Interest Inventory The BIG Idea · List the day’s BIG IDEA and activities on the board. Write the...
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CAREERS1Interest Inventory
Approx 45 minutesI Warm Up Interest Inventory
Revisted (5 minutes)
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
V Wrap Up Career Selection (10 minutes)
During this lesson the student(s) will
bull Complete an inventory that matches hisher interests with potential careers
bull Create a record of careers of interest
PORTFOLIO PAGES bull Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
STUDENT HANDBOOK PAGES bull Student Handbook pages 22-23
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
FACILITATOR PAGES bull Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW
bull Facilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
Chart paper and marker (to record career clusters that the class is most interested in)
AGENDA MATERIALS
OBJECTIVES
bull How can taking a career interest inventory help me discover new jobs that I might enjoy
The BIG Idea
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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OVERVIEW
This class is held in the computer lab and is devoted to getting students up and running
with RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer Students will choose portfolio names and
passwords create portfolios and use an interest inventory to generate individual lists of
possible career matches
PREPARATION
Make arrangements for the class to use the computer lab and make sure RUReadyNDcom is accessible from studentsrsquo computers
List the dayrsquos BIG IDEA and activities on the board
Write the dayrsquos vocabulary and definitions on the board Write the web address RUReadyNDcom on the board
The following handouts need to be made into overhead transparencies or copied onto chart paper
bull Student Handbook pages 22-23 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
bull Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
bull For students who finish early make copies of Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension or copy the questions onto chart paper
If computer access is a problem at your school create the following materials prior to teaching the career lessons
a Choose 60 careers of interest to your students (two options per student for a class of 30)
b Print out all relevant Choices Explorer information pertaining to each career (If possible use heavy card stock or laminate your results so that materials will stand up to repeated use)
c Create a folder for each career and keep materials handy for ldquocomputer emergenciesrdquo throughout the unit
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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To avoid transporting all of your student binders to the computer lab have your students remove all of their career portfolio and student handbook pages from their binders and staple them together before beginning this unit Use address label stickers and put the studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on the front of each packet
Students will choose two careers to research for this unit For one of the careers students can choose whatever career they want to research provided that it can be found in Choices Explorer The second career will be picked from a list of high-demand jobs in your area You will need to create a list of 20 to 30 jobs that are in high demand in North Dakota Each of these careers must require one of the following post-secondary education options techtrade school apprenticeships community college four-year college or graduate school
To find employment projections for North Dakota go to
httpwwwndworkforceintelligencecomfaqaspsession=faq Choose whether to view projections by year annual openings or fastest growing occupations
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
RUReadyNDcom is an online program that helps students explore education options discover a wide variety of occupations and make plans to achieve his or her goals mdash from school or from home There are four programs within RUReadyNDcom mdash Choices Explorer Choices Planner testGEAR and National Application Center Seventh and eighth grade students will be using Choices Explorer Students create a unique password-protected portfolio online where they can store their Cluster Finder results save information related to careers they read about build a resumeacute and much more Parents can access RUReadyNDcom by creating a parent portfolio
EDUCATOR SIGN IN NEW ACCOUNT CREATION
With your RUReadyNDcom professional account you can view all student portfolio names and passwords review student portfolios run a variety of reports and more
1 Go to httpwwwRUReadyNDcom
2 Select Educator Sign In
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
3 Click Create a new professional account
4 Fill out the Create Professional Center Account form
bull Select your city and then school or site
bull Enter your Professional Account Access Key or Administrator Codedagger
bull Enter a Professional Account Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose something easy to remember like your school e-mail address
bull Choose a Professional Account Password Enter it into the Professional Account Password and Confirm Password boxes
bull Enter your title using the drop-down box
bull Type in your first name
bull Type in your last name
bull Enter your school e-mail address
bull Indicate whether or not you would like students to be able to contact you for their passwords
bull Check the box next to the sentence ldquoI have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of this siterdquo
bull Select the informational e-mails and newsletters you would like to receive
bull Click Create Your Professional Account
bull After your account creation is complete the Educator Tools page will appear
5 To access your Professional Tools click the Professional Tools badge on the Educator Tools page
Enter the Professional Account Access Key if you are a teacher Enter the Administrator Code if you are an administrator or a counselor
dagger All schools have unique Professional Account Access Keys and Administrator Codes If you have forgotten or do not know your codes please contact customer support at 1-800-281-1168
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Yoursquoll want to coordinate with your schoolrsquos AudioVisual or Information Technology specialist to make sure yoursquoll have access to RUReadyNDcom
Computer Lab Issues
Anticipating problems that might come up with computer usage will be helpful in figuring out possible solutions Some issues to consider
bull Lack of access to a computer or mobile lab
bull Computers not charged in a mobile lab
bull Unpredictable Internet access
bull Parts of RUReadyNDcom may be blocked by schoolrsquos system
bull Student use of computers for purposes other than career research
In the PREPARATION section you will find print modifications to address a lack of computer access In addition students unfamiliar with the computer lab will need instructions on its use
Student Misbehavior on Computers
Establish clear expectations and consequences for misuse of the computers before students begin A common problem is students accessing other websites Another issue is instant messaging between students One possible behavior plan could be
bull The first time a student is seen on another website heshe is given a warning
bull The second time a student is seen on another website heshe is no longer permitted to work on the computer Instead heshe will complete the work using a paper version (This may require making copies of Choices Explorer pages in advance)
Preparing Students For Unexpected Career Matches
Students may be disappointed or surprised by the clusters and related careers that they are matched up with by the Cluster Finder Explain in advance that the Cluster Finder should be seen as a guide The results are designed to reflect the studentsrsquo interests however students may research a career they have not been matched with if it is listed in Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
94 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
You should also explain that the goal of this unit is to learn about new careers rather than summarize whatrsquos already known Students should be encouraged to research careers out of their comfort zone
VOCABULARY
Portfolio A place to save research collect information and record accomplishments
Interest Inventory A tool for helping you figure out what yoursquore interested in it often consists of a series of questions or choices
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
DO NOW
(You may choose to present the Warm Up activity as a written Do Now Present the questions on
the board or overhead and have students write only their answers on index cards You could also
choose to give the students a handout by copying Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW)
Questions
1 List five activities or things that you are very interested in
2 List three careers you are interested in learning about
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
If you think your students may have forgotten their portfolio names or passwords from last year
you can look up studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords in RUReadyNDcomrsquos Professional
Tools You may wish to write down studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on index cards to
distribute at the beginning of class
Note The Do Now is entirely optional and should be chosen based on the needs of your class If
you think your students will struggle to finish all of the written material you may want to present
the Warm Up as written
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
95copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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106
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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OVERVIEW
This class is held in the computer lab and is devoted to getting students up and running
with RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer Students will choose portfolio names and
passwords create portfolios and use an interest inventory to generate individual lists of
possible career matches
PREPARATION
Make arrangements for the class to use the computer lab and make sure RUReadyNDcom is accessible from studentsrsquo computers
List the dayrsquos BIG IDEA and activities on the board
Write the dayrsquos vocabulary and definitions on the board Write the web address RUReadyNDcom on the board
The following handouts need to be made into overhead transparencies or copied onto chart paper
bull Student Handbook pages 22-23 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
bull Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
bull For students who finish early make copies of Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension or copy the questions onto chart paper
If computer access is a problem at your school create the following materials prior to teaching the career lessons
a Choose 60 careers of interest to your students (two options per student for a class of 30)
b Print out all relevant Choices Explorer information pertaining to each career (If possible use heavy card stock or laminate your results so that materials will stand up to repeated use)
c Create a folder for each career and keep materials handy for ldquocomputer emergenciesrdquo throughout the unit
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
91copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
To avoid transporting all of your student binders to the computer lab have your students remove all of their career portfolio and student handbook pages from their binders and staple them together before beginning this unit Use address label stickers and put the studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on the front of each packet
Students will choose two careers to research for this unit For one of the careers students can choose whatever career they want to research provided that it can be found in Choices Explorer The second career will be picked from a list of high-demand jobs in your area You will need to create a list of 20 to 30 jobs that are in high demand in North Dakota Each of these careers must require one of the following post-secondary education options techtrade school apprenticeships community college four-year college or graduate school
To find employment projections for North Dakota go to
httpwwwndworkforceintelligencecomfaqaspsession=faq Choose whether to view projections by year annual openings or fastest growing occupations
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
RUReadyNDcom is an online program that helps students explore education options discover a wide variety of occupations and make plans to achieve his or her goals mdash from school or from home There are four programs within RUReadyNDcom mdash Choices Explorer Choices Planner testGEAR and National Application Center Seventh and eighth grade students will be using Choices Explorer Students create a unique password-protected portfolio online where they can store their Cluster Finder results save information related to careers they read about build a resumeacute and much more Parents can access RUReadyNDcom by creating a parent portfolio
EDUCATOR SIGN IN NEW ACCOUNT CREATION
With your RUReadyNDcom professional account you can view all student portfolio names and passwords review student portfolios run a variety of reports and more
1 Go to httpwwwRUReadyNDcom
2 Select Educator Sign In
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
92 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
3 Click Create a new professional account
4 Fill out the Create Professional Center Account form
bull Select your city and then school or site
bull Enter your Professional Account Access Key or Administrator Codedagger
bull Enter a Professional Account Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose something easy to remember like your school e-mail address
bull Choose a Professional Account Password Enter it into the Professional Account Password and Confirm Password boxes
bull Enter your title using the drop-down box
bull Type in your first name
bull Type in your last name
bull Enter your school e-mail address
bull Indicate whether or not you would like students to be able to contact you for their passwords
bull Check the box next to the sentence ldquoI have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of this siterdquo
bull Select the informational e-mails and newsletters you would like to receive
bull Click Create Your Professional Account
bull After your account creation is complete the Educator Tools page will appear
5 To access your Professional Tools click the Professional Tools badge on the Educator Tools page
Enter the Professional Account Access Key if you are a teacher Enter the Administrator Code if you are an administrator or a counselor
dagger All schools have unique Professional Account Access Keys and Administrator Codes If you have forgotten or do not know your codes please contact customer support at 1-800-281-1168
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
93copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Yoursquoll want to coordinate with your schoolrsquos AudioVisual or Information Technology specialist to make sure yoursquoll have access to RUReadyNDcom
Computer Lab Issues
Anticipating problems that might come up with computer usage will be helpful in figuring out possible solutions Some issues to consider
bull Lack of access to a computer or mobile lab
bull Computers not charged in a mobile lab
bull Unpredictable Internet access
bull Parts of RUReadyNDcom may be blocked by schoolrsquos system
bull Student use of computers for purposes other than career research
In the PREPARATION section you will find print modifications to address a lack of computer access In addition students unfamiliar with the computer lab will need instructions on its use
Student Misbehavior on Computers
Establish clear expectations and consequences for misuse of the computers before students begin A common problem is students accessing other websites Another issue is instant messaging between students One possible behavior plan could be
bull The first time a student is seen on another website heshe is given a warning
bull The second time a student is seen on another website heshe is no longer permitted to work on the computer Instead heshe will complete the work using a paper version (This may require making copies of Choices Explorer pages in advance)
Preparing Students For Unexpected Career Matches
Students may be disappointed or surprised by the clusters and related careers that they are matched up with by the Cluster Finder Explain in advance that the Cluster Finder should be seen as a guide The results are designed to reflect the studentsrsquo interests however students may research a career they have not been matched with if it is listed in Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
94 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
You should also explain that the goal of this unit is to learn about new careers rather than summarize whatrsquos already known Students should be encouraged to research careers out of their comfort zone
VOCABULARY
Portfolio A place to save research collect information and record accomplishments
Interest Inventory A tool for helping you figure out what yoursquore interested in it often consists of a series of questions or choices
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
DO NOW
(You may choose to present the Warm Up activity as a written Do Now Present the questions on
the board or overhead and have students write only their answers on index cards You could also
choose to give the students a handout by copying Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW)
Questions
1 List five activities or things that you are very interested in
2 List three careers you are interested in learning about
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
If you think your students may have forgotten their portfolio names or passwords from last year
you can look up studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords in RUReadyNDcomrsquos Professional
Tools You may wish to write down studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on index cards to
distribute at the beginning of class
Note The Do Now is entirely optional and should be chosen based on the needs of your class If
you think your students will struggle to finish all of the written material you may want to present
the Warm Up as written
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
95copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
96 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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To avoid transporting all of your student binders to the computer lab have your students remove all of their career portfolio and student handbook pages from their binders and staple them together before beginning this unit Use address label stickers and put the studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on the front of each packet
Students will choose two careers to research for this unit For one of the careers students can choose whatever career they want to research provided that it can be found in Choices Explorer The second career will be picked from a list of high-demand jobs in your area You will need to create a list of 20 to 30 jobs that are in high demand in North Dakota Each of these careers must require one of the following post-secondary education options techtrade school apprenticeships community college four-year college or graduate school
To find employment projections for North Dakota go to
httpwwwndworkforceintelligencecomfaqaspsession=faq Choose whether to view projections by year annual openings or fastest growing occupations
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
RUReadyNDcom is an online program that helps students explore education options discover a wide variety of occupations and make plans to achieve his or her goals mdash from school or from home There are four programs within RUReadyNDcom mdash Choices Explorer Choices Planner testGEAR and National Application Center Seventh and eighth grade students will be using Choices Explorer Students create a unique password-protected portfolio online where they can store their Cluster Finder results save information related to careers they read about build a resumeacute and much more Parents can access RUReadyNDcom by creating a parent portfolio
EDUCATOR SIGN IN NEW ACCOUNT CREATION
With your RUReadyNDcom professional account you can view all student portfolio names and passwords review student portfolios run a variety of reports and more
1 Go to httpwwwRUReadyNDcom
2 Select Educator Sign In
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
3 Click Create a new professional account
4 Fill out the Create Professional Center Account form
bull Select your city and then school or site
bull Enter your Professional Account Access Key or Administrator Codedagger
bull Enter a Professional Account Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose something easy to remember like your school e-mail address
bull Choose a Professional Account Password Enter it into the Professional Account Password and Confirm Password boxes
bull Enter your title using the drop-down box
bull Type in your first name
bull Type in your last name
bull Enter your school e-mail address
bull Indicate whether or not you would like students to be able to contact you for their passwords
bull Check the box next to the sentence ldquoI have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of this siterdquo
bull Select the informational e-mails and newsletters you would like to receive
bull Click Create Your Professional Account
bull After your account creation is complete the Educator Tools page will appear
5 To access your Professional Tools click the Professional Tools badge on the Educator Tools page
Enter the Professional Account Access Key if you are a teacher Enter the Administrator Code if you are an administrator or a counselor
dagger All schools have unique Professional Account Access Keys and Administrator Codes If you have forgotten or do not know your codes please contact customer support at 1-800-281-1168
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Yoursquoll want to coordinate with your schoolrsquos AudioVisual or Information Technology specialist to make sure yoursquoll have access to RUReadyNDcom
Computer Lab Issues
Anticipating problems that might come up with computer usage will be helpful in figuring out possible solutions Some issues to consider
bull Lack of access to a computer or mobile lab
bull Computers not charged in a mobile lab
bull Unpredictable Internet access
bull Parts of RUReadyNDcom may be blocked by schoolrsquos system
bull Student use of computers for purposes other than career research
In the PREPARATION section you will find print modifications to address a lack of computer access In addition students unfamiliar with the computer lab will need instructions on its use
Student Misbehavior on Computers
Establish clear expectations and consequences for misuse of the computers before students begin A common problem is students accessing other websites Another issue is instant messaging between students One possible behavior plan could be
bull The first time a student is seen on another website heshe is given a warning
bull The second time a student is seen on another website heshe is no longer permitted to work on the computer Instead heshe will complete the work using a paper version (This may require making copies of Choices Explorer pages in advance)
Preparing Students For Unexpected Career Matches
Students may be disappointed or surprised by the clusters and related careers that they are matched up with by the Cluster Finder Explain in advance that the Cluster Finder should be seen as a guide The results are designed to reflect the studentsrsquo interests however students may research a career they have not been matched with if it is listed in Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
You should also explain that the goal of this unit is to learn about new careers rather than summarize whatrsquos already known Students should be encouraged to research careers out of their comfort zone
VOCABULARY
Portfolio A place to save research collect information and record accomplishments
Interest Inventory A tool for helping you figure out what yoursquore interested in it often consists of a series of questions or choices
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
DO NOW
(You may choose to present the Warm Up activity as a written Do Now Present the questions on
the board or overhead and have students write only their answers on index cards You could also
choose to give the students a handout by copying Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW)
Questions
1 List five activities or things that you are very interested in
2 List three careers you are interested in learning about
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
If you think your students may have forgotten their portfolio names or passwords from last year
you can look up studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords in RUReadyNDcomrsquos Professional
Tools You may wish to write down studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on index cards to
distribute at the beginning of class
Note The Do Now is entirely optional and should be chosen based on the needs of your class If
you think your students will struggle to finish all of the written material you may want to present
the Warm Up as written
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
92 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
3 Click Create a new professional account
4 Fill out the Create Professional Center Account form
bull Select your city and then school or site
bull Enter your Professional Account Access Key or Administrator Codedagger
bull Enter a Professional Account Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose something easy to remember like your school e-mail address
bull Choose a Professional Account Password Enter it into the Professional Account Password and Confirm Password boxes
bull Enter your title using the drop-down box
bull Type in your first name
bull Type in your last name
bull Enter your school e-mail address
bull Indicate whether or not you would like students to be able to contact you for their passwords
bull Check the box next to the sentence ldquoI have read and agree to the privacy policy and terms of use of this siterdquo
bull Select the informational e-mails and newsletters you would like to receive
bull Click Create Your Professional Account
bull After your account creation is complete the Educator Tools page will appear
5 To access your Professional Tools click the Professional Tools badge on the Educator Tools page
Enter the Professional Account Access Key if you are a teacher Enter the Administrator Code if you are an administrator or a counselor
dagger All schools have unique Professional Account Access Keys and Administrator Codes If you have forgotten or do not know your codes please contact customer support at 1-800-281-1168
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
93copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Yoursquoll want to coordinate with your schoolrsquos AudioVisual or Information Technology specialist to make sure yoursquoll have access to RUReadyNDcom
Computer Lab Issues
Anticipating problems that might come up with computer usage will be helpful in figuring out possible solutions Some issues to consider
bull Lack of access to a computer or mobile lab
bull Computers not charged in a mobile lab
bull Unpredictable Internet access
bull Parts of RUReadyNDcom may be blocked by schoolrsquos system
bull Student use of computers for purposes other than career research
In the PREPARATION section you will find print modifications to address a lack of computer access In addition students unfamiliar with the computer lab will need instructions on its use
Student Misbehavior on Computers
Establish clear expectations and consequences for misuse of the computers before students begin A common problem is students accessing other websites Another issue is instant messaging between students One possible behavior plan could be
bull The first time a student is seen on another website heshe is given a warning
bull The second time a student is seen on another website heshe is no longer permitted to work on the computer Instead heshe will complete the work using a paper version (This may require making copies of Choices Explorer pages in advance)
Preparing Students For Unexpected Career Matches
Students may be disappointed or surprised by the clusters and related careers that they are matched up with by the Cluster Finder Explain in advance that the Cluster Finder should be seen as a guide The results are designed to reflect the studentsrsquo interests however students may research a career they have not been matched with if it is listed in Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
94 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
You should also explain that the goal of this unit is to learn about new careers rather than summarize whatrsquos already known Students should be encouraged to research careers out of their comfort zone
VOCABULARY
Portfolio A place to save research collect information and record accomplishments
Interest Inventory A tool for helping you figure out what yoursquore interested in it often consists of a series of questions or choices
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
DO NOW
(You may choose to present the Warm Up activity as a written Do Now Present the questions on
the board or overhead and have students write only their answers on index cards You could also
choose to give the students a handout by copying Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW)
Questions
1 List five activities or things that you are very interested in
2 List three careers you are interested in learning about
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
If you think your students may have forgotten their portfolio names or passwords from last year
you can look up studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords in RUReadyNDcomrsquos Professional
Tools You may wish to write down studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on index cards to
distribute at the beginning of class
Note The Do Now is entirely optional and should be chosen based on the needs of your class If
you think your students will struggle to finish all of the written material you may want to present
the Warm Up as written
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
95copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
96 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
97copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
98 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
93copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Yoursquoll want to coordinate with your schoolrsquos AudioVisual or Information Technology specialist to make sure yoursquoll have access to RUReadyNDcom
Computer Lab Issues
Anticipating problems that might come up with computer usage will be helpful in figuring out possible solutions Some issues to consider
bull Lack of access to a computer or mobile lab
bull Computers not charged in a mobile lab
bull Unpredictable Internet access
bull Parts of RUReadyNDcom may be blocked by schoolrsquos system
bull Student use of computers for purposes other than career research
In the PREPARATION section you will find print modifications to address a lack of computer access In addition students unfamiliar with the computer lab will need instructions on its use
Student Misbehavior on Computers
Establish clear expectations and consequences for misuse of the computers before students begin A common problem is students accessing other websites Another issue is instant messaging between students One possible behavior plan could be
bull The first time a student is seen on another website heshe is given a warning
bull The second time a student is seen on another website heshe is no longer permitted to work on the computer Instead heshe will complete the work using a paper version (This may require making copies of Choices Explorer pages in advance)
Preparing Students For Unexpected Career Matches
Students may be disappointed or surprised by the clusters and related careers that they are matched up with by the Cluster Finder Explain in advance that the Cluster Finder should be seen as a guide The results are designed to reflect the studentsrsquo interests however students may research a career they have not been matched with if it is listed in Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
94 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
You should also explain that the goal of this unit is to learn about new careers rather than summarize whatrsquos already known Students should be encouraged to research careers out of their comfort zone
VOCABULARY
Portfolio A place to save research collect information and record accomplishments
Interest Inventory A tool for helping you figure out what yoursquore interested in it often consists of a series of questions or choices
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
DO NOW
(You may choose to present the Warm Up activity as a written Do Now Present the questions on
the board or overhead and have students write only their answers on index cards You could also
choose to give the students a handout by copying Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW)
Questions
1 List five activities or things that you are very interested in
2 List three careers you are interested in learning about
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
If you think your students may have forgotten their portfolio names or passwords from last year
you can look up studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords in RUReadyNDcomrsquos Professional
Tools You may wish to write down studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on index cards to
distribute at the beginning of class
Note The Do Now is entirely optional and should be chosen based on the needs of your class If
you think your students will struggle to finish all of the written material you may want to present
the Warm Up as written
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
95copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
96 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
97copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
98 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
You should also explain that the goal of this unit is to learn about new careers rather than summarize whatrsquos already known Students should be encouraged to research careers out of their comfort zone
VOCABULARY
Portfolio A place to save research collect information and record accomplishments
Interest Inventory A tool for helping you figure out what yoursquore interested in it often consists of a series of questions or choices
IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS
DO NOW
(You may choose to present the Warm Up activity as a written Do Now Present the questions on
the board or overhead and have students write only their answers on index cards You could also
choose to give the students a handout by copying Facilitator Resource 1 DO NOW)
Questions
1 List five activities or things that you are very interested in
2 List three careers you are interested in learning about
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
If you think your students may have forgotten their portfolio names or passwords from last year
you can look up studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords in RUReadyNDcomrsquos Professional
Tools You may wish to write down studentsrsquo portfolio names and passwords on index cards to
distribute at the beginning of class
Note The Do Now is entirely optional and should be chosen based on the needs of your class If
you think your students will struggle to finish all of the written material you may want to present
the Warm Up as written
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
95copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
To assist in modeling written directions use an LCD projector to explain the instructions for
RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
You might want to seat poor readers (or students who have difficulty following directions) at
computers next to stronger readers and have these pairs move through the questions in tandem
reading each question aloud before proceeding
Have students who are experienced Internet users show less experienced students how to
navigate through the site using the browser arrows and buttons within the website
If your students finish their Interest Inventory early you may want to have them answer the
questions on Facilitator Resource 3 Cluster Finder Extension
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
96 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
97copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
98 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
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III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
96 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
ACTIVITY STEPS
I Warm Up The Cluster Finder (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE ForthenextfiveweekswersquollbeinvestigatingcareersYoursquolltake a look at two mdash one career of your dreams and one thatrsquos likely to be in demand when you graduate
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Wersquore going to start our research by completing the Cluster Finder The Cluster Finder is an interest inventory Last year we took a different interest inventory mdash the Career Finder Does anyone remember what an interest inventory is [Take student responses] Thatrsquos right An interest inventory is a tool thathelpsyoufigureoutwhatyoursquoreinterestedinItasksyouquestionsorgivesyouchoices about your interests Then it matches you up with careers or career areas
The Cluster Finder the interest inventory that we are taking this year will be matching you up with Career Clusters The Career Clusters are 16 career areas or groups of careers which share similar skills and interests By exploring these clusters you will be abletofindacareerthatisagoodmatchforyourinterests
II Connect to Choices Explorer (5 minutes)
1 Before we begin the Cluster Fnder each of you will need to create your own portfolio name and password so you can save your work It will be possible for you to visit RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer from any home or library computer using your portfolio name and password You can explore careers and majors any time you want
2 Place a tranparency of Student Handbook page 22 RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions on the overhead or use your laptop and LCD projector to project this image
3 Guide the students through the following sequence to sign on to RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox etc)
bull Type the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
97copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
98 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
97copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
III Create a Portfolio (5 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE If you are new to RUReadyNDcom then we will take a few minutes to create a portfolio just for you on it If you already have a portfolio then please sign into it For those students who need to create a portfolio letrsquos complete the following steps together
bull Click Create a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section [Indicate these on the board]
bull FillouttheCreateYourPortfolioform Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPassword boxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password
bull Lateronwersquollcomebacktothisportfoliosoyoucancontinuetosaveyourworkand access RUReadyNDcom Raise your hand if you need help Let me know by [select a signal here] when yoursquove successfully created your portfolio
IV Cluster Finder (20 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE
bull NowthatyouhavesignedintoyourportfolioyoushouldseethestudentYourTools page Click on Choices Explorer
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
98 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
102
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103
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104
This page intentionally left blank
105
This page intentionally left blank
106
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
98 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
bull ClicktheblueWork tab at the top of the screen
bull ClicktheCluster Finder
Letrsquos read the instructions together [Ask a student volunteer to read the instructions on the Cluster Finder Start page] How do you begin [Click the Start Now button]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You will be completing three checklists that ask questions about activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite school subjects Some of these checklists will be more than one page long
[Point out the related tabs on the left side of the screen Then read the instructions at the top of the Activities Checklist page to the students]
SAY SOMETHING LIKELetrsquostrythefirstonetogetherhellip
[HavesomeonereadthefirstsentenceAskstudentstochecktheboxifthisissomething they would like to do in the future or are interested in right now]
3 [Remind students that there are no right or wrong answers Answers that show their truefeelingswillbringthebestjobmatchesLetstudentsknowtheymayfindsomeofthe vocabulary challenging If they have a question about a word ask them to let you know and you will explain the meaning of the word]
4 SAY SOMETHING LIKEAfteryoufinishtheClusterFinderactivityyourtopcareerclusters will appear on the screen Click View careers in this cluster to see your list of matching careers for that career cluster Your Cluster Finder results will automatically save to your online portfolio so you can review them any time you like
One important note mdash the Cluster Finder will suggest lots of careers you may never have thought of Donrsquot worry at all if a career yoursquore really interested in isnrsquot included in the list mdash this is not an exact science and yoursquoll have a chance to write down additional careers yoursquod like to investigate
[Askforfinalquestionsandinstructthestudentsthattheyhave20minutestocompletethis inventory on their own]
5 [Givethestudentsafive-minutewarningInvitestudentswhohavefinishedtheClusterFinder to explore the resulting list of career matches by clicking on View careers in this cluster next to their top career cluster(s) Students should print out their list of matching careers for each of their favorite career clusters and put it in their portfolios
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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103
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104
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105
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106
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
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Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working Conditions
99copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Students can print the list of matching careers by clicking the Print This link at the top of the page]
6 [Once all the students have obtained their Cluster Finder Results ask students to note any patterns in jobs they were matched with what seemed accurate and what surprised them]
V Wrap Up (10 minutes)
1 SAY SOMETHING LIKE You now should all have your top career clusters from your Cluster Finder Results You also have a list of careers that relate to each of these clusters In this unit yoursquoll be researching two careers One of the careers is entirely your choice This means that you can research a career that is not on your list as long as it can be found on Choices Explorer I recommend using your list as a guide for this career choice
For your second careers I am going to assign each of you a career that we know for a fact is in high demand in our state Each of you will research a different career so that we can all learn about these great local opportunities Why do you think wersquore researching careers that are in high demand in our area [Allow students to respond] Exactly It is important to know what opportunities are in your area so you can make informed choices For example would you move to a new place to get exactly the job you want or is staying close to home your top priority
[Assign each student a career from the in-demand careers list Ask students to complete Portfolio Page 5 Cluster Finder Results The last section of the worksheet asks students to select their two favorite careers Circulate around the classroom to help students having trouble deciding]
2 SAY SOMETHING LIKE Next time wersquoll review how to use RUReadyNDcom and Choices Explorer and yoursquoll begin researching your chosen careers
Between now and then you can visit RUReadyNDcom from any computer All you need is your portfolio name and password
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 4 Career Education and Skills
100 copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest Inventory
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsFacilitator Resource 2 Highlighted Working Conditions and Interview Athletic Trainer
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 1 Do Now
DO NOWCareers 1 Interest Inventory
Directions You will have three minutes to read the questions and write your answers
Questions
1 Listfiveactivitiesorthingsyouareinterestedindoing__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 List two careers you are interested in learning about ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 Do you think your interests are related to the careers you want to learn about Explain
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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104
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
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104
This page intentionally left blank
105
This page intentionally left blank
106
This page intentionally left blank
Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
103
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104
This page intentionally left blank
105
This page intentionally left blank
106
This page intentionally left blank
Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
104
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105
This page intentionally left blank
106
This page intentionally left blank
Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
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Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
106
This page intentionally left blank
Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Cluster Finder Extension DirectionsIfyoufinishyourCluster Finder early complete the following extension activity
bull IdentifyyourBESTandWORSTmatchfromyourlist
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull ExplainwhyyouthinkyourBESTmatchfitsyourskillsandinterests
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
bull Listcareersthatseemtobesimilarandthenexplainhowyouthinktheyareallrelated (Example pediatrician family practitioner physical therapist nurse All of these careers are part of the Health Science career cluster)
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryStudent Handbook RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions
22
RUReadyNDcom Basic Directions I Connecting to RUReadyNDcom
bull Turn on the computer
bull Click on the icon that connects to the Internet (Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari etc)
bull Type in the web address into the dialog box (wwwRUReadyNDcom)
bull When the Sign In page appears enter your portfolio name and password into the sign in area on the right side of the screen
II Creating an Account (First Time Users)
bull ClickCreate a New Portfolio in the green box in the Student Sign In section Fill out the Create Your Portfolio form Select your city
Select your school or site
Leave the drop down box set on ldquoStudentrdquo
Enteryourfirstname
Enter your last name
Enter your birth date
Indicate whether you are a male (boy) or female (girl)
Choose your graduation year
Enter a Portfolio Name This will be the name that you use to sign into RUReadyNDcom Choose a Portfolio Name that will be easy to remember
CreateaportfoliopasswordEnteritintothePortfolioPasswordandConfirmPasswordboxes Remember that the password is case sensitive and cannot include spaces
Enter your e-mail address if you have one If you forget your password you can ask to have it e-mailed to this address (Optional)
Enter your parentrsquos e-mail address (Optional)
Click Create Your Portfolio
Write down your Portfolio Name and Password below
Portfolio Name
Portfolio Password
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
Grade 8 Careers 3 Working ConditionsStudent Handbook Choices Explorer Interview
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
III Cluster Finder
bull Now click on the Work tab at the top of the page
bull Click on the Cluster Finder and then click Start Now
bull Choose activities you like your personal qualities and your favorite subjects
bull The Cluster Finder will select Your Top Career Cluster based on the interests yoursquove described
bull Click the View careers in this cluster button to see the careers that match up with your interest areas
bull Using your results from Cluster Finder complete Portfolio page 5 Cluster Finder Results
23
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryFacilitator Resource 2 Cluster Finder Extension
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you
copy 2012 Roads to Success For information on re-use under our Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license visit wwwroadstosuccessorg
Grade 8 Careers 1 Interest InventoryPortfolio Cluster Finder Results
5
Cluster Finder Results
Student name _____________________________________
Date ______________________
Take the Choices Explorer Cluster Finder Review your results and then list your top Career Cluster or Clusters below
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
Click View careers in this cluster to view the list of careers that are part of your top clusters
Reviewyourresultsandthenlistyourfavoritefivecareersbelow
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
Look through the rest of your careers list Write down any additional careers yoursquod like to explore as well as other careers yoursquod like to investigate that may not have appeared on your Cluster Finder careers list
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
3 ___________________________________________________________________________
4 ___________________________________________________________________________
5 ___________________________________________________________________________
My two career selections are (to be completed at the end of class)
1 ___________________________________________________________________________
2 ___________________________________________________________________________
There are so many careers to choose from Keep a list of the ones that interest you