Ramp-Up to Readiness

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Students will understand how education increasingly determines income and opportunity in the global knowledge economy, and will know which types of jobs in the future will need skilled workers, will pay enough to support a family and might be a good match for their interests and abilities.

A student who has reached this goal can:

• Describe the ways that globalization and technology-driven change are reshaping the workplace and society today and predict ways that those forces will affect the future
• Understand and illustrate the great and growing connection between the highest level of education a person completes and his or her later income and quality of life
• Identify careers and jobs that pay enough to support a family with at least a “middle-class” lifestyle, provide opportunities for advancement within the field and that will be in demand over the next two decades
• Identify the knowledge, skills and habits and the credentials and/or degrees that are required to enter and succeed in a range of careers
• Identify one or more careers that could be a good match for the student’s talents, interests and abilities

Milestones

Our Career Readiness Milestones page lists specific milestones for this goal in each year of the Ramp-Up to Readiness program.

Connections to the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Standards for Students

• Career Standard A: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions.
• Career Standard B2: Identify career goals
  • C:B1.2 Identify personal skills, interests and abilities and relate them to current career choice
• Career Standard C: Students will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and the world of work.
  • C:C1.3 Identify personal preferences and interests influencing career choice and success
  • C:C2.1 Demonstrate how interests, abilities and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational and career goals