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Agenda

Students:

Log in to the Counselor Google classroom
Navigate to the Career Exploration slideshow
Click on each link during the career exploration pages (use headphones)
Complete the post assessment

***There are additional resources for your use at the end of the slide show.

Google classroom Codes: 6th Grade (2030): n3roqey 7th Grade (2029): 724sg5t 8th grade (2028): v54a6iv

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Career Exploration

Today you will be exploring careers that are directly tied to the high school pathways and endorsements.

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On the right side of each slide, you will see several links.

Click on each link to explore the career and the high school courses that are tied to that career.

As you navigate through each slide ask yourself:

What interested you about the career ?
What did you learn about the career?
After exploring the career, are you more or less interested in the career? Why or Why not?

Complete the Post Assessment at the end of this presentation.

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There are 5 Graduation Endorsements

We will be exploring the following endorsements:

Business & Industry

STEM

Public Services

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Business and Industry

Architect

Architecture Program of Study

Prosper ISD STEM

**Business and Industry or Stem endorsement (if math and science requirement are met).

Architecture and Construction

Teacher ask: What does a CPA do? Answer: Help business or individuals file taxes and figure out how much money they need to pay the government. They also help businesses with bookkeeping and payroll. Making sure they have enough money to pay their employees and conduct their business. What 4 things did Deonna have to get to be a CPA? Answer: High school diploma, Bachelor's degree, Master’s degree and internship. What do you have to ge good at to be successful as an accountant? Answer: Learning new things, great with people and enjoy research.

Click 2nd pic and play video. Ask the following questions at the end of the video.

Teacher ask: What does an event coordinator do? Answer: Handle all events that happen at the site and off site. What education does Julie have? Answer: High school diploma only and a little bit of college. According to Julie, what is the best part of her career? Answer: Interacting with people, Organizing events and seeing them come together from beginning to end, different activities from day to day.

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Public Services

Law Enforcement

Police Officer

Law Enforcement Program of Study

Prosper ISD Law and Public Safety Program of Study Video

Teacher ask: What is digital forensics? Answer: Founding out what type of activity has been done on the device? What is the best route to take in education for this career? Answer: Going to college and getting a degree. What is the best thing about this career? Doing different projects everyday and talking with different people who want different things from you.

Click 2nd pic and play video. Ask the following questions at the end of the video.

Teacher ask: What are the different areas involved in game development? Answer: Arts, design, programming and sound. What type of school did Benjamin attend? Answer: Vocational school and completed their program. Why is being part of a team important in game development? Answer: Each step in game development take people who specialize and have different talents to make the game together. Each are is needed.

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STEM

Cyber Security

Programming and Software Development Program of Study

Prosper ISD STEM

Programming and Software Development

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Next Steps:

Complete the Post assessment

Career Exploration Post Assessment

Further Career Research

https://www.mynextmove.org/

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Prosper ISD CTE Education Program

CTE Programs of Study

Program Videos

Business and Industry:

Agriculture

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications

Business Finance and Marketing

STEM:

STEM

Public Service

Education and Training

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Further Career Research

Check out Texas Career