High School Career Website Case Study

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When I was young I wanted to become a teacher; however, that all changed throughout the years. What had motivated me to become a teacher was all the supplies they had like the whiteboards, the markers, and the construction paper. It seemed fun and interesting to me to have all the supplies. I no longer wish to become a teacher. As I grew older I realized that I wanted to do something that has me going to places, seeing new things, speaking with diverse individuals, and for that reason I chose to be involved in Real estate.

The career that I am going to research is teaching at the middle school level. Teachers educate students, they inspire students, they learn from the students, and they change the way they teach, to better help the children learn, as well as change the way the children learn and think.

Career and technical schools are educational facilities that allow students to explore a specific career or field that they are interested in. They offer approximately sixteen different career and technical choices and over 70 different sub-careers ranging from Education and Training, Government and Public Administration, Manufacturing, Information Technology, Finance, Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to Transportation, Distribution and Logistics plus other career fields of interest that appeal to the students. The Career and Technical Education Schools are able to fulfill the needs of employers who are looking for specific criteria when hiring a new employee to fill an available position within their company. () Since the students

Throughout my educational career at St. Paul High School I have been involved in many roles of academic excellence and leadership that I believe have well-prepared me for my future.  As a freshman and sophomore, I received two ACE Awards for maintaining a minimum 4.0 GPA and as a junior received and Academic Letter.  During my sophomore year of high school, I participated in a number of leadership roles including 2015 HOBY ambassador and The Congress of Future Medical Leaders delegate.  Now, as a senior, I have taken on more positions of academic leadership such as participating on the St. Paul High School Academic Challenge Team and being a member of the National Honor Society.  Although these are only a number of my accomplishments over the

The mission of the Career Center is, “to design and deliver high-quality career services to UNT students and alumni through collaboration with campus, local, and global partnerships” (Career Center, 2014). This is supported by their vision statement, “Empowering students and alumni to identify and achieve individual goals for career success” (Career Center, 2014). The mission and vision statements both closely align with the Council for the Advancement of Higher Education (CAS, 2015), the National Association Colleges and Employers (NACE), and The University of North Texas (UNT). According to the UNT website, the mission of UNT is, “a major public research university deeply committed to advancing educational excellence and preparing students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens of the world” (Mission, 2015). The Career Center complements the mission of the institution by providing services that enable students to pursue

As students graduate high school they are faced with the overwhelming decision of what to do next with their life. As juniors in high school, you all have

The Office of Career Services purpose is to assist the institution’s students and alumni in exploring meaningful career-educational experience, developing job search skills, and achieving employment or gaining acceptance into graduate or professional schools. Students from six schools, including the School of Agriculture, Research, Extensions,

Foundations of successful career considerably rely on the early college life successes. It is a commonly believed and supported that, for a successful career, strong academic records are highly pivotal as they provide a solid and impeccable foundation to the career. And this can only be achieved through engaging oneself in all academic courses which are taught in every class of high school and college life. For this objective, undivided attention, effective time management, at college level for all courses are those fundamental conditions that bring and ensure academic success. Based on this perspective, U.S. high school students who engage in early college high school courses are more likely to have early

I do enjoy the school I currently attend, but I’m not sure that what’s available here will be able to fully prepare me for college. At my current school the only way I could get more experience with my career choice would be at the Career

Occasionally difficult to categorize, career colleges tend to vary significantly from school-to-school. Some tend to focus narrowly on a precise trade or vocation leaving others covering far broader arrays of professional categories. For example, one school may limit their offerings to “technical” careers whereas others focus on vocations traditionally associated with “trades.” Moreover, technical colleges, vocational schools, trade schools, and career schools chronicle a potpourri of descriptions lending itself to even more confusion. Further complicating the career school assortment, in recent years, community colleges embraced the same types of training and certifications. In the final analysis, a school’s classification may not be relevant whatsoever. Each prospective applicant should thoroughly focus on the specific career path or professional objective and how their offerings fulfill the particular mission.

Through out my high school career I never took my education seriously. For most of the four years it was a big blur. I’m not quite sure if it was because of me or if I found myself blaming my surroundings or teachers for my lack of focus and strive to learn. A failure can mean different things to everyone else. Maybe there’s just different types or categories of failures. These failures are meant to teach us something, or motivate us to simply not make these mistakes again.

Naviance is a great tool for not only for college counselors but also school administrators. I am glad to work on this project. After implanting Naviance at my school, most of the high school students took a career interest survey that determines what career clusters they may be interested in. After getting the results from these surveys, my students start exploring their learning style, personality type, career interests, potential college plans and their potential careers, including the tasks and skills of that career, education requirements, and salary range. I am so happy that I have provided an invaluable tool that modernizes the research process, allowing students to use GPAs, test scores, and potential careers to find schools that match

I recently got into contact with my middle school track coach, and have been offered a job as the distance coach for the girl’s track team. I am really excited to help the girls train and improve on their times. I will even be coaching my little sister, which I’m sure she is thrilled about. I originally wanted to do this as a volunteer activity, so I would have something productive to do when I wasn’t tutoring or going to Improv practice. Fortunately, they were looking for someone to help out, and I got the job, with the added bonus of getting a paycheck.

My occupation of choice is web designer, and I chose this because even though I don’t know everything about computers I am very fast at learning about them. It’s never too late to start this occupation and I know if I put time and effort into this\ I know I will love it and I can be good at it. As a web designer I will create and keep up with websites, including the layout, and function according to the client. (Web Developer) Web designing has really developed over time ever since the “World Wide Web” was created and it has visually improved as well as the speed and mobility. The requirements for this occupation vary with what kind of work that they do, they can range from a high school diploma to a bachelor’s degree. Though