10th Grade College and Career Readiness Core

Curriculum Lessons Outcome Results

SUHi School Counseling Team

Spring 2015

Student Competencies
Career Development
C:A1.1 Develop skills to locate, evaluate and
interpret career information
C:A1.2 Learn about the variety of traditional
and nontraditional occupations
C:A1.3 Develop an awareness of personal
abilities, skills, interests and motivations

College and Career Readiness Content

Lesson 1: Exploring your Career Interests

o Discussed how personality, interests, and skills leads to a
career.
o Students completed the Myers Briggs Typology Indicator
career interest assessment along with a career interest
worksheet

Lesson 2: Exploring Majors and Colleges

o Students learned the difference between a major and a career
o Students identified 2 majors that relate to their career interests
by using a career tool, https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
o Students identified 3 colleges that offer the major they are
interested in by using https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/

Why College and Career Lessons?

SUHis A-G completion rate has

consistently been less than both
the districts and CA.
Largest difference in
2012-2013: 6%

What did we do?

Who: 550 10th-graders
What: Received 2 core curriculum lessons
Lesson 1: Exploring your Career Interests
Lesson 2: Exploring Majors and Colleges
When: May 8th and May 15th
Where: English classrooms

Perception Data
What do students believe, know, and can do?

What do students Believe?

I believe that my interest and personality should relate to the career I pursue.

*Likert scale: (A)Strongly Agree to (E) Strongly Disagree

What do students Believe?

I believe that using a college exploration website will help me find a college that will interest me.

Improvement:
23.4%

15%
increase

*Likert scale: (A)Strongly Agree to (E) Strongly Disagree

What do students know?

Improvement:
49%

22%
increase

Which of these is a career?

a. Biology
b. English
c. Nurse
d. Psychology
e. Criminal Justice

What do students know?

Improvement:
24%

10%
increase

Which of these is a major?

a. Piolet
b. Education
c. Nurse
d. Journalist
e. Police

What do students know?

I know how a career and a major go together.

Improvement: 24%

Improvement:
45%

*Likert scale: (A)Strongly Agree to (E) Strongly Disagree

What do students Believe?

I believe it is important to start planning for a career in high school.

Improvement:
12%

*Likert scale: (A)Strongly Agree to (E) Strongly Disagree

What do students Believe?

I believe I will continue my education after high school.

Improvement:
45%

*Likert scale: (A)Strongly Agree to (E) Strongly Disagree

What skills did the students learn?

All students gained the ability to:
Complete a career and personality assessment
use a college/career exploration website, ability to find a
major that relates to their career and a school that
correspond with it (worksheet)

Our goal: A-G Completion Rates

Impact of 10th grade College and Career Lessons

Student Behavior

Identifying careers for schools

Ability to use a college/career
website

Increase college acceptance

rates

Increase college-prep classes

Completing a career
assessment
Identifying career interests

Achievement
Data

Achievement-Related Data

Influence

Increase class rigor

Increase college application rates
Increase career-exploration

Impact

Increase A-G completion

rates (high school graduation)

Limitations
Due to the lack of laptops, students shared in pairs
Did not have enough time to explore the college and
career website