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Prescribed Learning Outcomes
Suggested Instructional Strategies
Suggested Assessment Strategies
Recommended Learning Resources

It is expected that students will:

• review their transferable skills and relate them to occupational and lifestyle choices
• apply research skills to identify the various types of work within career clusters

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SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• As a class, brainstorm a list of transferable skills to review the concept. Then have students update their own transferable skills lists, comparing these with the class list and with the employability skills profiles created by the Conference Board of Canada, the Business Council of BC, or the BC Labour Force Development Board. Students should highlight:
  • effective communication skills
  • problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • a positive attitude toward one's duties
  • work ethic traits (e.g., confidentiality, regular attendance, punctuality, honesty, trustworthiness, responsibility)
  • respect for diversity and individual differences
  • ability to function as an effective team member
  • ability to meet performance standards of the workplace
  • ability to perform work in a safe manner
  Emphasize the commonalities of transferable and employability skills, and have students create graphic representations of employability skills (e.g., in posters, videos, Venn diagrams).
• Have each student use the Internet and other resources to research a career area of his or her choice and report on it. The student could then interview someone in that field.
• Ask students to select several occupations they are interested in and identify sources of information about them. Follow up by having students investigate the training requirements, qualifications, and working conditions associated with these occupations. Each student could then prepare a brief description of what would be satisfying about each job.
• Invite guest speakers from the local community to talk about training requirements, qualifications, and working conditions for their particular occupations. Include guests who represent both traditional and non-traditional occupations.

• To prompt self-assessment, have each student assemble five pieces of evidence, collected from a wide variety of sources, to demonstrate his or her transferable skills (e.g., testimonials from friends, family, or employers; work samples; arts and crafts projects; newspaper clippings; certificates; records of participation in clubs; photographs; audiotapes). Ask students to submit their evidence along with notes explaining why each item was included and how it relates to their aspirations. Assess and respond to the extent to which students can relate their skills specifically to occupational and lifestyle choices.
• As a basis for self-evaluation, invite each student to interview a friend, a parent, and another significant adult. Collaborate with students to develop questions such as: What do you think I am good at? What makes you believe those are my strengths? If you could select a career for me, what would it be? Have students reflect on the results of their interviews, posing questions such as:
  • What comments surprised you?
  • What did you learn?
  • How does what you learned fit with what you already knew?
  • How do your aspirations for yourself relate to the expectations of others?
• When students gather information related to particular career clusters, look for evidence that they can:
  • identify a variety of relevant resources (print, electronic, people, agencies, businesses, other organizations)
  • assess the usefulness of various sources (e.g., up to date, credible, relevant)
  • access the sources to gather the information they need
  • record and organize accurate information about a wide variety of opportunities within the career cluster
  • make generalizations about groups of jobs within the career cluster

• B.C. Life Skills
• Career Connections
• Career Decision-Making System - Revised Canadian Edition
• Choices (Occupations and Education)
• Heart Beats
• Knowledge for Youth About Careers (CD-ROM Version)
• A New Leaf: Career Planning For The '90s
• Success in the Workplace
• Pathways - Knowing About Yourself, Knowing About Careers

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