My Future My Plan: Engaging Students as Leaders in Planning for Their Future

Presenters:
Gerardine Wurzburg
President, State of the Art, Inc.

Dana Sheets
Producer, State of the Art, Inc.

Pam Stenhjem
Associate Director, NCSET

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MS. STENHJEM: I think we’ll just go ahead and get started. Thanks, everyone, for introducing yourselves. I really appreciate it. My name is Pam Stenhjem. And I’m the Associate Director of the Youth and Family Participation Network at the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition at the University of Minnesota.

On behalf of our center, I’d like to welcome all of you to this month’s teleconference call.

Before we begin, I would like to request if anyone is using a speakerphone to remind you to please put your phone on mute, which will tone down any background noise that may occur during the call. And I’d like to thank you for doing that.

Today’s topic for the teleconference is “My Future, My Plan: Engaging Students as Leaders in Planning for Their Future.”

And we’re very lucky to have two people with us today who have worked on several very innovative and important projects related to student leadership and planning for the future.

Vietnamese students weak in planning their future

Graduation

A lot of students will have similar answers lto Van’s when they are asked about the plan for the future, especially preparation for future jobs.

Analysts can see problems in the answer - stressing that this explains why too many students do not have plans for work after they leave university lecture halls. They also said that the lack of necessary preparation for post-university explains why the percentage of unemployed university graduates and the percentage of graduates who have to work in untrained fields has been increasing rapidly.

The analysts have pointed out that it is not difficult for high school graduates to choose study options which fit their capability, but it is not always easy to choose the study branches they love.

Study English IELTS Preparation - Series 1

Study English is a series of English language programs for intermediate to advanced learners, especially those using English for study purposes and those preparing for IELTS.

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• Episode Twenty Six: Urban Archaeology
• Episode Twenty Five: Copyright
• Episode Twenty Four: Perfect Siesta
• Episode Twenty Three: Octopuses
• Episode Twenty Two: Finance Report
• Episode Twenty One: Watching Birds
• Episode Twenty: Torres Strait
• Episode Nineteen: Weather Report
• Episode Eighteen: Salinity
• Episode Seventeen: Water and Ageing
• Episode Sixteen: DVT
• Episode Fifteen: Sea Floor
• Episode Fourteen: Junk DNA
• Episode Thirteen: Under the Sea
• Episode Twelve: Carbon Cycle
• Episode Eleven: Recounting the Past
• Episode Ten: Solar House
• Episode Nine: ADHD
• Episode Eight: Crocodile Tourism
• Episode Seven: Enviro-Loo
• Episode Six: Greenhouse Gases
• Episode Five: Global Warming
• Episode Four: Rising Dollar
• Episode Three: Company Growth
• Episode Two: Vitamin D
• Episode One: Electronic Crime

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Episode Twenty Six: Urban Archaeology

Episode Twenty Six: Urban Archaeology - Source: http://australianetwork.com
In this episode we are going to look at classification - how things are sorted into classes or groups. Plus we will practice the pronunciation of final s sounds.

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Urban Archaeology

In this episode we are going to look at classification - how things are sorted into classes or groups. Plus we will practise the pronunciation of final s sounds.

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For IELTS Writing Task 1 and Writing Task 2, remember to leave some time to check whether the subjects of your sentences agree with the verb in number and person.

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Episode Twenty Five: Copyright

Episode Twenty Five: Copyright - Source: http://australianetwork.com
In this episode we will talk abut simple present tense, definitions and technical vocabulary, all the things you need to know and use to write a report.

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Copyright

In this episode we will talk abut simple present tense, definitions and technical vocabulary, all the things you need to know and use to write a report.


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In IELTS Writing Task 1 and Writing Task 2 it is important to organise your information well, write accurately using appropriate structures and vocabulary, and demonstrate good punctuation and correct spelling.

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