• I can explore three of My Saved Careers and assess if these jobs are aligned with those career factors that I feel are most important

In this 90-minute lesson, students will be able to:
-Professionally negotiate your salary
-Describe key job benefits
-Compare multiple job offers based on a variety of criteria to determine the best fit
-How to react and next steps to follow if you do not get offered the job

Students will be able to
- Identify the quantitative and qualitative benefits of going to college
- Explain the importance of researching expected starting salaries when choosing a college and major
- Understand common costs associated with college
- Explain the difference between sticker price and net price
- Have a conversation with their parents or guardians about paying for college

In this 60-minute lesson, students will be able to:
- Compare the costs of private, public in-state, public out-of-state, and community colleges
- Calculate the difference between sticker price and net price of colleges
- Identify ways to lower the cost of college

Students will be able to
- Identify steps they can take to prepare for student loan repayment
- Understand the different loan repayment options available to them
- Explain how student loan payments work
- Identify the consequences of not making student loan payments
- Compare different loan repayment options such as deferment, forbearance, consolidation, and more

Students will be able to:
-Explain key strategies to maximize the effectiveness of a resume and cover letter
-Analyze real examples of resumes and cover letters to determine their effectiveness
-Create their own resume and cover letter that meet the criteria for success

In this 105-minute lesson, students will be able to:
-Explain what a resume and cover letter are and how they are used in the hiring process
-Identify how a resume differs from a LinkedIn profile
-Write a resume with little to no work experience
-Create a resume and cover letter for yourself

Students will be able to
- Explain why scholarships and grants should be their 1st pick when looking for and accepting financial aid
- Understand the difference between scholarships and grants
- Find scholarships and grants that they are eligible for
- Identify signs of scholarship and grant scams and steps to take to protect themselves

Welcome back to Xello! You’ve been adding important information into your Xello profile the past four years. From skills to experiences to favorite careers, your Xello profile should be full of information about you, what you are interested in, and what you’ve done so far to work towards college or career after high school. Today, we’ll be taking all of that information and putting it together into a resume. First, follow the directions to log into Xello and personalize your Xello page with your tenth grade banner and photo.

Employers often talk about the skills they need in an employee. You may have heard them referred to as soft skills or employability skills or transferable skills. We like to them of them as essential skills, because they are skills that are essential to just about any career. These might include communication skills or basic measurement skills or teamwork. In this Xello lesson, you’ll have the opportunity to think about the skills which are essential to careers today.

In this lesson, you will learn how to conduct a job search at a particular company and in a particular region: local, state or national.You are able to conduct this job search in one of two ways.  If you are entering the workforce directly after high school graduation, you will conduct this job search based on your current reality and experience.  If you plan to attend a technical college or four-year college, you will conduct this job search as if you have earned your certificate and/or degree following college graduation.  

In this lesson, you will write a one-page cover letter to include with a resume when applying for a job. You'll have the opportunity to review some cover letters to see which information makes the most impact with employers and then create one of your own.

A resume is a document used by a person to present their education, skills, work history, and accomplishments. Generally a resume is used when someone is looking for a job. In this lesson, you will critique four resume examples, and then you will construct your own resume.

In the job search process, once you’ve applied for a job and perhaps sent a cover letter and resume, the next step is the interview. Employers generally want to speak face-to-face (or virtually) with potential employees to see if they are a fit for the position employers are hoping to fill. In this lesson, you will prepare and participate in a mock interview to prepare yourself for the real thing.

Graduation is right around the corner! In this lesson, you will ensure your final high school transcript contains all of the graduation requirements necessary for your high school. You’ll then review how to send that transcript to the college/university you plan to attend.  You will know how to get your AP scores and dual credits to the college/university you plan to attend.

In this lesson, you will reflect on the Academic and Career Planning programming that you participated in during high school and how it impacted your career and college readiness. 

In this lesson, you will be confirming that you have taken or are scheduled to take all the necessary courses to meet the graduation requirements at your high school.

In this lesson, you will learn how to complete a technical college application.

In this lesson, you will learn how to complete a 4-year college application.

In this lesson, you will learn what the FAFSA is, how to create a FAFSA account and how to complete the FAFSA. The FAFSA is the acronym for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.  The FAFSA is a form that should be completed by any student that plans to enroll in a technical college or a four-year college both public and private.  It is completely FREE to fill out the FAFSA form.