Career Exploration Module Layout – Career Portals Course
WEEK ONE
MONDAY
Day 1
Lesson Introduction
Objectives:
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Discuss the AAVTC Cluster
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Identify and explore career
opportunities within the AAVTC
Cluster
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TUESDAY
Day 2
Journalism and Broadcasting
Objectives:
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Identify and explore the
following career opportunities
within the AAVTC Cluster:
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Identify and discuss the five
pathways within AAVTC Cluster
WEDNESDAY
Day 3
Visual Arts, Printing Technology
Objectives:
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Identify and explore the
following career opportunities
within the AAVTC Cluster:
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Reporters and
Correspondents
Broadcast Analysts
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Graphic Designers
Multimedia Artists
and Animators
Fine Artists,
Including Painters,
Sculptors, and
Illustrators
THURSDAY
Day 4
AV Technology, Performing Arts
Objectives:
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Identify and explore the
following career opportunities
within the AAVTC Cluster:
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Lesson Plan:
Career Module Introduction
Extension:
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Challenge students to make a
list of personal skills and
interests
Movie Clips activity
Lesson Plan:
“Get the Story” activity – Students
conduct a mock television
interview
Extension:
Quick Questions: Who,
What, When, Where,
Why, and How (about
various news story titles)
Lesson Plan:
Movie Poster Design activity –
Students create original visual
design for a familiar movie
Extension:
“A Plus and A Wish”
activity – Students
critique classmates’
designs
Directors – Stage,
Motion Pictures,
Television, and
Radio
Sound Engineering
Technicians
Camera Operators,
Television, Video,
and Motion Pictures
Actors
Lesson Plan:
“Sixty Seconds” – Students
create 60-second commercial to
perform for the class
Extension:
“Awards Ceremony”
activity
FRIDAY
Day 5
AV Technology
Objectives:
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Identify and explore the
following career opportunities
within the AAVTC Cluster:

Video Game
Designers
Lesson Plan:
“Playing the Game” – Students
design a simple video game
Extension:
“The Next Level” –
Students describe
various ways to improve
the basic game they
created
Resources:
CTE at UNT – www.CTE.unt.edu
ONETcenter - http://online.onetcenter.org/
US Bureau of Labor Statistics – www.bls.gov
States’ Career Clusters – http://careerclusters.org/
Achieve Texas -- http://achievetexas.org/
Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2015. All rights reserved
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Career Exploration Module Layout – Career Portals Course
WEEK TWO
MONDAY
Day 6
TUESDAY
Day 7
WEDNESDAY
Day 8
THURSDAY
Day 9
FRIDAY
Day 10
Self-Assessment
A Cluster Journey
In the News
Cluster Scavenger Hunt
Portfolio Maintenance/Career
Formation/ ETC.
Objectives:
Objectives:
Objectives:
Objectives:
Objectives:
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Identify and explore career
opportunities within AAVTC
Cluster
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Identify and explore career
opportunities within the AAVTC
Cluster
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Identify and explore career
opportunities within the AAVTC
Cluster
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Identify, explore, and review
career opportunities within the
AAVTC Cluster
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Align personal interests and
skills with a variety of AAVTC
careers
Devlop a high school Program
of Study (POS)
Compare levels of education for
careers of personal interests
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Reevaluate and assess
personal career interests
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Research steps required to
participate in a variety of career
and educational opportunities
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Research steps required to
participate in a variety of career
and educational opportunities
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Identify and explore career
opportunities within the AAVTC
Cluster
Devlop a high school Program
of Study (POS)
Lesson Plan:
Lesson Plan:
Lesson Plan:
Lesson Plan:
Lesson Plan:
“Self-Assessment” activity
“A Career Journey” – Students learn
about pioneers in the AAVTC career
cluster.
“In the News” – Students learn how
current events affect our careers &
our lives
“Cluster Scavenger Hunt” – Students
hunt for career information on the
O*NET online site
Portfolio Maintenance / ETC.
Extension:
Extension:
Extension:
Extension:
Extension:
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Book Report activity
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“Current Event Creation” activity
– Students suggest possible
current events for each AAVTC
pathway
Create your own version of
“Arts, AV Technology, and
Communications”
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Instruct students to research
the outlook of a variety of
AAVTC career opportunities
within their community
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Goal Setting activity
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Review Career-Technical
Student Organization Slide
Presentations
“Virtual Field Trips” to explore
different careers in the AAVTC
cluster
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“The Rest of the Story” activity
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Have students write a reflection
paper of the entire Career
Exploration Module Experience
Presentations
of
weekly
projects
Quiz
“Board Games” activity
“Sneak Peek” activity
Resources:
CTE at UNT – www.CTE.unt.edu
ONETcenter - http://online.onetcenter.org/
US Bureau of Labor Statistics – www.bls.gov
States’ Career Clusters – http://careerclusters.org/
Achieve Texas -- http://achievetexas.org/
Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2015. All rights reserved
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