AHS.13 Identify Resources for Continued Growth
This LifeKnowledge lesson (AHS.13) guides advanced high school students through identifying and assessing their personal resources using the SCANS (Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) framework of Foundation Skills and Workplace Competencies. Students complete a self-assessment activity sheet, align their assets with SCANS requirements, and develop plans to close the gap between their current skills and the competencies needed for success in life and at work.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Assess his or her personal resources.
- Align personal resources—assets with SCANS requirements.
- Discuss ways to close the gap between self-assessment assets and requirements for success in life and at work.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Advanced High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- Student notebooks—one per student
- Overhead projector
- AHS.13.TM.A
- AHS.13.AS.A—one to four per student
- SCANS Report, six-page summary, downloaded from the Internet—one per student
- Counselor, career placement specialist, other teacher or community expert
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—Me
- Problem Area
- What Skills Do I Need for a Lifetime of Leadership, Personal Growth and Career Success?
- Precepts
- A4: Identify and Use Resources
- Resources
- National FFA Organization's Local Program Resource Guide, 2002–2003. Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills—SCANS. "What Work Requires of Schools". www.academicinnovations.com
- Key Terms
- SCANS
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.8Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.