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Mississippi Career Exploration
and Planning Expectations
Each student should have an individualized success plan to help them make career and college
decisions, plan a course of study, and make financial aid assessments with family members.
BY THE END OF THE 6TH GRADE BY THE END OF THE 7TH GRADE BY THE END OF THE 8TH GRADE BY THE END OF THE 9TH GRADE
A student should be supported to: A student should be supported to: A student should be supported to: A student should be supported to:
• take an interest assessment • create an Individual Success Plan (ISP) • complete a career cluster survey • revisit career cluster interest survey
https://www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/ https://cte.careertech.org/sites/default/ https://www.bls.gov/k12/content/students/
Assessments/self-assessments.aspx • develop an awareness of careers files/StudentInterestSurvey-English.pdf careers/career-exploration.htm
• explore careers related to students’ and companies based in MS • attend a career exploration day/career fair • develop self-awareness of skills,
strengths, skills, and talents http://riseupms.com/planning/job-hunter/ work values, and interests
https://kids.usa.gov/teachers/ • revisit interests and continue to explore • Check with your local high school https://www.careeronestop.org/
lesson-plans/jobs/index.shtml careers related to talents and skills and/or community college ExploreCareers/explore-careers.aspx
• develop an awareness of career clusters https://www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/ • be exposed to finance literacy • explore various careers
and jobs relating to those career clusters Assessments/self-assessments.aspx unit in a course or workshop https://www.mynextmove.org/
https://www.knowitall.org/ • review graduation requirements http://financeintheclassroom.org/ • review 9th grade “College Planning Guide”
subject/career-education • complete the student planning tool passport/eighth/math.shtml https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/
• identify employability and social skills i.e. • review graduation requirements and CollegePlanning/media/pdf/BigFuture-
work-readiness skills important to career A student should know: high school opportunities as well as College-Planning-9th-10th-Graders.pdf
success and apply basic technological • the importance of academic success how academic and extracurricular • meet with school counselor
skills relating to a variety of careers and consequences of falling behind choices vary from middle school to discuss coursework and
https://www.careeronestop.org/GetMyFuture/ https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/ postsecondary (PS) career plans
ExploreCareers/what-are-you-good-at.aspx • what an Individual Success Plan (ISP) is digitalServices/swf/college-ed/middle-school-
• create an action plan with and how to create a 5 year academic plan educator-guide-1/files/inc/861984397.pdf • become aware of federal and state
academic and personal goals • review/revise ISP financial aid opportunities
https://secure-media.collegeboard. https://secure-media.collegeboard.
org/CollegePlanning/media/pdf/ • complete the student planning tool org/CollegePlanning/media/pdf/
BigFuture_academic_portfolio.pdf BigFuture_Finanical_Aid_checklist.pdf
A student should know: A student should know: • become aware of institutional and
• the concept of career clusters private scholarship opportunities
• why people need to work for further exploration https://get2college.org/student-
• what college is, why people go, and tools/scholarships/
the different types (2 year vs. 4 year) • possible career clusters of interest • review/revise ISP
• the relationship between personal qualities, • the relationship between community • complete the student planning tool
education, training, and the world of work service/extracurricular activities and
postsecondary/career goals A student should know:
• one or two career clusters for further
exploration and development
• the relationship between HS
coursework, attendance, grades,
community service, and extracurricular
activities to PS and career plans
• the general cost ranges of
various PS options
November 2017
BY THE END OF THE 10TH GRADE BY THE END OF THE 11TH GRADE BY 12/31 OF THE 12TH GRADE
A student should be supported to: A student should be supported to: A student should be supported to:
• review/revise/redo “Career Exploration” • create an ACT profile account • create an ACT profile account
activities on Career One Stop, Bureau Labor https://www.actprofile.org/login https://www.actprofile.org/login
Statistics, My Next Move, and careertech.org • create a College Board Big Future account • create a College Board Big Future account
• review “College Planning” checklist for 10th grade https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started
http://media.collegeboard.com/CollegePlanning/ • review “College Planning Checklist” for 11th grade • review “College Planning
media/pdf/BigFuture-College-List-Handout.pdf https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/CollegePlanning/media/ Checklist” for 12th grade
• research colleges to find potential matches pdf/BigFuture-College-Planning-Calendar-Juniors.pdf https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/
for career and personal interest (“Match and • research colleges to find potential matches for career and personal CollegePlanning/media/pdf/BigFuture-
Fit”) using one or more of the following: interest (Match an Fit) using one or more of the following: College-Planning-Calendar-Seniors.pdf
• College Board College List Handout • College Board College List Handout • research colleges to find potential matches
http://media.collegeboard.com/CollegePlanning/media/ http://media.collegeboard.com/CollegePlanning/media/pdf/BigFuture-College-List-Handout.pdf for career and personal interest (“Match and
pdf/BigFuture-College-List-Handout.pdf • ACT Profile Fit”) using one or more of the following:
• ACT Profile https://www.actprofile.org/login • College Board College List Handout
https://www.actprofile.org/login • Get2College Planning Guide http://media.collegeboard.com/CollegePlanning/
• Get2College Planning Guide http://get2college.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/General-Booklet-2016-17-2.pdf media/pdf/BigFuture-College-List-Handout.pdf
http://get2college.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/ • ACT Profile
General-Booklet-2016-17-2.pdf • College Scorecard https://www.actprofile.org/login
• College Scorecard https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ • Get2College Planning Guide
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ • schedule campus visits-virtual or in-person http://get2college.org/wp-content/
• meet with school counselor to review https://www.campustours.com/ uploads/2016/06/General-Booklet-2016-17-2.pdf
progress toward high school graduation • attend college fairs • College Scorecard
and academic/career goals www.get2college.org https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
• review criteria for state financial aid • create a resume and a personal statement • attend college fairs
http://riseupms.com/state-aid/ http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/ www.get2college.org
• review types of federal financial aid resumes-cover-letters-high-30847.html?tab=4 • schedule campus visits-virtual or in-person
https://financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov/tk/learn/types.jsp • participate in a mock job interview https://www.campustours.com/
• emphasize institutional and private https://everydayinterviewtips.com/15-possible-questions-for-high-school-student-job-interviews/ • meet with school counselor and ensure
scholarship opportunities • identify an internship opportunity related to career pathway 3 or more admission applications
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/outside-the- to PS institutions are complete
• obtain information regarding assessments: classroom/how-to-find-an-internship-youll-value • attend a FAFSA completion workshop
• ACT • meet with school counselor to review progress towards high www.get2college.org
https://www.actprofile.org/login school graduation and academic/career goals By the end of the 12th grade:
• SAT
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started • review criteria for state financial aid • address any remedial needs
• PSAT http://riseupms.com/state-aid/
https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/get-started/educator- • review types of federal financial aid • obtain an internship opportunity
resource-center/collegeed-college-planning-program https://financialaidtoolkit.ed.gov/tk/learn/types.jsp relating to career pathway
• set academic and college/career goals https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/
• emphasize institutional and private scholarship opportunities get-started/outside-the-classroom/how-
• identify 2-3 adults to support him/her through • discuss ACT, PSAT, SAT, and AP test administration to-find-an-internship-youll-value
the college and career selection process • receive industry-based certification
• review/revise ISP • set academic and college/career goals https://www.nccer.org/
• register for NCAA (if applicable) • attend a financial aid award letter workshop
• complete the student planning tool https://web3.nca.org/ecwr3/ www.get2college.org
A student should know: • review/ revise ISP A student should know:
• educational requirements, cost, • complete the student planning tool • how career pathway and courses
expected entry level, and midpoint A student should know: experiences articulate to degree
salary for occupations of interest programs at PS options
• different types of PS credentials and institutions • application deadlines, test timing, cost, and prep for industry based certifications • estimated cost of each PS option
• general timing of college entrance • career attributes related to career interests • affordability of PS options in relation
exams and applications • entrance requirements, including application deadlines, for expected PS career pathway to expected entry level career
• the benefit of early college credit opportunities salary and anticipated debt
and PS access and completions • 3-5 match schools, one safety, and one reach school for PS career pathway • terms and conditions of any
• financial aid deadlines for chosen PS options scholarship or loan
November 2017
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