Grade 11 College Independent Study Unit Compiled by Mrs. D. Wittmann
The purpose of this ISU Report is to identify, explore, and refine your career goals and make informed choices about your next steps after secondary school. If you are in a SHSM program, relate the ISU to your area of study.
The ISU framework is a four-step inquiry process built on four questions linked to the four areas of learning in education and career/life planning – Knowing Yourself; Exploring Opportunities; Making Decisions and Setting Goals; and Achieving Goals and Making Transitions The four questions in the ISU framework – Who am I? What are my opportunities? Who do I want to become? and What is my plan for achieving my goals? GENRE APA Report with headings and References AUDIENCE Teacher PURPOSE To identify, explore, and refine your career goals and make informed choices about your next steps after secondary school LANGUAGE Detailed and professional, proper sentence and paragraph structure
ISU Framework
Knowing Yourself Ask: “Who am I?” 1. What are my interests and abilities? 2. What are my traits and values? 3. What am I passionate about and what inspires me?
Exploring Opportunities Ask: What are my opportunities? 1. What high school courses, specialized programs, and extracurricular activities are available to me? 2. What education, training and certification opportunities are available after high school in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace 3. What fields of work exist and what occupations are within them?
Making Decisions and Setting Goals Ask: Who do I want to become? 1. What are my hopes and dreams for the future? 2. What are some goals I want to accomplish? (SMART Goals) 3. What does “success” mean to me?
Achieving Goals and Making Transitions Ask: What is my plan for achieving my goals? 1. What steps should I take to help me achieve my goals? (Action Plan) 2. What resources can help me plan my own pathway? 3. Who can support me in achieving my goals?
Presentation of "Exploring Opportunities" Ask: What are my opportunities? 1. What high school courses, specialized programs, and extracurricular activities are available to me? 2. What education, training and certification opportunities are available after high school in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace 3. What fields of work exist and what occupations are within them?