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9th Grade  Project 9 weeks

CTSO Quest: Build, Lead, and Pitch!

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Purpose

Explore TSA, SkillsUSA, DECA, and HOSA through career matching and reliable research.
Choose the CTSO that best fits your interests, then design an original individual project.
Use data, partner insights, peer feedback, conferences, and weekly reflections to improve your work.
Create a poster or slideshow, project samples, presentation, and one-page portfolio handout.
Present your work during class to counselors, advisors, alumni, professionals, and other school guests.

Learning goals

I can compare TSA, SkillsUSA, DECA, and HOSA to choose my best career match. I can find reliable, current information using search engines, databases, interviews, and other resources. I can use statistics. Statistics means numbers that help you compare results. I can compare findings and draw clear conclusions. I can create an original CTSO project. CTSO means a career and technical student organization. I can use feedback and track my growth through weekly reflections. I can present visuals, samples, and a portfolio handout to counselors, alumni, and career advisors.

Standards
  • [Texas] 1.A - select an original independent study project for personal enrichment and career development
  • [Texas] 1.B - use reading and research skills to investigate self-selected topics and compile a research portfolio
  • [Texas] 6.B - meet periodically with the teacher for conferences about progress, concerns, successes, and needs
  • [Texas] 6.C - conduct self-evaluations of presentations
  • [Texas] 6.A - create weekly progress reports that address time management and goal setting
  • [Texas] 5.D - receive constructive criticism and revise personal views when valid evidence warrants; and
  • [Texas] 5.B - evaluate quality, accuracy, completeness, reliability, and currency of information from any source
  • [Texas] 5.A - use search engines, databases, and other digital electronic tools effectively to locate information
  • [Texas] 4.A - identify processes to be used in the independent research project; and
  • [Texas] 2.A - listen actively and effectively in group discussions
  • [Texas] 2.B - use a variety of resources to access, process, and collect data relevant to the project; and
  • [Texas] 1.H - compare and contrast findings in a coherent and organized manner; and
  • [Texas] 1.G - apply statistical concepts to analyze data, evaluate results, and draw conclusions
  • [Texas] 1.D - identify community, state, national, or international issues to select a project
  • [Texas] 1.C - collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop a project

Products

Build your research portfolio.
Include source checks, notes, data comparisons, weekly progress reports, and reflections.
Create an original TSA, SkillsUSA, DECA, or HOSA project.
Make it address a real issue.
Make a poster or slideshow.
Explain the CTSO, your fit, and its impact.
CTSO means a career and technical student organization.
At the showcase, give a short presentation.
Use visuals, samples, and a one-page portfolio handout.

Launch

Open four mystery bags with clues and images from TSA, SkillsUSA, DECA, and HOSA.
Guess what each organization does and who might join it.
CTSO means a career and technical student organization.
Sort your interests, then match them to four CTSO career scenarios.
Share your best match and one research question with a peer.

Exhibition

Present your project during the class-period Career Connect Showcase at school. Share your visual presentation. Share your project samples. Share one-page portfolio handout. A portfolio is a set of your best work. Explain your research and choices to CTSO members, alumni, counselors, and advisory guests. CTSO means career and technical student organization. Answer audience questions about how your CTSO builds skills for your future career.