PreICE

__PreICE (Intensive Career Exploration)__ ==The PreICE course is designed to prepare students to learn about the world of work. Students will use the __www.ihaveaplaniowa.gov__ website to complete the self assessments and learn about different careers. At the same time, they will complete 5 items to turn in (Part of 2 projects). Students may either turn in a hard copy they have printed, or they can e-mail them to me. ==

=1. What to do with the __ihaveaplaniowa.gov__ web site: =



1. Create an account. (Please list Future Pathways as your school.) 2. Complete the following activities in "Learn About Yourself" (found in the "Career Planner" section): Interest Profiler Work Values Sorter Career Cluster Survey 3. Use the results from these 3 activities to complete the projects below.

=2. Complete these 5 Projects:=



1. ICE Notes: Complete this document as you are working through the ihaveaplaniowa.gov web site. As each activity is completed, fill out your results on the notes. Stop before completing the Career/Life Plan. The rest of the notes should be completed when you finish with the Career Notes Matrix.



2. Career Notes Matrix: Complete this document when you are done with the Interest Profiler, Work Values Sorter, and Career Clusters Survey. You should be able to choose your careers by looking at the results from the Interest Profiler, but may need to use the other results as well.



3. About Me PowerPoint: To be completed when #1 and #1 are finished. Us the other two notes to create this PowerPoint. You will also need to go back to the ihaveaplaniowa.gov web site to copy some charts and graphs as well. This is about your career and learning interests. This is your main presentation for the "career interests" portion of the course.



4. Resume: Please take out the information from the resume provided and add in your own information.



5. Job Interview Practice: These are 10 practice questions that are common in an interview. Pretend that you are practicing for an actual interview and answer them. Be sure to use complete sentences and correct grammar. Another good idea is to restate the question. This is another project that you will have to present and discuss with me.