Choosing School Electives
Navigating the transition from middle school to high school is a crucial phase in a student’s educational journey, laying the groundwork for future academic and career paths. This transition demands careful consideration of one’s areas of interest and specialization, regardless of the curriculum – British, American, International Baccalaureate, Indian, French, or MOE.
The choices made during this pivotal time influence immediate academic pursuits and shape long-term career prospects. Understanding a student’s unique potential through a comprehensive evaluation of their personality, interests, and aptitude is key. At VedAtma, we guide students in choosing the right high school subjects or specializations, ensuring they are well-equipped to step confidently into high school and ‘become their best’.
The VedAtma Process
Session Outlines
- Approximately 2 hours of online counseling with our Certified Practitioner
- Clarifying student’s objectives of taking the MBTI® assessment
- Provide a brief background/context of the MBTI® instrument
- Assist the student in arriving at their personality type
- Explaining implications of student’s personality type in life and study-streams
- Recommending resources available for various applications of MBTI® type in everyday student life
- Various reports generated during the session which is detailed under deliverables below
- Approximately 2 hours of online counseling with our Certified Practitioner
- Clarifying student’s objectives for taking the Strong Interest Inventory® assessment
- Provide brief background/context of the Strong Interest Inventory® assessment
- Examining different sections of the Strong Interest Inventory® Assessment Report
- General Occupational Themes – Student’s preferred interest themes
- Basic Interest Scales – Student’s top 6 interest fields from 32 different interests
- Occupational section – Student’s satisfaction score and similarity score ranked across 243 occupations
- Personal Style Scales – student’s preferences in working style, learning environment, leadership approach, risk-taking, and team orientation.
- Helping the student undergo the Aptitude Assessment to ascertain skills and abilities, ie, Motivational Skills Matrix
- Frame Career Mission Statement – assist the student in framing a short career mission statement that will form a lifelong tool for guidance in the career exploration journey.
- Helping the student understand the derived results about making choices for study streams and occupations
- Recommending additional resources to research more on best-fit educational streams/career fields
- Approximately 2 hours of online counseling with our Certified Practitioner
- Identify Unique Natural Potential – Aligning Student’s Personality, Interests, and Aptitude to identify Student’s Unique Natural Potential.
- Help the Student interpret the Final Report, ie, Unique Natural Potential Report
- Identify Best Educational Streams – Narrow down career fields and related educational streams that are best fit for Student’s Unique Natural Potential.