Career Standards

Career Clusters 7th Grade

Career Standards MSBCS-BCSI-12: Students will acquire basic MSCD7-2: Students will understand the personal knowledge and skills of multimedia/presentation nature of work and how it relates to them as software. individuals and as integral parts of society. a) Identify and explain multimedia/presentation graphics d. Investigate and describe Georgia’s Career Program terminology. Concentrations and Pathways. b) Plan and design basic presentations. e. Identify, utilize, and demonstrate current and viable c) Create, saves, and prints basic presentations. career-related resources to research career opportunities d) Apply animation to slides. in self-selected pathways. e) Display and explain presentation to peers. f) Critique presentations. Business and Computer Science Standards 1. What is a program cluster/concentration and MSBCS-BCS11-3: The student will examine which one is right for you? educational requirements, job responsibilities, 2. What are Georgia’s Career Program employment trends and opportunities in the different Concentrations? career pathways in Business and Computer Science. 3. How do you create a multimedia a) Investigate the 21st Century career opportunities. presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint? b) Evaluate several occupational interests, based on various criteria (educational requirements, starting 4. What are the Georgia Peach State Pathways salaries, trends, opportunities, and career ladders). and how are they important for your success in high school and beyond? 5. What are some careers in the Business and Essential Questions Computer Science Cluster? 6. What are the starting salaries of Business and Computer Science Careers?

Directions: Use www.gacollege411.org to create a PowerPoint presentation following the guide below.

Slide Description Slide 1 Title Slide: Career Clusters/Your First and Last Name Slide 2 Click on the “Career Planning” tab. Then click on Peach State Pathways located in the “Quick Link” section to the right of your screen. (You can also type Peach State Pathways in the Search Box. Read the first paragraph and answer the questions below on this slide. Title: Peach State Pathways Content: In paragraph form, you need to answer the following questions? What is a program cluster/concentration and how many program concentrations does Georgia recognize? What is a pathway and how is a pathway beneficial for your success in high school and beyond? Slide 3 Title: Agriculture Content: For slides 3 – 13 change the slide layout to the “Comparison” layout. The title for the left column will be “Pathways”. Underneath the title, you will list the 7 pathways for this cluster area. From the list of pathways, choose 1 Pathway you would like to learn more about. The title for the right column will be the name of the pathway you chose. Underneath the pathway name, write a paragraph about this pathway. Slide 4 You will need to change the layout for this slide to the “Comparison” layout Title: Arts and Humanities Content: In the first column, list the 4 pathways for the Arts and Humanities cluster. The title of the column will be “Pathways”. In the next column, choose 1 pathway from the list, and describe it. Make sure the title of the column is the name of the “Pathway” that you chose to describe. Slide 5 Title: Architecture, Construction, Communications & Transportation Content: List the 12 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 6 Title: Business & Computer Science Content: List the 8 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 7 Title: Culinary Arts Content: List the pathway for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 8 Title: Education Content: List the 2 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 9 Title: Engineering & Technology Content: List the 6 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 10 Title: Family and Consumer Sciences Content: List the 3 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 11 Title: Government & Public Safety Content: List the 6 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 12 Title: Healthcare Science Content: List the 8 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 13 Title: Marketing, Sales & Services Content: List the 5 pathways for this concentration/cluster and describe 1 pathway. Follow the same format as you did for slides 3&4. Slide 14 Title: Business and Computer Science Content: Click on “Career Planning” and then click on “Explore Careers”. Scroll down to the Career Clusters/Program Concentrations. Click on the Business and Computer Science cluster. Click on Introduction. Type a description about this cluster Slide 15 Title: Careers in Business and Computer Science Cluster Content: Click on “Careers”. List 10 careers in this cluster

Title: ______(The title of this slide is the name of the career you want to learn about) Content: Click on one career that you want to learn about and read “Just the Facts” and “A Person in this Career”. In paragraph form (5-7 sentences), describe the career in your own words. Slide 17 Title: Working Conditions and Physical Demands of a ______(Type the name of the career you choose in the blank). Content: Scroll down and you will see a paragraph on Working Conditions and Physical Demands. Read the paragraph, and in your own words describe the working conditions and physical demands of the career. Slide 18 Title: Skills You Will Need Content: On the left side of the screen, click on “Skills you Need”. You will need to read about the basic skills, transferable skills, and work place skills. In your own words, write a paragraph about the skills you will need for this job. Make sure you include skills from all areas. Slide 19 Title: Money Content: Click on “Money and Outlook”. Use the two comparison layout. For the title of the first column, type “Georgia Earnings”. For the title of the second column, type “Cities in Georgia”. In the first column, list the earnings in Georgia. In the second column, insert a table and list the average, entry, and experienced salaries of 3 cities in Georgia.

Title: Outlook Content: Click on “Money and Outlook”. Use the title and content layout. Insert a table and describe Georgia’s Employment and Outlook for this career. Slide 21 Title: Conclusion Content: In paragraph form, summarize what you learned from this activity by answering the essential questions. Also include what your learned about your Business and Computer Science career. Checklist

_____ 80 points (20 slides: 4 points each for creating each slide and entering the appropriate content)

_____ 10 points (Clip art, picture, shapes or other décor per slide)

_____ 5 points (Transition/Animation per slide)

_____ 5 points (Background per slide)

Total Points: 100

Power Point Project 2 (ON YOUR OWN)

CTAE FOUNDATION SKILLS Standards: The Foundation Skills for Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) are critical competencies that students pursuing any career pathway should exhibit to be successful. As core standards for all career pathways in all program concentrations, these skills link career, technical and agricultural education to the state’s academic performance standards.

 CTAE-FS-4 Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Learners define and solve problems, and use problem-solving and improvement methods and tools.  CTAE-FS-5 Information Technology Applications: Learners use multiple information technology devices to access, organize, process, transmit, and communicate information.

Based on the previous Power Point that was created with a guide, students will create another Power Point about a career of their choice. Students will use their critical thinking skills to design the layout of their Power Point. Students will decide what type of information needs to be included in their presentation. In a real world situation, students will not have a “guide” to use to create a research project. You need to use what you have learned from the previous project and apply it to this project.

 Students will design their own Power Point about the career of their choice.  Students will use GCIS to research their career. For additional information, students can use a search engine to find other resources.  Students will use their critical thinking skills to organize their Power Point project and to include the needed information.  Students will use their knowledge of Power Point to demonstrate the skills they have learned such as animation, background design, and slide layout design.  Minimum of 10 slides