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= = Career Studies GLC201

= = = = =Welcome to the most important class YOU will ever take! In the following nine weeks you will be exploring who you are, your personal knowledge and management skills. You will research your options as you begin to plan a life after secondary school. You are going to interview your parents about what they do in the world of work. And you will create an employment portfolio and participate in a mock job interview. These are just a few ways that we meet the expectations of the Ontario Ministry of Education. For a more detailed review of the Curriculum you can navigate through the pages of this Wiki to acquire that information.= = =

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=The class is divided into three units of study:= == Identifying skills for success at school (and how these transfer to the workplace); enhancing your personal management skills Discovering your personal learning style (tips for becoming a better student) Using self assessment tools (i.e. interest inventories) and interpreting the results Learning about your background and personality; **producing a personal profile** Identifying your own skills (i.e. literacy, numeracy, communication, life) Plotting a personal/academic/career direction for yourself (where are you going?) || Interviewing people in selected fields of work (locally, regionally) Becoming familiar with a variety of learning opportunities that are open to you as a secondary student Familiarizing yourself with a variety of post-secondary learning opportunities Exploring self-employment as a career option Becoming familiar with emerging trends || Identifying effective/ineffective ways to deal with change Becoming familiar with the concept of career development as a lifelong process Identifying appropriate strategies to search for work Using word-processing software to create effective resumes and covering letters Completing job applications Enhancing your employment interview skills Setting goals Preparing and evaluating your portfoliio ||
 * ** Unit 1: ** || ** Personal Knowledge and Management Skills ** ||
 * || Learning about where you are right now (and your graduation requirements)
 * ** Unit 2: ** || ** Exploration of Opportunities ** ||
 * || Identifying and describing an occupational system/discovering an occupational group that might be of interest to you
 * ** Unit 3: ** || ** Preparation for Transitions and Change ** ||
 * || Identifying changes that you (and others) have experienced

= William Bridges says, “Think of your career as a journey that includes all the events of your life.” (Career Studies, Pg 15) =