⏰ Do Now — Start Here
If you had to pick ONE skill from this year to get dramatically better at before graduation, what would it be?
🎯 Today's Big Question
- Now that the PBAT is behind us, what does senior year in this program actually look like?
📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To
- Describe the two phases of 12th grade: yearbook production, then a school-based design studio taking real client jobs.
- Identify at least one specialization area (video, 3D/product design, UX, or illustration) they want to go deeper on this year.
- Browse the Careers in Design hub and name one specific career they want to research further.
🧰 What You'll Need
- Careers in Design hub (site/careers.html)
- Notebook/journal
📋 Your Plan for Today
- Whole-class preview (15 min): what 12th grade actually looks like, from the yearbook through real studio jobs.
- Browse (20 min): explore the Careers in Design hub and its 12 career deep-dives.
- Choose (10 min): each student names one specialization direction for this unit.
📚 Key Words
- Specialization
- Choosing to go deep in one skill area instead of staying general across all of them.
- Design Studio Model
- A classroom run like a real agency, taking in requests and delivering finished work to real clients.
✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include
Specialization choice recorded, with one specific reason tied to a real career from the hub.
Exit Ticket: Which specific career page did you look at, and what surprised you about its entry requirements?
📊 Before You Leave
Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.
🎓 ACP Exam Prep
This lesson connects to the Photoshop Adobe Certified Professional exam: Domain 1: Working in the Design Industry
🔗 Want to Learn More?
- No extra links for this lesson.
🚀 The Extra Mile
Cross-Class Connection: The same goal-setting exercise an Advisory class runs at the start of a new push.
Career Connection: Direct browsing of the Careers in Design hub to scope out what senior year specialization should aim at.
Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:
- Write a one-page "senior year plan" naming a specific specialization goal. Start here: name the one specific specialization — UI/UX, illustration, motion, and so on, not "design" broadly — before you write the rest of the plan.
- Design a personal "skills roadmap" poster for the year ahead. Start here: list your current skill level honestly for three specific tools before you design the poster around the gaps.