Integration+Plan

__Name of Designer:__ **Mary S. Day** __School/District:__ **Belle Fourche High School/Belle Fourche School District 9-1**

__A. Subject Area/Topic__: **Business Communications** __Grade Level__: **12**

__B. Targeted Standard__: **COMM 3.3 Utilize professional employment communication**__.__

__C. Unpack the Standard: What do students need to know?__ __What do students need to be able to do?__
 * **Aptitudes**
 * **Skills**
 * **Interests**
 * **Resumes**
 * **Job application forms**
 * **Letters of application**
 * **Thank you letters**
 * **Follow up documents**
 * **Take career interest surveys and aptitude tests**
 * **Conduct mock interviews.**
 * **Prepare resumes.**
 * **Write letters of application.**
 * **Complete job application forms.**
 * **Prepare answers to potential interview questions.**

__D. Academic Vocabulary: List the key terms students will need to know in order to understand the content.__
 * **Resume: A b rief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, that are prepared by an applicant for a job.**
 * **Interview: A formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person **
 * **Applications: Documents or letters prepared to apply for a job, college, or scholarship.**
 * **Aptitudes: Ability, talent, or readiness or quickness in learning.**

__E. Assessments__ __Formative:__
 * **Successful completion of SD MyLife Career Matchmaker, Ability Profiler, and Interests and Skills Assessments. Students answers will be recorded and saved in their indivual portfolios on SD MyLife. I will be able to access these answers and review their potential career selections and discuss with individual student.**
 * **Completion of SDMyLife Resume Builder. I will review these online resumes and offer feedback for revisions, if necessary.**
 * **Completion of MS word computer generated resume. I will give a one time correction for accuracy, spelling and grammar before final submission.**
 * **Completion of responses to potential interview questions. I will review these responses and offer feedback and comments before student participates in formal interview.**

__Summative:__
 * **End of unit examination covering interview process and resumes.**

__F. Student Learning Activity #1:__
 * 1) __What will students be asked to do?__ **Students will gain an understanding of their career opportunities through an assessment of interests, skills, abilities and aptitudes as they relate to selecting a potential job or career. This will be done with the program SD MyLife, otherwise known as Career Cruising offered by the South Dakota Department of Education. Students will participate with the online Career Matchmaker, Interests and Skills, and Ability Profiler assessments as part of the SD MyLife program.**
 * 2) __How might this be framed as an inquiry based situation?__ **This activity is inquiry based because students must search within themselves for answers about their likes, dislikes, aptitudes and interests and how they apply to potential careers. Students must then compare and analyze the results of potential careers they may be interested in as a result of the online assessments they took on SD MyLife.**
 * 3) __In what ways could this be connected to an authentic learning experience?__ **By discovering what their aptitudes and interests are, they discover what potential careers they may enjoy in the working world after their post-secondary education is complete by matching the career up with their corresponding interests and abilities.**

__Which type of resource is this? (Teacher or Student) (Online or Offline)__ Where will I use this activity in the instructional cycle? __﻿__
 * **Student resource**
 * **Online**
 * **__Opening Motivational Activity__**

__Which 21st century skills wil be addressed?__ F. __Student Learning Activity #2__
 * **Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.**
 * 1) __What will students be asked to do?__ **Students will gather the necessary informtaion to prepare a resume using SD MyLife Resume Builder to help procure future employment, admittance to post-secondary school, or scholarship opportunities.**
 * 2) __How might this be framed as an inquiry based situation?__ **Students will explore SD MyLife.Com and determine what information is necessary and meaningful to be included on their individualized resume.**
 * 3) __In what ways could this be connected to an authentic learning experience?__ **These resumes will be real and meaningful to them they will actually be used in a potentially real world experience, such as a job or scholarship interview.**

__Which type of resource is this? (Teacher or Student) (Online or Offline)__
 * **Student resource**
 * **Online**

__Where will I use this activity in the instructional cycle?__ __﻿__
 * **Central Focus of Lesson Plan**

__Which 21st century skills wil be addressed?__ F. __Student Learning Activity #3__
 * **Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.**

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 * 1) __What will students be asked to do?__ **Students will prepare responses to commonly asked interview questions.**
 * 1) __How might this be framed as an inquiry based situation?__ **Students access different research potentials such as SD MyLife and online college placement centers and determine which questions are appropriate for them to answer.**
 * 2) __In what ways could this be connected to an authentic learning experience?__ **Students will gain understanding of potential interview questions that are applicable to them and develop appropriate answers to help either gain employment or secure scholarships that they applying for.**

__Which type of resource is this? (Teacher or Student) (Online or Offline)__
 * **Student resource**
 * **Online**

__Where will I use this activity in the instructional cycle?__ __﻿__ __Which 21st century skills wil be addressed?__ G. __How will I configure my classroom for the learning activity?__ > **One to one, using classroom computers or mobile laptops as rotating stations** > **Note: My classroom is a computer lab.** > __How will I manage implementation?__
 * **Research Tool for Students**
 * **Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.**

__Classroom Management__
 * **General computer rules/procedures (Students are seniors and are aware of appropriate internet usage. I will also be monitoring the room and walking around to facilitate the process.)**
 * **Specific directions for activity (****I will provide students with user names and passwords to secure access to SD MyLife. Students will use this website for all three activities.)**

__What additional considerations will support successful implementation?__
 * **Software: SD MyLife program sponsored by the South Dakota Department of Education.**
 * **Hardware: Computers from my computer lab.**
 * **Supplemental Materials: Examples of other student's work (resumes), handouts and other supplemental information.**
 * **Other: Websites from other college placement centers and sites about the interview process.**

H. **Reflect on the integration plan**. __What considerations need to be made?__ __What is my alternate plan if for some reason the technology is unavailable?__
 * **Some students may not feel the need to participate in this unit, or they don't feel the need to participate with the SD MyLife program because they believe they already know their post-secondary plans. Sometimes students may need to be prompted or guided to help them understand the importance of these activities, due to the fact that they may be unaware of some of their interests, or that they may change their minds with their post-secondary plans.**
 * **If technology is unavailable, several of the lessons can be supplemented with printed materials. SD MyLife has a career interest survey that can be filled out to guide the student to the potential career cluster they may be interested in. Students may also access reference material I have accumulated from career placement centers for potential interview questions. Since I have a computer lab, technology will most likely be able to be utilized the next day.**

I. __How does this plan fit with the rest of your general curriculum to support student learning?__

N. __In what ways could you tailor this integration plan to meet the individual student learning needs?__
 * **These activities all fit within my general curriculum to support student learning becuse it is one of the main focuses of career exploration that students will need to develop their post-secondary plans. Students need to develop a career selection, and the self reflective knowledge of student interest, abilities, and aptitudes, preparation of resumes, and the preparation of a mock interview are the skills and tools they will need to secure gainful employment, access to college, or successful receipt of scholarships.**
 * **Considerations may need to be made for students who do not have as many experiences as their fellow classmates and may not have as much to place on their resume. Some students have a vast amount of extracurricular activities, honors and awards, community service, and work outside of school experiences, while others may have very little. Sometimes students may be unaware of what they have done, or how they can express their experiences or ideas on a resume. I will offer assistance and guidance as needed to help facilitate the process.**


 * **Students with special needs will be able to adapt well to this lesson because SD MyLife is a very user friendly program. Special needs students will be able to use this program and with the help of either myself or other trained staff to help them interpret the results. Resumes will also be able to be attainable with this program. Answers to potential interview questions may be answered in a manner that is comfortable to my special needs students, either by computer, handwritten, or answered orally.**