🗓️ Before Class: Teacher Prep
- Gather/set out: Careers in Design hub (site/careers.html), Own portfolio site.
- Pull up today's slide deck (see 🖥️ Slide Deck below) so it's ready to project.
🧑🏫 Substitute Teacher Guide
A scripted, step-by-step runsheet for today's class -- hand this to anyone covering the room who doesn't know the daily routine.
- Day 1: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
- Day 2: 📋 Open Substitute Guide
🎯 Essential Question
- How does my actual portfolio right now measure up against a real career's entry requirements?
📈 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson (2 Days), students will be able to:
- Choose one specific career from the Careers in Design hub and study its entry requirements, income data, and project list in depth.
- Compare their own current portfolio against that career's stated entry-level expectations.
- Write a specific, realistic action plan naming what's missing and by when they'll build it.
📐 Standards Alignment
CDOS (Career Development & Occupational Studies)
- CDOS 1 — Career Development -- students will be able to explain the range of career choices, and identify personal interests, skills, and aptitudes that relate to those choices.
- CDOS 2 — Integrated Learning -- students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
- CDOS 3b — Career Majors -- knowledge and skills required for success within a specific career pathway (here, Digital Design).
ACP (Adobe Certified Professional) Photoshop Exam Objectives
- ACP 1.1 — Identify the purpose, audience, and audience needs for preparing images.
🎓 Study this for the ACP exam: Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry
📚 Key Vocabulary
- Gap Analysis
- Comparing what you have to what's required, to see exactly what's missing.
- Action Plan
- A specific list of steps, with rough timing, for closing a gap -- not just a wish.
🧰 Materials & Tools
- Careers in Design hub (site/careers.html)
- Own portfolio site
🧠 Do Now (Warm-Up)
Pick one career from the hub. Right now, are you closer to "ready" or "not close yet" for its entry requirements?
📋 Main Workshop / Lesson Sequence
This lesson spans 2 Days. Suggested pacing:
| Day | Focus | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Study | Independent research (35 min): read one career page in full -- requirements, income data, and the 4-5 listed projects. |
| Day 2 | Compare & Plan | Independent work (35 min): compare your own portfolio to that page's requirements and write a specific action plan. |
✅ Assessment & Exit Ticket
Gap analysis and action plan checked for specific, accurate comparison to the real career page, not vague generalities.
Exit Ticket: What's the single biggest gap between your portfolio and this career's entry requirements right now?
📊 Pull up the anonymous Class Check-In for students to fill out before they go.
🧩 Differentiation & Accommodations
English Language Learners: model every step live, then check in one-on-one; provide translated materials and vocabulary support as needed. Students with IEPs: apply the accommodations and modifications listed in each student's plan (examples include extended time, graphic organizers, speech-to-text tools, chunked instructions, and visual schedules). Students with attention-related needs: break tasks into short, checklist-driven steps and provide brief movement or focus breaks. Students ready for a challenge: take on a leadership role critiquing peers' work, extend the project with a second iteration, or research how today's skill is used professionally in the field.
🔗 Resources & References
- None beyond this lesson's materials.