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Self Awareness - Overview
Middle school is a critical time in the life long process of establishing one's identity. The importance of self-awareness and a positive self-concept in the career development process cannot be understated. This module helps middle school students develop a greater awareness and appreciation of themselves in relationship to others, school, and the world of work. In the module, students will also have an opportunity to become aware of, explore, and develop personal interests, attitudes, and aptitudes and to understand the life career concept.
Students will understand the importance of matching career options to their personal preferences and how those preferences may change over time due to maturity and experiences. Students should complete an interest assessment, explore careers that match their interests, and decide what careers they are most interested in during their CHOICES session. The career profile in CHOICES will include the career cluster for each occupation. This information is necessary before students complete their ePEP in FACTS.org.
*While there are value and skills assessments in CHOICES, it is recommended that students complete those assessments in high school. There are lesson plans in the Educator’s Toolkit that will orient students to values and skills and how they match to occupations.
Lesson Plans
- Getting to Know Your Interests (PDF, 111KB)
- Skills for the Workplace (PDF, 97KB)
- Values - What's Important to You? (PDF, 83KB)
- Selecting a Lifestyle (PDF, 58KB)
PowerPoint Presentations
- Map Your Future Accessible Version (PDF, 53KB) - (You can begin this module with an overview of career planning and CHOICES)
- Map Your Future PowerPoint (PPT, 708KB) - (You can begin this module with an overview of career planning and CHOICES)
- Florida CHOICES Planner Accessible Version (PDF, 31KB) – Step By Step for Eighth Grade Students
- Florida CHOICES Planner PowerPoint (PPT, 3MB) – Step By Step for Eighth Grade Students
- Florida CHOICES Explorer Accessible Version (PDF, 27KB) - Step By Step for Eighth Grade Students
- Florida CHOICES Explorer PowerPoint (PPT, 3MB) - Step By Step for Eighth Grade Students
Related Resources
- Interest Profiler at Florida CHOICES - Sign onto CHOICES and click the Work Tab. See assessments on the right panel.
- Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
Glossary
- Ability - the power to do something, either intellectual or physical.
- Aptitude - person's natural ability or potential to learn in areas such as technology, music, athletics, art, communications, science, etc.; potential, or knack, for learning certain skills.
- Career cluster - a group of jobs that require similar abilities and skills.
- Employability Skills - General skills that are essential for job success but are not necessarily linked to specific occupational knowledge. The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) Report, released in 1991 by the U.S. Department of Labor, identified core foundation skills (e.g., reading, critical thinking, and sociability) and workplace competencies (e.g., skills that deal with resource and information management, interpersonal skills, technology and systems skills) that are considered to be universal employability skills.
- Interests - the likes and dislikes of a person that affect the choices he/she makes.
- Lifestyle - the beliefs, attitudes, and behavior associated with a person or group; a way of life.
- Personality traits - the qualities and characteristics that shape a person's unique character and identity.
- Skill - the ability to do something as a result of training, practice, or knowledge.
- Values - the ideas, relationships, and other matters that a person believes to be important.
- Glossary in PDF format (PDF, 14KB)