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Reflect and Dream... "Where Are You Headed?"

Students need to think about their future, set appropriate goals, and reflect on their accomplishments . They will develop the tools and mindset to adjust to new contexts, adopt new strategies, and refine goals. Students develop their future narratives and learn how to prepare for their future today. 





Personal Narrative

Create narratives to explain experiences that shape current strengths, interests, and values

  • Grow Your Attribution Tree
  • Write Your Letter of Recommendation
  • Imagine Your Perfect Day
  • Design Your Ideal Business

Grow your attribution Tree

write your letter of recommendation

write your letter of recommendation

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  • Understand the effects your actions have on your life
  • Recognize how your actions help both you and the people around you
  • Create an attribution tree to help you work towards your goals

write your letter of recommendation

write your letter of recommendation

write your letter of recommendation

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  • Identify your strengths that are important to you and others
  • Discuss your qualities with the people around you
  • Write a personal letter of recommendation to communicate your strengths to others

imagine your perfect day

write your letter of recommendation

design your ideal business

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  • Imaging your possible future
  • Expand your ideas about the future by including thoughts of people around you
  • Describe your "perfect future day" to understand what you are working towards

design your ideal business

write your letter of recommendation

design your ideal business

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  • Connect your values to a business idea
  • Discuss business ideas with the people around you
  • Create a presentation to attract people to your business

Goal Setting

Set, refine, and extend both short and long term goals 

  • Make Big Decisions
  • Set Short and Long Term Goals
  • Live Your Goals Today
  • Develop Leadership Skills

make Big Decisions

set short and long term goals

set short and long term goals

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  • Describe how your big decisions are influenced
  • Explain how you make big decisions
  • Use strategies to make a big decision

set short and long term goals

set short and long term goals

set short and long term goals

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  • Identify your short and long term goals
  • Decide which goals are worth reaching
  • Create a plan to help achieve an important goal

live your goals today

set short and long term goals

develop leadership skills

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  • Identify the skills needed in various careers
  • Identify what you can do today to prepare for the future you want
  • Create a weekly schedule to help you reach your career goals

develop leadership skills

set short and long term goals

develop leadership skills

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  • Identify qualities that make an effective leader
  • Identify leadership characteristics in people you admire
  • Set goals to help you develop your leadership skills

Scenario Building

Continually reflect on your journey and share ideas about your future possibilities

  • Create Your Vision Board
  • Discover Jobs of the Future
  • Think About the Future
  • Win the Job

Create your vision board

Discover Jobs of the Future

Discover Jobs of the Future

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  • Imagine your hopes and goals for the future
  • Understand how a vision board can represent your possible future
  • Create a vision board to represent your future goals

Discover Jobs of the Future

Discover Jobs of the Future

Discover Jobs of the Future

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  • Understand that some careers become obsolete, and new ones are created
  • Research a career, thinking about its value to society and its possible future
  • Imagine future jobs to help you plan for your own future

Think About the Future

Discover Jobs of the Future

Think About the Future

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  • Ask questions to your future self
  • Answer your future self's questions
  • Create a timeline that illustrates steps you could take to become your possible future self


Win the Job

Discover Jobs of the Future

Think About the Future

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  • Learn the techniques for having a good job interview
  • Analyze the interview of another person
  • Conduct interview scenarios

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