Transcript Help Your Child Identify Interests, Explore Careers and

Help Your Child
Identify Interests
and
Explore Careers
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•Oregon Employment Department
•Oregon Career Information System
•Oregon Department of Education
•Oregon Department of Community Colleges
and Workforce Development
Parent Involvement
= Future Success
Why should you be
involved in your child’s
education and career
planning?
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•Oregon Employment Department
•Oregon Career Information System
•Oregon Department of Education
•Oregon Department of Community Colleges
and Workforce Development
Parent Involvement
= Future Success
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Why Parent Involvement?
 Research shows that you have the greatest
influence on your child’s career choices
 As a parent, you have the best knowledge of
your child’s interests and abilities
 You have more interest than anyone else in
your child’s well-being and success
 Your child’s 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 Awareness
In elementary school, your children can develop these
skills:
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Identify their interests, likes, and dislikes.
Describe their strengths and talents.
Demonstrate positive behaviors and personal
characteristics, such as honesty, dependability,
responsibility, integrity, and loyalty.
Recognize that one should accept responsibility for
one’s behavior.
Interact with others in a fair, helpful, and respectful
way.
Source: National Career Development Guidelines
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Elementary Career Awareness
In 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 achieving
them.
9. Describe different ways to make decisions.
10. Recognize a variety of skills that are important for
success in school and work, such as
communicating, critical thinking, problem solving,
and interpersonal skills.
Source: National Career Development Guidelines
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Middle School Career Exploration
In middle school, your children can develop these
skills:
1. Identify and demonstrate their abilities, strengths,
skills, and talents.
2. Identify sources of outside pressure and
demonstrate the ability to handle it.
3. Demonstrate the ability to resolve conflicts and
negotiate acceptable solutions.
4. Recognize that they are growing and changing
and that growth and change will affect their
careers throughout their lives.
5. Recognize that they will have many life roles and
that these will be connected to their lifestyle.
Source: National Career Development Guidelines
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Middle School Career Exploration
In middle school, your children can develop these
skills:
6. Recognize that their educational performance is
important for reaching their goals and, if
necessary, use strategies to improve it.
7. Identify short-term and long-term goals, including
those related to their education, career options,
and lifestyle.
8. Make decisions in a systematic way, including
identifying options and potential consequences.
9. Recognize the need to compromise in making
some decisions.
10. Use career information resources to evaluate
their goals and help with their plans.
Source: National Career Development Guidelines
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High School Career Planning
In high school your children can develop these skills:
1. Demonstrate behaviors and decisions that reflect
their interests, abilities, strengths, skills, talents,
work values and needs.
2. Demonstrate positive social skills and the ability to
get along with others.
3. Demonstrate acceptance of responsibility for their
own behavior.
4. Reflect on how their personal aspirations are
changing with time and circumstances.
5. Demonstrate adaptability and flexibility in
responding to change.
Source: National Career Development Guidelines
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High School Career Planning
In high school your children can develop these skills:
6. Identify personal, career, and educational goals,
and demonstrate educational performance levels
needed to attain their goals.
7. Develop a career and education plan, with shortterm and long-term objectives, to meet their goals.
8. Use career information resources to evaluate their
goals and support their plans.
9. Demonstrate job search and general
employability skills.
10. Identify the types of economic conditions and
employment trends that may affect their career
plans
Source: National Career Development Guidelines
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Discuss Your Child’s Interests
Ask your child:
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What are your favorite
school 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 do
with your friends?
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What special skills or
abilities do you think
you possess?
What have you done
that you are most
proud of?
What do you like to do
with your free time?
What types of books
interest you the most?
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Nurture Your Child’s Interests
If your child has an interest in ANIMALS, he or she
might like to:
Elementary School
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Feed and care for a family pet
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Join a 4-H Club
Walk or care for a neighbor’s dog
Middle School
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High School
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Volunteer at a local veterinary clinic, animal
shelter or zoo
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Nurture Your Child’s Interests
If your child has an interest in ART, he or she might
like to:
Elementary School
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Make birthday or holiday cards for relatives and
friends
Middle School
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Create graphics for the school newsletter
Design invitations for a special event
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Design a personal or school Web site
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High School
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Nurture Your Child’s Interests
If your child likes to HELP PEOPLE, he or she might
like to:
Elementary School
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Join a Girl Scout or Boy Scout club
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Teach a younger child to read
Volunteer to read to nursing home residents
Middle School
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High School
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Be a summer or vacation camp counselor
Assist at a day care center
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Nurture Your Child’s Interests
If your child likes to BUILD or REPAIR THINGS, he
or she might like to:
Elementary School
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Use Lego's or Lincoln Logs to build things
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Build a radio or computer from a kit
Take apart an old appliance and put it back
together
Middle School
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High School
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Design and build a robot or a piece of furniture
Help repair or remodel things in your home
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Nurture Your Child’s Interests
If your child likes SPORTS, he or she might like to:
Elementary School
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Play on a sports team
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Assist a coach
Take a fitness class
Middle School
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High School
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Umpire or referee community games
Coach a youth sports team
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What if My Child’s 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 to
do as it is to know what he or she does
want to do
Exploration is the key to helping make
informed decisions
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Help Your Child Explore Careers
To help your child with career
exploration:
 Encourage
your child to make independent
decisions
 Involve yourself in your child’s future planning
 Encourage exploration of all kinds of posthigh school education opportunities
 Give your child economic responsibilities
 Encourage job awareness
 Be flexible as the decision-making process
evolves
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More Parent Resources
Visit MyChildsFuture.org
to learn about:
 Helping
your child identify interests
 Helping your child make career
decisions
 Helping your child plan
 Finding the right school
 Locating financial aid
 And more
Help Your Child
Plan for the
Future
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•Oregon Employment Department
•Oregon Career Information System
•Oregon Department of Education
•Oregon Department of Community Colleges
and Workforce Development
Parent Involvement
= Future Success
What do you need
to know about
education
and the
labor market?
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•Oregon Employment Department
•Oregon Career Information System
•Oregon Department of Education
•Oregon Department of Community Colleges
and Workforce Development
Parent Involvement
= Future Success
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Parents Need to Know
Unemployment rates for non-institutional civilians ages 25 & older
Less than a HS diploma
11.8%
High school diploma
6.1%
Some college, no degree
5.3%
Associate degree
3.9%
Bachelor’s or higher
2.9%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2004
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Parents Need to Know
Of the 22.2 million jobs to
be generated between
2000 and 2010...
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Parents Need to Know
...17.5 million will require
some postsecondary
education.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001
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Parents Need to Know
8 of the 10 fastest growing
occupations between 2000
and 2010 will require some
form of postsecondary
education.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2001
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Parents Need to Know
48 of the 50 best paying
jobs will require a college
degree.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002
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About College
Although over 97% of students (and
their parents) aspire to college…
63%
enroll in college the fall following
their graduation from high school
More than a third leave within two
years without earning a degree
Only about half earn a bachelor’s
degree by the time they are 29 years
old
Source: The Condition of Education, 2002
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About College
 Community
or technical college can lead to
well-paying jobs, and may be all a child needs
to reach his or her career goal
 Community college can also be the path to a 4year degree
 Many students start out at a community college
to save costs or get a handle on college-level
work
Source: Higher Learning=Higher Earnings,
Center on Education Policy, Sept. 2001
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College Preparation
 Freshmen
who enter college without a career
goal or an academic major in mind have higher
college dropout rates
 More than 22% of college freshmen need to
take remedial courses — these do not count as
credit toward a degree
 Your child should take challenging courses in
high school to prepare for college-level
coursework
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College Preparation
 83%
of students who take Algebra I and
Geometry in high school go on to college
 Students who don’t take Algebra and Geometry
in high school are much less likely to go to
college — only 36% do
 Taking challenging courses in high school not
only helps children get into college, but also
increases the chances they will complete
college
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Help Create Education Plans
 Discover
the training that is required for your
child to meet his or her career goals
 Find colleges or career schools that provide
training specific to your child’s goals
 Select the school that fits your child’s needs, for
example:
 Does your child do better in small classes or
large groups?
 Will he or she do better at a school in a large city
or a small town?
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For Information on Work and School
Career Information
 Use
Oregon Career Information System (CIS) at
home.
oregoncis.uoregon.edu
Labor Market Information
 Visit
the Oregon Employment Department’s
Web site at
QualityInfo.org
With your help, your
child can create a solid
plan that will guide him
or her to successful
post-high school
training and a
rewarding career.
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•Oregon Employment Department
•Oregon Career Information System
•Oregon Department of Education
•Oregon Department of Community Colleges
and Workforce Development
Parent Involvement
= Future Success