Students at Oconto Falls High School us Career Cruising to learn more about themselves and to develop their Academic and Career Plan (ACP). Career Cruising offers the following assessments:
- Interest Inventory
- Ability Profiler
- Skills Inventory
- Learning Styles Inventory
In addition, the content of Xello is rich with information on careers, education, employment trends and more.
Each student has a personal Xello account with an e-portfolio. The e-portfolio holds assessment results, favorite information on school and careers that a student is interested in, and the student’s Academic and Career Plan.
For login information login to ClassLink and click on the Xello app. Otherwise, click the icon below and your child can login with his/her school Google account.
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Here is what your child is doing at each of the grade levels:
6th Grade
- Intro to Xello and the Academic and Career Planning (ACP)
- Complete first 39 Questions of Career Matchmaker and save results.
- Select and save at least one career of interest and review the “At-A-Glance” page and other areas of the Career Profile to get a better understanding of the job requirements.
- Add one to three hobbies/interests and one extracurricular activity to My Plan.
7th Grade
- Under Careers, use the Career Clusters tab to search to find different careers by favorite school subject.
- Save at least one Career Cluster of interest (under My Saved Clusters) to My Plan
- Explore career profiles: Job Description, Working Conditions, Earnings, Education, and Sample Career Path.
- Save at least one additional career of interest to My Plan.
- Research one saved career of interest in detail. Share your findings with the class.
- Create a My Journal entry reflecting on why the career(s) and cluster(s) are a good fit for you.
- Review and add a new hobby/interest and any new extracurricular activities to My Plan
8th Grade
- Revisit the purpose and value of the ACP.
- Use the Career Selector tool and save the results. Explore the career profiles of the suggested jobs from the results. Job Description, Working Conditions, Earnings, Education, and Sample Career Path.
- Review My Saved Clusters and add new clusters of interest.
- Save at least one additional career of interest to My Plan.
- Complete one career planning activity and record it in My Plan (e.g. volunteer experience, visited a college, created a resume, interviewed adult about career).
9th Grade
- Start a new Career Matchmaker assessment; answer the first 39 questions and set to receive the best results. Save them under the name: 9th Grade Matchmaker.
- Click on a suggested Career and explore the Suitable for You feedback. Explore two other careers.
- Save at least one additional career of interest and compare against the three other saved careers in previous grades, if available.
- Write a My Journal entry about saved careers. Is there a pattern or clear area of skill of interest?
10th Grade
- Use the Career Selector tool to find careers based on a variety of criteria. Review the educational requirements for at least two career matches of interest.
- Save at least one additional career of interest to My Plan and compare to four other saved careers from previous grades.
- Take the Learning Styles Inventory and save results. Review tips and learning strategies
11th Grade
- Retake the Career Matchmaker assessment. Answer additional questions if suggestions do not fit.
- Save results and review educational requirements for at least two career matches of interest. Save new careers of interest to My Plan and compare against others
12th Grade
- Revisit latest Career Matchmaker assessment. Retake if necessary and save results.