LESSONS FOR GRADE 12
CAREER GUIDANCE WASHINGTON INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the 2014 version of Career Guidance Washington is to:
► Provide an easy-to-use readily accessible curriculum map and set of lessons for each grade level
► Select the best-of-the-best from prior college and career planning curricula and consolidate into a
20 lesson per grade level sequence
► Customize the curriculum for the state of Washington, reflecting changing graduation requirements
and course admission requirements
► Modernize activities and terminology to reflect current research
► Serve as a go-to source for ease of use, recognizing that schools may choose to draw from the
original curricula from which these lessons came:
o Sparking the Future
o Career Ready Washington
o My Dreams My Story My Voice
o Career Ready Washington
► Make an impact in the lives of students!
USING THIS CURRICULUM
The design was intended to create a plug-and-play option, yet, as always, educators are encouraged to
adapt the curriculum map for local needs however they see fit.
► Adapting for calendar
► Adapting for student-led conferences
► Adapting to meet the needs of local student demographics
CAREER GUIDANCE WASHINGTON THEMES
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What makes a student college and career ready? Career Guidance Washington addresses 7 themes
important to a college and career ready student:
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Career and College Development
Ownership of Learning
Transition Skills
Learning Techniques
Metacognitive Skills
Academic Eligibility
High School and Beyond Plan
PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER
The Career Guidance Washington lessons work to teach college and career readiness knowledge and
skills through topic areas such as goal setting, college and career planning, and financial aid. Career
guidance can be critical in increasing overall literacy and numeracy levels, as well, because it helps to
develop discipline – based on personal desire – that is necessary to succeed in virtually every area. The
Career Guidance Washington lessons help students develop their High School & Beyond Plan to acquire a
range of skills that directly prepare them to plan for and then succeed at the next stage in their lives. The
foundation of the lessons’ outcomes and are woven throughout the lessons, so that teachers, counselors
and advisors have clear indications of what their students should be accomplishing.
ALIGNED WITH ACADEMIC AND GUIDANCE STANDARDS
Because the development of the High School & Beyond Plan over time prepares students to be ready for
college and career, the Career Guidance Washington curriculum is carefully aligned with academic and
guidance standards. In particular, the lessons have been aligned with:
 Common Core State Standards: The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear
understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and families know what they
need to do to help them. The standards, which have been adopted by 45 of the 50 states, are
designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that
students need for success in college and careers. Learn more about the Common Core State
Standards at www.corestandards.org.
 ASCA National Standards for Students: The American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA’s)
National Standards outline competencies in academic, career, and personal/social skills that
students should obtain as a result of participating in a school counseling program. As an integral
part of a school counseling program, Career Guidance Washington is fully aligned with the
standards in all three domains. Learn more about the ASCA National Model and National
Standards for Students at http://ascamodel.timberlakepublishing.com/files/NationalStandards.pdf
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GRADE 12 ▲ CURRICULUM MAP
CURRICULUM MAP
GRADE 12
Lesson Title
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Theme
Where Am I Going in 12th Grade?
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Ownership of Learning
What Does It Take?
2
Career and College
Development
Stress, Drama and Your Senior Year
3
Metacognitive Skills
FAFSA Process – It’s Not Just the
Application
4
Transition Skills
College and Career Readiness
5
Career and College
Development
Learning Goals
►Identify the key readiness milestones of 12th grade
►Analyze their 11th grade portfolio achievements and challenges
►Create at least five academic and/or activity goals for 12th grade
►Identify key strategies that students need to have in order to
make it to college
►Self-assess strategies they are already using to get them to
college
►Self-assess strategies they will add
►Causes of stress in navigating the college search/application
process
►Strategies for dealing with stress in the college
search/application process
►Personalize a plan to reduce the stress of researching and
applying to college
►Description of the FAFSA (what is it?)
►Importance of FAFSA to financial aid options
►Steps to completing FAFSA and financial aid process
►Explain what the FAFSA does and its importance to paying for
higher education
►Describe the steps in the FAFSA completion process through
the acceptance of an award letter
► Explain the value of a diverse collection of assets in a
professional portfolio.
►Identify their top ten educational achievements of 9th – 12th
grade.
►Predict their top ten educational and/or career accomplishments
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Student Products
PPT
►12th Grade Goals Checklist
►Journal Page
►What Does It Take?
Worksheet
►None
►None
►Achievements List
►Journal Page
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Completing a College Application
6
Transition Skills
Preparing to Complete a FAFSA
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Transition Skills
that they will achieve in the next ten years.
►Predict the top five motivations they will explore over the next
ten years.
►Explain the value of taking charge of your own future.
►Students will describe the key components of a college
application.
►Students will complete a sample paper application form as
practice.
►Materials needed to complete the FAFSA
►Official FAFSA site exploration
►How to get a student and parent PIN number
►Describe the FAFSA process and if a senior obtain a FAFSA pin
number
►Students will describe the admission requirements for admission
to a Washington State public or other four-year college or
university.
►Students will summarize their progress toward meeting
postsecondary admission requirements.
►Students will complete a high school graduation requirements
credit check.
►Students will develop a High School & Beyond Plan and/or
Program of Study
► Students will write a resume or activity log
Post Secondary Admissions
Requirement Check
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Academic Eligibility
High School and Beyond Plan
9
High School and
Beyond Plan
Admissions Essay
10
Transition Skills
Academic Progress Review
11
Leadership of Learning ►Compare personal academic and activity progress to defined
►Students will describe the key components of a successful
admissions essay.
►Students will write a sample admissions essay for a college of
choice.
12th grade goals.
►Identify tactics for improving performance in 12th grade.
►Update 12th grade academic and activity goals to reflect
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►Sample Application
►FAFSA On the WEB
Worksheet or Completed
FAFSA
►Postsecondary Timeline
Worksheet
►Credit Check Worksheet
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►My High School and
Beyond Plan
►Resume (Activity Log)
Worksheet
►Program of Study
Template
►Draft Admissions Essay
►12th Grade Academic
Progress Review
►Journal Page
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Seeking Out Role Models and
Mentors
12
Ownership of Learning
Exploring High Growth Occupation
13
Career and College
Development
Professional Interviews
14
Career and College
Development
Variable Futures
15
Career and College
Development
Career Bridge
16
Career and College
Development
Accepting a Financial Aid Package
17
Transition Skills
progress.
►Write a one-page summary of mid-year progress towards
defined 12th grade goals.
►Understanding what makes a person a role model
►Understanding how can students become role models
►Take action to meet with people of similar backgrounds and
discover their postsecondary journey.
►Students will identify high growth occupations in Washington
State.
►Students will research a selected high growth occupation.
►Update their personal resume for an imaginary or real job
interview
►Outline the basic stages of a typical job interview
►Write questions for your interviewer that demonstrate an
understanding of the business
►Provide post-interview feedback for another person following a
mock job interview
►Use feedback to improve personal job interview skills
►Create three balanced career/life plans for three different career
goals.
►Prioritize three possible career futures in order of preference.
►Identify key contributors to the achievement of their top
balanced career/life plan.
►Predict obstacles that may emerge to prevent achievement of
their top balanced career/life plan.
►Students will identify a potential career of interest.
►Students will identify and research at least one postsecondary
program that could prepare them for a career of interest.
►Components of a financial aid package
►Student choices and responsibilities in regards to a financial aid
package
►Apply the basic constructs of a financial aid package to their
own college situation
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►Role Model Worksheet
►Completed High Growth
Occupations Handout
►Interview Worksheet
►Journal Page
►Three completed 12th
Grade Career/Life Plans
►Journal Page
►Career Bridge Worksheet
►Comparing Costs
Worksheet
►List of student college
finance package to be put
in portfolios
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Personal Networking
18
Transition Skills
Preparing For Student-Led
Conferences I
19
Ownership of Learning
Preparing For Student-Led
Conferences II
20
Ownership of Learning
►Explain why a person’s network is often regarded as their most
valuable professional asset
►Identify future circumstances where personal networks may help
in the achievement of goals
►List the advantages of maintaining a record of personal contacts
►List the types of information stored in a typical contact sheet
►Begin to develop a personal contact list
►Understand the student-led conference structure
►Schedule conference and invite parents/significant adult to
conference
►Organize High School and Beyond Plan and portfolio materials
to use as artifacts in the conference
►Network Contact List
►Journal Page
►Draft of Thank You to one
person in their network
►Review the student-led conference structure
►Finalize outline and organization of High School and Beyond
Plan and portfolio materials to use as artifacts in the conference
►Finalize invitation of parents/significant adult to conference
►Conduct a practice student-led conference
►Student-led Conference
Outline
►Supporting Materials for
Student-led Conferences
(work samples, etc)
►Journal Page
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►Planning a Student-led
Conference
►My SLC Outline
►Invitation for Student-led
Conference
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