Middle School

Middle School Academic and Career Planning Goal

Complete self-awareness activities to develop an understanding of personal strengths, weaknesses and interests and their relationships to potential career pathways.

 

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Self-Awareness

  • Start Matchmaker

  • Start the Learning Style Inventory

  • Create a My Journal entry

  • Forward Exam

  • Complete Matchmaker

  • Complete Forward Exam

  • Start a new Matchmaker assessment

  • Complete the My Skills assessment.

  • Forward Exam

Career Exploration

  • Click suggested Matchmaker occupations to review Suitable for You? Feedback and profiles

  • Explore careers by keyword in the Careers sections

  • Explore STEM related careers

  • Attend UW-Platteville Engineering Days

  • ACP Field Trips

  • Explore top five occupations from matchmaker (job description, earnings, education, sample career path, and suitable for you?)

  • Research careers by school subject.

  • Explore STEM related careers

  • Attend UW-Platteville Engineering Days

  • ACP Field Trips

  • Click suggested Matchmaker occupations to review Suitable for you? Feedback and profiles.

  • In Careers section, research careers by cluster and by industry

  • Exposure to careers in the Health field.

  • Explore STEM related careers

  • Attend UW-Platteville Engineering Days

  • ACP Field Trips

Education Planning

 

 

  • Explore Education section in occupation profiles of interest, either new or saved

  • Based on career interests and goals, complete 9th grade courses using Course Planner

Portfolio Development

(My Plan)

  • Save Matchmaker and Learning Styles Inventory results(and My Journal entry)

  • Save at least one career of interest

  • Add at least one hobby/interest and one extracurricular activity

  • Add at least one-short term and one long-term goal

  • Save Matchmaker results.

  • Save at least one career of interest.

  • Update hobbies, extra curriculars, and goals.

  • Save Matchmaker and My Skills results

  • Save two careers and two clusters of interest

  • Add at least one skill/ability and new hobbies and extracurricular activities

  • Review and add at least one short term and one long term goal (and a My Journal entry)

Financial Literacy and Life Skills

 

  • The Real Game (Unit 1: 1-3, Unit 2: 1-2, Unit 4: 1, 2, 5)

  • The Real Game

(Unit 3: Changes and Choices, sessions 1-4?

(Unit 4:Personal journey, sessions 1, 2, and 5)