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Syllabus Career Planning

Welcome

Welcome to Career Planning! We’re so glad you’re here.

Every lesson is designed to help you grow as a thinker, problem solver, and global learner. As a Mizzou Academy global student, you will complete lessons and assignments on your own schedule, interacting with course content, participating in interactives, and completing practice activities, as well as drafting and revising assignments, preparing for quizzes and assessments, and taking exams.

To stay on track, we recommend using a pacing guide. You can find more information about pacing in the Course Resources section, along with helpful tools, technology support, and tips for online learning success.

As you begin, remember that online learning requires both independence and communication. Be curious, stay organized, and don’t hesitate to reach out to your teacher if you need support.

We’re excited to learn with you, and we’re happy you’re part of our Mizzou Academy community! 

Pacing

This course can be completed in as few as six weeks or take up to 6 months (180 calendar days). The six weeks are counted from the date of the first lesson submission and not the date of enrollment.

This course is asynchronous, meaning you can complete lessons and assignments at your own pace.

Most students spend approximately 10 hours per lesson interacting with course content, participating in interactive activities, and completing practice exercises, as well as drafting and revising assignments, preparing for quizzes and assessments, and taking exams. Your time may vary depending on your goals and learning style. 

We encourage you to work at a consistent pace, allowing time to absorb new ideas, build skills, and reflect on what you’ve learned. Use a pacing guide to plan ahead, stay organized, and finish strong. 

Course Description

This course provides students with the tools to begin a lifelong career-planning process, which is needed in today’s global workplace. Students will explore their interests, skills, values, and strengths which will help them identify possible career goals. They will explore career opportunities and learn about various careers that may interest them. Topics include job searching, completing job and college applications, writing a résumé, preparing for an interview, goal setting, and decision making. They will complete activities and exercises that will help them get to know themselves better as they develop their career goals.

Course Essential Questions


Essential Question 1

What are your personal values and natural strengths, and how can they help you succeed in the jobs of the future?

Essential Question 2

How can you use your education, connections, and personal reputation to build a career that lasts?

Course Overview

Lesson

Objectives

Quiz

Assignment

1: Career Decision Making: Building Skills for a Lifetime of Career Exploration
  1. Define two or three self goals for this course.
  2. Define career planning as a lifelong process.
  3. Begin to examine your interests and abilities and related occupations.
  4. Apply different styles of decision making when writing a career narrative.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 1 Exercises

  • Setting Your Goals for the Course
  • Take the Self-Directed Search
  • Explore Your Survey Results
  • Brainstorm for Your Career Narrative
  • Write the 1st Draft of Your Career Narrative
  • Identifying Your Career Themes

2: Identifying Your Interests
  1. Identify where interests come from and why they are important in career planning.
  2. Define where your interests might lead.
  3. Identify ways to increase your interests.
  4. Explore how your interests connect to your current occupational dream.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 2 Exercises:

  • Explore Your Interests With Your Holland Code
  • Brainstorm About Your Interests
  • Match Your Occupational Dreams With Your Interests
  • Connect Your Interests With Your Career Narrative

3: Identifying Your Skills
  1. Identify and describe your skills.
  2. Identify and describe your talents.
  3. Explain how your skills can transfer to a variety of jobs and settings.
  4. Apply knowledge about your skills to your future goals.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 3 Exercises:

  • Exploring Your Skills with Your Holland Code
  • Brainstorm About Your Skills
  • Thinking About Transferable Skills
  • Your Skills and Career Narrative

4: Identifying Your Values
  1. Explain why understanding your values is an important part of the career-planning process.
  2. Explain the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic values.
  3. Identify your top five values according to the Values in Action survey.
  4. Explain three ways to use your top three daily values at school and work.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 4 Exercises:

  • Take the Values in Action Survey of Character
  • Using Your Values
  • Brainstorming About Your Values
  • Your Values and Career Narrative

5: Finding Strength in Your Talents and Styles
  1. Identify and describe your talents and strengths.
  2. Identify and describe your school and personal styles.
  3. Explain how your talents and styles can be applied to a variety of occupations and fields.
  4. Apply knowledge about your talents and styles to your future goals.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 5 Exercises:

  • Exploring Your Talents
  • Brainstorming about Your Talent Themes and Personal Styles
  • Your Strengths and Career Narrative

6: Interests, Skills, Values, Strengths: Fashioning Your Career Plan
  1. Review your interests, skills, values, and strengths, as identified in Lessons 2–5.
  2. Determine patterns among your interests, skills, values, and strengths.
  3. Identify occupations that match your interests, skills, values, and strengths.
  4. Apply what you have learned about your interests, skills, values, and strengths to your career narrative.

No Quiz

Lesson 6 Exercises:

  • Exploring Occupations
  • Capturing Ideas from Previous Lessons

Midterm Project

7: The Application Process
  1. Identify the information needed to accurately complete an online job application.
  2. Accurately complete a sample online job application.
  3. Identify the information needed to accurately complete a college application.
  4. Accurately complete a sample online college application.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 7 Exercises:

  • Job Application
  • College Application

8: Writing Your Résumé
  1. Identify the reasons to have a résumé.
  2. Explain the components of a strong résumé.
  3. Construct an effective résumé.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 8 Exercises:

  • Gather Information for Your résumé
  • Summary of Your Skills
  • Write Your Résumé

9: Interviewing Skills
  1. Identify and describe two types of interviewing.
  2. Explain the components of an effective interview.
  3. Conduct an effective informational interview.
  4. Participate effectively in a mock job interview.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 9 Exercises:

  • Conduct an Informational Interview
  • Participate in a Mock Job Interview

10: Career Planning as a Lifelong Process
  1. Identify your micro-, short-, medium-, and long-term career goals.
  2. Analyze your decision-making style and apply it to your career goals.
  3. Use a problem-solving process to anticipate and plan for problems that might arise.
  4. Make a list of resources to help you through your goal-reaching process.

10 multiple-choice questions 

Lesson 10 Exercises:

  • Making Decisions
  • Evaluating Your Decision-Making Approach
  • Your Long-Term Goals
  • Your Medium-Range Goals
  • Your Short-Term Goals
  • Your Micro Goals
  • Anticipating-and Planning for--Problems
  • Identifying Your Resources

Final Exam

 

Grades

Your final grade will be based on the number of points you earn on submitted work and exams. The available points are distributed as follows:

Source Available Points
Lesson Assignments 100
Lesson Quizzes 90
Midterm Exam 100
Final Exam 60
Total 350

 

Textbook & Technology Requirements

To fully participate, make sure you have:

  • A computer that meets our Mizzou Academy technology requirements
  • A microphone and webcam for recording audio and video assignments
  • Any other required textbooks or materials for the course

Textbook

No textbook is required for this course.

Materials

No extra materials are required for this course. 

Technology

The most up-to-date requirements can be found here: 

Additional requirements for the course are below: 

  • audio and video recording capabilities (e.g., smartphone, camera)

If you ever have trouble accessing course materials or recording tools, reach out to your teacher for support. We are here to help!

Accessibility

If you anticipate barriers related to the format or requirements of this course, please let Mizzou Academy know as soon as possible. If disability-related accommodations are necessary (for example, a scribe, reader, extended time on exams, captioning), please contact Mizzou Academy.

Canvas Technical Support

Canvas will be used as the primary platform for accessing course materials and assignments for this class.

Course Summary:

Course Summary
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