Valencia High School Course Syllabus

ASCP – Academic Studies & Career Planning
INSTRUCTOR: Mr. Berman
OFFICE PHONE : (714) 996­4970 ext. #10162
E­MAIL: pberman@pylusd.org
OFFICE HOURS : M, T, W, Th, F ­ 6:30 a.m. ­ 7:45 a.m.
TEXTBOOKS:
1. District Freshman Handbook/Booklet (Online)
COURSE OVERVIEW:
It will provide each student with job skills training necessary to get and keep a job. In addition, it will introduce each student to technology, including Internet Research using Kuder Navigator.
Students will be taught and tested on digital citizenship. Each student will make an electronic portfolio using Google Mail, Calendar, Classroom, & Docs. Academic Studies and Career
Planning is a class to help you learn how to develop study skills that best fit your individual modality of learning. It will also prepare you to become a better test taker and assess your current Interests, Abilities, and Work Values to start the process of planning your career.
This 10­credit course is designed for your personal, technical and professional development/enhancement. It is intended to get you to start planning for your career and prepare you for the rest of high school and college.
COURSE PREREQUISITE:
None, but it is a graduation requirement.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To expose students to the various means and methods of studying, doing research, and schoolwork using various technology tools, and developing organizational skills, and job skills preparation. After completing the course, students will be able to take copious notes using the
Cornell Note Taking method, use the Internet for research, know how to prepare for an interview, and use basic computer technology.
RESOURCES
All students have a Gmail account assigned by the PYLUSD. With that account students have access to Google Classroom, Google Drive, Google Calendar, and Google Docs. Students will have the use of the classroom and Instructors time during class and during office hours. Some
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information wil l be posted on your teacher’s website periodically. Students will also use online research using the Kuder Navigator accounts each student has been given by the PYLUSD.
GRADING:
✓Assignments 4 pts/ea. A 90­100% ✓Quizzes 4 pts/ea. B 80­89.9% ✓Poster 20 pts C
70­79.9% ✓Presentation 24 pts D 60­69.9% ✓Final Project 32 pts F 59.9% & below
Your final grade will be determined by the total number of points received compared to the total number of points available. This course is graded on a straight 90%, 80% etc... scale. I do not round grades. Students should check their grade repeatedly during the semester on Aeries! The students have access to a computer everyday in the class lab, before and after school. The library is also open before and after school.
*** Please note that the syllabus is only a guideline. The dates of quizzes and tests may change
.
Homework is to be turned in on time. One point is taken off for each day late. Grading on a 4 point scale means that a student’s possible grade for late work goes down one letter grade each day. It is the student’s responsibility to find out what the homework assignment was during the class that was missed. The student is still responsible for turning in that assignment!!!!
Assignments are posted in Google Classroom. All students are required to maintain their
Google Calendar, check their PYLUSD Gmail accounts and their Aeries accounts daily.
Students are required to ask for permission to use their electronic devices for instructional purposes ONLY! We use them for Gmail, Google Calendaring, Google Classroom, and other appropriate information used in the the class. Students have access to the school network by logging into WiFi under the STUDENT network for PYLUSD.
MAJOR TOPICS
I. Digital Citizenship, Cornell Notes. II. High School Orientation & Study Skills III.
Self­Assessments for work Interest, Abilities, & work values. IV. Career Research methods using the internet & Kuder Navigator. V. Educational Research for both secondary and post­secondary education using Kuder
Navigator, Collegeboard, and US Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics). VI.
Introduction to Technology: Google­ Mail, Calendar, Drive, Classroom, & Docs. VII. Job Skills to include VIII. A “Day­on­the­Job”, to gain first hand knowledge of a potential career of the student’s choice. IX. Writing skills, culminating in a final project of choice. X. Modern Language
Association (MLA) style of writing will be used for all writing assignments.
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Lecture/Lab Schedule Note: This tentative schedule may vary, as circumstances require.
Unit 1: Introduction to Technology and ASCP, Cornell Notes, & Google Technology Course
Introduction, Adds/Drops, Binders, Syllabus, Class requirements, DOJ Introduction. Cornell
Notes, Google Mail set up & Sync with personal mobile devices. Day on the Job Introduction,
Behavior Contract.
Unit 2: Digital Citizenship Library, Electronic Assessments, MLA, Google Docs.
Unit 3: Introduction to VHS Tour de Valencia, Map of Valencia, Activity Verification, Goal Setting
(Short, Mid, & Long Range Goals), Golden Rule, Dress Code, Alma Mater, Penmanship.
Unit 4: Study Skills Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School, Note taking Abbreviations, Cornell Notes,
Starting Line/SLANT, Textbook/Attendance, Study Habits. SQ3R, Learning Styles and You
(Learning Modalities), Where There’s a Will, There’s an A, General Rules for Taking Tests, How to Take an Objective Test, Multiple Intelligences.
Unit 5: Self­Assessments Self­Assessment for individual work Interests, Abilities, & Values.
Create and use Kuder Navigator Accounts to take these assessments and evaluate the results.
Career Cluster (selection of top 10 career choices.)
Unit 6: Career Research Using Kuder Navigator, College Board, & Internet/US Department of
Labor each student will research on their top 10 career selections from their Career Cluster and select their top 4 career choices. Students will order these top 10 selections with #1 being their first choice for their DOJ Job Shadowing career.
Unit 7: College Research Using Kuder Navigator, College Board, & Internet/US Department of
Labor each student will research on their top four colleges/universities that have a degree program that supports their top four career choices.
Unit 8: 4 Year H.S. Plan High School planning using graduation requirements, courses offered list, and research from student’s goal setting and career research. Each student will create a 4 year high school plan to help them reach their personal career goal.
Unit 9: Job Skills Blast Off or Blow Up, Survey I & II, 4 Possible Part­Time Jobs, Classified Ads,
Understanding Want Ads, Steps to Find a Job, How to complete a job Application, Résumé.
Interview Techniques, How to Interview, Negative Factors, Mock Interviews, ASCP Online
Booklet Review
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for Job Skills Worksheet. Mock Interviews, Dress for Success, Evaluate Online portfolios, Thank
You Letters, Real DOJ Thank You Letter, What Your Boss Really Wants from You.
Unit 10: Day on the Job (Job Shadowing)
Once the student has made their top 10 career choices in Unit #3 they will commence their search to find someone that will allow them to shadow them for the day. The students will interview t his person during the day using the “Day on the Job – The Groundwork” lesson after doing the online research for the same career. This will allow the student to do a compare & contrast presentation about that career. They can see what the career was about online compared to what they saw in person. After their day on the job, the student will reflect on what they saw and write up their thoughts using the “Day on the Job – The Student” reflection form.
This Job Shadow is to be completed by: First Semester Students: The visit completed by the end of Thanksgiving Break. Second Semester Students: The visit completed by the end of
Spring Break.
Unit 11: Final Projects & Peer Review
1. Final Choice Project 2. Poster 3. Oral Presentation 4. Electronic Portfolio
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