A ROADMAP TO
Destination 1: High School 101 & Career Exploration
GISD Personal Graduation Lessons
GRADUATION
Lesson #1
OBJECTIVES
YOUR JOURNEY AWAITS…
WHAT IS A PERSONAL GRADUATION PLAN (PGP)?
WHAT CLASSES DO I NEED TO
TAKE TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL?
26 credits of the following classes:
You can graduate with more than 26 credits!
TRANSCRIPT
A high school transcript is basically a record of your academic accomplishments in high school. Schools and jobs will ask you for it! It will show…..
- all the high school credit classes you took and when
- the grade for each class (how your GPA is calculated)
- your endorsement
- weighted & unweighted GPA
- class size
- top 10% if applicable
- quartile (1st quarter, 2nd quarter, 3rd quarter, 4th quarter)
- AND MORE!
Click the icon for an example of a GISD transcript
GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) & CLASS RANK
Three different grade point averages (GPAs) are recorded on a
Georgetown ISD student’s official transcript:
1. Cumulative, unweighted 4.0 GPA
2. Cumulative, unweighted 100 point GPA
3. Weighted rank GPA
CLASS RANK indicates where you stand academically in relation
to the students in your class. Your grades in English, Math, Science,
Social Studies and Foreign Language are used to calculate your
weighted ranking GPA.
Your GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA) is the sum of all your HS course grades divided by the total number of credits.
Click on the
icon to see how the 3 GISD GPAs are calculated
(2nd slide).
Let’s go exploring…
What are my interests?
What are my goals??
What are my skills?
TO TAKE THE
“PROFILER CAREER SURVEY”
TAKE THE FOLLOWING STEPS…
Click on the “Careers” link at the bottom left.
Click on the “Interest Profiler” Tab.
Select the “Start” button to start your career survey.
The survey will have 25-28 questions
about your interests of potential careers.
Be honest!
Once completed, you will see your Primary & Secondary Interest categories.
Select
“Browse Careers”
to check out different occupations.
Careers based on Interest Categories
Programs of Study based on Interest Categories
1.) Scroll down to
Medium or Considerable Prep Needed &
2.) Click on “View Careers”
Let’s find out which Program of Study relates the most to your preferred occupation.
Find an occupation that interests you and click on
“See Details.”
Click on… 1.) “Save Occupation” and
2.) A Program of Study to see the 4-5 courses
you need to complete each year.
3.) Click on the POS
link to save your preference.
THESE ARE THE CLASSES YOU NEED TO COMPLETE A POS.
CONFIRM YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING IN THE
SAVED OCCUPATIONS TAB:
Use the courses listed under your Preferred Program of Study to select classes for next year.
TO ADD OR CHANGE
AN OCCUPATION TO
YOUR SAVED LIST…
If you did this in 7th grade
Click on the “Careers” link at the bottom left.
If you DO NOT have Saved Occupations or
want to add a career that’s not in your survey results,
go back to the “Interest Profiler” tab…
CLICK ON
“BROWSE ALL”
TO SEARCH FOR
ANY CAREER
YOU WOULD LIKE.
Let’s find out which Program of Study relates the most to your preferred occupation.
Enter a career under “Occupations” or find one that interests you from the survey results. Click on “See Details.”
Click on… 1.) “Save Occupation” and
2.) A Program of Study to see the 4-5 courses
you need to complete each year.
3.) Click on the POS
link to save your preference.
THESE ARE THE CLASSES YOU NEED TO COMPLETE A POS.
CONFIRM YOU HAVE THE FOLLOWING IN THE
SAVED OCCUPATIONS TAB:
Use the courses listed under your Preferred Program of Study to select classes for next year.
TRAVEL TIPS FOR SUCCESS
THANK YOU!
Do you have any questions or anything you’d like to share?
Let’s discuss them together!
GISD Personal Graduation Lessons
Lesson #1