Career and Life Education 10

7 June 2019

Here is the order for presentations and the associated lesson topics:

Alivia – Mindfulness
Ana – Cognitive Behaviour Theory
Micah – Stress and Well-Being
Olivia – Finding Balance
Sophia – Problem Solving
Andy – Social Support
Lauren – Eating and Living Well
Vanessa – Staying Mentally Healthy with Technology
Emily C. – Separation and Divorce
Emily B. – Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Ella L. – What is Depression?
Alex – How to Overcome Perfectionism
Tiffany – Jobs in the Mental Health Field
Nevan – Schools and Campuses
Erin – Mindshift CBT App
Ella R. – Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
Kelly – Anger Management
Kathy – How to Solve Daily Life Problems
Adi – Social Anxiety
Ella K. – Mental Health Matters
Sophie – Healthy Thinking
Jayden – Survey of Mental Health Issues among Teens

3 June 2019

They say that you learn more about a topic when you have to teach it. You will choose one of the topics below, read about it, and then you will prepare a lesson to teach the information to our class. Your lesson should be at least 10 minutes long and include some kind of activity, short assignment or quiz for the class to do to go along with your lesson. If you choose to create a short assignment or quiz, you will need to provide an answer key. If you create an activity, you may need to provide an instruction sheet.

Links:
Here to help modules:
1. Module 1 – Mental Health Matters
2. Module 2 – Stress and Well Being
3. Module 3 – Social Support
4. Module 4 – Problem Solving
5. Module 5 – Anger Management
6. Module 6 – Getting a Good Night’s Sleep
7. Module 7 – Eating and Living Well
8. Module 8 – Healthy Thinking
9. Module 9 – Finding Balance
10. Module 10 – Staying Mentally Healthy with Technology
11. Module 11 – Mindfulness
12. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy – two articles: What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? and More on CBT
13. Mindshift CBT App
14. How to Solve Daily Life Problems
15. How to Overcome Perfectionism
16. Social Anxiety
17. What is Depression?
18. Programs in the mental health field
19. Jobs in the mental health field
20.-23. Stories in Mental Health

First lesson presentation will start on Tuesday June 11.

6 May 2019

Resources you can use:
Workplace Safety presentation
WorksafeBC Information
Day of Mourning resources/videos

17 April 2019

Click on this link to access an interactive module on The Rights and Responsibilities for New and Young Workers. It’s not set up the greatest (for example, it will ask you questions based on information it gives you but after you answer, it won’t give you the correct answer?!) but the information provided in the module is still good so it’s still worthwhile. Please go through the online module. You will be given a quiz after everyone is finished the module. For the questions and quiz they give you throughout the module and at the end, after you see the question, go back to the information and find out what the answer is before you go on to the next section.

3 April 2019

Employment Standards Act

22 January 2019

Techworks field trip – please complete this survey if you attended the field trip. Thanks!

15 January 2019

Dress to Impress presentation
Assignment – due Jan 15, end of class
Hand in to handin file. Remember to rename your assignment using the following naming convention: lastname_firstname_dress_D1P5

10 December 2018

See below for the assignments related to the Education and Career Fair (field trip on Dec 7th). The first assignment is for those students who attended and the one after that is for the students who did not attend.

Assignment for Attendees (10 marks)

Choose 2 exhibitors (from among all the exhibitors that you visited) that you found particularly interesting. Ensure that you get a brochure or any type of printed materials that this exhibitor has to offer. Write a short paragraph for each and include the following:

  1. What program does the exhibitor offer?
  2. What was it about your chosen exhibitor that interested you (e.g., special aspects of program, location of program, length of program, etc.)
  3. Ask the exhibitor a question about their offerings and write both the question and the answer they provided
  4. Would you seriously consider pursuing this program?  Why or why not?

Hand in both the brochures and your 2 paragraphs

Assignment for Students Who Did Not Attend (10 marks)

Go to the Career Fair website to look at the list of exhibitors:

http://www.educationcareerfairs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ECF-Exhibitor-Info-Sheet.pdf

Choose two exhibitors, go to their website and find:

  1. a general description of the organization including what they do, where they are located and any other interesting information (read the information and write in your own words)
  2. a program which they offer that you might be interested in and list it
  3. are you able to complete this program on a part-time basis?
  4. what is the cost of tuition to complete the program?
  5. what do you need to do or submit to apply for the program?
  6. does it cost a fee to apply to this program?

When answering the questions, use full sentences (in your own words).

Please include:

  • your name, date and block at the top right hand side of the page
  • the name of the institutions and the URL for their website

Due:  Monday, Dec 10, 2018 (at the beginning of class)

30 November 2018

Links for volunteer positions:
https://www.govolunteer.ca/

Home


http://www.vancouveryouth.ca/job-postings
https://guides.vpl.ca/teens/communityvolunteeropportunities

Links for job positions:
go to the corporate website of a company you want to work for
https://www.bcjobs.ca/vancouver-jobs
https://www.workopolis.com/en/
https://nerdyhire.ca/jobs/teenager-job
https://www.monster.ca/
https://www.workbc.ca/Jobs-Careers/Find-Jobs/Jobs.aspx
https://ca.indeed.com/Part-Time-jobs-in-Vancouver,-BC

University Visits in November – CLE10 students are very welcome to participate in these information sessions!

7 Nov 2018

Compatibility Check Function – allows you to check your compatibility with of the career matches generated for your profile. To see how this works, you will check your compatibility for 3 potential careers. To do this, go to “Who Am I” and then select “Match Results” to get the list of occupations matched to your profile. Choose 2 out of the 10 careers that you found intriguing (previously added to you About Me portfolio), “favourite” them by clicking on the heart on the image for that career, and then click on “Get Started” to start the compatibility check (you can do a compatibility check for all 10 if you want but you are only required to do 2).

Research Different Pathways to a Career – here is a copy of the worksheet for this part of the assignment. You will need to download it (it’s a Word file), do research on MyBlueprint (instructions below) and then fill in the answers electronically on the worksheet. Due date: Friday, November 16.

To start, go to “Post Secondary” which is two links below “Who Am I” on the main menu. You have a choice of Apprenticeship, College & University, and Workplace. You will explore all three, starting with Apprenticeship.

Click on Apprenticeship. Search for specific apprenticeships or scroll down for a list of suggested Apprenticeships. Choose two that catch your interest and complete the worksheet to compare. Favourite your chosen apprenticeships.

Once finished this section, go on to Post-secondary – College & University. Search for specific programs (Ex. “business”) or scroll down for a list of suggested programs. Select two that catch your interest. Complete the worksheet. Favourite your two chosen colleges/universities.

Finally, go to Post-secondary – Workplace. Search for specific jobs (Ex. “cashier”) or scroll down for a list of suggested workplaces. As with the other pathways, select two that catch your interest and complete the worksheet questions using the two workplaces you have chosen. Favourite your two chosen workplaces.

Once you have completed the worksheet, save it (either on your Home drive or your OneDrive), naming it “Pathways_FirstName_LastName”.

Go to your Dashboard on MyBlueprint and scroll down to see the 6 boxes (above) that you favourited. Click on each one and add them to your portfolio called “Career and Education Opportunities”. Then in this portfolio, add a Journal box, title it, upload your “Pathways” file that you just saved, and then write a paragraph which includes answers to the following questions:

a. Which post-secondary pathway did you feel best met your interests, values and personality?
b. Why did you choose this pathway?
c. What steps might you take in order to pursue your post-secondary opportunity of choice?

31 Oct 2018

Once you have finished all of the instructions from the Oct 23 post (below), please do the following:

1 – Go to your “About Me” Portfolio and add three Journal boxes:  a) one titled “Who Am I?”. Upload a picture or video of something that best describes who you are; b) one titled “What Makes Me Happy?”. Upload a picture or video of something that symbolizes what makes you happy; c) one titled “What Am I Passionate About?”. Upload a picture or video that shows what your passion is. Each box should have a short description of your picture or video. After you have posted each box to your “About Me” Portfolio, write a reflection describing why you chose that particular picture/video and why it is important to you. **Please note – when you are uploading the picture or video, choose “file”, not “picture” or “video” because these may not work.**

It is good to set goals for yourself. Go to this link https://positivepsychologyprogram.com/life-worth-living-setting-life-goals/ and read two of the articles contained here:
Edwin Locke: Theory About Setting Goals In Life
10 Reasons For Setting Future Goals

You will have likely learned previously about the importance of setting “S.M.A.R.T.” goals — that is, goals that are “Specific”, “Measurable”, “Attainable”, “Realistic” and “Time-Based”. Go to this link https://www.smart-goals-guide.com/smart-goal-setting.html for a refresher of what SMART goals are and some good examples of what a SMART goal might look like.

2 – Go to “Home” and “Goals” and add two goals:  one academic goal for the short term (0-6 months) and one other goal of your choice, also for the short term (0-6 months). Set your sights on achieving these goals by the end of Term 2. You must include at least 3 tasks attached to each goal. These tasks will be things you will do in order to support your achievement of these goals. The goals and the tasks should all be “SMART”.

3 – Once you have completed both goals, add them to your “About Me” Portfolio. You can do this by going to your About Me portfolio, select “Add Box”, then select “Add From MyBlueprint”. You will see a page of all boxes you have created in MyBlueprint. Choose your two goals here and they will be moved to your About Me portfolio.

Think about who you want to become. Not in terms of a career but in terms of the qualities and positive traits you would like to develop in yourself. These relate to your values and what you feel is most important in life. Watch a couple of the following videos to get inspiration and get you thinking about characteristics that you admire. (use your ear phones)
Steve Jobs Commencement Speech
Cameron Russell Ted Talk
Carol Dweck – The Power of Believing You Can Improve
Danny MacAskill

4 – Go to your About Me portfolio and add a Media file – a picture or a video of something that best describes who you want to become in terms of a character strength, not an occupation. Give this box the title Who Do I Want to Become and then add a short description of your picture or video. Then write a reflection of why you chose this picture or video.

5 – Go to your About Me portfolio and add a Journal Box. Upload a picture of someone you admire. It could be a figure in history, it could be a family member, it could be a celebrity, it could be an athlete, etc. Give this box the title Someone I Admire and write a short description of the person you chose. After you post it, write a reflection about the qualities and characteristics you admire about this person and what this person does that demonstrates these qualities and characteristics.

23 Oct 2018

Career Exploration with MyBlueprint

1 – Go to “Who Am I” on the left hand menu bar and complete the 5 surveys

  • Learning Styles
  • Personality
  • Interests
  • Knowledge
  • Motivations

2 – Go to “Home” on the left hand menu bar, then click on “Portfolios” – You will be creating 5 portfolios to store various information you will explore in MyBlueprint and in class. Name your portfolios as follows:

  • About Me
  • Career and Education Opportunities
  • Wellness
  • Job Search
  • Core Competencies

3 – Go to “Home”, “Who Am I”, then go to each survey and click on “add to Portfolio” and add each of the survey reports to your “About Me” portfolio.

4 – Go to “Home”, “Portfolios”, and click on the “About Me” portfolio. In this portfolio, for each of the boxes containing your survey results (there should be 5), click on the bottom right hand corner and “Add Reflection”. Then write a short reflection and then post it about each of your survey results using the following questions to guide your reflection:

  • Learning Styles – were you surprised with the results? how will knowing this information help you in school? how will it help you in life?
  • Personality – what do you think your most valuable personality trait is? why? And Why is it important to understand your personality type? How will it help you in school? how will it help you in life?
  • Interests – how do you think your primary interest traits might relate to your career? do you think it is important that your interests match with the work you do? why or why not?
  • Knowledge – do your top three subject areas match with what you feel you enjoy learning about? do you think it is important that the things you are interested in gaining knowledge on relate to the work you do? why or why not?
  • Motivations – how do you think your top motivation factors help you to achieve your goals? do you think you are motivated more by “intrinsic” or “extrinsic” factors? Explain.

5 – Go to “Who Am I” and then “Match Results”. Look through the long long list (you can click “View More” at the bottom) and choose 10 careers that you find intriguing (meaning interesting and makes you want to know more). Add them to your “About Me” Portfolio and then write a short reflection for each starting with the phrase, “I find this occupation intriguing because…”

12 Oct 2018

First, do the Gregorc Matrix of Mind Styles, as instructed.

Then, go to 16 Personalities, read through their Framework first, reading the first Introduction paragraph and then you can skip over The Historical Detour unless you are interested in reading about this.You should read beginning at Types vs. Traits to the end. Then Take the Test and see what personality type you are.

Then go to the Handout drive (s:\handout\james\cle10\ and open an excel file called “myers-briggs-test”. This test is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Answer all the questions as instructed and when you are finished, click on the “Results” tab at the bottom of the workbook to find out what your dominant preferences and nature are.

Assignment:

1. Create a table in Word which provides your results. It should look something like this:

Instrument personality type/learning style key characteristics
Gregorc Concrete Random (dominant)
Abstract Random (fairly strong)		 – sensitive to others
– doesn’t like to work alone

2. In a reflection of approximately 300 words (typed, professional font style, 12 pt, double spaced), write about your experience with these self-evaluative “tools” . Your reflection will include consideration of the following questions:
– were the results what you expected or were they a surprise? explain.
– what did you learn about yourself, if anything, through these tools
– do you strongly disagree with any of the results from any of these tools? why?
– was there trait/characteristic/description that you agree with but feel you want to change in yourself? If yes, how do you think you can work on changing them?
– how do you think the results will help or guide you in terms of
a) a summer job
b) your education (high school and post-secondary)
c) a potential career

11 Sept 2018

Autobiography assignment – presentations begin on Tuesday, September 25

Your first assignment is all about YOU! This assignment will allow you to reflect on your life so far as well as allowing me and others in our class to get to know you a little bit better! Here is an online version of the Autobiography Assignment as well as the Evaluation Rubric.