BC Education - Personal Planning Appendix D Sample 2

Appendix D - Assessment and Evaluation

Sample 2: Grades 2 to 3

Topic: Exploring BC Occupations

Prescribed Learning Outcomes:

Personal Development (Safety and Injury Prevention)

It is expected that students will:

describe appropriate solutions for hazardous situations in the home, school, and community

Career Development

It is expected that students will:

demonstrate an appreciation for the attributes, skills, and successes of self and others
identify a variety of job and volunteer situations within the community

Overview

This sample was part of a two-month integrated unit in which students examined the effects of the province’s history and geography on the people of British Columbia. The part of the unit that focussed on Personal Planning involved students in a series of activities to build their understanding of the relationship between the province’s various geographic regions and the types of occupations available. Evaluation was based on:

Occupation Wheels
Occupational Qualifications charts
workplace hazards prevention posters

Planning for Assessment and Evaluation

The teacher provided students with magazines and travel brochures about British Columbia. Each student selected a picture of a landscape that represented a part of British Columbia of personal interest. Each student pasted her or his picture in the centre of Occupations Wheel graphic organizer provided by the teacher.
Students then cut out pictures that represented 5 different occupations, industries, or volunteer positions that might occur in the type of geographic region selected for their centre photographs. Students pasted these pictures around the wheel to create a collage. (This wheel could also be used as the basis to assess other research activities about the geographic region such as environmental issues, climate, economics, transportation, resources, or manufacturing.)
The teacher worked with the whole class to develop an Qualifications chart that identified the physical characteristics, personal attributes, and skills and knowledge required for a specific job. To illustrate the differences among these concepts, the teacher modelled how to develop charts of the qualifications for a police officer, a car mechanic, and a chef.

Occupational Qualifications

Qualifications for a __________________________________________________________.
Physical Attributes (must have)	Personal Characteristics (must like)	Skills/Knowledge (must know or be able to)

When the teacher thought that students understood how to classify qualifications, she asked students to each select one occupation from their Occupations Wheels and generate qualifications based on the same three categories.
Students then presented their Qualifications charts to the class. The class was encouraged to ask questions and make suggestions. The teacher pointed out many commonalities among the qualifications for the various occupations.
The teacher next asked students to conduct research to identify some of the potential hazards associated with the occupations they had selected. Students used the library and the Internet, and conducted interviews with people in the occupations in order to find out about the hazards and the preventative measures common in the occupations.
Students used the results of their research to develop posters representing occupations and at least three preventative measures. The teacher asked students to label each hazard and the preventative measure. Students placed their posters on a bulletin board display entitled "Safety is Everyone’s Business."

Defining the Criteria

The teacher reviewed with students the prescribed learning outcomes for these activities and explained the requirements of each task. The teacher and students decided that the following key criteria should be demonstrated in the assigned tasks.

Occupations Wheel

includes a variety of occupations
identifies occupations that are likely to occur in a geographic region with physical characteristics such as those in the photograph selected (e.g., forestry in the coastal region)
includes images that reflect occupations, industries, or volunteer positions

Qualifications Chart

represents a realistic perception of the requirements of the occupation
presents a range of the requirements associated with the occupation
distinguishes between physical characteristics, personal attributes, and skills and knowledge

Poster

clearly communicates the information
identifies the types of hazards that may exist in the particular workplace
identifies three or more hazards
illustrates preventative measures that address the hazard
presents the information in an original and creative way

Assessing and Evaluating Student Performance

The teacher used the following rating scales to assess student performance.

Occupations Wheel

Rating	Criteria
Outstanding	All the criteria are fully met; the student’s work goes beyond expectations and shows a full understanding of the concepts.
Satisfactory	All the criteria are met: the student’s work shows an understanding of most of the concepts.
Developing	Most of the criteria are met; the student’s work shows some understanding of the concepts.
Not Demonstrated	Some of the criteria are met; there is no evidence that the student understands the concepts.

Qualifications Chart

Rating	Criteria
Outstanding	All requirements are strongly evident; the information is clearly presented and well-organized. The student includes details that demonstrate an insightful and realistic understanding of the requirements of the occupation. The student properly classifies each characteristic into appropriate categories (physical characteristics, personal attributes, and skills and knowledge).
Satisfactory	All requirements are evident and the information is complete. The student includes information about the occupation beyond the stereotypes associated with the occupation. The student classifies most characteristics into the appropriate categories.
Developing	Some requirements are evident and the information is mostly complete. The student provides some information about the occupation but may rely on stereotypes associated with the occupation, or present an unrealistic view of the occupation. The student may classify some characteristics into the appropriate categories.

Work Hazards Prevention Poster

Criteria	Rating	Comments
• message is clear and understandable
• recognized the types of hazards that may exist in the particular workplace
• identified three or more hazards
• illustrates preventative measures that address the hazard
• presents the information in an original and creative way

Key:	3–Strong
	2–Competent
	1–Developing
	0–Not Evident

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Revised: November 24, 1999

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