Counselor: Career
The Virtual High School Counseling Program supports a career awareness domain. Through webcasts and webinar sessions, students enrolled in the Virtual High School have access to college representatives and military recruiters on a regular basis who provide information about college, work, and military opportunities. The content standards under this domain include:
Standard D
Students will acquire the self-knowledge necessary to make informed career decisions.
Standard E
Students will understand the relationship between educational achievement and career development.
Standard F
Students will employ career management strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction.
The following are useful online resources to help students as they explore career options:
This interactive site for kids and parents and includes interest surveys, career path exploration, ASVAB study guides, and more. Students can access their ASVAB scores after they've taken the test and analyze the results to help pinpoint their talents. The system will even suggest career paths (in and out of the military) based on the results. Click on the link below to access the official DoD website.
http://www.asvabprogram.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=overview.main
The Occupational Information Network (O*NET): Easy-to-use database, accessible from any web browser that contains comprehensive information on job requirements and worker competencies. O*NET replaces the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and offers a more dynamic framework for exploring the world of work. With O*NET, employers of all sizes and across all fields have a powerful means for accessing critical information.
http://www.collegegrad.com/careers: Explore Career Profiles
http://www.bls.gov/oco/: Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.careeroverview.com/: Career and Job Search Resources
ACT: http://www.act.org/
PSAT: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/psat/prep.html
SAT: http://www.collegeboard.com/
College Board Online - Comprehensive college information site. College Board Online includes College Board tests, programs, and online registration, a Test Question of the Day, SAT preparation, a searchable database of colleges, financial aid information (including a financial aid calculator), career planning information, a fee-based essay evaluation service, online shopping and more. Check out Starting Points for Students and Parents, Preparing for College, and Career Search Questionnaire. Register online for the SAT, view and send your SAT scores, and find all the information you need -- including exam dates and fees -- for the SAT I, SAT II: Subject Tests, PSAT/NMSQT, AP, and CLEP.
ETS Net - The Educational Testing Service Network These are the folks that write the SAT I: Reasoning Test, SAT II: Subject Tests, AP, GRE, CLEP, etc. ETS Net provides sample test questions, test preparation, and test registration. It also contains information on college planning, financial aid, and links to college and university sites.
Kaplan Test Prep - SAT, ACT, and other test preparation, admissions consulting, and other services to help you prepare for college.
Revolution Prep - Revolution Prep offers a variety of live and online programs to help students prepare for the SAT and ACT exams.
Princeton Review Online - This extensive college and career information site includes data as to colleges, scholarships, online admissions, paying for college, and test preparation for SAT I and II and ACT.
Peterson's Education Center - Peterson's includes information about educational programs at all levels and provides searchable databases of colleges and academic programs including test prep and financial aid similar in content to College Board Online.
Students.gov - Assists prospective college students, their families, and guidance counselors in planning for college, applying for admission and aid, as well as receiving and repaying student loans.
FAFSA on the Web - information on, and applications for, federal student aid.
http://studentaid.ed.gov/ - Federal Student Aid Resource Center
FinAid - a student guide to financial aid.
Department of Education Student Guide - The Student Guide is the most comprehensive resource on student financial aid from the U.S. Department of Education. It covers the Department's major aid programs, including Pell Grants, Stafford Loans and PLUS Loans.
http://www.college.gov - The College.gov website
Army Emergency Relief (AER) Education Programs: Links for College Students - includes links to other aid societies, and scholarship and financial aid search sites.
Find Money for College: http://www.scholarships.com/
CollegeNet Mach25 Scholarship Database: The Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion. Keyword Search gives you a quick way to narrow down to a particular scholarship or group of scholarships.
Federal Employee Education & Assistance (FEEA): Scholarship Program for dependents of civilian federal employees.
Fastweb: Students may register for scholarship information at Fastweb, one of the Internet's largest free scholarship search sites. FastWeb's scholarship search will automatically match available scholarships to the student's profile and eligibility requirements. For many awards students can apply right online. FastWeb will email updates to keep students posted as new scholarships become available. FastWeb advises students about scholarship opportunities tailored to them. All for free!!!
For Military Dependents Only:
- Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation for children of current and former Marines, and children of Navy Corpsmen killed while fighting with Marines in the war against terrorism.
- Society of Daughters of the U.S. Army (DUSA) Scholarship Awards Program for daughters and granddaughters of Army warrant and commissioned officers..
- TROA Educational Aid provides information on scholarship funds and loan programs.
- USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) Scholarship Fund for dependent children of active duty current and former crew members, and retired former crew members, of USS Tennessee.
- VADM E. P. Travers Scholarship and Loan Program provides financial assistance for Navy and Marine Corps dependent students.
- Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Provides information on several programs to help Coast Guard members and their families financially meet educational goals.
Marines: www.marines.com
Air Force: www.airforce.com
Army: www.goarmy.com
Navy: www.navy.com
Coast Guard: http://www.uscg.mil/top/careers.asp
Military.com Home: www.military.com
Military Career Guide Online: Contains information about enlisted and officer military careers. Click on SITE MAP to see detailed descriptions of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine and Coast Guard Forces careers.
Campus Tours: Visit virtual campuses of colleges and universities
Planning for College: A Guide for Students and Their Parents: One of the best sources of information about college is already available to you through the ExPAN computer program, which is available at all DoDEA high schools. ExPAN is updated every year, and has proven to be a very useful tool for students and their parents to plan for college. If you don't already know how to use ExPAN, ask your guidance counselor how to get started.)
http://www.ecampustours.com/: View virtual campus tours