It's never too early to start thinking of one's future. Over two class sessions, scholars create a roadmap to meet short and long-term goals related to high school graduation. Roadmaps include the timeline, checkpoints, and barriers. 

Concepts

careers, career goals, career planning, career readiness, career skills, job searching, goal setting, academic goals, financial goals

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Instructional Ideas

• Encourage learners to display their roadmap as inspiration to keep working towards their goal
• Plan to make a checkpoint in which pupils meet with you to discuss their progress
• Invite a high school guidance counselor to speak to the class about the journey to graduation

Classroom Considerations

• Handouts can be shared electronically or printed
• Poster making materials are optional 

Pros

• The plan offers example responses for the discussion portion of the lesson
• Includes an adaption in which participants turn their roadmaps into posters and present them to the class

Cons

• None

Common Core

CCRA.W.2 CCRA.SL.1 CCRA.SL.2 CCRA.SL.4 CCRA.L.1 CCRA.L.2 W.2.4