California Career and Technical Education Standards

• HTR.C.C1.1 Understand the basic career paths in the industry in relation to personal aptitu...
• HTR.C.C1.2 Analyze the economic impact on and contributions of key segments of the industry...
• HTR.FS.3.1 Know the personal qualifications, interests, aptitudes, knowledge, and skills ne...
• HTR.FS.3.2 Understand the scope of career opportunities and know the requirements for educa...
• HTR.FS.3.3 Develop a career plan that is designed to reflect career interests, pathways, an...

California Academic Content Standards (Reinforced)

• ELA.9-10.W.RT.1.3 Use clear research questions and suitable research methods (e.g., library, elect...2

• Card Activity - Hooks / Set

  Students will come into the room, sit down, and see index cards on their tables.  Each student will choose a card and read the description on it. (Each card will have a different career written on it within travel, tourism, hospitality, event planning, and sports/leisure) The student will read the cards and move about the room finding other students whose jobs fit into the same category as their own.  There will be about 4-5 students in each group.

  Students will sit in their new job alike groups and share with the class what the main name of their group is and the jobs within it.  The teacher will write all classifications on the board and ask the class if they agree about the group names and if the students are in the right group. The main groups will be:

  1. Airlines

  2. Convention

  3. Cruise Lines

  4. Travel Agency

  5. Tourism

   
• Top careers in Travel - Lecture

  http://www.cod.edu/travel/TravCar.htm  

  Teacher will go to this website and show students the top jobs in travel and tourism. Tell the students that you have chosen all of the TOP careers in tourism on their cards in the TOP 5 career areas of travel and tourism.

  T- Students we are going to go over the top careers in travel and tourism and I want you to write down any that interest you.  You will be research in two different careers. This information will highlight some careers that you might be interested in.

  Groups- Each group will look into the career options in their sector.  You will outline the sector and careers within from entry level to CEO's of companies. You'll find stories there of how real people got into the various jobs examined in detail. Make sure you gather information about the problems of working in these jobs as well as their advantages. You want to expose all aspects of these industry sectors.

  Note how the individuals got into the jobs in the first place. Then carefully look for indicators of how their careers progressed, as they took up opportunities to train and develop themselves. This research can be done using books or internet research conducted by the groups.

  Get ready for what you are going to be doing over the next few class periods......

  • Carry out research on career opportunities in the industry
  • Understand the entry requirements into and progression routes through two specific roles
  • Analyse their own strengths and weaknesses and begin work on a personal development plan aimed at entry into a travel and tourism career
  • Work collaboratively in small groups
  •   Present findings to the whole group

   

   
• Deciding on careers - Group Work

  Each group will have a large white sheet of paper in the middle of their table with their career area title on it. They will list any and all careers that they can find both in career books and on the internet to share with the class. These papers will then be posted around the room for all students to see. They will take notes and write down any career areas in which  they are interested for their personal research.

  (Our library has a set of hospitality career books, so the library and computer lab will be used to conduct research on these topics)

  The group will also find 5 current job postings and salaries for the careers in their sectors. The sheet is attached for assignment.

  Also use the website http://www.salary.com/mysalary.asp  

   

   
• Individual Research - Projects

  Each group will have a large white sheet of paper in the middle of their table with their career area title on it. They will list any and all careers that they can find both in career books and on the internet to share with the class. These papers will then be posted around the room for all students to see. They will take notes and write down any career areas in which  they are interested for their personal research.

  (Our library has a set of hospitality career books, so the library and computer lab will be used to conduct research on these topics)

  The group will also find 5 current job postings and salaries for the careers in their sectors. The sheet is attached for assignment.

  Also use the website http://www.salary.com/mysalary.asp  

   

   

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