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Thursday, June 25, 2015

Pinterest uses graphics to optimize learning!





Pinterest uses graphics to present and display career and social media information. 

Pinterest allows users to visually share, and post images or videos.

Here are examples of infographics that are on the Hollandcodes.com Pinterest page.     

 

 
Download the NACE Pinterest fact sheet.
How to Sign Up for Pinterest

To Sign-Up for Pinterest, use the Wikihow How to Sign Up for Pinterest article - http://www.wikihow.com/Sign-Up-for-Pinterest.

See a wide variety of career and social media graphics at the Hollandcodes.com Pinterest page.

Friday, August 09, 2013

Kid Career Tests Go Digital!


In 2013, Hollandcodes.com will launch a NEW virtual Holland Codes for Kids career awareness center for elementary and middle school students.

The Holland Codes for Kids Program has the following items -

Holland Codes for Kids Model


There are two versions – the RIASEC Version and the Children’s Version.
  • The RIASEC Version is for Middle School students and  uses the Self-Directed Search Career Explorer.
  • The Children’s Version is for elementary students and uses poster activity. 

RIASEC MODEL
Children’s Model
· A = ARTISTIC
· A = ARTS
· E = ENTERPRISING
· B = BUSINESS
· C = CONVENTIONAL
· O = OFFICE
· S = SOCIAL
· P = PEOPLE
· I = INVESTIGATIVE
· S = SCIENCE
· R = REALISTIC
· T = TECHNICAL/ TOOLS


Holland Codes for Kids Career Posters

The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program uses self-by-step activities, career games for Kids, and kids activities for career choices to highlight Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes. On each web page, you choose the careers that you like or are interested in.
At the end of the career poster exercise, you summarize your results. The Summary Sheet identifies your Holland Codes.
The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program comes with a Career Model Holland Code Descriptions, and Color Key. The Holland Codes for Kids Career Program is an excellent tool to introduce you to career exploration, Holland Codes, and Careers. The graphics hold your attention as you identify your career interests.

Over three hundred (300) Colors to Careers Posters feature graphics, Holland Codes, and Colors to Careers Codes. The Colors to Careers Posters are Easy Scoring. You sort the posters quickly according to likes and dislikes. At the end of the poster sorting exercise, you will have your Holland Code and Colors to Careers Code. The posters are an excellent way to explore careers. The poster shows you’re the relationship between Holland Codes, Color-to Careers Codes, and careers.

Career Posters comes with -
  • Children Version
  • Leaders Version
  • RIASEC Version
  • Photo Posters
  • Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Photo Version
  • Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – RIASEC Version
  • Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Children Version


Promotional Starter Kit

Use the Starter Kit to promote the Holland Codes for Kids Program.
The Starter Kit helps teachers, counselors, and parents prepare for a Paint Careers With Colors System. The Starter Kit has the following items –
  • News Release
  • Flyers for children
  • Flyers for teachers, counselors, and parents
  • Tent Cards
  • Name Tags
  • Stickers for Tent Cards and Name Tags
The flyers and News Release help to advertise the Program.


The News Release advertises the beginning of the Holland Codes for Kids Program. Send out the News Release prior to starting the system.


The Children’s and Adult’s Flyers provide information about the Holland Codes for Kids Program.
Use Name Tags and Tent Cards to identify children, students, teachers, counselors, or parents.
Individuals place stickers on Name Tags and Tent Cards. The Stickers lists the 6 Holland Codes. When the children or students have completed the Career Poster Exercise, they will be instructed to place the correct labels on their Name Tags and Tent Cards. The Stickers identify each individual’s Holland Codes.

Career Resource Guide

The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) includes additional information from the following areas –
  • Holland Code Career Assessment Activities
  • Awareness, Assessment, and Knowledge Resources
  • Career Exploration Sites
The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) covers -

1. Look at Exploring Careers Web Sites

  • Curriculum
  • Career Information
  • Science Career Group
  • Specific Careers — Science
2. Look at Exploring Careers Books


Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum

This Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum provides strategies –
  • To motivate students to expand their knowledge of themselves and the world of work
  • To empower students with the skills, knowledge, and support they need to enhance their career and personal development
  • To encourage the discovery and refinement of students’ work values, interests and skills, as well as their academic and career planning
The contents of the Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum are -
1. Outline
2. Introduction
3. Career Exploration

  • Three Steps Within the Career Planning and Exploration Process
  • Step One: Awareness, Knowledge and Assessment
  • Step Two: Education and Occupational Exploration
  • Step Three: Career Planning
4. Bibliography
5. Appendix

  • Career Exploration and Planning
  • Areas Influencing Career Planning and Exploration
  • Expanded List of Areas Influencing Career Planning and Exploration
  • Career and Vocational Knowledge
  • Different Occupational Areas
  • Career Exploration Exercise Results
  • Additional Career Websites


Unlock Your Treasure – Children

The Children’s version of the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is used in conjunction with the Self Directed Search Career Explorer and the Holland Codes for Kids (Children's and RIASEC Version).
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration has 3 sections:
  • Guide to Exploring Careers
  • Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, Kids and Children
  • Visual Aids or Screenshots from the Unlock the Treasure Chest Guidebook
The Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is for kids and children who need a manual that will guide them through the steps of exploring careers.
The topics included in the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration are:
  • Learning about Yourself
  • Find the Secret Code
  • Understand the Secret Code – The Holland Code
  • Find Your Career Group
  • Identify Careers Using Paint Careers With Colors System
  • Identify Careers Using the Self Directed Search Career Explorer
  • Explore Careers Using Career Web Sites
  • Explore Career Using Career Books


Training Manual

The Training Manual provides detailed step-by-step instructions to administer and implement the different aspects of the Paint Careers With Colors System. The Training Manual covers the following areas –
1. Introduction (For Parents, Teachers, & Counselors)
2. Paint Careers With Colors System –

  • Model
  • Career Test
  • Posters
  • Color Key
3. Awareness & Assessment: Teacher, Counselor, & Parent Guide

  • 3 Ways To Choose a Right Career Test For Your Child or Student
  • Holland Career Self Assessment Tests
  • Features Of Career Self Assessments Tests
4. Guide To Exploring Careers – For Children

  • Learning About Yourself
  • Day One: Meet Your Guides and Get Your Map
  • Day Two: Meet John Holland, a Great Explorer
  • Day Three: Find The Secret Code
  • Day Four: Understand The Secret Code – The Paint Careers With Colors Code
  • Day Five: Find Your Career Group
  • Day Six: Get Your Holland Code.
  • Day Seven: Get Your Career List
  • Day Eight: Look at Exploring Careers Web Sites
  • Day Nine: Look at Exploring Careers Books
5. Career Posters – Keys To Explore Holland Codes, Paint Careers With Colors Codes, and Careers
6. Day Ten: Look at Career Posters

7. Paint Careers With Colors Career Posters
  • Preparation For Career Poster Activity
  • Sorting By Likes And Dislikes
  • Summary Sheet
  • Final Review
  • Highest Code Letters
8. Starter Kit
9. Visual Aids Or Screenshots For Teachers, Counselors, Or Parents
10. Flash Cards

Flash Cards and Bingo Cards Sets

The purpose of the Flash Cards and Bingo Cards are to help the students:
  • Discover their interests, abilities, and skills.
  • Find out what makes their personality tick.
  • Explore careers with middle school students, children, and kids.
  • Link careers to interests, abilities and skills.
Flash Card Set has -
  • Flash Cards – Adults Version
  • Flash Cards - Children Version

Versions

Self-enroll in preview courses -

Read about the price and features of the courses -

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Career Tests for Children and Kids

It is never too early for career awareness!!

paint careers with colors

Children and kids are dreamers.

Children and kids love explore possibilities.

Children are open to new ideas.

Kids are still forming their belief systems.

Our goals to help children and kids build visions and goals of what they desire to do in the future.

Now, is the time to introduce them to careers.

We want children and kids to build career awareness.

We want to help to remain open to new career ideas and possibilities.

We do not expect children and kids to make premature career choices or career preparations.

Now is a time to explore.

We need to present children and kids with VISUAL learning techniques and vibrant kid career resources.

Our goal is to clarify thoughts, integrate new knowledge, and promote critical thinking.

We seek to present new information so that the concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.

We desire to use career tests that improve -

· Attention Span and Concentration: holds audience's attention and helps people absorb information
· Memory Skills and Understanding: improves ability to absorb information
· Speed of Learning: reduces the time it takes to complete career tests.

Career tests introduce children and kids to careers and interests. The graphics and visuals hold your children’sand kids ' attentions. Career tests provide excellent ways to explore careers. The career tests show the relationship between interestareas and careers

After completing career tests, children and kids have -

· Higher grades
· Higher academic achievement
· Improved school involvement, as well as
· An increase in career awareness exploration, personal, and interpersonal skills

In addition, the children and kids complete more complex courses and have a highergraduation rate from high school.

In summary, using career tests, children and kids -

· Learn and apply the academic material
· Know and value self
· Build self-esteem and confidence
· Identify interests and buildrelationships between the school environment and the work force
· Build academic, communication, problemsolving, and social skills
· Increase awareness of the need for futurejobs skills
· See the connections between learning inschool, academic skills, job related skills, and careers
· See career possibilities
· See themselves as a future contributor tothe job force
· Receive empowerment
· Build self-determination

Paint Careers With Colors Kids Career Test

The Paint Careers With Colors Kids Job Test uses self-by-step activities, career games for Kids, and kids activities for career choices to highlight Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes. On each page, you choose the careers that you like or are interested in.

kid career test

At the end of the job test for kids, you summarize your results. The Summary Sheet identifies your Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes.

kid career test
kid career test

The Paint Careers With Colors Kids Career Test comes with a Colors to Careers Career Model, Colors to Careers Code or Holland Code Descriptions, and Color Key.

The Paint Careers With Colors Child Career Test is an excellent tool to introduce you to career exploration, Holland Codes, and Colors to Careers Codes. The graphics hold your attention as you identify your career interests.

Career Test comes with -
  • Children Test
  • Children Test Guide
  • Photo Test
  • Photo Test Guide
  • RIASEC Test
  • RIASEC Test Guide
Read more ...

Paint Careers With Colors Career Test
Paint Careers With Colors Career Preview Program

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Preview Paint Careers With Colors Products

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Purpose of Program

Preview Paint Careers With Colors products -
  • To build awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the Paint Careers With Colors System, career assessments, occupational posters, training materials, powerpoint tools, and marketing resources
  • To present Paint Careers With Colors System to other teachers, counselors, educators, trainers, and parents

Benefits of the Program

Preview the Paint Careers With Colors products at your own pace.


Evaluate the Paint Careers With Colors resources before purchasing the CD Collection.

Access lessons that provide key information and samples of the different parts of the Paint Careers With Colors System.

After completing all of the lessons and quizzes in the Paint Careers With Colors Preview Program, you can -
  • Purchase the Paint Careers With Colors CD Collection.
  • Possess knowledge and the skills necessary to implement the Paint Careers With Colors Program.

Preview Program Contents

After joining the Preview Program, you will have access to the following Paint Careers With Colors Lessons, Activities, and Samples -
  • Unit 1 Lesson 1 - Overview
  • Unit 1 Lesson 2 - Fact Sheets
  • Unit 1 Lesson 3 - Career Model
  • Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Alphabetized Product List
  • Unit 1 Lesson 5 - Step by Step Guide
  • Unit 1 Lesson 6 - Educational Games
  • Unit 2 Lesson 1 - Foundational CD-ROM
  • Unit 2 Lesson 2 - Kids Job Test
  • Unit 2 Lesson 3 - Occupational Posters
  • Unit 3 Lesson 1 - Training Resources CD-ROM
  • Unit 4 Lesson 1 - Promotional Starter Kit CD-ROM
  • Unit 5 Lesson 1 - Holland Codes Toolkit CD-ROM
  • Unit 6 Lesson 1 - Powerpoint Presentation CD-ROM

Overview

The Paint Careers With Colors Program is VISUAL learning techniques and career test for kids that use colors to represent Holland Codes and Paint Careers With Colors Codes.

The Paint Careers With Colors Kids Career System clarifies thoughts, integrates new knowledge, and promotes critical thinking. New concepts are more thoroughly and easily understood.

The Paint Careers With Colors Kids Program organizes and analyzes information. Children, youth, and adults -
  • See how Holland Codes are connected to careers
  • Realize how careers can be grouped and organized
The Paint Careers With Colors System also improves –
  • Attention Span and Concentration: holds audience's attention and helps people absorb information
  • Memory Skills and Understanding: improves ability to absorb information
  • Speed of Learning: reduces the time it takes to complete career tests.
Use the Paint Careers With Colors System at -
  • Schools
  • Boys and Girls Clubs
  • YMCA/ YWCA Programs
  • Afterschool Programs
  • Kids Go To Work Days
  • Career Days
  • Summer School Programs
The Paint Careers With Colors Kids System is an excellent career test for ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS and for other people -
  • Who are In ESL/GED programs
  • Who have limited reading ability
  • Who have limited knowledge of English
  • Who are developmentally delayed
  • Who are learning disabled
  • Who have special needs
  • Who have limited access to education
  • Who are chronically unemployed
Preview the Paint Careers With Colors Program -

Paint Careers With Colors Kids Career Test

The Paint Careers With Colors Kids Job Test uses self-by-step activities, career games for Kids, and kids activities for career choices to highlight Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes. On each page, you choose the careers that you like or are interested in.
 
kid career test
At the end of the job test for kids, you summarize your results. The Summary Sheet identifies your Holland Codes or Colors to Careers Codes.

 
 
The Paint Careers With Colors Kids Career Test comes with a Colors to Careers Career Model and Colors to Careers Code or Holland Code Descriptions. The Paint Careers With Colors Child Career Test is an excellent tool to introduce you to career exploration, Holland Codes, and Colors to Careers Codes. The graphics hold your attention as you identify your career interests.

kid career test
kid career test
Career Test comes with -
  • Children Test
  • Children Test Guide
  • Photo Test
  • Photo Test Guide
  • RIASEC Test
  • RIASEC Test Guide

Colors to Careers Posters

  
kid career test
Over three hundred (300) Colors to Careers Posters feature graphics, Holland Codes, and Colors to Careers Codes.

Colors to Careers Poster Color Key

  
kid career test
The Colors to Careers Color Chart shows all of the information listed on the posters –
  • Job Titles
  • Career Color Codes
  • 3 letter Holland Codes
  • Colors to Careers Poster Numbers

Paint Careers With Colors Promotional Starter Kit

Use the Starter Kit to promote the Paint Careers With Colors System.
The Starter Kit helps teachers, counselors, and parents prepare for a Paint Careers With Colors System.


Guide to 
 Unlock Your Potential Curriculum

Career Resource Guide

The Career Resource Guide (Internet Resources for Teachers, Counselors, Parents, Adults, and Teens) covers -
1. Look at Exploring Careers Web Sites
  • CURRICULUM
  • CAREER INFORMATION
  • SCIENCE CAREER GROUP
  • SPECIFIC CAREERS — SCIENCE
2. Look at Exploring Careers Books

Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum 2009

This Guide to Unlock Your Potential Curriculum provides strategies to motivate students to expand their knowledge of themselves and the world of work.

Unlock Your Treasure – Children

The Children’s version of the Unlock Your Treasure Chest Guide to Career Exploration is used in conjunction with the Self Directed Search Career Explorer and the Paint Careers With Colors System (Children's and RIASEC Version).

Training Manual

The Training Manual provides detailed step-by-step instructions to administer and implement the different aspects of the Paint Careers With Colors System.
bingo cards

Flash Cards and Bingo Cards Sets

The Flash Card Set has -
  • Flash Cards – Adults Version
  • Flash Cards - Children Version
The Bingo Cards has -
  • Bingo Card Set – Children Version
  • Bingo Master - Children Version
  • Bingo Master Cutouts – Children Version
  • Bingo Instruction Sheet – Children Version
  • Bingo Card Set – RIASEC Version
  • Bingo Master – RIASEC Version
  • Bingo Master Cutouts – RIASEC Version
  • Bingo Instruction Sheet – RIASEC Version


analyzer



Paint Careers With Colors Poster Analyzer

The Analyzer program is an alternative to the paper and pencil model of RIASEC Paint Careers With Colors.

Paint Careers With Colors CD ROM Collection

Preview the four (4) Paint Careers With Colors CD Collection.
  • Foundational CD-ROM
  • Bonus CD-ROM Number 1 – Training Resources
  • Bonus CD-ROM Number 2 – Promotional Starter Kit Materials
  • Bonus CD-ROM Number 3 – Holland Codes Toolkit
  • Bonus CD-ROM Number 4 – Presentational Materials

Here is a detailed outline of the Paint Careers With Colors CD Collection.

Foundational CD-ROM
1. Career Test - Children & RIASEC – Revising
  • Children Test
  • Children Test Guide
  • Photo Test
  • Photo Test Guide
  • RIASEC Test
  • RIASEC Test Guide
2. Color Key
  • Color Key -RIASEC Version
  • Color Key –RIASEC Alphabetized Version
  • Color Key-Children Version
  • Color Key-Children2-Alphabetized Version
  • Color Key-Photo . Version
  • Color Key-Photo-Alphabetized Version
3. Posters
  • Children Version
  • Leaders Version
  • RIASEC Version
  • Photo Posters
  • Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – Photo Version
  • Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009 – RIASEC Version
  • Poster Card Instruction Sheet-2009-children Version
4. Introduction
  • Overview
  • RIASEC VS Children Table
  • Fact Sheets
  • Paint Careers With Colors Wheel – Children
  • Paint Careers With Colors Wheel – RIASEC
  • RIASEC & Children Model Table
Bonus CD-ROM Number 1 – Training Resources
1. Career Resource Guide
2. Curriculum 2009
3. Unlock Your Treasure – Children
4. Training Manual
5. Mini-Posters - Children's Version

  • Mini Posters Labels
  • Mini Posters Instructions
  • Mini Posters Scoring Sheet
6. Career and Holland Game

Bonus CD-ROM Number 2 – Promotional Starter Kit Materials
1. Brochure
2. Labels - Children Codes
3. Labels - RIASEC Codes
4. Flyer – Adults
5. Flyer – Children
6. Name Tags
7. News Release
8. Poster
9. Tent Cards


Bonus CD-ROM Number 3 – Holland Codes Toolkit CD-ROM
1. Analyzer
2. Flash Cards

  • Flash Cards – Adults Version
  • Flash Cards - Children Version
3. Bingo Cards
  • Bingo Card Set – Children Version
  • Bingo Master - Children Version
  • Bingo Master Cutouts – Children Version
  • Bingo Instruction Sheet – Children Version
  • Bingo Card Set – RIASEC Version
  • Bingo Master – RIASEC Version
  • Bingo Master Cutouts – RIASEC Version
  • Bingo Instruction Sheet – RIASEC Version

Press Release: New Career Education Products, Programs, and Services

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) July 7, 2010

Founders of Hollandcodes.com Dr. Mary and Ronald Askew announced that the release of new additions to Paintcareerswithcolors.com & Hollandcodes.com products, training programs, and career advisement services.

A Hollandcodes.com (2009-2010) poll reported that elementary/ middle school teachers and counselors looked for easy to read, simpler to follow, and easier to understand materials.

As a result, Hollandcodes.com expanded the Paintcareerswithcolors.com CD Collections.

The Paintcareerswithcolors.com CD Collections are geared towards different students or adults
  • Children – Elementary School students
  • RIASEC/ Holland Codes – Elementary/ Middle School students
  • Photo – Elementary/ Middle School students, high school students/ adults with limited reading abilities
  • African American
  • Chinese
The CD Collections have more than 2000 pages of bright, colorful, vivid, clear, and informative Paint Careers With Colors resources –
  • Career Models
  • Career Tests
  • Posters
  • Career Charts
  • Promotional Materials
  • Starter Kit
  • Holland Codes Toolkit
  • Presentational Materials
  • Training Resources
The Hollandcodes.com (2009-2010) poll also stated that elementary school teachers and counselors searched for additional career test administration resources.

In response to the poll, Hollandcodes.com launched two new services –
  • Preview/ Certification Program
  • Career Advisement Service
The Preview and Certification Programs, in-depth training programs, provide teacher and counselors with key career test administration information, career test samples, product discounts, and other benefits.

The Preview and Certification Programs cover the following areas –
  • Unit 1 Lesson 1 – Overview
  • Unit 1 Lesson 2 – Fact Sheets
  • Unit 1 Lesson 3 – Career Model
  • Unit 1 Lesson 4 – Alphabetized Product List
  • Unit 1 Lesson 5 – Step by Step Guide
  • Unit 1 Lesson 6 – Educational Games
  • Unit 2 Lesson 1 – Foundational CD-ROM
  • Unit 2 Lesson 2 – Kids Job Test
  • Unit 2 Lesson 3 – Occupational Posters
  • Unit 3 Lesson 1 – Training Resources CD-ROM
  • Unit 4 Lesson 1 – Promotional Starter Kit CD-ROM
  • Unit 5 Lesson 1 – Holland Codes Toolkit CD-ROM
  • Unit 6 Lesson 1 – Powerpoint Presentation CD-ROM
The Career Advisement Service provides Career Advisors for students, adults, teachers, and counselors.

Advisors have the following functions –
  • Answer questions about the career test types, features, and prices
  • Interpret the Holland Codes or Paint Careers With Colors career test results
  • hundreds of experts
Experts share information about –
  • Career Likes
  • Career Dislikes
  • Ideal Career Profile
  • Ideal Career Path
Hollandcodes.com specializes in helping you match your interests, abilities, and skills to right career and college major program.

For more information -

Web Sites: http://www.Hollandcodes.com
& http://www.Paintcareerswithcolors.com

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http://twitter.com/hollandcodes 

Samples – http://www.scribd.com/hollandcodes

Certification and Preview Programs -
http://www.quia.com/profiles/hollandcodes 

PHONE. 602-569-1050
EMAIL: hollandcodes(at)gmail(dot)com