APSenior Final Project APSenior Project Your senior project

AP/Senior Final Project

AP/Senior Project �Your senior project is meant to accomplish two things: � 1: Fulfill official requirements � 2: Mean something to you �Goal of Project �Research what it is you’ll do with your life if it doesn’t go according to plan �Everyone needs a “backup plan” �The likelihood of you spending your entire working life in the same job/career field is about as likely as your winning the lottery �You will experience periods of unemployment, sudden job loss, or illness �Need to have a plan to pay the bills, keep food on the

Outline of Project � You need to plan for a change in career and the loss of income during times of job loss and transition. � Tell me the following things: � 1) What it is you want to do with your life. �What career do you want to get into? �What type of schooling will it require? �What core classes will you be taking? (use your college’s catalog and requirements to accomplish this �What type of certification or legal hoops do you have to go through to achieve it? �What is the average salary of someone working in that position or field? �What is the Department of Labor’s forecast for that industry in the coming years?

Outline continued � 2) What is your backup plan for when that goes sideways? �You need a second, possibly unrelated field in which you can work and succeed in, when you find you can’t hack it, your job gets outsourced, or the industry goes under. � What career do you want to get into? �What type of schooling will it require? �What can you use from your prior degree or what can you do during your undergrad time to be dual certified? �What type of certification or legal hoops do you have to go through to achieve it? �What is the average salary of someone working in that position or field?

More requirements � 3) How will you support yourself during down time? �It’s not responsible to turn to the government to support you because being a rodeo clown didn’t work out the way you hoped. You need savings during your working years for cash, and a retirement plan to take care of yourself after you’re done working- do not plan on Social Security being there for you. � 1) How will you save cash for a, “rainy day fund”? �How much can you put aside each week/month? How will that money grow at conservative rates? (see amortization savings calculators) � 2) What type of retirement plan will you assemble for yourself?

The Next Generation � 4) How will you ensure that your children can enjoy the benefits of higher education? � 1) Tell me about the college savings plan you’ll create for your yet-unborn children (google college savings plans) and how you’ll fund it and how it’ll grow

Assembly Instructions �This is a written assignment with a power point component for presentation purposes �Because you cannot write without minimum requirements, give me at least one page per standard goal I’ve mentioned �Create a power point that summarizes your paper. This allows you to have bullet points behind you as you present this to the class and myself �You must cite information contained within the paper, but not the photos you lift from the internet to put in the power point �Paper and power point due for presentation, third