Future Planning: Xello10th Grade
Career Awareness & Option Exploration
Opportunities!
Sophomore Leadership Opportunities!
• If you would like to be considered for these opportunities, write a one page essay on, “What it Means to be a Leader” by November 30th and hand it in to the counseling office.
One sophomore will be chosen to represent Stoney Creek for each conference. Conference costs are covered by the district and the recipients must commit to the conference dates.
www.smore.com/rafvc
Why we need career & self awareness?
In order to make really good informed career decisions and after high school plans you need self awareness( understanding of your interests, skills, personality) and career awareness to make career connections and decisions.
We will be using Xello to help navigate us. Xello is full of career and educational information. Xello also provides several self assessments to support self awareness.
Today's Activities to Complete
Part 1:
Please COMPLETE or UPDATE the following assessments:
- Matchmaker
- Personality Style
- Mission Complete
TIME TO EXPLORE CAREERS
- Explore and view MATCHMAKER results, apply more filters to your career interest if you will find helpful: Salary, Education, Career Demand, Personality Styles Career, school subject
- Spend a few minutes reading through some potential Excellent and Good Matched Careers
- SAVE minimally 3 Careers
- Save minimally 2 college majors
Part 3:
Please COMPLETE the following tasks:
- Choose 4 favorite clusters
- Add 2 experiences to your profile. Experience areas: work, career, education, life
- Answer the final questions and hit TURN IN
When thinking of your future, are there any skills you would like to further develop? What can you do now to make that happen? Examples of skills might include: leadership, problem-solving, critical thinking, communication, being able to change or adapt, empathy, decision making, taking initiative and many more.
Click TURN IN and DONE when finished.
Remember that it's important to build skills over time and take pause to reflect on our strengths and areas for growth.
Answer Reflection Questions