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PREPARING FOR YOUR FUTURE

Graduation & Post-Secondary PlanningClass of 2022

Student Interest Survey

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Counseling Department● Counselors:

■ Ms. Carpio Garcia (Mrs. Vlahakos’ sub)

■ Ms. Castaneda

■Ms. Flores

■ Ms. Pérez

■ Mr. Rebello

■Ms. Wilde

● Guidance Informational Specialists:

■ Mayra Melchor Sanchez, Giulia Solari, & Jerri Port

● College & Career Center:

■ Ms. Ignaitis - Advisor

■ Mr. Kamp - Assistant

Agenda:○ Career Exploration

■ Why does it matter?■ Career Interest Profiler - Naviance■ Understanding & making sense of your

Holland Code results

○ Review ■Graduation & A-G Requirements

Why the emphasis on College and Career Readiness?

●Explore your interests through the Career Interest Profiler and learn about jobs that match your personality.

●Education pays.

●You will be working for the vast majority of your lifetime; have options & choose wisely.

Real life skills that employers are looking for in recent college graduates:

Education Pays 2013 For detailed data, see: trends.collegeboard.org.

WHAT ARE HOLLAND CODES?

● Holland Codes are personality types.

● People who choose to work in environments that are related to their personality type are more likely to feel success and satisfaction.

Your results, “Holland Codes” will look like this:

1) Go to: www.sequoiahs.org 2) Click on Naviance Icon3) Log-in to Naviance

username: Student ID

password: First Initial, Last Initial, 6 digit birthdate

NAVIANCE ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Naviance Home Screen

Click on “Careers & Clusters I’m Thinking About”

Click on “Career interest profiler”

CAREER INTEREST PROFILER

1) Read & answer each question a) You have about 30 minutes to

complete the Career Interest Profiler

2) Explore your results using O*NETa) Complete the Career Exploration

Worksheet

Career Exploration Using O*NETGo to this website: www.onetonline.org

1. Click on Interests 2. Holland Codes

3. Careers

Group ActivityGet in groups of 4 and answer the following questions:

● What are some of the examples of careers that group members found?

● Do you think your codes sound like you?● From your results, what was the most

unusual or unexpected career?

Select one group member to share out to the entire class.

REVIEW: Graduation & A-G Requirements

Graduation & A-G Requirements

Subject SUHSD Graduation UC & CSU College Required A-G List*

UC & CSUCollege Recommended

A) Social Studies3 ½ Years(35 credits) 2 Years 2 Years

B) English4

(40 credits) 4 4

C) Math2

(Alg. & Geom.)(20 credits)

3Alg 1, Geom, Alg II 4

D) Science2

1 Lab Science(20 credits)

22 Lab: Biological & Physical

Science3

E) World Language 0 2 3 to 4

F) Visual/Performing Art

1(10 credits) 1 1

Career Technical Ed.1

(10 credits) 0

Physical Education2

(20 credits) 0

Life Skills1/4 Year(2.5 credits) 0

G) Elective 62.5 Credits 1

Credits and Courses

Credits: You need 220 credits minimum for graduation

● If you take six classes this year and pass all, how many credits will you have in June 2020?

● If you multiply 60 credits by 4 years = 240!● F grades don’t give you credits● D & F grades don’t count for A-G college

requirements● 7 classes & school sports give you additional

credits

● Attendance matters

+Understanding your GPA’sCumulative Weighted: Includes all courses

■ Honors courses calculated w/ 5.0 scale■ Regular courses calculated w/ 4.0 scale

Cumulative Unweighted: Includes all courses

■ All courses calculated using 4.0 scale

CA Cal Grant GPA: 10th & 11th grade courses

■ Unweighted ■ Excludes PE and remedial courses■ Aim for 3.0 or higher = Free $ for college,

dependent on family income

Weighted 10-12 A-G GPA:

■ Includes only 10th-12th grade courses with a -P or -HP next to the course title

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CREDIT RECOVERY

Cyber High forms are provided to students by their counselor

○ D grade in a required A-G course must be repeated for

4 year college eligibility

○ F grade in required High School course must be

repeated for graduation and/or A-G eligibility

○ Pick-up a cyber high application today from your

counselor, you do not need to wait until the summer.

What other options are there for credit recovery?

Extra-Curricular Activities & Involvement

● Remember that test scores, GPA, and grades are not everything that colleges & scholarship organizations are considering when reviewing your applications.

● What other things can you be doing to stand out in the college admissions process?

● Keep track of all your activities, involvement, work experience, etc. on your Naviance résumé.

Resources to research Colleges & Careers

● O*NET● College Board: Khan Academy for SAT Prep● College Board: Big Future● California Career Zone● collegedata.com● University & College websites● Naviance: Career Interest Profiler, College

Search, & SuperMatch