In case you aren’t familiar with the term, an entrepreneur is a person who organizes and operates their own business. In this lesson, you will identify the skills and characteristics that make entrepreneurs successful, investigate paths to becoming an entrepreneur (e.g. starting your own business, buying a franchise, etc.). You will also explore characteristics and skills that you’ve developed that demonstrate your entrepreneurial spirit!

In this Xello interactive lesson, you will identify the skills and characteristics that make entrepreneurs successful,  investigate paths to becoming an entrepreneur, and explore the benefits and challenges of  becoming an entrepreneur.

Districts in the initiating phase of Academic and Career Planning are increasingly looking for a suggested calendar of ACP activities that can be used to fulfill the PI26 requirements for ACP. The following example calendar of activities can be a place to start. In the chart you’ll find:

* One 30-minute ACP time per month
* Activities which align to the Xello scope and sequence (which means alignment with high school suggested scope and sequence)
* Introduction to other online career research resources
* Some Xello interactive lessons which require students to save careers or interests as prerequisites--please follow the lessons in this order to have the correct prerequisites completed before the Xello lessons
* Struggling students may need additional time to complete activities, while accelerated students can choose from the optional activities for each grade if they complete the activity before class is done
* Optional activities which can be used for enrichment

Districts in the initiating phase of Academic and Career Planning are increasingly looking for a suggested calendar of ACP activities that can be used to fulfill the PI26 requirements for ACP. The following example calendar of activities can be a place to start. In the chart you’ll find:

* One 30-minute ACP time per month
* Activities which align to the Xello scope and sequence (which means alignment with high school suggested scope and sequence)
* Introduction to other online career research resources
* Some Xello interactive lessons which require students to save careers or interests as prerequisites--please follow the lessons in this order to have the correct prerequisites completed before the Xello lessons
* Struggling students may need additional time to complete activities, while accelerated students can choose from the optional activities for each grade if they complete the activity before class is done
* Optional activities which can be used for enrichment

• I can complete the Skills Lab assessment to identify skills that I want to use in my future career
• I can reflect upon the skills that I currently have that will be useful in my future career and explore options for developing the skills that I need to gain in the future

• I can evaluate explore careers that are a good match for me based upon my Skills Lab results
• I can update my saved careers based upon the skills that I prefer to use

• I can identify and reflect upon skills that I may need in my career
• I can identify skills that I am practicing today that I may use in my future career
• I can identify skills that I need to develop

• I can identify experiences that helped me develop a work-related skill
• I can add work experiences (volunteering, joining a club, playing a sport, part-time work) that I have gained that connect to building workplace readiness skills and knowledge

• I can add work-based learning opportunities available through my school that I am interested in pursuing to the Career Goals on My Plan
• I can add part-time work experiences that I will pursue during high school to the Career Goals on My Plan

• I can explain what resilience is and why it is important to achieve success
• I can identify skills, habits, and behaviors that are needed to be successful in high school and beyond

• I can identify the skills, habits, and behaviors needed to be successful in high school
• I can identify potential obstacles to success in high school
• I can develop a personal plan for developing positive student habits and minimize negative influences on my success

• I can identify my learning style
• I can identify and develop learning strategies that work best with my learning style
• I can utilize these strategies to develop resilience and perseverance in courses that are challenging

• I can think realistically about how I did on an assignment or task
• I can develop a strategy or learn how to improve in the future
• I can explain why resilience and perseverance are important to different areas of my life in and out of school
• I can complete a self-assessment to rate myself on resilience and perseverance
• I can reflect on what I’ve learned about careers this year

• I can identify my personality style
• I can explore how my personality style will help me in three careers that are a good match for me

• I can successfully match each Holland Code Label with the description of the personality type
• I can identify how three of my Saved Careers are good matches for my personality

• I can apply background knowledge of personality styles and apply them to career choices
• I can better understand how personality types relate to core job tasks and workplace environments

• I can apply knowledge of personality styles and describe how they connect to a job in a business that I am familiar with
• I can explain how my personality can be helpful at home, school, work, and other areas of my life

• I can reflect on how my personality style has helped me relate to others at school and one other environment (ex. Clubs, sports teams, workplaces, or volunteer activities)

• I can review three career profiles in My Saved Options and will record how I feel about these saved careers
• I can identify factors that I like and dislike about these jobs