Unlock the Treasure Chest. Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning Sale

• Discover who you really are and KNOW your likes, dislikes, and interests.
• Match your likes, interests, skills, and personality styles to careers.
• Find training programs that are a match to the careers that they are interested.
• Succeed in planning a career.

Parents, you have a motivational tool to guide your teen or young adults as they explore careers and college majors.

Teachers, you have a classroom activities that is the resource for preparing career and college major exploration classes.

The Unlock the Treasure Chest. Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning is used in conjunction with the Make a Career Profile. Dr. Frank Minor, CEO of Career Dimensions has endorsed the Unlock the Treasure Chest- Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning.

Benefits

The Unlock the Treasure Chest. Do You Have the Keys is a visual learning technique that is a fast, quick, and easy way to introduce careers and Holland Codes.

The benefits of the Unlock the Treasure Chest. Do You Have the Keys are -

• Eye appealing - Is a colorful presentation
• Easy to use - Facilitates learning through the use of graphics
• Comprehensive - Shows the relationships between careers, interests, and Holland Codes
• Easy to understand - Simplifies the understanding of career exploration and the Holland Codes

As a visual learning technique, the Toolkit helps children, youth, and adults see and categorize career concepts, patterns, and relationships.

The Guidebook clarifies thoughts, integrates new knowledge, and promotes critical thinking. New concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.

The Guidebook organizes and analyzes information. Children, youth, and adults -

• See how Holland Codes are connected to careers
• Realize how careers can be grouped and organized

The Guidebook also improves –

• Attention Span and Concentration: holds audience's attention and helps people absorb information
• Memory Skills and Understanding: improves ability to absorb information
• Speed of Learning: reduces the time it takes to complete career tests.

According to the Instructional Resource Center (IRC), the Impact of Visual Media on Learning: What the Research Says Report –

• We better remember information when it's represented and learned both visually and verbally. Linked verbal and visual information helps us make connections, understand relationships and recall related details.
• “We learn more, faster and retain it longer if we use image-rich curriculum.”
• “As human beings our brains are wired for images. 1
• We process pictures and images 60,000 times faster than text.” 1
Students recalled information better when it was presented in a visual form (Cowen, 1984; Baggett, 1979)
• “Visual Learning is about absorbing information from illustrations, photos, diagrams, graphs, symbols, icons and other visual models. It is about making sense of complex information quickly—literally able to comprehend ideas at a glance.” 3
• “People generally remember about twice as much when they see and hear something, than when they only see or hear it.” 2
• “Long before children can read—or even speak many words—they are able to assimilate visual information with ease.” 3
• “Visual Learning is a powerful teaching tool, both for kids who are natural visual/spatial learners, and for children with limited language proficiency. In fact, by using Visual Learning strategies, we can increase the learning potential of all children.” 3
• “Educators agree that visual learning is an essential part of teaching comprehension, thinking, and writing. Visual texts engage both hemispheres of the brain and translate easily across cultures, education levels and age groups.”4

Sources:

Main Article -

1 Effective Teaching with Classroom Video. DVD. School Media Inc., 2004.

2 Education Department of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. TELEVISION goes to SCHOOL: The Impact of Video on Student Learning in Formal Education. New York: EDC/Center for Children and Technology, January 2004.

3 Murphy, Stuart J. Stuart J. Murphy MathStart®. 07 Oct. 2004. Stuart. 03 Feb. 2005 < http://www.stuartjmurphy.com/visual.html

4 Cornish, Jim. "Visual Literacy: Making sense of complex information" Connected Newsletter February 2005: 18-19.

5 Nilakanta, Rema and Clifford J. Ehlinger. A Report on the Impact of Motion Media on Adult and K-12 Learning. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: National Film Market, September 2003.

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Features

The Unlock the Treasure Chest has 4 sections –

• Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent and Teacher Guide
• Guide to Career Exploration and Planning
• Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens
• Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook

Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Parent, Teacher, and Adult Guide outlines the process of selecting a career assessment. The selection process includes –

• Introduction to Career Planning
• Steps to Self Awareness
• Tools To Assess Self Awareness
• Selection of a Career Assessment or Test
• Career Test Checklist
• Features Of Career Self Assessments Tests

The Guide to Career Exploration and Planning is for teens or adults who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of career planning process. The topics included in the Guide are -

• Career Planning Map
• Self-Analysis, Self Awareness, or Self Assessment
• Self Awareness
• Tools to Awareness
• Interests Inventory
• Values Inventory
• Skills Inventory
• Personality Styles Inventory
• Career Match Making Using Interests, Values, Skills, and Personality Styles

• Career Exploration
• Database of 1200+ careers
• Research A Career Tool
• Career Profile
• Research career information

Each career profile has the following information –

• Overview
• Skills
• Values
• Outlook
• Earning
• Interest Profile
• Working Conditions
• Contact Info
• Areas of Study
• Search for Schools

The College Major Exploration section has -

• Database of 6000+ Schools
• Career Exploration Tool
• College Majors Exploration Tool

Each school profile lists the following information –

• Location of School
• Majors Areas of Study
• Name of School
• Size and Cost
• Region in the USA
• Type of School

Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens include additional information from the following areas –

• Holland Code Career Assessment Activities
• Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Resources
• Career Exploration Sites
• College Majors Exploration Resources

The Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook are an additional bonus for teachers and counselors. These screenshots are excellent for group presentations. The screenshots present the concepts covered in the Guidebook. With each purchase, you will receive PDF and Powerpoint versions of the Visual Aids. The Unlock the Treasure Chest- Do You Have the Keys? Guide to Career Planning is a toolkit for teachers or counselors preparing students for graduation and transition into post-secondary training programs. Read the endorsement from Dr. Frank Minor, CEO of Career Dimensions, Inc.

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