Pathways+Week+8

= //Good luck this week with your PSSAs!!!!! // =

**As promised here it the link to KahnAcademy.org. **

For those who are interested: [|Looking for scholarship money for next year.docx]

I will not see my Black Day students this week, good luck everyone. My Red Day students - Monday we will complete our presentations. I will give you time to create your Home page introduction and a 3 sentence overview of your Hello My Name is PPT. Please click on the links for directions: [|Who am I - Welcome page wrap up.docx] [|Welcome page assessment rubric.docx] Red Day - Home Page of your E-Portfolio - Please ensure that you have completed your Home page by Friday March 11. You are requried to have an introduction to your space which includes what you are doing now and what your aspirations are. Click on the link to look at Patty-Ways ﻿to give you ideas.

(Black Days you will have until Friday March 25)

Thought we would start resumes on Friday but after discussion with my fellow Pathways teachers will be starting [|Unit 2 What do I want?] instead and create resumes after we have completed this unit.

Unit 2 - What do I want?
Topics that will be covered: What are Goals? Clusters & Pathways Occupational Outlook Handbook Career Search

We will start with: What are Goals? Identifying goals What are SMART goals? Timelines for goals Strategies for achieving goals Identifying roadblocks and how you can overcome them.

After viewing the PowerPoint on Goals you will start completing the ﻿" What do I Want?" Packet.

===FYI - Here is the link to an aticle that was featured in this week's Wall Street Journal: [|Making kids work on Goals] ===

**// Objective: //** // Students will be able to define what a "SMART" goal as well as the difference between a short, medium and long range goal. Students should begin to consider their own goals indentify strategies and roadblocks to ensure their goals can be achieved. Continue formatting individual Wikispaces. //

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**<span style="color: #152242; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">4 jobs everyone should have ** <span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">By Rachel Farrell, Special to CareerBuilder

<span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Before I started working in "the real world," I had several part-time jobs. I babysat. I worked in a fast-food restaurant. I worked in retail. I worked as a waitress at a bar in my hometown. And each time I came home complaining after a hard day's work, my mom would tell me that someday I would realize the value in the job I had. <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Fast-forward some years later, and only now do I realize the meaning of her words. Every job I had taught me something, not just about work ethic, but also about life. <span style="background: white; color: #07519a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Bing: How to steer clear of job scams] <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Here are four jobs that can teach you valuable life lessons: **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1. [|Server] ** <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Everyone's been to a restaurant with bad service. You have a slow, inattentive server. Your food comes out the wrong way. And as a result, you tip the bare minimum -- or nothing at all. <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">But have you ever stopped to think that it's not always the server's fault? (I mean, sometimes it is, but not always.) He or she could have given the cook your correct order -- but the cook messed up. A colleague could have called in sick, leaving your server with all of the tables in the restaurant. Yet the server takes the blame. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What you'll learn: **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A job in food service teaches you empathy. Not only for the server, but for people in general. After all -- not everything is as it seems. Think about that the next time you want to leave a next-to-nothing tip. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2. [|Retail clerk] ** <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">You can always tell if someone has worked in retail before. Those who haven't sometimes treat sales clerks rudely or like they are above the workers. They may act as if the associate's only job in life is to assist in their retail therapy. Those who have worked in retail tend to have a little more patience with the sales associates and are more respectful toward them. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What you'll learn: **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Just because someone's job is to help you doesn't give you the right to be rude or disrespectful. Those two virtues -- patience and respect -- will take you a long way in the way you treat other people. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3. [|Customer service] ** <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Think about all of the times you've called customer service, whether at an airline, a cable company, your cell phone provider or an insurance company. Chances are, you called when you were angry or had a complaint. You probably chose to take your frustrations out on the customer service rep. <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">After working in customer service -- specifically at a call center -- you'll hopefully change your behavior. You realize that whatever you're upset about is not the rep's fault. In fact, you know they want to help you. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What you'll learn: **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">A job in customer service can teach you kindness and will make you think twice about the way you treat people. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">4. [|Manual labor] ** <span style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">It goes without saying that manual labor of any type, whether mowing lawns or construction, is hard work. Those who perform manual labor or have in the past know that the hours are long, the work is hard and you have to pay attention to everything, as safety is a large issue in most manual labor positions. **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">What you'll learn: **<span style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">More than anything, manual labor will teach you work ethic. There is little room for error and no matter what you're doing, you'll be working hard. <span style="background: white; color: #07519a; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Bing: Skills every employer wants]

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