Connecting Choices into Action with Career Cruising
Grades 9 - 12
Area of Learning
/Competencies
/Career Cruising
Student Development
/ In Grades 9-12, students will learn to: / Program Features and Resources:· learning skills, preferences, and strategies (eg memorizing, working independently, assessing themselves, managing their time) / · apply a variety of learning skills and strategies to a variety of situations
· demonstrate the ability to respond appropriately and thoughtfully to directions from teachers, administrators, and employers /
· Career Cruising includes not only information, but also a variety of lesson plans and worksheets which involve research, planning, self-assessment and in-person interviews.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: All Classroom Activities; Independent Research Projects.· setting goals and monitoring progress / · use goal-setting and self-management skills in a variety of situations both inside and outside school
· develop their own up-to-date annual education plans /
· The Career Portfolio Tool directly supports the AEP by providing an online resource for students to record and manage their secondary courses and marks, as well as their post-secondary and career goals.
· The Education Plan and Post-Secondary Plan further support the AEP by allowing Ontario students to save and organize their Goals & Action Plans for each school year.· Relevant Teaching Resources: Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; Independent Research Activities; Ontario's Annual Education Plan & Career Cruising activities.
· adapting to change / · apply transition knowledge and skills to making transitions and to adapting to postsecondary destinations (e.g., financial planning, completing applications, selecting programs) /
· The Education and Training section of Career Cruising offers comprehensive information on university, community college, and apprenticeship programs, as well as links to schools, admissions personnel, and apprenticeship offices.
· The occupation profiles in the Explore Careers section direct students to postsecondary programs appropriate to that occupation.· The Career Portfolio Tool provides an easy-to-use framework for students planning their postsecondary and career paths.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; Post-Secondary Research Exercise; Independent Research Projects; Explore Apprenticeships Activity.· lifelong learning / · apply lifelong learning skills (eg communication, research, and employability skills) to their personal education and career plans / · Students use Career Cruising to do research on their personal education and career plans.
· The occupation profiles and the people interviewed in each occupation provide advice on employability skills.
· The Classroom Activities offered by Career Cruising involve applying written and oral communication skills.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: All Classroom Activities; Independent Research Projects Create a Personal Portfolio Activity.
Connecting Choices into Action with Career Cruising
Grades 9 - 12
Area of Learning
/Competencies
/Career Cruising
Interpersonal Development
/ In Grades 9-12, students will learn to: / Program Features and Resources:· self-management / · use personal skills appropriately to encourage responsible behaviour in others in a wide range of situations
· demonstrate appropriate behaviour at school, in the community, and with employers /
· XYTE Insight, a personality assessment tool that will be offered as an optional addition to Career Cruising, provides students with extensive feedback on ways to best interact with others.
· Real people interviewed in each occupation profile offer advice on appropriate behaviour in the school and the workplace.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Career Interview Project; Discovering Your Work Skills.· getting along with others / · apply skills (e.g., mediating, peer helping, leadership skills) to build positive relationships in diverse settings at school, in the community, and in the workplace /
· Real people interviewed in each occupation profile offer advice on appropriate behaviour and skills, also several classroom activities involve interaction with family, students and others.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Career Interview Project; Career Fair Project.· social responsibility / · demonstrate social responsibility in the community (e.g., canvassing for the Cancer Society) /
· Several aspects of Career Cruising encourage this competency indirectly. For example, the Career Portfolio Tool gets students to focus on their hobbies, volunteer experience and extracurricular activities, and the activity “Discovering Your Work Skills” has students set out all their daily activities and examine their importance in terms of how they relate to work skills.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; Discovering Your Work Skills.Connecting Choices into Action with Career Cruising
Grades 9 - 12
Area of Learning
/Competencies
/Career Cruising
Career Development
/ In Grades 9-12, students will learn to: / Program Features and Resources:· self assessment / · apply their knowledge of their personal interests, strengths, abilities, and accomplishments to choosing and planning a postsecondary education or career path /
· The assessment tools, Career Matchmaker Career Selector, help students apply personal interests, strengths and abilities to choosing a career and planning postsecondary education and training.
· XYTE Insight, a personality assessment tool that is offered as an optional addition to Career Cruising, provides students with extensive feedback on their personality, strengths and abilities, and suggests ways to apply them in life and work.
· The Career Portfolio Tool helps high school students plan suitable career goals and postsecondary education and training paths. It also helps them to prepare well-organized, professional resumes.· Relevant Teaching Resources: Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; Independent Research Projects; School Subjects & Careers; Using Career Matchmaker; Your Career Ideas & Career Matchmaker; Using Career Selector; People, Information and Things.
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· exploring and obtaining information about education, training, and careers / · demonstrate how to locate, interpret, evaluate, and use various sources of education and career information· demonstrate understanding of how to use education and career exploration skills to develop personal, educational, or career plans
· demonstrate understanding of the workplace (e.g., health and safety issues) /
· The Education and Training section offers comprehensive and easy-to-use information on university, college and apprenticeship programs across Canada.
· The Explore Careers section has in-depth information on hundreds of occupations, including informational interviews which allow students to compare the concrete realities of the workplace.
· Direct internet links are provided to colleges, universities and apprenticeship sites, as well as to additional sources of information for every occupation (e.g. professional associations)
· The Career Portfolio Tool allows students to organize their education and career research, and to develop coherent personal, educational and career plans.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Independent Research Projects; Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; All of the 11 Classroom Activities; Explore Apprenticeships Activity.· work, society and the economy / · describe how changes taking place in the economy, the environment, and society affect the job market /
· Every occupation profile includes information on working conditions, earnings and job tasks. For each occupation, students can view interviews with Canadians who offer advice on trends and opportunities in their field and the economy in general.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Career Cluster Research Project; Career Fair Project; Career Interview Project.· awareness of opportunities / · describe the variety of volunteer, employment, educational, and career opportunities, including self- employment /
· Career Cruising’s Explore Careers and Explore Education and Training sections expose students to a huge variety of career, education and employment opportunities.
· In the Education section of the occupation profiles and in the interviews, education paths, opportunities, and relevant volunteer activities are addressed.
· In the Earnings section of the occupation profiles, different forms of employment, including self-employment, are described.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Independent Research Projects; Using Career Selector; Career Cluster Research Project; Career Fair Project; Career Interview Project; Post-Secondary Research Exercise; Explore Apprenticeships Activity.· education and career decisions / · apply decision-making and problem-solving skills to their postsecondary education or career paths /
· Career Cruising’s Education and Training section provides the tools students need to decide on and plan postsecondary education and training.
· The Education and Career Path sections of the occupation profiles provide students with the steps necessary plan their Career Path.
· The Portfolio Tool provides students with a space to set out and organize their education and career goals.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Independent Research Projects; Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; Post-Secondary Research Exercise; Explore Apprenticeships Activity.· employability / · demonstrate their understanding of employability skills (e.g., job search, interview, job readiness, employment sustainability, and entrepreneurial skills)
· evaluate their personal, educational, or career plans in light of their community or workplace experiences /
· The Career Portfolio Tool includes a Resume Builder that helps students create well-organized, professional-looking resumes. The Portfolio Tool also provides a place for students to record and reflect on their work experiences.
· The people interviewed in each occupation profile offer general and occupation-specific information and advice for students beginning their career.
· Relevant Teaching Resources: Independent Research Projects; Create a Personal Portfolio Activity; Career Interview Project; Explore Apprenticeships Activity.