2014-2015 Middle School PEP Scope & Sequence (6/7/2014)
Complete Q1 - Due Oct 31st
Complete Q2 - Due Dec 20th
Complete Q3 – Due Mar 28th
Complete Q4 – Due Jun 6th
Academic Planning
Academic Planning
Career Exploration
Goal Setting
•Understand terms and semesters
• Understand standards-based report
cards, and characteristics of a successful
learner
•Introduce note-taking and other study
skills for success in middle school
•Complete learning styles inventory
•Connect learning style to career interests
•Select learning strategies to use based
on learning style
•Understand Holland's Career Types
•Complete College in Colorado Career
Keys interest survey
•Research career interests by educational
requirements and earning potential
•Introduce long-term goals and
short-term paths to achieving goals
•Introduce SMART goal setting
•Discuss 6 keys to achieving goals and
the importance of anticipating and
overcomming obstacles
PS & Financial Planning
PS & Financial Planning
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[PS & Financial Planning: College Invest Grant Matching Handout]
[PS & Financial Planning: College Invest Grant Matching Handout]
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Goal Setting
Career Exploration
•Set goals and identify pathways towards
goals
•Explore extracurricular opportunities
•Create Brag Sheet to begin documenting
academic and extracuriccular
achievements and activities
•Review Holland's Career Types
•Complete College in Colorado Interest
Profiler
•Research career interests by educational
requirements and earning potential
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Career Exploration Part 1
•Explore Career Cluster Model
•Complete College in Colorado Career
Cluster Survey (due by Oct 1st)
•Explore career interests by Cluster and
record top Career Cluster and sector
group color in Career Fair booklet
Career Exploration Part 2
•Review Career Cluster results and
introduce Career Fair representatives by
Cluster
•Select business, college, and high school
representatives to visit at Career Fair
•Review schedule and expectations (prior
to Career Fair)
Academic Planning Part 1
•Debrief Career Fair and identify postsecondary and workforce goal
•Present high school magnet, charter,
traditional, and pathway options and
exploration opportunities (by mid Nov)
•Explore school-specific and School of
Choice application processes and
deadlines
Transition
[Transition
and Resiliency
Survey by Nov 29th]
•Introduce post-secondary options and
common misconceptions
•Review "Education Pays" information
•Introduce overlap between skills
employers and colleges look for in an
applicant
Academic Planning Part 2
•Introduce credits and transcripts
•Introduce graduation requirements
•Understand and practice calculating
Grade Point Average
Goal Setting
•Review post-secondary and workforce
goal
•Explore Plans of Study related to career
interest
•Select extracurricular activities, service
learning goals and elective/career path
courses related to career interests
•Introduce postsecondary readiness by
using rubric to evaulate academic beliefs,
behaviors, and performance data
•Complete work values sorter activity
•Discuss and assess motivation, mindset,
and locus of control
PS & Financial Planning
•Introduce post-secondary options
relevant to career interests
•Explore college costs
•Introduce financial aid vocabulary (e.g.
scholarships, grants, work study, COF)
[8th Grade Transition
Spreadsheet by April 30th]
2014-2015 High School PEP Scope & Sequence (6/7/2014)
Complete Q1 - Due Oct 31st
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Academic Planning
•Introduce transcripts and graduation
requirements
•Introduce Naviance course planner
•Match career and educational objectives
to complete Naviance 4-year course plan
Complete Q2 - Due Dec 20th
Goal Setting
•Introduce post-secondary readiness by
using rubric to evaluate 21st century
knowledge, attitudes, and skills
•Introduce goals and pathways
•Introduce resume building, service
learning, and extracurricular
opportunities
Complete Q3 – Due Mar 28th
Complete Q4 – Due Jun 6th
PS & Financial Planning
Career Exploration
•Explore college options (CE/ASCENT/AP)
•Prepare for College EXPO
•Introduce college cost and financial
planning (FAFSA Forecaster, COF)
•Complete Interest Profiler in Naviance
•Explore interests and research career
options
•Research educational requirements and
earning implications
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Academic Planning
•Review transcripts and graduation
requirements
•Update Naviance 4-year course plan
•Introduce credit recovery options
Career Exploration
Goal Setting
PS & Financial Planning
•Complete Career Cluster Survey in
Naviane
•Research and explore career options
•Research educational requirements,
college options, and earning implications
•Review Career Cluster survey results and
related Plans of Study
•Use Plan of Study to explore careers,
programs, and colleges of interest
•Use rubric to review and evaluate postsecondary readiness
•Complete college search
•Introduce college entrance requirements
(CE, HEARS, GPA/ACT Index Score, and
ACT prep options)
•Introduce financial aid resources and
requirements (DSF)
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Academic Planning
•Review transcripts
•Update Naviance 4-year course plan
•Review ACT/PSAT prep options and
implications for National Merit
Scholarship and college readiness
12
Goal Setting
•Review PEP goals and update/review
Naviance 4-year course plan
•Review skills for post-secondary
readiness to set goals
•Complete Colorado Reality Check activity
and create a personal budget
Career Exploration
•Review service learning and
extracurriuclar opportunities and their
importance.
•Identify components of a resume.
•Complete resume' in Naviance
PS & Financial Planning
•Research 3 scholarships and document
in Naviance (due by April 1st)
•Introduce Federal Application for
Student Aid (FAFSA)
•Understand admission process and
complete at least 1 post-secondary
application
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[Senior Contracts Due and Complete by End of September]
Goal Setting
•Review importance of goals and
pathways in overcomming barriers
•Review implications of GPA, ACT,
Accuplacer, and remediation
•Draft college essay and/or personal
statement in Naviance (due by June 6th)
Career Exploration
•Review PSWF readiness rubric and 21st
century skills
•Explore career pathways or majors
related to career interests and research
employment and earning outcomes
•Review and update resume
PS & Financial Planning
•Review college entrance requirements
and planning timeline
•Review financial aid resources
•Complete scholarship search and
practice scholarship application
Academic Planning
•College and PS transition lesson (e.g.
college portal, orientation & registration,
placement testing, FAFSA verification,
financial aid award letter, loan types and
payment options , etc)
•Review senior exit system
•Complete senior exit survey