Rowena McCullough, MBA - CTE Teacher

email: rowena.mccullough@rentonschools.us

cell: 206 356 4227, Room 248

1st period Career/College Prep

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Preparing for College and Careers addresses the knowledge, skills, and behaviors all students need to be prepared for success in college, career, and life. The focus of the course is the impact of today’s choices on tomorrow’s possibilities. Topics to be addressed include twenty-first century life and career skills; higher order thinking, communication, leadership, and management processes; exploration of personal aptitudes, interests, values, and goals; examining multiple life roles and responsibilities as individuals and family members; planning and building employability skills; transferring school skills to life and work; and managing personal resources. This course includes reviewing the 16 national career clusters and Washington's College and Career Pathways, in-depth investigation of one or more pathways, reviewing graduation plans, developing career plans, and developing personal and career portfolios. A project based approach, including computer and technology applications, cooperative ventures between school and community, simulations, and real life experiences.

GOALS

Exploring Self: Students evaluate personal characteristics to develop and refine a personal profile.

Exploring Careers: Students evaluate and explore types of job applications, create resumes, prepare for job interviews and explore laws related to employment.

Exploring College and Post-secondary Options: Students analyze college and other post-secondary options to know what educational opportunities are available after high school.

Making Decisions: Students apply higher order thinking and problem solving processes to make decisions about education, life and career.

Making a Plan: Students create flexible plans of action for achieving personal goals through secondary education, college, career and life.

Personal Skills: Students demonstrate personal skills needed for success in personal, family, community, and career aspects of life.

Employability Skills: Students demonstrate knowledge and skills needed to navigate life and work environments in the global economy.

Late/Missing Work:

Homework is assigned EVERY DAY if you do not complete it in class!!  ALL assignments listed weekly are due at the end of the week, Friday.  This allows me to grade assignments over the weekend.  You are welcome to do your assignment on paper but I ask that you upload it into Canvas so that it does not show "missing".  Please do your best to complete assignments on time, so that you don't fall behind.

Grading Scale:

All assignments are graded using a scale of 1-5 points.  

1= did not turn the assignment in or shows no understanding of the material or did not meet the standard.

2= understanding the foundational material, still working to master concepts and skills.

3= demonstrates proficiency of the material.

4= demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the material.

5= demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the material and completes advanced applications.