Session
Grade 6
3 sessions
1
Counselors should continue with traditional career activities
Introduction to Career Cruising (Group Activity)
Explore career cruising using the Smartboard
 Teacher should login using schoolwide username and password
 Preview the Assessments tab, including “Career Matchmaker” and “My
Skills.”
 Distribute Student Access Cards so they may explore at home.
2
Students login to CC using student username and password.
 Select “Assessment” tab at top of page.
 Select “Career Matchmaker” button.
 Complete “Career Matchmaker” questions #1-39
 Print “Career Suggestions” and place in 5th grade portfolio.
3
Students login to CC using student username and password
 Select “Careers” tab, then “Career Selector”
 Proceed through the program until careers choices are selected
(automatic)
 Select 2 careers of interest
 Investigate the careers by investigating the tabs associated with the
career
 Print select “Printer Friendly Report,” print the report, and place the
report in your portfolio
 Be prepared to answer questions about your career selections
Student Portfolio’s should be sent home at the end of the school
year.
Session
Grade 7
6 Sessions
1
School Subjects & Careers (Activity #1)
2
Matching Careers and School Subjects (Activity #2)
3
Career Matchmaker (Activity #3)
4
Distribute student access cards and direct students to login to Career Cruising
Introduce and explore CC homepage
 Select “Assessment” tab at top of page.
 Select “Career Matchmaker” button.
 Complete “Career Matchmaker” questions #1-39
 Save Career Matchmaker results in portfolio
5
Login
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6
Your Career Ideas and Matchmaker (Activity #4)
to CC,
Select “Assessment” tab at top of page.
Select “Career Matchmaker” button
Complete remaining 57 “Career Matchmaker” questions
Save “Career Matchmaker” results in portfolio
Investigate top match in “Career Matchmaker”
Save top career in the portfolio
Add additional careers to portfolio if time permits
Session
Grade 8
7 Sessions
1
Using Career Selector (Activity #5)
Attend Worlds of Opportunity
2
Distribute student access cards and direct students to login to Career Cruising
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Start new “Career Matchmaker, label session “Grade 8”
Answer the first 39 questions in “Career Matchmaker”
Explore and interpret career suggestions.
Select at least 1 career and save it into the portfolio.
Update portfolio with new career matches remove non-relevant careers.
3
Login to CC
 Go to assessments, select “My Skills”, complete skills assessment
matching the assessment with your most recent Matchmaker session
 Select highest ranking careers and explore the information
 Save two careers to the portfolio
 If time permits update extracurricular activities, career preparation
activities, activities and abilities, volunteer experience, and work
experience
4
5
Evaluate Explore (ACT) results with counselor
Login to CC
 Complete remaining 57 “Career Matchmaker” questions in the most
recent session
 Save results to the portfolio. Students may delete older Matchmaker
sessions.
 Add new career choice to student portfolio
6
Login to CC
 Go to portfolio, select “Careers that Interest Me.” Select the saved
career that you wish to guide you through high school course selection.
 Select the “Education” button and scroll down to “Sample High School
Plan of Study.”
 Select “Printer-Friendly Report”, and print your selection. Use this sheet
to help select your high school courses.
7
Complete Course selection sheet with counselor
Session
Grade 9
5 Sessions
1
Login
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Select “Assessments,” select “Learning Styles Inventory”
Carefully complete the learning styles inventory
Save and print the results of the inventory
Participate in classroom discussion of learning styles
If time permits select the “Schools” tab, select “Planning Timeline”
Investigate the appropriate timeline for your selected career
Save the timeline in your portfolio
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Activity #6 (Comparing Careers)
Login to CC
 Search for careers using school subjects and/or career clusters.
 Follow the program and investigate several careers of interest
 Print selected career information and save two careers into your CC
portfolio
4
Login
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5
Complete Course selection sheet with counselor (Review Plan of Study)
to CC
Open “Assessments” and then “Career Matchmaker”
Create a new session “Career Matchmaker” session
Finish the first 39 questions
Label the session: Grade 9
Compare your results with your middle school assessment. Note
how your career interests may have changed. Investigate and save
two new careers of interest in your portfolio
 In portfolio select “Education Plan”
 Select “Plan of Study” for each of the careers that interest you
 Print your final selection (Plan of Study) to help you plan your high
school courses
Session
Grade 10
5 Sessions
1
Login
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to CC
Open “Assessments” and then “Career Matchmaker”
Continue the Grade 9 session of “Career Matchmaker”
Finish the final 57 questions
Open the “Assessments” tab, then “My Skills”
Complete the “My Skills” evaluation
Select the highest scored career and add it to your portfolio
2
Login to CC
 Select the “Portfolio” tab, select “Resume Builder”
 Proceed down each of the buttons to the left until you have built a
resume
 Save the resume in the portfolio and print one copy for instructor
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4
Evaluate PLAN (ACT) results with counselor
Login to CC
 Select “Careers,” search careers by using “Career Selector,”
 Evaluate careers based on “Working Conditions.”
 Select a career that interests you based on the working conditions
 Save the career into your resume
 Print and save a copy of the “At a Glance” page.
 Update your resume’
5
Complete Course selection sheet with counselor (Review Plan of Study)
Session#
Grade 11
4 Sessions
1
Activity #12 (College Research Exercise)
2
Login
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Activity #13 (Finding the Right College)
4
Complete Course selection sheet with counselor
to CC
Proceed to the “Schools” section, select “Financial Aid,”
Proceed through the “Financial Aid Selector,
Save the results in your portfolio.
Session
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Grade 12
Two Sessions
Login
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Select “Portfolio” then “Resume Builder”
Move down the list on the right of the page completing each section
Export as a Word file, and format
Print a Resume for presentation