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Do Now. On index card What does taking a test tell you about yourself? What is your career cluster? Why do we take ASVAB? What are your plans after you graduate? http:// www.todaysmilitary.com/inside/stream/living http:// www.myfuture.com/military/articles-advice/military-benefits

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Do Now

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  1. Do Now • On index card • What does taking a test tell you about yourself? • What is your career cluster? • Why do we take ASVAB? • What are your plans after you graduate? • http://www.todaysmilitary.com/inside/stream/living • http://www.myfuture.com/military/articles-advice/military-benefits • http://www.careersinthemilitary.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.profiles

  2. THE ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery April 23, 2013

  3. What is the ASVAB? • No stress test! (There is no pass/fail) • Excellent “dress rehearsal” for the ACT, SAT and PSAT • Designed to be a career exploration and planning tool • Approved tool for Colorado’s Individual Career and Academic Plans • Helps identify skills and abilities for future educational or career paths: • Immediate employment after high school • Vocational education • College • Voluntary military enlistment

  4. Taking the ASVAB does not obligate you for military enlistment

  5. Students Use the ASVAB… • To identify career interests which match individual: • Interests • Values • Talents • Abilities

  6. Additional Benefits of taking the ASVAB • Excellent predictor of performance on the ACT and SAT • Some Labor Unions use the test to select applicants for their paid apprenticeship program • Some Universities, Colleges, Technical Schools use the test to select applicants for their specialized programs

  7. Students also use the ASVAB… • To Identify: • Military Career Aptitude • College ROTC • Military Scholarship Opportunities • http://www.airforce.com/careers/

  8. Studies reflect that prior to taking the ASVAB students are planning to…

  9. What’s On the Test?200 Items 134 minutes

  10. Sample Questions on the ASVAB • Automotive • If a car is driven mostly in a city so that the spark plug tip never gets hot enough to burn off excess carbons in the cylinder, then A. lower voltage should be applied to the spark plug. B. the tip should be pulled farther out of the cylinder. C. the tip should be pushed further into the cylinder. D. a thicker conductor in the plug must be used.

  11. Sample Questions Cont’d • Electronics • Because solid state diodes have no filament, they A. don't work. B. are less efficient than tubes. C. require less operating power. D. require more operating power.

  12. Sample Questions Cont’d • Shop Information • Which handsaw should be used to make a rough cut with the grain in a thick board? A. ripsaw B. backsaw C. coping saw D. crosscut saw

  13. How to Use Your ASVAB Results • Summary Results show students’ areas of strength and areas of potential growth • Scores motivate students to go forward • Career resources provide tutorials that show the relationship between test scores and occupations • FYI – Find your interest inventory • OCCU-Find – Matching interests and strengths to potential careers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfsiI1CKnX0

  14. Before you visit your local recruiter, be sure you meet the minimum qualifications for serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Some qualifications are required by all five services: • 1. You must be a U.S. citizen or resident alien. • 2. You must be at least 17 years old (17-year old applicants require parental consent). • 3. You must (with very few exceptions) have a high school diploma. • 4. You must pass a physical medical exam. • 5. Drug use, attendance, and charges and convictions are carefully weighed.

  15. NORTH HIGH SCHOOL CAREER DAY APRIL 26, 2013

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