Occupational Interest Inventory (OII),

CAREER ADVOCACY and Aptitude for Senior High School

2nd Semester Tracks. The GSA measures the
learners reading comprehension and
Name: _______ scientific, verbal, mathematical and
Date: _______ logical reasoning ability. The OII is a
Grade/Track: __________ checklist of occupational interest that
Teacher: RONALD D. BESAS provides as assessment of inclinations
or preference for comprehensive
Introduction: career guidance. The Aptitude for
SHS Tracks determines the learner’s
This module is designed to help inherent capacity to succeed in the
facilitate the career decision-making of SHS track.
Grade 12 learners especially in
choosing curriculum exit before they A profile chart of the student’s
graduate from Senior high School. The occupational inclinations and
title of module 1 “Entering the Exits” preferences through the identified
means entering a curriculum exit after cluster occupations is provided in the
Grade 12. The learners will have to results of the NCAE. The test is being
choose whether he or she will proceed administered to all Grade 9 learners
to college, do business, will look for a who are currently enrolled in public and
job, or develop the middle -level skills. private schools with government permit
or recognition. Moreover, learners with
special needs may also be assessed
LECTURETTE provided that test accommodations are
met. ( as per DepEd Order No. 55, s.
In order to guide the conduct of 2016 Sec. 9)
career guidance at the school level and
to ensure the development of skills and Helping people make career
competencies required in the world of decisions have been fundamental to
work, the Department of education has counseling psychology since its
been conducting career assessment to emergence as a profession, and it
Grade 9 students through the National continues to be central to its identity
Career Assessment Examination today (Gelso & Fretz, 2001, as cited in
(NCAE). The NCAE aims to provide journal of Counseling Psychology,
guidance to individual learners for their 2010)
future educational and career choices.
It also provides the basis for profiling
learners aptitude in the four Senior After acquiring all the knowledge,
High School tracks. skills, and attitude and being aware of
their interests and personality types,
These are the three domains Grade 12 learners will now choose to
measured in the NCAE. There are the work immediately since they can start
General Scholastic Aptitude (GSA), to earn money. They may also
proceed to higher education and
authority (TESDA) courses for middle- Senior High school graduates
level skills development. may go to any curriculum exit
regardless of the SHS track they took.
EMPLOYMENT. Any senior high If a learner took up a TVL Track,
school graduate who plans to work he/she can still enroll in college to
after senior high school can check with pursue higher education. Moreover,
the Public employment Service Office after entering a specific exit, any SHS
(PESO) in their locality for possible job graduate may proceed to another exit.
vacancies, or they can browse in the For example, a graduate who chooses
Department of Labor and Employment to pursue higher education and gets
website, www.ble.dole.gov.ph for employed after graduation may enter
possible local employment. into a business or pursue middle-skills
development while employed.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Senior high
school graduates who plan to pursue Nonetheless, whatever
the entrepreneurship exit will have to curriculum exit senior high school
consider many things. They have to graduates pursue is their own decision.
be cautious least they end up losing They only have to maximize their
money invested in the business. talents and resources in order to be
successful. As what author and
HIGHER EDUCATION. Senior high speaker Mack R. Douglas said, “You
school graduates who would want to are responsible for everything you do.”
pursue a degree course in higher
education may directly inquire at any
colleges and universities in their area. Activity 1. MY ENTRY POINT IN THE
They may also inquire at EXIT
www.ched.gov.ph the official website
of the commission on Higher Education Procedures:
(CHED) for the recognized programs of
schools per region. 1. Provide a paper and coloring
materials.
MIDDLE-LEVEL SKILLS 2. Draw a symbol to represent a life
DEVELOPMENT. Senior High School and career you can imagined after
learners who may want to pursue entering a curriculum exit.
middle-level skills development after 3. Explain briefly why you chose the
finishing a specific track and strand in symbol and share appreciation to their
senior high school may inquire at local imagined life, career, and curriculum
TESDA offices for the courses offered exit in the future.
in their locality. Those who went
Technical Vocational Livelihood Track
and earned a National Certification
level II may apply for a higher level of
national certification if they opt to.
Process Questions Directions: Draw a symbol to represent
1. Why did you choose that symbol? the life and career you imagine having
2. How does it relate to your choice of after entering your chosen curriculum
curriculum exit after Senior High exit. Briefly explain why you have
School? chosen the symbol.

REFLECTION

Write in your CAREER ADVOCAY

JOURNAL your reflection about “My
meaningful Exit from Senior High
School.”

Activity 2: MY PLAN EXIT

_______________________________
Instruction: Write your occupational _______________________________
interest based on your preference and _______________________________
plan after senior high school. _______________________________
_______________________________
1. In the fourth column _______________________________
(Employment), write your preferred _______________________________
kind/nature of work if you plan to _______________________________
proceed to this exit and indicate when. _______________________________
_______________________________
2. In the fifth column _______________________________
(Entrepreneurship), write the specific _______________________________
business industry you want to pursue if _______________________________
you plan to proceed to this exit and _______________________________
indicate when. _______________________________
_______________________________
3. In the sixth column (Higher ________
Education), write the specific course if
you plan to proceed to this exit and
indicate when.

4. In the seventh column (Higher

Education), put the specified skilled
course if you plan to proceed to this “Challenges makes you more responsible. Always
exit and indicate when. remember that life without struggle is a life without
success. Don’t give up and learn not to quit.:
Activity 3. My entry Point in the Exit