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Develop a PURPOSEFUL PLAN. Students are given the opportunity to find a topic that is based around their interests, hobbies, and/or possible future career path, which enable them to further develop themselves within their school and community.

EXPERIENCE

​Create a MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE. The Hilliard Bradley Capstone Program is intended to create a purposeful experience that provides our students the opportunities outside of the classroom to build upon their skill, become more involved in the community, and supply guidance towards their future goals. ​

REFLECT

​One of the best ways to learn is through GENUINE REFLECTION. Our students will look back upon their Capstone experience and share how their experiences have impacted them as a Hilliard Bradley student, a member of the Hilliard community and as an individual in general.

SHARE

​Every Capstone student will COMMUNICATE their experience in a variety of ways. Students will share how their experience affected them, what they have learned and how they have grown as a person.

Plan B

​REQUIREMENTS FOR PLAN B
Plan B may be used by anyone who is unable to complete an in-person experience. There are several steps. Please make sure you follow these steps carefully and include each requirement in your Capstone Project.

Naviance 

Students must utilize the Naviance platform to explore career interests.  The Career Cluster Finder is an online questionnaire that helps students discover career clusters that are most interesting to them. Once a student completes the Career Cluster Finder, top matching career clusters are made available for review. Students can retake the cluster finder at any time. 

The Career Interest Profiler is an online career interest assessment for students based on Holland's interest codes. When students complete the Career Interest Profiler, their results will display their top Holland Code matches. You can only take this assessment once so be accurate with your answers.  There are 30 questions for each Holland code (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) for a total of 180 questions.  The highest score possible in each area that you can receive is 30.  The score received is based on the number of activities in each specific area that the student selected as an interest. 

Once the Career Cluster Finder & the Career Interest Profiler are complete.  Students will have a strong grasp of their career interests and options to explore with their Capstone Project.

Research - include in EXPERIENCE TAB of website
Choose two careers to research based on the results from the Naviance survey. Students will be required to thoroughly research each career in order to learn more about what each career entails. This information should be completed within the EXPERIENCE TAB of your Capstone website. Use the following questions to guide your research. 

**Links to resources to help you begin your career research are listed at the bottom of this section.

Organization of your research & questions to consider when researching your career choices:
  1. Name of Career
  2. Share several pictures related to this occupation
  3. Description of the Career:
    • What is the job description?
    • What hours/days are you required to work for this career? 
    • What is the environment you would be working in for this career? Would you be required to travel?
    • What daily duties are expected of this occupation? What does a typical day look like within this career?
    • Is this a career that can be found in Ohio? If not in Ohio, where?
  4. Skill Set & Personality Traits:
    • What skills does the career require? Are these skills you already have or need to add to your skillset?
    • List & explain important qualities that one should possess in order to excel within this career.
    • What are other skills or traits that you have that you believe would be beneficial to this occupation?
  5. Salary & Benefits:
    • What is the annual salary or hourly rate for this occupation?
    • Does the salary change? What does that look like for this career? Provide the entry level, mid-level, and upper level/management pay scales.
    • What is the least you could make? What is the most you could make? What is the average salary?
    • Does education make a difference in the salary? How?
    • What are the benefits of this career?
    • What are some drawbacks or things that may not be so great about the career?
  6. Employability/Occupational Outlook:
    • Indicate what the growth outlook is for the future of this career, and include statistics and trends if possible.
    • Would there be advancement opportunities within this career? What do those look like?
    • Is this job in high demand? Will there be many jobs available?
  7. Technology:
    • What type of technology is used within this career field?
    • How has technology changed this career over recent years?
    • How might this career change as technology continues to advance in the future?
  8. Related Occupations:
    • What are jobs that are related and/or similar to this career?
  9. Personal Career Plan:
    • Provide a summary of the career and how it fits into your life goals. What steps will you take to achieve this goal? Are you taking or have you taken courses here in high school that have helped prepare you for this career? How has the research you’ve done helped you plan for your future?
  10. Works Cited - Please use an online citation tool to cite any sources you use for research.

Resources available to begin your research:
        Ohio Means Jobs
        US Bureau of Labor
        Naviance App - Careers 

Education Needed - include in EXPERIENCE TAB of website

Students must utilize the SuperMatch college search tool.  SuperMatch makes it even easier for students to explore their options and discover colleges that are a fit with what they are looking for in a college experience and a match with their academic profile. Institutions matched with a student are now given a “fit” score for students to better understand how that institution aligns with the entered search criteria. Academic match results are provided with each matched institution to help students gauge if that institution is a reach, match, or safety based on their GPA, SAT and ACT scores. Through the College SuperMatch activity, students explore the many factors of the college selection process and find schools that fit their particular criteria. Schools show a percentage of how well they meet the student's criteria, multiple schools can be directly compared to each other and individual schools can be saved to their profile to be explored later.
  1. Select at least two schools that best match your career interests
  2. Compare these schools by using their websites (majors, cost, campus life, location, etc.) 
  3. Describe each school and explain how these schools would best fit you as a student.

Interview include in INTERVIEW TAB of website

You have researched two separate careers.  You will now be required to interview two separate individuals who work in the career fields that you researched. Once the interviews are complete, you will need to add the interviews to your project’s webpage.

You can use any of the following approaches to sharing the interviews.
  1. Record the interviews using Zoom (or any technology similar to Zoom)  and add to your webpage.
  2. Email correspondence. Approximately two typed pages for each interview explaining the questions asked and the responses.  
  3. Written documentation from a phone call or e-mail correspondence.  Approximately two typed pages for each interview explaining the questions asked and the responses.  
  4. If you are able to meet in person and maintain social distancing, video record the interviews and post to your webpage.
Below are two lists.  The first list includes mandatory questions that should be asked during each interview.  The second list includes questions that you might ask during the interview, but are not mandatory. They are there to help guide your interview.

Mandatory Questions:
  1. What is your first and last name?
  2. What company do you work for?
  3. How long have you worked for this company?
  4. What position do you hold?
  5. What are your responsibilities?
  6. What education/training was necessary for this job?
  7. What do you enjoy about your job?
  8. What do you dislike about your job?
  9. If you could go back in time, would you choose the same career? 
  10. If no, why would you choose a different career?
  11. Do you manage people?    
    1. If yes, what are the challenges of managing people?
    2. What do you look for when hiring a future employee?
  12. Considering all the people you’ve met in in your field, what personal attributes are essential for success?
  13. Why do people leave this type of career?
  14. Is there anything else you think I need to know?



Other Questions:
  1. What professional journals and organizations should I be aware of?
  2. Who else would you recommend that I speak with?
  3. How does your company compare to others in the industry?
  4. Would this work involve any lifestyle changes-such as frequent travel, late-night business?
  5. Where can I research to find up-tp-date information on salaries, employers and industry issues for this field?
  6. How long does it take for managers to rise to the top?
  7. How did you get your job?
  8. How frequently do layoffs occur?
  9. Are there opportunities for self-employment in this field?

Resume - Create a RESUME tab in Website
Regardless of the career you choose, you will need to create a resume to bring to your future employer and/or interview. Please create and upload/link a resume to your Capstone website. Please be thorough within your resume. Your resume should look professional. Use a template! If you have created a resume in the past for a class or a job, feel free to use that resume.

Your resume should include AT LEAST the following sections:
  • Personal Information - Name, Address, Email
  • Key Skills - At least three skill sets that may be related to your career of choice.
  • Work/Volunteer Experience - List any work experience you’ve had. If you’ve never worked a job before, be creative. For example, maybe you could use an extracurricular activity that you’ve been involved in over the past years.
  • Education - School, Class (i.e. Class of 2021), GPA, Relevant Coursework
  • Extracurricular Activities/Clubs

CLICK HERE FOR AN INTERACTIVE STUDENT RESUME GENERATOR

CLICK HERE FOR A TEMPLATE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT RESUME 

Compare/Contrast Career - Create a Compare/Contrast page in website
Compare and contrast the two fields of study, jobs, or careers using some sort of graphic like a Venn diagram or table. There are plenty of suggestions on the internet if you simply google “compare and contrast”. 

Requirements:
EACH field, job, or career MUST have at least TEN features or bullet points that show the unique qualities of that experience, AND TEN features that are similar or the same. You will have 30 total features or bullet points. This can be done after researching the individual fields and having a good amount of information about each one. Be sure to include things like: 
  • Type of education or training needed to be successful in this field.
  • Types of skills needed, such as: communication, leadership, writing ability, interpersonal skills, technical ability.
  • Geographical requirements. If you want to study whales, you might need to be by water!
  • Dependance on other individuals. Does this field require a team of people, or can it be done alone. A basketball coach HAS to be able to work with people!
  • Demand for people in this field. If you want to be an actor, what are the chances of making a living?
  • Competitive aspect. Is there a huge demand for people with these skills? Maybe you would like to be a teacher. What is the demand for English teachers?