Helping students meet the following ASCA Standards:
1. Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
2. Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.
3. Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
Mr. Dean assists students in meeting these standards by examining 9 standards with students.
Step 1: Demonstrate what is needed to be successful in school. This standard is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge of what is needed for academic success. Understanding the expectations of the school and developing the skills needed to be academically successful are the key ingredients addressed by this standard. Topics to be included are self-understanding and awareness; time management and organization; responsible behaviors; learning styles; test taking strategies; the benefits of a positive attitude; and communication skills.
Step 2: Demonstrate understanding of the academic preparation needed to choose from a wide range of postsecondary choices. This standard addresses the importance of academic preparation from elementary to high school on the postsecondary decision-making process. It ensures that learners will have multiple options to choose from for their future educational and career goals. It focuses on self-control issues; school and classroom rules; choices and consequences; application of interests and abilities to goal setting; and resources for planning.
Step 3: Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of academics to life roles. This standard involves the ability of learners to understand the relationship of academic achievement to success in the workplace, the community and in their personal and social lives. The emphasis in this standard is on the relationship between learning and work; responsibilities of learners and citizens; consequences of inappropriate choices; roles of community workers; benefits of lifelong learning; balancing school, activities and family life; school skills and job skills; goal setting; and transitions.
Step 4: Demonstrate the skills to make career choices in relation to knowledge of self and knowledge of the world of work. The intent of this standard is to prepare the learner to make informed career choices. Topics to be included are self-assessment; interest and personality inventories; resources for investigating careers; skills needed for the workplace; and academic preparation needed for career choices.
Step 5: Demonstrate strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction. The intent of this standard is to provide the foundation for acquisition of skills, attitudes and knowledge that enables the learner to make a successful transition from school to the world of work and from job to job across the life span. This standard focuses on assessment of academic and personal strengths and weaknesses; work habits; responsibilities of a learner; transition issues; goal setting; and career awareness, exploration and preparation.
Step 6: Demonstrate knowledge of the factors involved in making career decisions. This standard involves the ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills to career selection. It involves researching careers and the world of work; resources for researching; the use of technology; self knowledge; academic preparation needed for careers; and matching personal qualities, interests and abilities to career pathways.
Step 7: Analyze the attitudes and beliefs that influence behavior. The intent of this standard is to develop an awareness of the factors that influence attitudes and behaviors in developing interpersonal skills. The emphasis in this standard is on cooperative behavior and team work; personal attitudes and beliefs that influence behavior; personal boundaries and privacy rights; respect for cultural differences; individual similarities and differences; changing personal and social roles; and conflict resolution.
Step 8: Demonstrate the ability to apply decision making skills to goal setting and attainment. This standard involves the ability of learners to use the process of decision making to identify and implement goals that sustain positive attitudes and behaviors during their schooling and throughout their lifetime. It emphasizes steps in the decision making process; consequences of decisions and choices; importance of goal setting and follow through; developing short- and long-term goals; generating alternatives and options; and responsibility for consequences of choices made.
Step 9: Use knowledge of survival and safety skills to ensure personal and physical well-being. This standard is designed to ensure that learners successfully and safely negotiate their way through school and into an increasingly complex and diverse world. Topics to be included are anger management; responsible social skills; dealing with peer pressure; consequences of inappropriate choices; harassment issues; effective communication skills; behaviors that hinder/help group cooperation; and school and community resources and referral resources for assistance with personal concerns.
1. Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
2. Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction.
3. Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
Mr. Dean assists students in meeting these standards by examining 9 standards with students.
Step 1: Demonstrate what is needed to be successful in school. This standard is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge of what is needed for academic success. Understanding the expectations of the school and developing the skills needed to be academically successful are the key ingredients addressed by this standard. Topics to be included are self-understanding and awareness; time management and organization; responsible behaviors; learning styles; test taking strategies; the benefits of a positive attitude; and communication skills.
Step 2: Demonstrate understanding of the academic preparation needed to choose from a wide range of postsecondary choices. This standard addresses the importance of academic preparation from elementary to high school on the postsecondary decision-making process. It ensures that learners will have multiple options to choose from for their future educational and career goals. It focuses on self-control issues; school and classroom rules; choices and consequences; application of interests and abilities to goal setting; and resources for planning.
Step 3: Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of academics to life roles. This standard involves the ability of learners to understand the relationship of academic achievement to success in the workplace, the community and in their personal and social lives. The emphasis in this standard is on the relationship between learning and work; responsibilities of learners and citizens; consequences of inappropriate choices; roles of community workers; benefits of lifelong learning; balancing school, activities and family life; school skills and job skills; goal setting; and transitions.
Step 4: Demonstrate the skills to make career choices in relation to knowledge of self and knowledge of the world of work. The intent of this standard is to prepare the learner to make informed career choices. Topics to be included are self-assessment; interest and personality inventories; resources for investigating careers; skills needed for the workplace; and academic preparation needed for career choices.
Step 5: Demonstrate strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction. The intent of this standard is to provide the foundation for acquisition of skills, attitudes and knowledge that enables the learner to make a successful transition from school to the world of work and from job to job across the life span. This standard focuses on assessment of academic and personal strengths and weaknesses; work habits; responsibilities of a learner; transition issues; goal setting; and career awareness, exploration and preparation.
Step 6: Demonstrate knowledge of the factors involved in making career decisions. This standard involves the ability of the learner to apply knowledge and skills to career selection. It involves researching careers and the world of work; resources for researching; the use of technology; self knowledge; academic preparation needed for careers; and matching personal qualities, interests and abilities to career pathways.
Step 7: Analyze the attitudes and beliefs that influence behavior. The intent of this standard is to develop an awareness of the factors that influence attitudes and behaviors in developing interpersonal skills. The emphasis in this standard is on cooperative behavior and team work; personal attitudes and beliefs that influence behavior; personal boundaries and privacy rights; respect for cultural differences; individual similarities and differences; changing personal and social roles; and conflict resolution.
Step 8: Demonstrate the ability to apply decision making skills to goal setting and attainment. This standard involves the ability of learners to use the process of decision making to identify and implement goals that sustain positive attitudes and behaviors during their schooling and throughout their lifetime. It emphasizes steps in the decision making process; consequences of decisions and choices; importance of goal setting and follow through; developing short- and long-term goals; generating alternatives and options; and responsibility for consequences of choices made.
Step 9: Use knowledge of survival and safety skills to ensure personal and physical well-being. This standard is designed to ensure that learners successfully and safely negotiate their way through school and into an increasingly complex and diverse world. Topics to be included are anger management; responsible social skills; dealing with peer pressure; consequences of inappropriate choices; harassment issues; effective communication skills; behaviors that hinder/help group cooperation; and school and community resources and referral resources for assistance with personal concerns.