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From here to your career. Your Career Preparation Path. Based on your P*A*T*H Prepares you for various employment options Allows you to develop a wide range of transferable skills Helps you adapt to the changing employment markets Includes a plan for life long learning.
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Your Career Preparation Path • Based on your P*A*T*H • Prepares you for various employment options • Allows you to develop a wide range of transferable skills • Helps you adapt to the changing employment markets • Includes a plan for life long learning
Requirements for Your Career • Skills • Experience • Abilities & Personality • Education / Training • Make sure you match options to requirements
Education / Training Path • Career Preparation Provider • Any training program, school, institution, individual, or business that offers career preparation instructions. • Examples: • Colleges / Universities, Tech Prep., Career Tech, On the job training, etc.
Selecting a Career Preparation Program • Reputation • Accreditation • Ensures a basic level of quality in postsecondary schools or programs. • Offerings • Cost • Campus Culture • Determine Entrance Requirements
Begin Implementing Your Career Plan • Follow your P*A*T*H • Research career fields • Interview successful people who work in fields that interest you. • Examine programs and schools that can help your career plan.
Implementing Your Career Plan • High School Courses • Core requirements, electives, Credit Tracker • Plan Activities • Extracurricular, volunteering, part-time job • Decide about Jobs • Part-time job, summer job, seasonal help • Manage Your Time
Apply for Admission • Complete Application • Check it over! Mail & include Fees • Official Transcript • School sealed & original school official signature • Resume • Letters of Recommendations • By a teacher, coach, employer, co-worker, school officials, community leaders • Essay or Letter
Cost of Education / Training • FAFSA- Free Application for Financial Student Aid • Apply for needed-base scholarships, grants, loans, or work-study programs. • Uses information from the income tax returns of your parents. • Must be submitted by a specific date to be eligible.
Cost of Education / Training • SAR- Student Aid Report • Results of the FAFSA process • Includes a EFC • EFC- Expected Family Contribution • The amount you and your family should contribute to your education or training • Determines the amount of financial aid they offer students.
Financial Need / Eligibility • Be a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen • Have a valid Social Security number • Register (if you haven't already) with the Selective Service, if you're a male between the ages of 18 and 25 • Maintain satisfactory academic progress in college or career school • Show you're qualified to obtain a postsecondary education
Applying for FAFSA 1. Gather the documents needed to apply. • income tax returns (yours and most likely your parents), W-2 forms, and other records of income, and • identification documents (social security cards, drivers licenses). 2. Apply at www.fafsa.ed.gov 3. Get free info & help from counselor, website, financial aid advisors, teachers, etc.
Financial Aid • Scholarship • Money provided for your education that you do not have to repay. • May be awarded on the basis of need, academic achievement, or a combination of the two. • Renewable scholarships, requirements must be met • Many people, organizations give out scholarships
Financial Aid • Grant • Money provided by the government, schools, or private donors. • EX: Pell Grants • Do not have to repay grants • Must meet standards and qualifications set by the provider of the grant.
Financial Aid • Loan • Money that must be repaid!! • Available from the federal government, state government, and financial institutions. • Government-sponsored loans have the lowest interest • May need a cosigner (the person responsible for paying back the loan if you fail to make payments)
Financial Aid • Work-Study Program • Pays students for qualified on- or off- campus jobs. • Funded through the school and awarded as part of a financial aid package. • You must show financial need and apply for the opening approved by the school.