8th+Grade+Life+Skills+class

**8th Grade Life Skills Class**

Life Skills is an exploratory class that addresses the academic, career, and personal/social development of all students. Homeroom classes will participate in this class on the following schedule:

__1st Hour 8:20-9:15 on Days 1, 3, 4 and 6__ Quint 1: Wood HR Quint 2: Fink HR Quint 3: Bushkofsky HR Quint 4: Smith HR Quint 5: Wegmann HR

__Overview of Class Content and Lessons__

__Session 1__:  Class expectations  Materials (exploratory pocket folder, assignment book, reading book and a pencil) needed for class.

Presentation and class discussion on - What is Wellness? and the Dimensions of Wellness - Social, Emotional, Physical, Career, Intellectual, Environmental

 Students complete an individual survey on the Wellness Dimensions.

__Session 2: __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Career Wellness Unit - I Have A Plan Iowa (IHAPI) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Definition of Career Planning <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Class in the computer lab - Students completed the online registration process for the I Have A Plan Iowa career planning program. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Video overview of the program on the IHAPI website.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Session 3:__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Class in the computer lab - Students completed Step 1 of the 8th grade Guideway. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Step 1 is the Career Key Assessment (careers of interest, abilities, how they see themselves, and their values). <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Discussion on results of survey - Holland Code results of Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Session 4:__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Class in the computer lab - Students completed the Interest Inventory Survey on IHAPI. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Overview of their Holland Code results. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Comparison between Career Key and Interest Inventory surveys.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Session 5:__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Class in the computer lab - Students completed Step 2 of the 8th grade Guideway. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;"> Step 2 is the Career Cluster Survey. Students learn how the activities they enjoy, their personal qualities and their favorite subjects are related to career clusters. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Survey results indicate career clusters that can help them with their career exploration.

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 160%;">Session 6: __