Matching High-Skilled Careers and Colleges

6th Grade High-Skilled Careers #6

Microsoft, 2011

Pre-Test

1. What two-year degree allows students to go directly into a high-skilled career?

2. What two-year degree prepares student to go to a four-year college?

3. How many Carpentry training programs are offered by Minnesota postsecondary institutions?

Objectives

• Identify postsecondary institutions that match your careers of interest

• Identify community and technical colleges that might match your careers of interest

• Update Postsecondary Plan

Review Last Lesson

• People with similar personalities interested in – Similar careers

• Careers ISTJ people are often interested in– Business Executive, Accountant, Police Officer, Detective– Judge, Lawyer, Doctor, Dentist, Computers, Military

• Careers ESFP people are often interested in– Artist, Performer, Actor, Sales Representative, Counselor– Child Care, Designer, Consultant, Photographer, Decorator

Associate Degree to Career

• Automotive• Apparel and Design• Accounting • Construction• Cosmetology/Hair Design• Culinary Arts (Chef)• Dental Assistant

• Electrician• Hotel Management• Nursing• Public Safety• Physician’s Assistant• Veterinary Tech• Welding

Associate Degree to 4-Year College

• Accounting• Art• Business • Computer Science• Education• Fashion Design• Hotel Management

•Horticulture•Nursing• Mathematics• Music• Sciences• Physician Assistant• Visual Arts

4-Year College or University Majors

• Accounting• Biology• Business • Communications • Criminal Justice• Computer Science• Education• Engineering • Finance

•Marketing •Nursing•Psychology• Mathematics• Music• Physical Science • Political Science• Physician’s Assistant• Visual Arts

2-Year Community and Tech. Colleges

• Minnesota Schools Alexandria Tech Anoka-Ramsey CC Century College Fergus Falls CC Itasca Community Coll. Minneapolis (MCTC) Rochester Com./Tech. Winona Technical Col.

•Out-State Schools Wisconsin: Madison CC Illinois: Elgin Com. Col. Western Iowa Technical C. S. Dakota: Lake Area Tech N. Dakota: United Tribes Florida: Miami Dade CC Central Oregon CC New Mex. Military Inst.

4-Year Colleges

• Minnesota Schools Augsburg College Carleton College Gustavus Adolphus St. Johns University University of Minnesota

Crookston Duluth Morris Twin Cities

•Out-State Schools University of Wisconsin Illinois: Northwestern U Iowa: Luther College S. Dakota: Augustana Col. N. Dakota: Trinity Bible New York University Alaska Pacific University University of Hawaii

Google iseek Careers

iseek Careers: Carpenter

Carpenter: Quick Facts

Carpenter Programs

Sample Student

• Interested in being a carpenter• Wants to earn an Carpentry Associate’s degree• Learned about career through iseek website• Likes to build things• Good at kinesthetic activities• Average Salary: $44,000

• Would like to attend Southeast Technical College• Career Match: Carpenter• Major: Carpentry

Update Postsecondary Plan

Update Your Postsecondary Plan

• Identify colleges that may match your• Careers of interest

• Complete sections in Admissions Readiness• Postsecondary Institutions of Interest• Career Match• Majors/Programs of Study of Interest

Pair and Share

1. Are you interested in investigating the iseek website for career and college information? Why or why not?

2. Are there any two-year degrees that interest you? Why or why not?

3. What did you update on your Postsecondary Plan?

Post-Test

1. What two-year degree allows students to go directly into a high-skilled career?

2. What two-year degree prepares student to go to a four-year college?

3. How many Carpentry training programs are offered by Minnesota postsecondary institutions?

Review

• Two-year degree: Directly to a high-skilled career– Automotive, Apparel and Design, Construction, Cosmetology and

Hair Design, Culinary Arts (Chef), Dental Assistant, Electrician, Hotel Management, Nursing, Public Safety, Veterinary Tech, Welding

• Two-year degree: To four-year college/university– Accounting, Arts, Business, Computer Science, Education,

Horticulture, Nursing, Mathematics, Sciences, Physician’s Assistant, Visual Arts and Design

• Number of Carpentry training programs offered by Minnesota postsecondary institutions – 44

References

• Microsoft Office Images. (2011). Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/