This course provides a basic overview of career planning concepts. It gives students the opportunity to learn about, explore and reflect on various career opportunities based on Michigan’s six Career Pathways. Prerequisites: None
Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to...
- Assess and interpret your personality type, interests, and abilities to inform and guide career planning and decision-making
- Identify, evaluate, and apply your work-related skills, interests, and values in completing career-related tasks using appropriate materials, tools, and processes
- Interpret and organize job market trends, salary, and cost of living data from various sources to inform and enhance career planning
- Examine and organize information from multiple sources to identify potential career clusters and fields of interest
- Identify and evaluate post-secondary education, training options, and online learning opportunities, and assess their role in career planning and the necessity of lifelong learning in a rapidly changing job market
- Develop a career plan by integrating career assessment information and pathways, setting goals, and creating an actionable plan within a given time frame
- Develop a comprehensive summary of various career-building experiences, including internships, job shadowing, and volunteering, by identifying, utilizing, and reflecting on these opportunities to gain valuable work-related skills and effectively plan for your career
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively prepare for and navigate the interview process, including accurately completing all necessary job application documents such as resumes, inquiry letters, and follow-up communications
- Use self-marketing tools, including a portfolio, resume, attendance records, certifications, and transcripts, to effectively showcase your qualifications and interest in potential career opportunities
Course Outline:
Unit 1 - Getting to Know Yourself
Unit 2 - Getting to Know the Job Market
Unit 3 - Getting the Training & Education You Need
Unit 4 - Getting Started
Unit 5 - Getting Experience
Unit 6 - Getting the Job
Unit 7 - Creating a Portfolio
Resources Included: Online lesson instruction and activities, opportunities to engage with a certified, online instructor and classmates, when appropriate, and online assessments to measure student performance of course objectives and readiness for subsequent academic pursuits.
Additional Costs: None
Scoring System: Michigan Virtual does not assign letter grades, grant credit for courses, nor issue diplomas. A final score out of total points earned will be submitted to your school mentor for conversion to their own letter grading system.
Time Commitment: Semester sessions are 18-weeks long: Students must be able to spend 1 or more hours per day in the course to be successful. Summer sessions are 10 weeks long: Students must be able to spend a minimum of 2 or more hours per day, or about 90 hours during the summer, for the student to be successful in any course. Trimester sessions are 12-weeks long: Students must be able to spend 1.5 or more hours per day in the course to be successful.
Technology Requirements: Students will require a computer device with headphones, a microphone, webcam, up-to-date Chrome Web Browser, and access to YouTube.
Ensure that your school or district network and device administrator whitelists online resources relevant to the course in which you are choosing to enroll. Ref., Michigan Virtual Course Whitelist
Please review the Michigan Virtual Technology Requirements: https://michiganvirtual.org/about/support/knowledge-base/technical-requirements/
Instructor Support System: For technical issues within your course, contact the Customer Care Center by email at [email protected] or by phone at (888) 889-2840.
Instructor Contact Expectations: Students can use email or the private message system within the Student Learning Portal to access highly qualified teachers when they need instructor assistance. Students will also receive feedback on their work inside the learning management system. The Instructor Info area of their course may describe additional communication options.
Academic Support Available: In addition to access to a highly qualified, Michigan certified teacher, students have access to academic videos and outside resources verified by Michigan Virtual. For technical issues within the course, students can contact the Michigan Virtual Customer Care by email at [email protected] or by phone at (888) 889-2840.
Required Assessment: Online assessments consist of formative and summative assessments represented by computer-graded multiple choice, instructor-graded writing assignments including hands-on projects, model building and other forms of authentic assessments.
Technical Skills Needed: Basic technology skills necessary to locate and share information and files as well as interact with others in a Learning Management System (LMS), include the ability to:
- Download, edit, save, convert, and upload files
- Download and install software
- Use a messaging service similar to email
- Communicate with others in online discussion or message boards, following basic rules of netiquette
- Open attachments shared in messages
- Create, save, and submit files in commonly used word processing program formats and as a PDF
- Edit file share settings in cloud-based applications, such as Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides
- Save a file as a .pdf
- Copy and paste and format text using your mouse, keyboard, or an html editor’s toolbar menu
- Insert images or links into a file or html editor
- Search for information within a document using Ctrl+F or Command+F keyboard shortcuts
- Work in multiple browser windows and tabs simultaneously
- Activate a microphone or webcam on your device, and record and upload or link audio and/or video files
- Use presentation and graphics programs
- Follow an online pacing guide or calendar of due dates
- Use spell-check, citation editors, and tools commonly provided in word processing tool menus
- Create and maintain usernames and passwords
Additional Information: None