🛣️ Navigating Career Planner V2

In the Career Planner application, you are provided with ways to discover a career, guidance on how to obtain the necessary training to enter the field, and assistance in finding schools or colleges to prepare. Click the caret on the left side menu to expand the area below. 

Learn About Myself

Examine Interests, Preferences, and Skills to explore how they align with potential careers.   There are no right or wrong answers - think about what you want to do and have fun!  Click on Attempt to begin one of the three self-assessments. Helpful Resource:  Learn About Myself - Assessments (Student) V2

When completed, results are provided, and suggested careers are matched.

Surveys

Surveys guide you through activities designed by your school district to help you complete your High School and Beyond Plan. Click the survey link to begin answering the provided questions.

Helpful Resource:  Career Planner Customization Options for more information.

Review My Traits

After completing two or more self-assessments, the Review My Traits page will populate a list of careers that match your traits. The careers that match the most self-assessments will be at the top. Click the heart on any career(s) you may want to investigate or are interested in.

Research Careers

What will you do in your career every day?  How much does it pay?  What is the training required?  Will there be jobs in the future?  Who hires people for these jobs?  These are all important factors to consider when making decisions about your future. Helpful Resource: Research Careers (Educator) V2

Career Search 

 Use the search boxes to find careers by name, self-assessment results, or programs and schools favorited.

Career Clusters 

These are areas categorized by type of career. Click into Career Cluster or your favorites to explore similar careers in your area of interest.

Occupational Personality Types 

These areas are categorized by the personality types identified in the Self Assessments. Click on an Occupational Personality Type to view the various careers categorized under it.

Investigating a Career

From any area where you see the name of a career, click on it to learn more. This provides an overview of the career and its median salary in Washington. Click the (+) to see a complete description of the career. To learn more about the career, click 'Dig Deeper'.

Reality Check

Use Reality Check to build a budget for a future lifestyle. Then, see the careers that will support their life choices.

From the Introduction, click "Location" to begin—a button that leads to the next part of Reality Check as you progress.

Results

Once each category of Reality Check is filled in, the Results page will display a list of Careers to favorite or explore further.

• Drop-down boxes can be changed to view other career options. 
• Click 'Edit' to update the annual salary by changing the monthly expenses. 
• Select 'No Preference' to display careers for all other options.

Helpful Resource: Reality Check: Basic Guide (Student) V2 

Find Programs

Program search is a versatile tool that allows you to look up educational programs using various filtering options quickly. It includes Colleges, Apprenticeships, Certification, and Vocational Training Programs.

Program Search - Use the search boxes to find educational programs by name, self-assessment results, or careers and schools that you favor.

Find Schools

School Search 

Use the search boxes to find schools by name or state. Click the Advanced Search to search by a specific Location, School Size, Housing, Sports, and more.

Compare - Select Education Institutions to compare. Filter and click the checkmark to the left of the institutions you wish to compare. Selections will be reflected in the Your Selected Educational Institution(s). Click "View Selected" to review your choices, then click "Add Education Institution(s)".

Results will be compared in terms of tuition, Setting, Degrees, School Population, Admissions, Housing, Student Activity, Type, and Sports.

Resumes

Build a resume. In the resume sections, click the + to add. Then, print the resume using a pre-set template or upload it.                                  

Helpful Resource: Assembly My Portfolio: Resume 

Assemble My Portfolio

The portfolio stores assessment results, favored careers, programs, schools,  goals, and experiences.

Helpful Resource:

•  Assemble My Portfolio 
• Career Planner Customization Options 

Compositions

Fill in the fields to create Letters or Essays that you can access later. This is an excellent location for writing cover letters; then, generate them for printing. In the selected area, click the +Add to begin.

Goals

Create  Education/Academic, Career, Community, or Personal goals. These can be entered each school year and reflected on to see how they have grown. Then, in the selected area, click the +Add to begin. 

Helpful Resource: Career Planner: Creating Goals

Assignments/Worksheets

The District provides links here to access reference information, help for a specific graduation year, or assignments to complete. Follow the instructions in the comments and click the link to access the document/webpage.

College Bound

The College Bound Scholarship program is an early commitment of state financial aid to eligible students who enroll in middle school and fulfill the scholarship's requirements. In Partnership with the Washington Student Achievement Council, we provide access to the tools and resources your students need to become college-bound.

Financial Information

The information found here will help students learn about various educational financing options. It starts with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or the Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WAFSA). Included is a Financial Aid Reflection Survey that can be found in the top right by clicking Launch Survey. When completed, this will be reflected in the student's Assemble Portfolio.

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