So last week I lead a WBL Coordinator meeting and we discussed some of the resources in the WBL Toolbox. During our meeting, I encountered a tool that we probably should have utilized earlier this year. For whatever reason, I overlooked this task during our career exploration unit, but I want to revisit this task to make sure you have another solid gold artifact ready for Mock Interview Day and for your future real life interviews. Before we do that, of course, we do need to finish the project that was started last week and present our findings. I realize I wanted to do presentations last Friday, but we all got a little side tracked talking about the Health Science Academy Interview process. That said, here's what we're going to do this week:
Tuesday:
Complete the Block Schedule Lesson Plan table I emailed you last week. These should have been finished last Thursday, but I know our class discussions ate up a lot of class time, so we'll need to finish them in the 35 minutes we have in class. I will not be in the building, but I doubt you'll need much more guidance than what was provided last week. Here's a snapshot of the file I emailed you (your file is in MS Word):
**A side note: Your grade for last week is based off class discussion participation and time on task. Feel free to email me if you have any questions**
Wednesday:
Each student will present his/her Block Schedule Lesson Plans. You will begin class by emailing me your finished schedules. I will display your file on the projector and you will explain the following:
- Which standards will we cover each class period?
- How will the activities work? **THINK PORTFOLIO ARTIFACTS**
- Lecture?
- Projects?
- Online?
- Written?
- Discussions?
- Should we video them and add them to our class social media pages?
- Games?
- How will you be graded?
While you are not presenting, you should keep a list of every activity discussed during class. Look for commonalities or similar themes in each presentation.
Thursday and Friday:
The activity I forgot to cover back in September was the Student Informational Interview, using the Informational Interview Guide. On Thursday, we are going to discuss potential professionals who can be contacted to help us answer specific questions about your desired career. You will then reach out to these individuals to determine when you can discuss their careers. First you will call them and then you will send a letter (sample in the guide linked above). I will walk you through how to send something in the mail in case none of you has any experience doing so.
After reaching out to your industry professional, you will read through the questions in the interview guide and select which questions are most helpful to you. There are over 20 questions in the guide, and I think you can get some great answers if you highlight 8 to 12 questions that make the most sense for you.
Once this is done, you will write a blog post about your progress on this project. Some (hopefully all) of you will have secured a meeting date/time for your interviews. Others (hopefully only a couple) will still be waiting to hear back. Either way, you will post about who you contacted, your experience preparing a letter to go out in the mail, your expectations of your interview, and how you plan to prepare for the interview (how you will dress, whether you'll bring a note pad and/or use your phone to log answers, what you are most interested in learning).
That's it for this week. I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
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