Standards
Learning
Expectations
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This activity will help students acquire competencies
which relate to the following standards:
5.0 Career Information and Career
Goals
6.0 Knowledge and Skills to Achieve
Career Goals
The student will:
5.5 Recognize the importance
of planning for work and career
5.6 Practice and demonstrate the steps
in setting career goals
6.1 Describe how interests, abilities,
and achievement relate to personal behavior and school performance
6.2 Practice listening and working together
in teams
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General Approach
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The general approach is that students will
discuss the steps that have led to their past successes, identify a current
goal, separate into groups of two, trace their shoe, & fill in the
outline with steps to achieving a current goal. They will also trade worksheets
with their partner & add steps to his/her outline. Everyone will then
gather to share their steps. |
Activity Steps
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Gather students in a circle and lead them in the
following discussion:
Have you ever been asked to do a job, complete
a task, etc. that you didn't know how to do? How did this turn out? Were
you able to do it? I'll bet it was really hard! Tell me about a time
when you were asked to do something that you could do very well. What was
that like? How did you get to be so good at it? (Did someone teach you,
learned it from a book, watched a friend do it first, etc.) Wouldn't
it be easier if when a person asked you to do something you could just
push a button on yourself and magically have that ability? (Ask them what
"button" they wish they had). It's too bad but we weren't made with those
buttons! Instead we have to work hard to make the steps towards what we
want to do.
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Ask the students to think about a current work
or school related goal that they wish to achieve (or improve upon). Let
them share these goals with the group.
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Ask them to think of a few steps, however small,
they could make that would help them get closer to their goal. Encourage
them to remember what has worked for them in the past in constructing their
new steps.
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Separate students into groups of two.
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Hand out markers/crayons so that students may
decorate their "steps." Help & supervise as each child traces his or
her shoe onto the worksheet then fills in the outline with their "steps."
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Direct each child to trade "steps" with their
partner. Ask the partner to add one or more steps that may not have occurred
to his or her partner.
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Gather the students back together and let them
share the steps they & their partner created towards achieving their
goal.
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Encourage them to display their steps as a reminder
at home or in the classroom.
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Time Required
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This activity will probably require a total
of 30-40 minutes. Each discussion will probably take about 10 minutes while
the students will more than likely spend around 20 minutes on their "steps." |
Resources Needed
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1. A Steps Worksheet for each student
2. markers and/or crayons |
Performance
Indicators |
Students will be able to:
Explore personal skills, interests, and abilities
Identify appropriate school/work habits
Demonstrate the ability to work together
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