Daily Learning Contract
- Topic: Saved Career Evidence
- Objective: Students will identify at least three career opportunities in Xello and explain one current fit using task, preparation, work-condition, or profile evidence.
- TEKS: d(1)(C)
- Demonstration of Learning: Xello record with at least three saved careers plus Xello Save Three Careers Reflection.
Lesson Overview
| Time | 50 minutes |
| Objectives | Complete the required Xello Save careers task; save at least three careers; connect one saved career to route, responsibility, or work-condition evidence |
| TEKS | d(1)(C) |
| 5E Phases | Engage: Warm-Up, Explore: Xello career review and save task, Explain: individual comparison, Evaluate: completion check and close |
| Deliverable | Xello record with at least three saved careers plus Xello Save Three Careers Reflection |
| Materials | Xello accounts, licensed My Careers teacher guide in Canvas, Xello Save Three Careers Reflection |
Warm-Up (5 min)
WARM-UP: Name one career you want to keep exploring and one fact you still need before you could make a decision.
Students may choose careers outside Health Science. Saving a career means keeping it for comparison, not committing to it.
Activity 1: Required Xello Save Careers (30 min)
Protect the full configured time. The Bowie Grade 8 Completion Standards require students to save at least three careers.
Default setup is individual work with one device per student. A peer may navigate beside a student, but each student saves careers in their own account. Provide one reflection per student as paper or digital annotation.
- Open Xello through ClassLink.
- Use Explore Careers or a profile recommendation.
- Open a career and review daily tasks, preparation, and work conditions.
- Save the career.
- Repeat until at least three careers appear in the saved-careers list.
The teacher checks the Completion Standards report. A screenshot may help with troubleshooting, but the Xello report is the completion record.
Safe trim: Shorten the comparison to one career, one evidence statement, and one fact to verify. Do not cut the 30-minute Xello block or the final report/catch-up check. Reserve two minutes for students to confirm saves, sign out, and close personal account screens.
Students who cannot access Xello complete the paper reflection and move to a supervised catch-up list. Paper work does not replace the district completion requirement.
Activity 2: Individual Comparison (10 min)
Students complete the Xello Save Three Careers Reflection. They identify:
- one saved career that currently fits,
- one Week 0 result or building block that supports the choice,
- one career that needs more research, and
- the exact fact they will check next.
H&L App Exploration and eDynamic Unit 4.2 Part 2 are optional extensions. They do not replace the required Xello task.
Exit Ticket (5 min)
EXIT TICKET (Concept Map / Connection Diagram) · Printable PDF:
Place one saved career in the center. Connect it to:
- one daily responsibility,
- one preparation step,
- one work condition or salary-source label, and
- one reason to keep exploring or rule it out.
Star the connection that comes from a verified source. (d(1)(C))
Differentiation
- Support: Reduce the initial browse to three teacher-selected career pages, then allow the student to replace one after completing the minimum.
- Extension: Compare one saved Health Science career with one saved career from another cluster using the same three evidence categories.
- ELL: Pre-teach save = guardar, compare = comparar, work condition = condición de trabajo, preparation = preparación. Students may use Xello audio and language supports when available.