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Day 4: My Career Journey Reflection (Core Day C)

Lesson Overview
Time 50 minutes
Objectives Synthesize Week 0 data (RIASEC, Work Values, Building Blocks, H&L cluster recommendations) into the My Career Journey reflection handout; compare warm-up prediction to actual RIASEC result
TEKS d(1)(A), d(1)(B)
Deliverable Completed My Career Journey reflection handout (turned in to teacher)
Materials Chromebooks, H&L accounts and Workbook (Ch 1), printed My Career Journey reflection handout, projector

Core day. This is the summative.

Today produces the My Career Journey reflection handout, the Week 0 summative assessment. This document is returned to students at 4SW Wk1 Day 1 (mid-year reconciliation) and referenced again at 6SW Wk6 Capstone. Save every completed handout in a class folder labeled "Week 0, return at mid-year and capstone." If a student is absent today, schedule them to complete the reflection on Day 5 flex or the first clean period of 1SW Wk1.

Warm-Up (5 min)

WARM-UP: Open your H&L Climber Profile and look at it. What has changed since Core Day A on Day 2? Name one thing the app now knows about you that it did not know on Tuesday.

Bridge: "The last two core days were about loading data into your Climber Profile. Today is about pulling it all together into a story about who YOU are." Set the tone. Today is reflective and synthesis-focused, not new content.

Activity 1: Review Your Cluster Recommendations (10 min)

Source: H&L Climber Profile cluster recommendations (generated from Core Day A RIASEC + Core Day B Work Values and Building Blocks)

Direct students to open their Climber Profile and find the recommended clusters section. The H&L app has now generated personalized cluster recommendations from the three inputs: RIASEC (Day 2), Work Values (Day 3), and Building Blocks (Day 3).

Students write their top 3 recommended clusters in the workbook margin or notes section. They will use these in the reflection handout.

[H&L PLATFORM] The H&L app uses RIASEC, Work Values, and Building Blocks to generate cluster recommendations. Students should now see a personalized list. These recommendations will refine over the year as students explore and favorite Hats.

Facilitation Tip

If a student's top recommended cluster is a surprise ("I got Agriculture, I live in Irving"), use it as a teaching moment. Agriculture includes Veterinary Science, Food Science, and Environmental Engineering, not just farming. The cluster names can mislead. Encourage students to read the cluster description before dismissing it.

Activity 2: My Career Journey Reflection Handout (30 min)

Source: Synthesis of Core Day A and Core Day B H&L data

Distribute the printed My Career Journey reflection handout. This is the major summative assessment for Week 0. It pulls together everything students learned on Core Days A and B.

Reflection sections (students fill in):

  1. My Top RIASEC Personality Type: ____ (from H&L Discover My Core, Core Day A)
  2. My Warm-Up Prediction vs. My Actual RIASEC Result: Did they match? If yes, what does that tell you about how well you know yourself? If no, what do you think caused the difference?
  3. My Top 2 Work Values: _ and _ (from Core Day B H&L Explore My Work Values)
  4. My Top 3 Building Blocks: _, _, ____ (from Core Day B H&L app entries)
  5. My Top 3 H&L Cluster Recommendations: _, _, ____ (from today's Activity 1)
  6. One Career I Am Curious About: Name one specific Hat from this week (or any career you have heard of) and explain in 2 sentences why it caught your attention.
  7. One Question I Have: Write one question you still have about careers, education, or your future.

This document is revisited at mid-year (4SW Wk1-2 Career Plan) and end-of-year (6SW Wk6 Final Career Plan). Tell students: "Save this. We will look at it again in January and in May. You will be amazed at how much you grew."

Persistent Portfolio (critical for mid-year and capstone)

Keep all students' My Career Journey reflections in a folder (digital or paper) that you can re-issue at 4SW Wk1 Day 1 (mid-year reconciliation) and 6SW Wk6 Day 1 (capstone). Both later weeks directly ask students to reference their Week 0 answers to measure growth. If the reflection is lost, students cannot complete those warm-ups without reconstructing data from memory. A simple class folder labeled "Week 0, return at mid-year and capstone" is enough.

Walk the room as students fill in the handout. Help students who are stuck on item #6 by asking what jumped out at them this week.

DOK 3: What conclusions can you draw about how your RIASEC type, Work Values, and Building Blocks all connect to a possible career cluster? Pick ONE cluster from your top 3 and explain how all three inputs support it.

Exit Ticket (5 min)

EXIT TICKET: Complete this sentence: "The career cluster I am most excited to explore this year is _ because _." (d(1)(B))

Differentiation

  • Support: Provide a fill-in-the-blank version of the My Career Journey reflection with sentence stems pre-printed: "My top personality type is _. My top work value is . The cluster I want to explore is _ because ."
  • Extension: Students who finish early explore the H&L Hat Finder and favorite their first 3 Hats from any cluster. These become part of their Climber Profile portfolio and feed into the 4SW Wk1 Favorites Audit at mid-year.
  • ELL: Bilingual reflection handout with Spanish sentence stems. Pair ELL students with bilingual peers if extended conversation is needed during the reflection.