This AATA Planning Guide will help you work through the overlapping stages of the process to help students identify and work towards their adult life goals.
The goal of this lesson is to give students ownership over classroom policies by asking them to research and support a cell phone policy that they believe should be used in our classroom. Students will discuss and debate the policy after researching and then they will create the policy that we will follow for the first quarter. After the first quarter, we will reevaluate the policy for effectiveness. Students will use research and speaking and listening standards to complete this PBL for an authentic purpose. It is important to actually implement the policy for that particular class, or students will not feel the
It's never too soon to begin teaching basic financial concepts, such as human capital, decision-making, saving, and using credit, to young students. Ella's Adventures allow your students to follow young Ella as she learns important life lessons.
“How Daniel Got What He Wanted” is the fifth video in the Explore Economics animated series. It will help students understand that people have to save to get the things they want. Daniel wants a new bike helmet and must earn income and save to reach his goal.
This video from the Explore Economics series helps kids understand what productivity is and how we can increase productivity. Kids learn that productivity is a measure of output per worker per unit of time. They learn that we can increase productivity through division of labor, investment in human capital, and using new capital resources.
Meet Oscar Ostrich. In this fable, Oscar Ostrich is taught to think about his future needs and set financial goals to become more confident about his financial future. The story is centered on the moral: "If you set and reach financial goals, your needs will be met in the future."
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Resources gathered from INFOhio for the 2023-2024 school year to train and share within our school, MVCTC-Miami Valley Career Technology Center for juniors, seniors, and teachers.
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and developed by the National Center for O*NET Development, the My Next Move: O*NET Interest Profiler helps students discover their interests and how they relate to the world of work using a color-coded survey that includes smiley-face symbols to accompany the numbers to denote level of interest.
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We are faced with the need to make decisions, both big and small, on a daily basis. The earlier young people learn how to make a good decision, the better their decisionmaking skills will be. In this short module, your students will read and listen to a story about Ella, who has decisions to make. While most of her decisions are easy, she runs across a hard one and employs a decisionmaking tool to solve her problem.
Just like any good trip, planning can help you do more of what you want along the way and help you to
enjoy the ride. Your “Transition Suitcase” has many websites, resources, and tools to help you and your
child prepare for life after high school. As you prepare for your transition journey, use your suitcase and
this Transition Roadmap to help you navigate your way. By following this Transition Roadmap, you should
be well-prepared for your child’s exit from school and progression into postsecondary life.