Lessons: 9th Grade
CollegeEd 9th Grade: It's About Me!
A 10-unit, 20-lesson, 80-page workbook that walks high school freshmen through a year of thoughtful academic planning and career and goal setting for high school, college, and beyond. CollegeEd includes access to MyRoad for each participating student. Visit Workbooks, Guides, and Handbooks for purchasing information.
- UNIT 1: Exploration of Self
- UNIT 2: Personal Goals Assessment
- UNIT 3: The Value of Education
- UNIT 4: Creating a Personal Support Network
- UNIT 5: The High School Experience
- UNIT 6: What's My Style?
- UNIT 7: Exploring Careers and Majors
- UNIT 8: The College Choice
- UNIT 9: Getting Into College
- UNIT 10: Paying for College
UNIT 1: Exploration of Self
Discusses how to assess interests, skills, and goals through self-reflection.
- Section 1: Thinking About Me
Uses the process of self-reflection to build character, clarify values, assess interests and skills, and develop a sense of personal direction. - Section 2: Success and Personal Choice
Encourages choices that fit personal style and instill an awareness of how personal happiness leads to professional success.
UNIT 2: Personal Goals Assessment
Discusses career options for college graduates and explains how interests and aptitudes relate to career goals.
- Section 1: Setting Realistic Goals
Discusses the importance of skills assessment in pursuing an educational path that leads to success. - Section 2: Making Informed Decisions
Explains the relationship between academics and the world of work and reviews the skills needed to investigate careers.
UNIT 3: The Value of Education
Discusses the value of education in terms of lifestyle and earning potential.
- Section 1: Increasing Your Career Options
Discusses the meaning of success and offers tips for setting personal goals and expands the concept of becoming a professional. - Section 2: Successful Decision Making
Reviews skills for effective decision-making and qualifications for specific careers and explains how evaluating decisions and exploring personal options increases chances for personal fulfillment.
UNIT 4: Creating a Personal Support Network
Explains how to gain support for college and career plans.
- Section 1: The Home-School Relationship
Helps students identify those adults in their lives who may be able to help in the college process, take a closer look at family relationships, and explore the relationship between home and school. - Section 2: Communication and Support
Explores ways to build communication with family members and other supportive adults and reviews the role of the high school counseling office and explains the resources available to keep parents informed.
UNIT 5: The High School Experience
Explores strategies for making the most of the high school experience.
- Section 1: Accepting Change
Explores successful ways to accept new challenges, situations, environments, and people and explores ways to reduce stress during times of transition. - Section 2: Priorities and Choices
Discusses decision-making about schedules, class choices, and extracurricular involvement.
UNIT 6: What's My Style?
Discusses the importance of personal learning and working styles.
- Section 1: Personal Learning Styles
Helps students assess personal learning styles and understand the benefit of this knowledge. - Section 2: Personal Working Styles
Explains the concept of "working styles" and connects them with career choices.
UNIT 7: Exploring Careers and Majors
Relates the process of self-discovery to lifestyle choices and career satisfaction.
- Section 1: The Power of Choice
Stresses the liberating power of choice and reviews strategies for effective decision-making. - Section 2: Online Resources
Revisits initial evaluation of self and utilizes MyRoad.com to align interests and skills with career and college major choices.
UNIT 8: The College Choice
Emphasizes the diversity of college options and how they impact career decisions.
- Section 1: The Research Process
Reviews successful strategies for obtaining and using information by applying basic research skills to the college search process. - Section 2: Academics and Personal Choice
Explains how to use career and college major choices to guide the search for the right college and encourages choices that fit personal style and will lead to personal happiness as well as professional success.
UNIT 9: Getting Into College
Reviews the college application process.
- Section 1: The College Admissions Tests
Details the structure of college entrance exams and explains how testing and evaluation relates to the world of work. - Section 2: The College Application
Defines applications, college or other, as opportunities to create personal profiles and promote individual strengths and uses the components of a college application to focus on time management and the importance of meeting deadlines.
UNIT 10: Paying for College
Explains how to budget for college costs and research options for financial aid.
- Section 1: Financial Planning
Explores the process of budgeting and finance by applying it to college planning. - Section 2: Loans and Scholarships
Defines different kinds of loans and scholarships and details the process of searching for aid.