favorite activity is ______________________________________________________________

I prefer to be indoors or outdoors doing activities ____________________________________________

I prefer to be with others or alone when doing activities _______________________________________

I prefer challenging or easy activities ______________________________________________________

Which activities are challenging to you _____________________________________________________

Which activities are easy for you __________________________________________________________

I prefer to be the leader or a follower ______________________________________________________

What skills have you developed from these activities __________________________________________

Using your answers from above the job that would best suit you is one that is:

____indoors

____outdoors

_____ I follow others

_____helping others

____ I am the leader

____easy for me

____working with others

____working alone

_____using my talents

_____ a strength of mine

____challenging for me

____special interest to me

Change My Future or Stay the Course – Handout #1

GRADE 11 LESSON 3

Below complete your current career plan.

Career Goal:

To become a _____________________________________________________________________

Describe the job: __________________________________________________________________

Requirements:

Training ________________________

Education ______________________

Certification _______________

Internship _________________

Special Skills Needed for the Job:

(such as able to work with others or able to work alone, critical thinking skills, organizational skills, able to work indoors or outdoors, writing skills or math skills etc.)

__________________________________________________________________________________

Which high school courses relate to my career goal?

__________________________________________________________________________________

Courses I am currently doing well in ______________________________________________

Courses I need to improve in ____________________________________________________

Which activities am I involved in that relate to my career goal?

__________________________________________________________________________________

Am I on track for the right career or do I need to make some changes? ________________________

Do I need to change my career goal or do I need to change my activities and grades to get in line with preparation for my current career goal?__________________________________________________

What are these changes going to cost me?

___________________________________________________________________________________

What are the next steps that I need to take?

___________________________________________________________________________________

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