Grades 7 to 9 Parents Workshop

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PARENTS WORKSHOP 2013

Grades 7,8,9

Presentation by :

Shaheen Darr

Careers Coordinator

Aga Khan Academy Nairobi


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Education and Career Planning

A Process not an Event!Career Awareness and the Portfolio


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Career AwarenessIntroduction to the world of careers

Grade 7: Career ExplorationDiscovering interest areas

Grade 8: TransitionChoosing a career cluster and major (can change easily at any time later)

Grades 9-12: Career PreparationAcademics and courses, intensive guidance, individual graduation plans

Postsecondary: Career PreparationAchieving credentials: college, certification, apprenticeship, military

Employment: Career Advancement

Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning

Steps to Success


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A sense of purpose in ones work iscrucial to building commitment to

school. Yet, many adolescents donot have the opportunity to learn therelevance of school to their lives untilit is too late.

*Legum, H. L. & Hoare, C. H. (2004). Impact of a Career Intervention on At-Risk Middle School Students' CareerMaturity Levels, Academic Achievement, and Self-Esteem. Professional School Counseling, 8(2), pg. 3.


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Students involved in career exploration

and awareness at the middle school level

are more likely to establish an effective

plan of study for high school.

Career planning establishes a focus for

achievement and helps middle school

students identify strategies and tasksnecessary to achieve their goals.

*Dahl, Carol A. (2001). Career Planning in Middle School, The Education Digest, 67.


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The portfolio is a motivational tool for

encouraging the continuous gathering of

interests, abilities, credentials,experiences and personal reflection as

well as a place to electronically store

information or create hard copy files asthey move through educational settings.


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The Portfolio Completion Standards andrelated activities provide a progressive

plan for career guidance from 7thgrade

right through to IB2 grade.


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In the study by Johnson, interviews with

sixth and ninth graders, 87% of students'

responses uncovered either a low degree

of awareness or no awareness at allregarding the type of work involved in their

chosen career field.

Johnson, Laurie S. (2000). The Relevance of School to Career: A Study in Student Awareness. Journal of Career Development, 26 (4) 263-275.


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But how do we engage students

in this process?


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The Career Profiles within Career Cruising

focus on providing students with relevant,

real-life information.

Web sites for psychometric tests, job

profiles and careers search information

available at school careers website:

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Just as one cannot hand a first grader a book andsay read, one cannot hand an eighth grader aplan of study for high school and beyond and say

complete it.Being a good planner by habit is a skill and

acquiring this skill will facilitate life-long careerdevelopment with its necessity for expected andsometimes unexpected decisions along the way.

Intentionallyincorporating career awarenessand exploration into childrens earlyexperiences asthey are making decisions aboutthemselves and the world of work will encourage

the process of career planning as a habit ofthe mind.

Magnuson, Carolyn S. & Starr, Marion F. (2000). How Early Is Too Early to Begin Life Career Planning? The Importance of the

Elementary School Years. Journal of Career Development, 27(2).


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The benefits of improved teacher-studentrelationsis another large area of research.

As reported in a High Schools That Workresearch paper,students with quality middleschool relationships are likely to transitionwell to high school. In addition, when teachers

act as advisors, students are more likely to haveeducational goals and plans for high school.

Schools that use teachers as advisorsandmentorscan make sure that students andparents receive timely information about careersand college-preparatory programs in high school.

Cooney, Sondra, & Bottoms, Gene. Middle Grades to High School: Mending a Weak Link. High Schools That Work, Southern Regional

Education Board, http://www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/briefs/02V08_Middle_Grades_To_HS.pdf


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Engaging parents with their childs school has beenthe Holy Grail for many middle and high schoolleaders.

One of the most successful strategies initiated bymiddle and high schools has been to involve thestudent, parent and counselor in high school andpost-secondary planning. Whereas the academic

content of school may have moved beyondwhere a parent feels they can be helpful, thereis a lot a parent can do to help with theirchilds career and educational development.


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Oregon Employment Department

Oregon Career Information System

Oregon Department of Education

Oregon Department of Community Colleges

and Workforce Development

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Parent InvolvementFuture Success

Why should you beinvolved in your

childs education andcareer planning?


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Why Parent Involvement?

Research shows that you have the greatestinfluence on your childs career choices

As a parent, you have the best knowledge of

your childs interests and abilities

You have more interest than anyone else inyour childs well-being and success

Your childs future is too important to be left

to luck or chance

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When parents are involved. . .children have:

Higher grades and test scores Higher graduation rates

Better attendance at school and get more

homework done

Fewer placements in special education

and:

Are more likely to enroll in postsecondary

education

Show more positive attitudes and behavior

Source: The Family is Crucial to Student Achievement, National

Committee for Citizens in Education, 1994


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Elementary Career AwarenessIn elementary school, your children can develop these

skills:1. Identify their interests, likes, and dislikes.

2. Describe their strengths and talents.

3. Demonstrate positive behaviors and personal

characteristics, such as honesty, dependability,responsibility, integrity, and loyalty.

4. Recognize that one should accept responsibility for

ones behavior.

5. Interact with others in a fair, helpful, and respectfulway.

Source: National Career Development Guidelines


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Elementary Career AwarenessIn elementary school, your children can develop these

skills:6. Recognize that people have many life roles and

that these need to be balanced.

7. Demonstrate study skills and good learning habits.

8. Be able to set goals and work toward achievingthem.

9. Describe different ways to make decisions.

10. Recognize a variety of skills that are important for

success in school and work, such ascommunicating, critical thinking, problem solving,

and interpersonal skills.



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Middle School Career ExplorationIn middle school, your children can develop these

skills:1. Identify and demonstrate their abilities, strengths,skills, and talents.

2. Identify sources of outside pressure anddemonstrate the ability to handle it.

3. Demonstrate the ability to resolve conflicts andnegotiate acceptable solutions.

4. Recognize that they are growing and changingand that growth and change will affect theircareers throughout their lives.

5. Recognize that they will have many life roles andthat these will be connected to their lifestyle.



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High School Career PlanningIn high school your children can develop these skills:

1. Demonstrate behaviors and decisions that reflecttheir interests, abilities, strengths, skills, talents,work values and needs.

2. Demonstrate positive social skills and the ability toget along with others.

3. Demonstrate acceptance of responsibility for theirown behavior.

4. Reflect on how their personal aspirations arechanging with time and circumstances.

5. Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in

responding to change.



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High School Career PlanningIn high school your children can develop these skills:

6. Identify personal, career, and educational goals,and demonstrate educational performance levelsneeded to attain their goals.

7. Develop a career and education plan, with short-term and long-term objectives, to meet their goals.

8. Use career information resources to evaluate theirgoals and support their plans.

9. Demonstrate job search and generalemployability skills.

10. Identify the types of economic conditions and

employment trends that may affect their careerplans



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Discuss Your Childs Interests

Ask your child: What are your favoriteschool subjects?

What activities outside

of school do you enjoy

most?

What hobbies do you

have or would you like

to have?

What do you like to dowith your friends?

What special skills or

abilities do you think

you possess?

What have you done

that you are mostproud of?

What do you like to do

with your free time?

What types of booksinterest you the most?


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Nurture Your Childs InterestsIf your child has an interest inANIMALS, he or she

might like to:Elementary School

Feed and care for a family pet

Middle School Join a Wildlife Conservation Club

Walk or care for a neighbors dog

High School

Volunteer at a local veterinary clinic, animalshelter or zoo


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Nurture Your Childs InterestsIf your child likes to HELP PEOPLE, he or she might

like to:Elementary School Join a Girl Scout or Boy Scout club

Middle School

Teacha younger child to read Volunteerto read to nursing home residents

High School Bea summer or vacation camp counselor

Assistat a day care center


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Nurture Your Childs InterestsIf your child likes to BUILDor REPAIR THINGS, he

or she might like to:Elementary School UseLego's or Lincoln Logs to build things

Middle School

Builda radio or computer from a kit (RoboticsClub)

Take apartan old appliance and put it backtogether

High School Design and builda robot or a piece of furniture Help repair or remodel things in your home


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Nurture Your Childs InterestsIf your child likes SPORTS, he or she might like to:

Elementary School Playon a sports team

Middle School Assista coach

Takea fitness class

High School Umpire or refereecommunity games

Coach a youth sports team


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What if My Childs Interests Change?

If your child has been exploring

interests, and he or she decides that

interests have changed hurray!

It is just as important for your child to

know what he or she does not want todo as it is to know what he or she does

want to do

Exploration is the key to helping makeinformed decisions


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Help Your Child Explore Careers

To help your child with careerexploration:Encourage your child to make independent

decisions

Involve yourself in your childs future planningEncourage exploration of all kinds of post-

high school education opportunities

Give your child economic responsibilities

Encourage job awarenessBe flexible as the decision-making process

evolves

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More Parent Resources

Visit MyChildsFuture.orgto learn about:Helping your child identify interests

Helping your child make careerdecisions

Helping your child plan

Finding the right schoolLocating financial aid

And more


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Anne Roe believes there is anunconscious motivation from thechildhood period that influences people

to choose a career in which these needscan be expressed and satisfied.

Roe describes 3 different parent-child

relationship climates


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Approach: The uniqueness of people isinterconnected with their family of origin.

Family or career genogramprovides adirect and relevant framework for usewith clients to shed light on many topics,including their worldviews, possible

environmental barriers, personal-workfamily role conflicts, ethnic identity statusand issues, and levels of acculturation.


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Donald Super and Eli Ginzberg- basetheir theories on personal development.

Generally more inclusive, moreconcerned with longitudinal expressionof career behavior, and more inclined tohighlight the importance of self-concept.

Super believes that career developmentis the process of implementing a self-concept.

5 Stages of vocational development


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3. Establishment (24-44)

Trial (24-30)

Advancement (31-44)-major task of

establishing oneself in a work institution4. Maintenance (44-64) Preserving what

one has already achieved

5. Decline (65-death) Deceleration (65-70)

Retirement (71-death)


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Tiedeman and Knefelkamp- 1960s Tiedeman and OHaras social-cognitive

approach outlines a seven-stage model

on career decision: exploration, (14-18)crystallization, (18-21) choice, (18-25),clarification (18-25), induction, (21-30)reformation, (21-30) and integration (30-

40). There is some overlap, but each stage

requires an individual to make adecision.


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Process begins in preschool andelementary years

Herr and Cramer (1996) cite numerousstudies to show that during the first sixyears of school, many children developa relatively stable self-perception and

make a rough sketch of a futureoccupation


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3 Factors prior and in the decisionmaking process

1. Lack of readiness2. Lack of information

3. Inconsistent information


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Individuals gain more when they build on their talents,than when they make comparable efforts to improve their

areas of weakness.

--Clifton & Harter

Questions to Identify Strengths

What did you learn with the greatest ease in highschool?

Describe a successful day.

What subjects do you enjoy studying the most?

Tell me about a time in your life when you.accomplished something you were proud of.


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What Are Strengths?

Talent Knowledge

Skills

= Strength


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Building Strengths

Identify the natural talent themes

Ways of processinginformation

Ways of interactingwith people

Ways of seeingthe world

Habits, behaviors, attitudes, and beliefsthat can be productively applied


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What are strengths?

Attitudesthat sustain efforts towardachievement and excellence

Behavior patternsthat make a personeffective

Beliefsthat empower a person tosucceed

Motivationsthat propel a person to

take action and maintain the energyneeded to achieve

Thought patternsthat make a personefficient


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The Highest Achievers

Spend most of their time in their areas ofstrength

Focus on developing and applying their

strengths and managing their weaknesses

They dont necessarily have morestrengthsthey have simply developedtheir strengths more fully and havelearned to apply them to new situations


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More About the Highest Achievers

Use their strengths to overcome obstacles

Invent ways of capitalizing on their strengths innew situations and using their strengths toovercome areas of weakness

Or partner with someone with complimentarystrengths


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People Differ in

Five Dimensions of Strengths

Theirparticularstrengths

The relative intensityof their strengths

Their unique combinationof strengths

The extent to which they have developed

their strengths The extent to which they are applyingtheir

strengths in a given situation


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Parents need to assist their childrenin identifying their particular

strengths and consciously plan on

how to capitalize on them forimprovement in Academics and areas

of Careers Exploration and Careers

Planning.


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