YOUR PERSONAL EDUCATION

PLANAND THE 2011 CAREER FAIR!

What is it really?

The Personal Education Plan is a process that students participate in, which results in an actual plan for your future.

Process:grade level required and recommended activities

Plan:1. student’s career cluster or

pathway goal2. student’s goal of which type

of post secondary institution3. student’s four-year high

school plan, including courses

So what are the 8th grade activities?

• How to choose a high school (September)• Planning for high school success (Spring)• Explore individual skills & talents (January)• Review career & interests (October 1-5)• Attend career fair (October 12)• Practice interview skills (October 6)• Start resume’ (March)• Explore college information (fair on October 13)

What did you ask for?

• Anger management• Helping someone thinking of self-harm• Knowing how I’m changing• Improving my test scores• How to get better grades• Learning more about high schools and college

Today’s main topic-Career Fair

• A Quick Review:1. October 12 (next Wednesday)2. Stay in period 2 class, get fair book, name tag3. Sit with someone who is an international student

and ask the questions in your career fair book.4. Dress appropriately! Act appropriately! Use your

manners and act professionally!

5. Know your bus color and teacher! Don’t leave anything on the bus!

6. You will have 1 hour at the fair to interview 3 businesses, one college, and one high school.

7. Be sure to watch for the Merrill stoplight to turn yellow! Go to the goodbye area!!!

8. On the bus ride home, fill out what you learned (your teacher will give you this page), and give it back to your teacher with your career fair book as you leave the bus!

SO, WHO’S GOING TO BE THERE?

• Get your planner ready so you can write down the three businesses you want to talk to! You can put these into your career fair book next Wednesday before we leave!

AGRICULTURE CLUSTER

Butterfly Pavillion Colorado Parks & Wildlife Denver Botanic Gardens Denver Water Denver Zoo King Soopers Grocers US Forest Service Water Quality Management (Emily Griffith Technical

College)

AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND NATURAL RESOURCES--ENERGY

• iCAST ((International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology)

• Newfield Rocky Mountains (Oil Exploration)• Noble Energy (Oil and Natural Gas Exploration) • State Energy Sector Partnership (energy

efficient or renewal energy fields)

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION

• Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning--Emily Griffith Technical College

• Architectural Technology (Career Education Center)

• Colorado Cleanup Corporation (demolition and earthwork company)

• Denver Architectural Foundation Designscapes (landscape design and construction)

• Frentress Architects (international design firm)• LPR Construction Company (Structural Steel ,

Industrial Construction) • Parsons Construction (engineering and

construction organization) • Saunders Construction, Inc. (commercial and

residential construction ) • Southwest Carpenters Training

• Centennial Controls (engineering, design, and installation of Building Automation Systems)

• DPS-Electrical Department • DPS-Integrated Building Automation Systems• DPS-Pest Maintenance • DPS-Plumbing Department • DPS-Structural Department • DPS-Sustainability (Energy)

ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION--TECHNICAL EDUCATION

• DPS-Welding & Metals Shop• JCOR Mechanic (complex plumbing and

mechanical projects) • Plumbers Local #3 (plumbing careers)

ARTS, AV TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION

• 95.7 The Party AND Hot 107.5 (Radio)• Arts Street • Audio--Career Education Center • Channel 9 (Television) • Cleo Parker Robinson Dance • Colorado Film School/Community College of

Aurora • Comcast (Internet, Digital Cable TV, Comcast

Digital Voice®, and Wireless)

• Spyder (Apparel & Fashion industry )• CondorCam (cablecam company ) • Denver Center for the Performing Arts enver Museum of Nature & Science • Denver Musicians Association • Denver Post (Newspaper) • Denver Public Library • EON Office (furniture and office supply)• Fashion-Career Education Center • Museo (Latino Americano art and culture)

EDUCATION

• Denver Public School-Human Resources• Denver Teacher Residency • Hope Center (Service to Special-Needs and At-

Risk Children & Adults ) • Misers Occupational Safety Training (Certified

Asbestos and Lead disciplines) • Teach for America (teaching)

FINANCE

• 1st Bank• Junior Achievement • Schwab Investments • US Bank • Wells Fargo Bank • Westerra Credit Union • Young Americans Bank

GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

• City of Wheat Ridge • Mayor's Office for Education & Children • City & County of Denver-Mixed Clusters

Operations 911 Emergency CommunicationsAnimal Care & Control/Public HealthBudget & Management Career Service AuthorityCivil Service Commission

Crime Laboratory Bureau Department of Finance Technology Services Electronic Monitoring Program/Pretrial Services Information Technology and Adult Workforce Youth Workforce of Economic Development Office of Economic Development Park Rangers Police/Fire/Sheriff-Fire Engine Recycles/Solid Waste/Public Works

HEALTH SCIENCE • CCO--Auraria Higher Education Center • Athletic Trainer (Career Education Center)• Health Science Medical Preparation (Career

Education Center) • Centura Health Children's Hospital • Colorado University College of Nursing • Denver Health Paramedic Department Kaiser

Permanente Medical Center Metro Denver Dental Foundation Vision Care Specialists

HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM

• Denver Golf • FROSCH Travel Agency • Grand Hyatt Hotel Denver • Hamilton Linen & Uniform • McDonalds • Palo Alto (restaurant franchises) • Vail Resorts (ski resort)

HUMAN SERVICES

• Cosmetology/Barbering (Emily Griffith Technical College)

• Denver Housing Authority • Goodwill Industries ( job placement for the

disadvantaged and disabled) • Paul Mitchell The School ( Beauty School &

Cosmetology) • YouthBiz Inc. (youth empowerment program)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

• Apple Computers • Bentley Systems, Inc. (computer software) • Dell Computers • DoTS-Site Support for DPS Technology• Google• Microsoft Store • Vergent Products (product development)

LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONS AND SECURITY

• Center for Legal Inclusiveness (diversity in the legal profession)

• Colorado Bar Association (Law) • Denver Department of Safety (Denver Police,

Fire, and Sheriff Departments) • Elbert County Sheriff-K9 Unit (Dog) • U.S. Army• US Forest Service Law Enforcement

MANUFACTURING

• Inter Tech Plastics (manufacturer of custom molded products)

• Welding (Emily Griffith Technical College)

MARKETING

• Athletics/CIC • Colorado Rockies Baseball Club• Sukle Advertising • Design Zozo Marketing Group (website design

and improvement)

(STEM) SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH

• Aerospace, Math/Science-Community College of Den

• American Meteorological Society (Weather)• CABPES (Black Engineers) • Colorado First (science and technology leaders) • ESRI (geographic information systems

mapping software ) • Space Voyage Academy Camp • USAF (United States Air Force)

TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISITICS

• Air Craft Training (Emily Griffith Technical College)

• Auto-CEC Middle College • Automotive Technician (Emily Griffith

Technical College) • Denver International Airport • Denver Police Race Car • RTD--Regional Transportation District--BUS

POST SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Technical Education, Community College, Colleges and Universities• Arapahoe Community College • College in Colorado • Colorado School of Mines • Colorado State University • Colorado State University in Pueblo• Community College of Aurora

• Community College of Denver • Community College of Denver-1st• Community College of Denver-Career &

Technical Education • Denver Scholarship Foundation • DeVry University • Emily Griffith Opportunity School• Front Range Community College • Johnson & Wales University • Kids Tek • Metro State College of Denver

• Red Rocks Community College• University of Colorado Boulder• University of Colorado Denver• University of Denver• University of Northern Colorado - Greeley

HIGH SCHOOLS

• South• T.J (Thomas Jefferson)• Kennedy• East• North• West• Manual• Montbello

• George Washington• Career Education Center• Denver Center for International Studies• Denver School of the Arts*

HOW DO I INTERVIEW?

• Find your business person; you may have to wait your turn

• Smile, look them in the eye, and introduce yourself

• Shake their hand firmly, but not too tight• Say “May I interview you about your

business?”• Use the questions in your career fair book

• Listen closely—write down responses• Do not look around!• Nod your head when you understand• Wait until there is a pause to ask your next

question• Thank them and again shake their hand when

you are finished.

HAVE A GREAT TIME AT THE CAREER FAIR 8TH GRADERS!! WE

ARE PROUD OF YOU!