Welcome to Career Center!

Auto Sessions – Fridays

9:15 – 10:00 am:

10:00 – 10:45 am session:

12:45 – 1:30 pm session:

Personal Financial Literacy

The following students will need to report to Career Center on Wednesday, September 6, at the designated times. Students in Oklahoma are required to have documented knowledge of 14 units of personal financial literacy in order to earn an Oklahoma high school diploma.  The required units can usually be completed within 4 or 5 sessions during the Fall semester (not offered in Spring semester).  If a student misses a session, the student must attend the designated makeup session if wanting to complete this requirement through NWTC.

8:10 – 9:25 am session

9:30 – 10:45 am session

1:55 – 3:05 pm session

Topics to cover on Day 1:

1. Is your name spelled correctly on the list above?
2. My name is Mrs. Frascht – pronounced like Frost.
3. Always check in with your program instructor before coming to Career Center, especially if your Career Center session is at the beginning of the day or immediately after lunch.
4. Photos – Digital Design class creates a NWTC Photo Directory each year. Did you get your photo taken yet?
5. Seating – pick a seat to sit at all semester.  No changing computers thru the semester if possible.
6. You may wipe down keyboards and mouse before using if you wish…don’t rely on someone else to sanitize the area for you.
7. Computer log ins – passwords for alvacc users on computers are alvacc and the computer number displayed on bottom left corner of monitor such as alvacc01.
8. If prompted, do not run any updates on the computers.
9. Only use Chrome for a browser during Career Center. Do not change any settings within Google Chrome.
10. You will use Gmail and Google Drive within the browser to login but do NOT use the Chrome profile button. Confusing I know but there is a difference in what happens to the saved bookmarks. Do not log in to any Apple iCloud, Mac Mail or other personalization accounts except Google Drive (Sheets, Docs, etc.) and Gmail. Everyone uses the same Mac user account so please do not customize the user account to your settings which means do NOT add you Google profile setting.  Do NOT change the Apple ID, Microsoft User or Adobe User account  or computer settings.
11. The Career Center is website – www.nwtech.edu/alvacc/. I will have announcements each week for you to refer to for instructions on the activities and necessary websites.
12.  Virtual Job Shadow will be used for career exploration and ICAP activities.  Visit https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/login/AC5760/users/? and try to log in to your account. Most users enter first and last name with no spaces as username and the six digit number representing their birthdate as the password. An example of a password for someone with a birthdate of July 6, 2006 would be 060606.
13. Personal Financial Literacy – Starts on Wednesday, September 6. See list below for those who  need to attend.
14. WorkKeys testing – Students will complete three ACT WorkKeys Career Readiness exams – Graphic Literacy, Workplace Documents, and Applied Math. For more information, visit http://nwtech.edu/alvacc/workkeys/.
15. Assessments & Credentials – Students will complete assessments such as Certiport, ODCTE, PLTW, and ASE within Career Center.
16. Scholarships – will be listed on Career Center website.  Assistance with applications may be available. Otha Grimes and NWTC Foundation scholarships for the Fall 2023 semester are due by Friday, September 7.
17. Employment opportunities – will be listed on Career Center website.  Assistance with applications may be available.
18. Superintendent Leadership Class – Information is available at https://nwtech.edu/student-services/student-organizations/. Applications are due September 12.
19. Personality Styles – In the near future, students will complete a personality styles activity that I will share with their instructor.
20. Students will complete designated career surveys which are required for high school students due to ICAP requirements

New Students

Work  to be completed on Day 1 by NWTC first year students:

1. Career Center Survey – click here
2. Learning Styles – Students will complete a learning styles activity – http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml.  I will share the results with their instructor. I will be requiring you to print a copy of the results which include your first and last name. I will also have you create a PDF file that you will store in a designated location on the computer and then upload it to the Google Drive folder that I created and shared with you.

Returning Students

Work  to be completed on Day 1 by NWTC Returning students:

1. Complete the Career Center Survey – click here
2. Learning Styles – can you find you learning styles report from last year? You can look in the Google Drive folder I shared with you last year and print a copy from there or you may look in your notebook from last year.  If you find a copy, place it in the black tray on my desk.  If you do not find the results of your Learning Styles inventory, complete the activity again  – http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml.  I will share the results with their instructor. I will be requiring you to print a copy of the results which include your first and last name. I will also have you create a PDF file that you will store in a designated location on the computer.
3. High school students will need to log in to Virtual Job Shadow – https://www.virtualjobshadow.com/login/AC5760/users/? . Most users enter first and last name with no spaces as username and the six digit number representing their birthdate as the password. An example of a password for someone with a birthdate of July 6, 2006 would be 060606.  Seniors need to complete and print the Career Cluster Interest EZ Survey and the O*Net Work Importance Locator assessment.  Juniors need to complete and print the Career Cluster Interest  Survey and the O*Net Interest Profiler assessment.