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9th Grade

Quarter 4

Career Exploration

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#YouCanBeABCs by Sam (2 minutes 30 seconds):

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Are you ready to learn about careers and your learning style?

Drag your dot to indicate your answer

Yes

No

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Who is your school counselor? Draw a circle around their name and picture!

Melisa Springsteen: Last Names A-C

Jessica Rodriguez: Last Names D-H

Francine Ruybal: Last Names I-M

Kathleen Hoffman: Last Names N-R

Joanna Wood: Last Names S-Z

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CLO:

Learn the interest types and determine which best describes you right now.

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AGENDA

Today we will:

  • Learn about interest types

  • Complete the interest profiler on Maia Learning

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Interest Types

Realistic โ€” practical, hands-on problems and solutions

Investigative โ€” ideas, thinking, and figuring things out

Artistic โ€” creating, designing, and making your own rules

Social โ€” helping people, teaching, and talking

Enterprising โ€” leading, making decisions, and business

Conventional โ€” data, detail, and regular routines

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Letโ€™s figure out your strongest interest types!

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What do you think best describes you?

Circle your answer

  • Realistic โ€” practical, hands-on problems and solutions
  • Investigative โ€” ideas, thinking, and figuring things out
  • Artistic โ€” creating, designing, and making your own rules
  • Social โ€” helping people, teaching, and talking
  • Enterprising โ€” leading, making decisions, and business
  • Conventional โ€” data, detail, and regular routines

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Go to DPS Student Portal and log in ๏ฟฝportal.dpsk12.org

Username = Student ID

Password = 8 digit birthdate (ex. 02142004)

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Student Portal To Access Maia Learning

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Student Portal To Access Maia Learning

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On MAIA Learning

Click Character

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MAIA Learning- Interest Profiler (10-15 minutes)

Click Interest Profiler on left and then โ€œGet Startedโ€ in yellow oval

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Congratulations!

You should now have your interest profiler results!

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Record your top two interest types.

Did they surprise you?

Why or why not?๏ฟฝ

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On MAIA Learning

Click Matching Careers

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Career Exploration (5-10 minutes)

Choose one career to explore!

Clicking on the gold title then look at:

  • Name of the career
  • Educational level required
  • Required/recommended programs and majors

*Don't see a career you are interested in? Go to Career Search at the bottom of this MAIA Learning page

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Go to DPS Student Portal and log in ๏ฟฝportal.dpsk12.org

Username = Student ID

Password = 8 digit birthdate (ex. 02142004)

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Click on โ€œMy ICAP Planโ€

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Make sure your personal info is correct!

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Complete the Q4 questions:

1: My interest Profiler results are:

2: My careers that I am considering are:

3: My current post-secondary goal includes:

ICAP Automatically Saves!

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School Counselor Caseloads - please stay in touch! Our emails are linked below and on our website!

Check out our website: https://tinyurl.com/northscwebsite

**LC mentors - please post the counseling website link to your schoology

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REVIEW

One thing I learned is:

One thing I enjoyed was:

One question I have is:

**LC Mentors - please answer the questions and if you need support, reach out to the counseling team!