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The Oregon Diploma: Opening the Doors of Opportunity Oregon Department of Education
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Reality Check
What kind of life do you want to live?
Are you making the decisions that will help you achieve your
goals?
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Think about it…
What do you want to do after high school?
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Do you want to work right away?
Do you want to keep going to school?
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Do you want to work inside?
Do you want to work outside?
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You have many options:
-Entering the workforce
-Going to college -2-year college-4-year university-technical school
-Joining the military
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However, more education does mean earning more money.
EducationAverage Annual
Earnings
Average Lifetime Earnings
High school dropout
$22,000 $1.1 million
High school diploma
$31,000 $1.4 million
Associate degree $38,000 $1.8 million
Bachelor’s degree $50,000 $2.5 million
Source: College Board, Education Pays,
2004.
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Whichever option you choose, do you know what will help get you
there?
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Earning your Oregon Diploma!
• Successfully complete the credit requirements
• Show you have mastered the Essential Skills
• Meet the personalized learning requirements
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Credit Requirements• Ask your school counselor or a
teacher about your school district’s credit requirements for graduation
• Find out which classes you will need to take to meet these requirements
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Essential Skills
• Essential skills are considered “essential” because they are so important to your success in the workplace, college, and life in general
• The essential skills include: reading, applying math, speaking, writing, using technology, personal management, thinking critically, global awareness, and civic & community engagement
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Essential Skills
• You can learn these skills in a variety of your classes throughout your school years
• You must show you have mastered these essential skills before you can earn an Oregon Diploma
• Ask your counselor or teacher about your options for demonstrating you have mastered these skills
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Essential Skills Essential for Work?
Your employer will expect you to:– Read and understand instruction
manuals, employee handbooks, email, and many other work place documents
– Listen actively and speak clearly when communicating with customers and coworkers
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Essential Skills Essential for Work?
Your employer will also expect you to: – Use technology to keep up to date on the
latest advancements no matter what job you are doing
– Demonstrate personal management and teamwork skills by working successfully with coworkers and taking responsibility for your own work.
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Essential Skills Essential for Life?
As an adult you will be expected to:• Read billing statements, insurance
information, contracts, letters, voter’s guides, food labels
• Apply mathematics when you balance a budget, pay bills, cook
• Demonstrate civic and community engagement by voting, and practice good citizenship
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Personalized Learning Requirements
To make sure your Oregon Diploma is meaningful to you personally, it also includes:
• Education Plan and Profile• Career Related Learning
Experiences• Extended Application
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Personalized Learning Requirements: Education Plan
and Profile• Every Oregon student begins
building his/her education plan and profile in the 7th grade
• Building a plan and tracking progress can help you reach your goals
• Ask your counselor or teacher for more information about your Plan
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Personalized Learning Requirements: Career Related
Learning Experience• Gives you the
opportunity to experience different careers that interest you
Example• Job shadow• Service learning
• Allows you to learn more about different career paths
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Personalized Learning Requirements: Extended
Application• You need to be able to show
that you can use what you know and apply it to real-world situations Example
• Senior Project• Portfolio
• Ask your counselor or teacher for specific information on how to meet this requirement
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Remember…Earn your diploma and doors of opportunity will open to you.
It will also give you a better chance to live the life you want to
live.
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Reality CheckSo, what kind of life do you want
to live?
Are you making the decisions that will help you achieve your goals?
Find out now:http://oregonrealitycheck.org/
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For more information visit the Oregon Department of Education Diploma Website:
http://www.getreadyoregon.org/