Career Needs Proposal
Team
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Executive Summary
Presented By: Alejandra Sanchez
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Team Members
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Alejandra Sanchez
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Lily Fernandez
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Jason Zuniga
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Tony Cortez
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Andrew Martinez
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Work Plan
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A brief description of the goal and its
objectives.
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Accompanied by a matrix chart that
includes a series of tasks/activities to meet
objectives
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Includes outcomes, completion dates, and
people responsible for completing tasks.
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Goal
Produce a proposal defining a student
support service on a Career Need of
Academy students.
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Step#1Team Work Plan
Activities
*Meet w/team to list
checkpoints &
milestones
*List activities to be
completed
*Assign sections of
the proposal to
teammates
Outcomes
*Direction of where
we are headed
*Completed chart
with events & due
dates
*Knowledge of
teammates roles
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Step#2 Develop Questions
Activities
*Generate Faculty
Interview and
Survey questions
Outcomes
*Faculty and Survey
questions ready
*Generate questions
to analyze the
Group Process &
Proposal
Evaluation
*Group Process &
Proposal
Evaluation
questions ready
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Step#3 Interviews & Survey
Collection
Activities
*Interview Faculty
members: Diego,
Sue, & Marcy
Outcomes
*Data Collection
*Hand out Student
Surveys
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Step#4 Understanding the
Need
Activities
*Collect & analyze
data obtained
Outcomes
*Determine students
Career Needs
*Develop a
PowerPoint Slide
presentation
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Step#5 Solution
Activities
*Brainstorm list of
solutions
Outcomes
*List of possible
solutions
*Develop Criteria to
help select solution
*Chosen Solution
(viable, practical,
sustainable)
*Select the best
Solution
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Step#6 Team & Proposal
Process Imp.
Activities
*Checkpoint see
were team is
headed
Outcomes
*Find out how well
*Team surveys
team & proposal
worked make
some adjustments
*Data Collection
**Slides
*Visual Draft
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Step#7 Action Plan
Activities
*Come up with
objectives and
tasks/activities to
enact Solution
*Create a detailed
matrix chart
Outcomes
*Plan to enact
Solution
*Step by Step
process of the
Solution
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Step#8 Proposal Paper/
Presentation
Activities
*Incorporate all 6
sections of the
proposal (written
form)
Outcomes
*Final Proposal
Project info. ready
to be put into slide
form
*Create a PowerPoint
slide Presentation
*Prepared
PowerPoint
Presentation
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Responsibilities
Alejandra ~ Team Leader & Executive
Summary
Jason ~ Need Statement
Tony ~ Solution Statement
Andrew ~ Action Plan
Lily ~ Team Process Improvement
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Completion Dates
Tasks
Draft
Final
Work Plan
Interview & Survey
Q’s
Faculty Interviews
Oct. 31st
Nov. 6th
Nov. 4th
Nov. 11th
Need Statement
Solution Statement
Nov. 13th
Nov. 20th
Process Improvement Nov. 20th
Action Plan
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Proposal Slides
Dec. 6th
Proposal
Dec. 9th
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Presentation
Nov.11th &
13th
Nov. 18th
Nov. 25th
Nov. 25th
?
Dec. 9th
Dec 9th
Dec.17th
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CAREER NEEDS
By Jason Zuniga
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Who Is In Need?
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Students in the Watsonville
Digital Bridge Academy
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What Career Needs Are Not
Being Met?
20%
Career
Guidance
3%
Counseling
Financial
Other
47%
30%
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Why Do the Needs Occur?
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Students are undecided or
insecure
Not having plans for careers
Students don’t have one on one
counseling
Students don’t have enough
services
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What’s the Evidence?
20%
3%
Career
Guidance
counseling
Financial
Other
30%
47%
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Are You Currently Receiving
Any Career Guidance?
20%
no
yes
80%
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Outcome If Needs Aren’t Met
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No clear direction
Lack of motivation
Going out to working
environment unprepared
Students lack career guidance
Students would have a career
they don’t like
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How Are The Needs Linked
To Student Success?
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Students have knowledge for
working world
Student has motivation for his or
her career
New opportunities will arise
when needs are meet
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Proposal Solution
Statement
By: Tony Cortez
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Criteria
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Time scheduling: Develop time
schedules.
Support: Outside
organizations/collaborations
Funding: grants
Sustainable: make sure all of
the criteria's can stay consistent.
Viable and practical.
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Solution#1 Information Booth
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Contains pamphlets on available
careers
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Information regarding available
services such as: Internships,
job shadowing etc.
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Solution#2 WDBA Website
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Has listings of colleges &
universities that students can
attend.
Information about career paths.
Connects student with info. On
programs or services being
offered.
You can get a hold of it by using
the internet.
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Solution#3 WDBA Career
Support Binder
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Provides career plans for
students.
Step by step plan to achieve
career goals.
Helps students choose a plan to
accomplish a career goal.
Binder will be kept in class or
student office.
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Criteria and Solutions
Criteria
Career
informati
on Booth
Create a
Career
website for
the WDBA
Career
Binder for
the WDBA
Collaborations
Yes
Yes
Yes
Staff
Yes
Yes
Yes
Location
No
Yes
Yes
Time Frame
No
No
Yes
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Chosen Solution: WDBA
Career Support Binder
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Introduction of binder should be an
self-evaluation giving a student
some guidance in choosing a career
plan.
Provides career plans for students.
Step by step plan to achieve career
goals.
Helps student choose a plan to
accomplish a career goal.
Binder will be kept in class or student
office.
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Goal
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Meet students career needs, by
implementing a career resource
binder with a workshop
included.
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Objectives
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Develop a career support
binder.
Have work shops with students
with help of career binder.
Keep up progress meetings with
dedicated students.
Have student leave with a
career plan.
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Outcomes
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WDBA will have a career binder.
Students will be able to choose
a career plan.
Students will have a set career
path to follow.
Students will be able to
accomplish career goals.
Success.
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Action Plan
Andrew Martinez
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Objective 1#: Developing a career support binder.
Activities
Deliverables
Completion Date
Person(s)
Responsible
1.Develop a career binder for students’
access. Form binder contents and
structure with career information that
will provide assistants for students.
Student will have one
source to turn to
looking for career
guidance and
occupation
information.
First 3 weeks of the
WDBA semester
Student intern and
faculty
Self evaluation for
students will provide
information regarding
your learning style and
personality in order to
better determine your
career path.
The fourth week of the
WDBA semester
Student interns
High demand and high
waged jobs provide a
sense of motivation
and focus for students.
The fourth week of the
WDBA semester
Student interns
3. Obtain information regarding
appealing occupations and careers like:
High demand, high wage careers.
4. Binder will contain information about
organization that can potentially assist
students like: Job shadowing and intern
ships.
The students will feel a
sense of purpose while
studying for there
career.
From the fifth to eighth
week of the WDBA
semester
Student interns
2. Introduction of binder consist of a self
evaluation. It will provide guidance and
personal insight for students.
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Objective 2# Have work shops providing information for students regarding the binders curriculum.
Activities
Deliverables
Completion
Date
Person(s)
Responsible
1. Find a successful work
shop alternative to provide
service.
First step will get students
motivated and thinking about
potential career alternatives.
From eighth
week to the
eleventh week
of the WDBA
Students
interns
2. Retake the self
evaluation test to see if
students’ objectives have
changed.
Will give students better insight
that will better assist them
understanding the career binder
The eleventh
week of the
WDBA
semester
Student
interns
3. Students’ already with
career plans can move
further with the academy
process while Students’ un
sure will be provided more
support.
Follow up progress reports for
students will provide support and
keep a student better focused.
The twelfth
week of the
WDBA
Student
interns and
faculty
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Objective 3# Have follow up meetings with students to make sure they have the proper support.
Activities
Deliverable
Completion
Date
Person(s)
Responsible
1. Have follow up meetings with
students to assist them with any
career needs that can appear.
Staying committed to
the students’ progress
will keep students
motivated.
The thirteenth
week of the
WDBA
Students interns
2. Progress reports to see if
student career objectives have
changed.
Is essential to stay up
to date it on the
students’ objective.
The fourth
teen week of
the WDBA
Faculty with the
student interns
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Objective 4# Have students graduate from academy with a career plan.
Activities
Deliverables
Completion
Date
Person(s)
Responsible
1. Final follow up meeting
make sure student has
some type of plan or career
goal provide out side
assistants.
Will provide an advantage for
students to a pleasurable
occupation.
The fifth teen
to eighth teen
week of
WDBA
Faculty with
student interns
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Group Process
Analysis
By: Lily Fernandez
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Teammates
 Alejandra:
Executive
Summary/ Team Leader
 Jason: Need Statement
 Tony: Solution Statement
 Andrew: Proposal
Evaluation
 Lily: Process Analysis
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Participation/ Interactions
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Good team
participation
Responsibilities
Helping each
other
On task (focus
on subject)
Every body doing
their work
Meetings on
Fridays
Group discussion
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Positive attitude
Focus
Always present
Team help
Interactions
Feedback
Rules
Participation
Good
communication
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How Was The Interaction
Among Your Teammates?
20%
Excellent
Good
80%
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How Was the Participation on
your team?
40%
Excellent
Good
60%
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Did Every one participate?
6
5
4
3
2
Yes
No
1
0
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Did Everyone Help Out In your
Team?
Yes
100%
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Challenges
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Talking with
others/non
team members
Distractions
Not listening
Team member
leaving the
team
Be on time
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Unclear topic
Staying
focused
Team
participation
Not paying
attention
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Improvements
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More team focus
More motivation for team
members
Team takes turns facilitating
Team takes turns recording
Team works together on objective
More participation
Stop talking to others
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