Standard C2

C2:  Acquire Knowledge to Achieve Career Goals

1. Demonstrate how interests, abilities and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational and career goals.
   Students:

• Read Holland's Theory of Career Choice and You, Free Agent Worker, and Identify Your Skills and Make Them Work for You.
• Relate them separately to their personal goals, social goals, educational goals, and career goals
• Make multiple copies of "What Color are Your Feathers? for the students and have them read and discuss how Holland's theory relates to their goals. Order from the Career Key eBookStore.
  
  

2. Learn how to use conflict management skills with peers and adults
   Students:
   

• Read The Foundation Skills, particularly the "People Skills", and describe how these skills apply to them personally ant to their future work.
• Download and print this 2-page copy of the Foundation Skills at the first page of this module.  Counselors or educators may make multiple copies to distribute for nonprofit purposes.
• Use the suggested activities in this module to learn conflict management skills.
  
  

3. Learn to work cooperatively with others as a team member
   See #2 above.
   
   
4. Apply academic and employment readiness skills in work-based learning situations such as internships, shadowing and/or mentoring experiences
   Students:
   

• Read The Foundation Skills and discuss how these relate to work-based learning situations.
• Download and print this 2-page copy of the Foundation Skills at the first page of this module.  Counselors or educators may make multiple copies to distribute for nonprofit purposes.