Course Outline and Syllabus for Futures 1
As a direct result of students taking the course entitled Futures 1, the student will:
1. Gain insight into occupations that fall under the five pathways of Human and
Family Services, Engineering, Industrial & Technological Sciences,
Business/Information Management and Marketing, Arts & Communications, and
Health & Natural Resource Sciences. In light of this being a year long course, we
will spend approximately three weeks discussing each of the five pathways.
2. Identify educational backgrounds, talents, and personalities that are needed to be
successful with specific occupations within career pathways.
3. List employment opportunities for specific occupations within the five pathways.
4. Participate in Holland, personality, and self-assessments to determine possible
matching of a pathway to a personality type, and select a career pathway.
5. Interact and listen to speakers employed within various pathways to gain
knowledge about their chosen occupational area.
6. Participate in group and/or classroom discussions.
7. Utilize the bridges program to take assessments, research occupations, and to
compare occupations to each other.
8. Use the software to make comparisons to 4 yr and 2 yr institutions.
9. Create and maintain a career portfolio, both written and online.
10. Define what a “demand occupation” is.
11. Research a demand occupation that falls with one of the career pathways and
create a report that describes the occupation, educational requirements, potential
salary, job placement, and advancement. This will be a long term assignment, and
will become part of the student portfolio.
12. Be able to list essential interpersonal skills (soft skills) that employers need their
employees to possess.
13. Point out differences between educational degrees and two and four year
educational institutions, and utilize vocabulary that is commonplace with degrees
and institutions of higher learning.
Course Requirements
1. All students will be required to keep and maintain an online and written
portfolio for the class. This portfolio shall contain all assignments and research
that is assigned to successfully complete the course.
2. All students must choose a minimum of one occupation within a pathway
to research.
3. Bring a pen or pencil each day to class. Be prepared.
4. Class participation is imperative to successfully complete the class.
5. Class assignments must be in on time. If there is a problem with turning in an
assignment, see the instructor.
6. As the course develops, students will be using the computers a great deal. The
internet policy established in the student handbook will be enforced with
students. Infractions will be dealt with via the disciplinary policy.
7. Students are responsible to see the instructor when they are absent for make up
work. The policy established in the student handbook will be followed.
8. As mentioned above, speakers will be coming into the class at various times
throughout the year speaking about various occupations within the pathways.
You as a student are expected to show respect at all times towards volunteering
individuals who are giving up work time, pay, and personal time to assist you
in making a career choice. Getting volunteers to come in to school is not easy
to do, and takes a great deal of time and effort on the instructor’s part to
coordinate. Disrespect towards speakers and/or volunteers will not be
tolerated and will be dealt with severely. I regret that I have to mention this
negative component, but problems have arisen in the past with students who
lack maturity and self discipline.
Grading
I will arrive at the nine –weeks grade as follows:
1. Portfolio check- 20%
2. Class assignments – 30%
3. Class participation- 30%
4. Progress on Occupational pathway research – 20%
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Each student will receive each week a possibility of receiving 50 points. The 50
points is based upon what is accomplished in the period of a week, classroom
behavior, being prepared, assignments being turned in on time and overall
attitude. This numerical score is added in with the above listed categories. This
grade will be based upon 10 points/day. If we have a short school week, for
example, a four day week, instead of 50 points for that week, there would be 40
points available for that week.
Being that Futures 1 is a year long course, the occupational pathway research
project shall be graded at the end of quarter 4 as a final project. The research
project shall be the main focus of the student the last three to four weeks of the
school year.
Course Outline
1. Overview of the five different career pathways.
A. Human and Family Services
B. Engineering, Industrial & Technological Sciences
C. Business /Information Management& Marketing
D. Arts and Communications
E. Health & Natural Resource Sciences
2. Education/Skills necessary for career pathways
A. High School Courses
B. LCCC
C. Post Secondary Education
3. Activities
A. Assessments to determine individual personality types.
B. Assessments to determine individual likes/dislikes
C. Soft skills assessments
D. Self-paced student work and discovery through online assignments.
E. Choosing a career pathway.
F. Researching various occupational titles.
G. Selecting an occupational title of interest to research.
H. Interaction with speakers of a variety of occupational careers.
I. Classroom discussions
4. Classroom assignments
A. Tests/Quizzes- These will be announced beforehand
B. Worksheets- Classroom work, some outside class work
C. Research of an occupation – This will be an ongoing process. At a point in
the class, the student will be assigned a career pathway based upon
personality, compatibility, and skill level. They will then choose a demand
occupation to research within that pathway. Once the choice is made, the
student will begin to research the occupation. This research will contain a
specific definition of the occupation, job placement, areas where the demand
for the occupation is the greatest, educational requirements necessary to
perform the occupation, post secondary schools that offer this education,
salaries, and why the student feels this is a good career choice for
themselves. This is a required assignment for the course, and will be a part of
the final grade for the class.
Standards:
E3a, Group Meetings, E2d, Narrative Process, E2c, Acquire Information, E1d,
Comprehends Material, S4d, Impact of Technology,
S4b, Designed World, E3a- Conferences with a Peer
Date:
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Parent Signature
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