Brooks Counseling Department

Freshman Seminar #2

Sept. 29, 2024

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Looking Toward the Future

Agenda

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• Attendance
• Ice Breaker
• Grading
• Graduation Requirements Review
• School Links
• Introduction
• Find Your Path

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Wheel of Names

Enter your name into the Wheel of Names for your chance to win :)

Seminar Grading

It’s time for Bingo!

Grading Timeline

• 5 week Progress Reports

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• Quarter Grades
• Q1 & Q2 = Semester 1
• Q3 & Q4 = Semester 2
• Parent/Teacher Conferences take place at the end of Q1 and Q3�
• Semester Grades
• These are final grades that go on your transcript at the end of S1(January) and S2 (June)

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5 Week Grades… What are they good for??

5 weeks grade reports are being issued in your Support Seminar today!

• Why are these reports important?
• If you think you need help, what should do?
• What are your resources?

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Next steps…be sure to share Progress Reports and BAG report with your families and discuss at home!

Grades

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9th grade is the first time that your report card grades go on your transcript that counts toward graduation.

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• If you do not pass a class, it not only lowers your grade point average, but you must repeat the course in summer school/evening school.
• Four years from now, the colleges that you apply to will look at your transcript an use it in making a decision whether to accept you or not.

How do I make sure I graduate?

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● Stay ON TRACK!

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● Ask for directions when needed (your teachers, counselors and staff at Brooks are here to support you)

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●Have a roadmap (a plan for how to get there) HS Graduation Requirements

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●Know your possible destinations (college/technical school/ career/ military/ or gap year) and keep that in sight

Intro to SchooLinks/

Find My Path

Do Now

What careers are you interested in? Why are you interested in them?

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(Can be just want to know more about or ones that you are thinking about it as a potential career)

Objectives

• Students will be able to understand how SchooLinks will help them explore their potential futures
• Students will be able to explore SchooLinks and its features

Support

You will be asked “What do you want to do after high school?” or “What career/job do you want when you get older?”

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A LOT

Support

High School is a time to explore how your interests and skills can connect to your potential careers and pathways after high school.

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You will explore throughout high school in many of your classes

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It is good to know what you are interested in and what you are not.

Support

SchooLinks is a tool in which you can explore your strengths and interests to see how they connect to possible careers and pathways.

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You Do Not Need to Choose Anytime Soon!

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Enjoy exploring and learning about all the pathways available to you!

Log On to SchooLinks

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CPS.edu/schoolinks

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Click “log in with Google”

Exploring SchooLinks

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Finding My Path

• You will be asked general questions on how you prefer to do things and how you think.
• These will give you results on your personality.

Answer the questions honestly

Finding My Path- If you already took it…

Results

Read and Examine the results

1. Look at the adjectives in blue, is this how you would describe yourself? Why or Why not?
2. Look under the “ tend to…” Are these how you prefer to act/think? Why or Why not?
3. Look at the Career clusters, you will see descriptions of them next. Are these career areas that you are interested in?

(can answer this question once you see the descriptions)

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Click after the discussion

Turn and Talk

Discuss the results with your neighbor

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• Is this how you would describe yourself? Why or Why not?
• Are these how you prefer to act/think? Why or Why not?
• Are these career areas that you are interested in?
• Do you identify with any of the celebrities?

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Click after the discussion

Career Clusters

• Career Clusters are the categories that careers fall into.
• Click on one that interests you. We will come back to choosing a Career Cluster and Career later after researching

Careers

• You can see the careers that are in the cluster you chose.
• Or you can write in a career you are interested
• Choose one and then click next

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Do Now: Take 10 minutes to explore different Careers

Another way to search for Careers

• Look for Careers in the panel on the left.

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• Choose Clusters on the top right

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• Or type in the search bar a career you would like to research

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Do Now: Take 10 minutes to explore different Careers

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Majors

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• A major is your focus of study at College or your pathway after high school.
• Choose one
• You will be able to change this when we explore more on careers and know what majors connect to what careers!

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Do Now: Take 2 minutes and explore the major that is related to your career choice

Another way to search for Majors

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• In the Career Tab, choose a Career Cluster
• Choose a Career of your interest
• Go to Education and Training (on the left panel)
• Explore different majors for that career

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Do Now: Take 2 minutes to explore the majors that is related to your career choice

Find My Pathway Results

• What do you think about the results?
• Is this telling of who you are and what you are striving to do in the future?

Click after the discussion

SchooLinks Exploration

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• Explore how you can look up Careers
• Explore how you can look up Majors
• Explore how you can look up information on colleges

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To Do: Favorite at least one Career Clusters and two Careers

Exit Ticket

Why is it important to explore possible pathways and careers?

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Ending Ice Breaker

Class Share out

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Wheels of Names

Potential questions

If you could pick one superpower, what would it be and why? What game would you recommend to a first-time gamer, and why? On a scale of 1 to 10, how disciplined would you say you are? What advice would you give to the president? What was the last series you binge-watched on Netflix, Disney +, or Hulu (or any other streaming service)? Any recommendations?

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Progress Report Check

Do Now:

• Review you paper copy that you should have received in Advisory or

Log on to ASPEN

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• Check your progress grades

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• Complete Quarter 1 Progress Report Reflection

(attendance will be take from the reflection)

What are credits and how do they work?

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●1 semester class passed = ½ credit per class

So if you pass BOTH semesters you earn 1.0 credit

●If you pass every class during the semester, how many credits can you earn?

○7 classes x ½ credit each =

■ 3.5 credits at the semester

■ 7 credits per school year

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Yes

Graduation Requirements

24 credits to graduate

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4 English

3 Math (*4 at Brooks)

3 Science (Bio, Chem, Physics)

3 Social Studies (.5 Civics)

2 World Language

2 Fine Art

2 PE (Health & Drivers Ed)

1 Computer Science

1 Career Ed

3 Electives

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2 Service Projects

Constitution Test

Financial Education

State Mandated Exam (SAT)

Learn.Plan.Succeed.

Financial Aid Application

Did you know…

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On- Track

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On-Track means you are performing in a manner that will allow you to graduate in four years

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●Must earn at least 5 credits by June of freshman year

●Fail no more than .5 of a core course credit (one semester of a core class)

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(Core Courses = English, Human Geo/World Studies, Inquiry Science, Integrated Math)

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On Track

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On-Track means you are performing in a manner that will allow you to graduate in four years

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●Must earn at least 5 credits by June of freshman year

●Fail no more than .5 of a core course credit (one semester of a core class)

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(Core Courses = English, Human Geo/World Studies, Inquiry Science, Integrated Math)

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