Career Planning Research ~ Mrs. Cowan

Writing at the Threshold

K. Cowan

Mini Research Project:  Career

For this project you are going to research a career that you are interested in pursuing. You need to find information about this career based on the list below. Once you have collected all of the work, you will write a 5 page paper.

You are required to use at least 3 sources

You must follow MLA format

Here is a list of the information that you should acquire about your career

·         What kind of experience does it require?

·         What kind of preparation (classes, tests, certification, etc.) does it require?

·         Are there entry level positions?

·         Is there room for advancement?

·         How much money do you expect to earn in this career annually?  (You might compare starting salary with experience based salary.)

·         How long does this career usually last?

·         Does it require education beyond a high school diploma? 

College/Career Planning Resources:

Access through Destiny Library Services link
 

Print copies located by front desk in library:

• The Top 100: the fastest growing careers for the 21st century, 5th edition
• Teen's Guide to College and Career Planning: Your High School Road Map..

Digital Ebooks: 

• *Undecided navigating life and learning after high school (Click for access) 
• *Quick guide to college majors and careers (click for access) 

Also, there is the *Occupational Outlook Handbook located within our VRC database collection.

*Use your school username and password for access to Ebooks and databases.

Digital Citizenship Week

This week is National Digital Citizenship Week

Some things to remember when posting:

• Avoid TMI
• Think about the reader
• Keep relationship details to your self
• Curate your photos (check that they are appropriate)

To learn more about Digital Citizenship go to Digital Bytes sponsored by Common Sense Media.

College & Career Planning Guides

College Visits?? Trying to decide?

 Check out the library's collection of College & Career Planning Guides.

•  Best colleges ~2015 Edition 
• College Exploration on the Internet 
• The Princeton Review: Complete book of colleges, 2014
• Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, 2013
• Barron's Profiles of American Colleges: Northeast Edition
• The Ultimate Guide to America's Best Colleges, 2014
• Admission Possible: the "dare to be yourself" guide to getting into the best colleges..

Need money for college?  Check out these scholarship resources.

• Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes
• The Ultimate Scholarship book, 2012

College/Career Planning:

• The Top 100: the fastest growing careers for the 21st century, 5th edition
• Teen's Guide to College and Career Planning: Your High School Road Map..
• Accepted: 50 successful college admission essays 
• Now you tell me! 12 college students give the best advice they never got
• *Undecided navigating life and learning after high school (Click for access) 
• *Quick guide to college majors and careers (click for access) 

Also, there is the Occupational Outlook Handbook located within our VRC database collection.  

*Use your school username and password for access to eBooks.

Weiner~Classification of Species Assignment

For this assignment students will be identifying various animal species.

Classification Resources:

*Use your school username and password to access eBook collection

• Classification of living organisms (eBook) *click here for access
• Classification of life  (Location # 578.01 Ste) 
• The Variety of life: a survey and a celebration of all the creatures that have ever lived (Location # 578 Tud)
• Animals: a visual guide to the animal kingdom (Location # 590 Lai OVS)
• Every living thing: man's obsessive quest to catalog life, from nanobacteria to new monkeys (Location # 578.01 Dun)
•  Magical mushrooms, mysterious molds (Location # 579.5 Hud)
• Peterson field guide to birds of North America (Location # 598 Pet) 
• Fungi, Mushrooms, Toadstools and Molds (eBook) *click here for access