Connecticut Technical High School System
STUDENT COURSE SYLLABUS
2012-2013
COURSE TITLE: CAREER DEVELOPMENT I
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Course Description: Career Development I
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Career Development is a required course designed to provide students with the specific
skills and competencies needed to be successful employees, advanced students,
entrepreneurs, and leaders. Students are exposed to experiences that are designed to
further develop their professional and social skills, and include topics such as career
exploration, employment preparation, employment expectations, communication skills,
post-secondary preparation, and service learning. Through the use of self-awareness
activities, students are better able to make wise educational and occupational decisions as
they plan for their careers and post-secondary education.
Outcomes and Essential Questions for this Course: The goals for Career Development are based
upon big ideas, essential questions and learning outcomes for each goal. Students will engage in a
variety of learning experiences based on these outcomes and answer the larger questions related to
each outcome. The outcomes and essential questions are listed below:
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Students will…
CYCLE 1: Career
Cruising, Part 1
Using Career Cruising,
students will complete the
following areas:
 Career Matchmaker
 My Skills
 Career Interests &
Selector
 School Interest
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
1. What careers match up with your interests?
2. How would your skills be applied to your chosen occupation?
3. After completing the “Career Interest and Selector”, what were
your top three occupations?
4. After completing the “School Interest”, what were your top three
educational institutions?
CYCLE 2: Career
Cruising, Part 2
Using Career Cruising,
students will complete the
following areas:
 Career Cluster
 Career Preparation
 Post Secondary Plan
1. In your chosen Career Cluster, what are your three top related
careers in that cluster?
CYCLE 3: Career Dev.,
Part 1
1. Name five types of information provided in a resume.
2. After choosing one of the top related careers in your cluster,
identify the following tabs in Career Cruising: Job Description,
Working Conditions, Earnings, Education, Sample Career Path,
Related Careers, Other Resources and Photos & Interviews (save
to “My Portfolio).
2. How are chronological and functional resumes organized?
Learn how to write cover,
thank you and follow up
correspondence including a
technical/professional
resume.
3. Why is it important that your resume make a good first
impression?
4. What information should be included in a cover letter?
5. Why is it important to write a thank you and follow-up letter?
CYCLE 4:Career Cruising,
Part 3
1. What activities are you involved in during school and/or in your
community? If not, what activities do you think you would enjoy?
Using Career Cruising,
students will complete the
following activities:
2. What hobbies or interests are related to your trade and how?
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Extra Curricular
Activities
Hobbies & Interests
Ability Profiler
Skills & Abilities
Work Experience
Volunteer Experience
CYCLE 5: Career
Cruising, Part 4
3. After completing, the “Ability Profiler”, what abilities do you have
that support your occupational choice?
4. How can you use your production work as work experience on
your resume?
5. If you had the opportunity to volunteer, what organization would
you choose and/or what volunteer service would you provide?
1. What is the purpose of the job interview?
2. What two items should you bring to a job interview?
Using Career Cruising,
students will complete the
following activity: Interview
Skills
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First Impressions
Interview Preparation
Interview Questions
Tricky Situations
Your Rights
Communication
Skills
3. Name six ways to prepare for a job interview?
4. Why is each of those six ways important?
5. What are the most frequent questions asked at a job interview?
6. Name five questions that are consider illegal to ask during the job
interview?
7. Name two examples of what is considered to be inappropriate body
language during a job interview and why?
8. List five questions you should ask an interviewer?
9. Names four out of the seven different types of interviews listed on
Career Cruising and explain what they are?
10. What points should you be sure you covered before the interview
has ended?
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Questions You Can
Ask
Types of Interviews
Ending the Interview
Interview Evaluation
CYCLE 6: Career Dev.,
Part 2
Students will be able to
explain why good hygiene
and grooming are important
at the workplace and will be
able to describe what to
expect from an employer
when beginning a new job.
CYCLE 7:Career Dev.,
Part 3
Students will identify
effective communication
skills required to be
successful on the job and
explain the importance of
human relations on the job.
CYCLE 8:Career Dev.,
Part 4
Students will explain the
roles of employers and
workers regarding safety and
health in the workplace and
figure earnings and
deductions from a sample
paycheck.
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CYCLE 9:Career Dev.,
Part 5
Students will list the three
common types of work based
learning experiences and
their benefits and describe
how to open and manage a
checking account.
11. Based on my performance during the interview, would I hire me,
why or why not?
1. If you aren’t sure about how to dress on the job, what should you
do?
2. List six basic rules for clothing choice wear and care.
3. What can you do to ease the anxiety of starting a new job?
4. Describe what to expect from an employer when beginning a new
job?
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What are the four qualities required to be an effective speaker?
Why is good grammar important for job success?
What is the major reason why many workers get fired?
Identify generational differences in communication styles.
Name two ways to get along with co-workers.
1. To which employers do OSHA standards apply?
2. Why are new employees more likely to be hurt on the job than
more experienced workers?
3. What is the purpose of completing a W-4 Form?
4. How does an employer determine the amount deducted from
your paycheck for Federal Income Tax?
1. How can work based learning experience guide you to discover
your career interests and goals?
2. What is the benefit of establishing work experience?
3. What are the two main advantages of having a checking account?
4. What is a mistake people often make with their check registers?
5. How should you endorse a check?
CYCLE 10:Career
Cruising, Part 5
Students will review and
update necessary sections
within the Career Cruising
portfolio.
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What are the two parts of the Career Cruising portfolio?
What files have been uploaded to your portfolio?
What are your top three Career Selections?
What are your top three School Interests?
What are your top three skills and abilities?
What have you learned about your chosen career based upon
your findings in Career Cruising?