LAUNCH GRADE 10: SPEAK UP! Let students know that the most important parts of a successful career path are: * having a concrete and attainable career goal that you keep in mind * Making choices that allow you to develop transferable skills along the way Define " transferable skill " as a skill that you develop on the job or through experience that you can take with you and use in another setting. transferable skills help make us all unique. While basic skills (as defined in Lesson 4) are those that we all need to succeed in life after high school, our transferable skills will be different based on our unique pathways. collaborative activity: sample career profiles (10-20 minutes) oBJeCtIVe: StUDEntS WILL SUMMArIZE DIFFErEnt pAthS toWArD oBtAInInG A CArEEr GoAL. Let students know that they are going to practice identifying the steps in an individual's career path. Break the class into groups of three. Direct each group to one of the five Career profiles in the " Career Paths " handout. Assign each student in the group one of the following roles: * reader (reads aloud all materials and instructions) * Documentarian (writes up all necessary information) * presenter (presents small group findings to the large class) Instruct students to read through their assigned profile and to complete the corresponding Career Path timeline for their profile. Let students know that each group will present their career path to the class. Advise them to spend the last few minutes planning their presentations. Inform them that they will have to " introduce " their person to the class and summarize her/his career path. whole group discussion: share-out (10-20 minutes) oBJeCtIVe: StUDEntS WILL SUMMArIZE DIFFErEnt pAthS toWArD oBtAInInG A CArEEr GoAL. When all the groups are done filling out their career path sheets, have the presenter from each group introduce their assigned " profile " to the class and give a brief summary of that person's career path. You may choose to write the identified transferable skills from each group's presentation on chart paper. After all the groups have presented, ask the following questions: * how do each of these career paths differ? * how are they similar? * how did these career paths start in high school? * Which career path was most interesting to you? * What was most surprising to you? 164 LESSon 18: CArEEr pAthS