⏰ Do Now — Start Here
Looking at your own requirement checklist, do you think you're on the studio track or the internship/college track for the rest of the year -- and why?
Two Tracks, Same Room
Some of you are heading out to a real internship or college class several periods a week; some of you are still finishing program requirements right here. Both are legitimate paths to the same goal. On check-in days, off-site students document and reflect on outside learning while in-room students keep running real studio jobs -- ask your teacher which track applies to you if you're not sure.
🎯 Today's Big Question
- What does the rest of senior year look like, and which track applies to me?
📈 By the End of Today, You Will Be Able To
- Identify whether they are on the in-room studio track or the internship/college-class track for the rest of the year.
- Explain what's expected on each track: real job cycles for the studio track, documented outside learning for the other.
- Preview the semester's shared deliverables every senior completes regardless of track: a midterm showcase, an after-graduation design plan, and the yearbook's real distribution.
🧰 What You'll Need
- Program requirement checklist (per student)
- Track assignment sheet
📋 Your Plan for Today
- Do Now (5 min, above).
- Mini-lesson (15 min): what each track looks like day to day, and the three shared deliverables every senior completes either way.
- Individual conferences (20 min): teacher confirms each student's track and reviews any remaining requirements with them.
- Set goals (5 min): each student writes one specific goal for this final stretch.
📚 Key Words
- Work-Based Learning
- Structured learning that happens at a real job site or through a real employer partnership, counted as part of a CTE program.
- Dual Enrollment
- Taking a college-level class while still in high school, often for both high school and college credit.
✅ What Your Finished Work Should Include
Track correctly identified and documented; one specific, realistic goal written for the semester.
Exit Ticket: What's the one design skill you most want to be able to say you're confident in by graduation?
📊 Before You Leave
Quick, anonymous class check-in -- takes less than a minute.
🔗 Want to Learn More?
- No extra links for this lesson.
🚀 The Extra Mile
Cross-Class Connection: The same career-pathway planning any Business or Advisory class covers.
Career Connection: This whole lesson mirrors the "entry requirements vs. real life" framing of every career page on this site.
Go further -- turn this into a portfolio piece:
- Write up your own track and plan as a one-page "senior plan" document. Start here: write down which track you're actually leaning toward in one sentence before outlining anything else.
- Design a simple infographic explaining both tracks for next year's juniors. Start here: list the three biggest differences between the two tracks, not ten, before laying out the infographic.