Pecatonica Area School District

Middle School Academic and Career Planning Goal

Complete self-awareness activities to develop an understanding of personal strengths, weaknesses and interests and their relationships to potential career pathways.

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Self-Awareness

• Start Matchmaker

• Start the Learning Style Inventory

• Create a My Journal entry

• Forward Exam

• Complete Matchmaker

• Complete Forward Exam

• Start a new Matchmaker assessment

• Complete the My Skills assessment.

• Forward Exam

Career Exploration

• Click suggested Matchmaker occupations to review Suitable for You? Feedback and profiles

• Explore careers by keyword in the Careers sections

• Explore STEM related careers

• Attend UW-Platteville Engineering Days

• Explore top five occupations from matchmaker (job description, earnings, education, sample career path, and suitable for you?)

• Research careers by school subject.

• Explore STEM related careers

• Attend UW-Platteville Engineering Days

• Click suggested Matchmaker occupations to review Suitable for you? Feedback and profiles.

• In Careers section, research careers by cluster and by industry

• Exposure to careers in the Health field.

• Explore STEM related careers

• Attend UW-Platteville Engineering Days

Education Planning

• Explore Education section in occupation profiles of interest, either new or saved

• Based on career interests and goals, complete 9th grade courses using Course Planner

Portfolio Development

(My Plan)

• Save Matchmaker and Learning Styles Inventory results(and My Journal entry)

• Save at least one career of interest

• Add at least one hobby/interest and one extracurricular activity

• Add at least one-short term and one long-term goal

• Save Matchmaker results.

• Save at least one career of interest.

• Update hobbies, extra curriculars, and goals.

• Save Matchmaker and My Skills results

• Save two careers and two clusters of interest

• Add at least one skill/ability and new hobbies and extracurricular activities

• Review and add at least one short term and one long term goal (and a My Journal entry)

Financial Literacy and Life Skills

• The Real Game (Unit 1: 1-3, Unit 2: 1-2, Unit 4: 1, 2, 5)

• The Real Game

(Unit 3: Changes and Choices, sessions 1-4?

(Unit 4:Personal journey, sessions 1, 2, and 5)