Nun or Checkout Clerk - April Fallis - OSEU 2

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05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0112. Imported source record; individual Elder status and tribal affiliation are not inferred.

Reviewed JAG competency and OSEU connections

A1 — Identify occupational interests, aptitudes, and abilities

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis recalls her mother asking what she wanted to become and her childhood interest in a nun’s or checkout clerk’s work. This supports A1 by inviting students to identify occupational interests.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of early career interests? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you identify occupational interests? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

05 Wolakota Project Video Transcripts and URLs.docx · WP-0112; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2Sf0chai0; opening passage. Teaching interpretation is separate from official wording and the interviewee’s account.

A2 — Relate interests, aptitudes, and abilities to appropriate occupations

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis recalls her mother asking what she wanted to become and her childhood interest in a nun’s or checkout clerk’s work. This supports A2 by inviting students to ask how interests relate to possible roles.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of early career interests? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you ask how interests relate to possible roles? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

J106 — Identify and understand personal interests, aptitudes, and abilities

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis recalls her mother asking what she wanted to become and her childhood interest in a nun’s or checkout clerk’s work. This supports J106 by inviting students to reflect on what attracts someone to an activity.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of early career interests? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you reflect on what attracts someone to an activity? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Q129 — Describe the future, including personal and career potential

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis recalls her mother asking what she wanted to become and her childhood interest in a nun’s or checkout clerk’s work. This supports Q129 by inviting students to describe imagined future work.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of early career interests? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you describe imagined future work? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

T140 — Identify skills necessary for career choice

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Reviewed teaching connection (Supporting): April Fallis recalls her mother asking what she wanted to become and her childhood interest in a nun’s or checkout clerk’s work. This supports T140 by inviting students to investigate abilities needed for a role.

Updated for Proposed August 9, 2024: New connection to the overall current understanding. No specific OSEU standard alignment is claimed. Original JAG–interview approval retained.

My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.

Learn About: What details in this passage support the speaker’s account of early career interests? What would you need to hear in the full interview before interpreting it?

Learn From: How could you investigate abilities needed for a role? Use a fictional or classroom example if you prefer, and explain which part of the speaker’s account informed your approach.

Interview transcript

My mom would sometimes sit and…she’d talk… and…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” Mine was a nun. Or I wanted to be a nun or…I wanted to be a…what do you call it at the grocery store? A clerk? A checkout clerk? I don’t know why, but just the way they do it. Being a nun…I don’t know if it’s because my mom…when I was born, a nun named me. My mom asked her…or she asked mom what she was going to name me. She told her she didn’t really know…she didn’t have a name picked out. She said, “Well, name her April. She was born in the month of April.” So that’s how I got my name.