CAREER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
Sept 2011
Upcoming Events:
September 22
September
26th
September 28
U of R Career Counsellors Update
University of Regina
An opportunity for individuals involved in Career Counselling to
receive information from U of R staff. 9:00 to 2:30
http://www.uregina.ca/futurestudents
If you decide to attend, you must apply under your Teacher PD Funds.
Sun West School Division PD Day
Rosetown
Details to come.
SIAST External Counsellors Update
Counsellors will receive information on SIAST programs. (This one is
in Regina, but there are others – check with SIAST for details.)
Again, if you decide to attend, you must apply under your Teacher PD
Funds.
October 13 or Experience US!
University of Saskatchewan
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An event which allows students, counsellors, and/or parents to explore
the programs the U of S has to offer.
http://explore.usask.ca/events/experience/
October 20th
Saskatchewan Career and Work Education Association Conference
Moose Jaw – Temple Gardens Mineral Spa
& 21st
This special subject council is hosting their annual conference.
http://ssc.stf.sk.ca/scwea/scwea_conf.html I am looking forward to
visiting with most of you at this event! Be sure to get your registration
and PD approval forms in! If you choose not to attend, we will have to
talk about what your PD will look like on the 21st.
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October 21 or UR Connected
University of Regina
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Opportunity for current Grade 12 students, families, counsellors to learn
more about the U of R and program offerings.
http://www.uregina.ca/futurestudents/quicklinks/specialevents/URConnected.html There is a Saturday session for those who do
not want to miss a school day! Check it out!
October 31 or See Your Future Career Fair
Saskatoon (Oct 31), Regina (Nov 1)
November 1
A large-scale external Career Fair. You and your students are not
required to attend, but thought you would want to know of the event.
http://seeyourfuture.ca/index.php
November 2
Take Our Kids To Work (TOKW)
Save the Date. Last year, this could be initiated by Career Development
Teachers on a voluntary basis for Grade 9 division students. Details
along with appropriate Sun West forms will be circulating in the near
future. Mark the date now and ask if any questions. This is a wonderful
opportunity! http://www.thelearningpartnership.ca/Page.aspx?pid=250
Various
Dates
SIAST Come. See. Investigate
SIAST Campuses
The opportunity to come, see, and investigate SIAST program offerings
is available at various dates/locations/times, etc.
http://www.siast.sk.ca/stuservices/CSI.shtml
ELAA
Educational Liaison Association of Alberta
Check out the website for an ELAA Guide to Alberta Post-secondary
institutions at www.elaa.ab.ca (See section for Counsellors and Career
Practitioners)
Scholarships
A little research is all it takes to find scholarship opportunities suited to
each individual. Students are encouraged to sign up for free accounts at
websites such as:
www.scholarshipscanada.com
www.studentawards.com
also, check the For Grade 12’s Only tab at
http://cms.sunwestsd.ca/lewis website.
Web resource
Various
Dates
CAREER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
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Other Information:
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WELCOME BACK to the 2011-2012 School Year! Our plan is to meet as a
group of lead Career Development Teachers at our upcoming September 26th PD
day for part of the day. At this session we will discuss the plans for the year.
o Sun West Career Fair 2012
o Wiki/Blog - Update and Collaborate
o Saskatchewan Career and Work Education Association Conference
Apprenticeship A20, B20, A30, B30 – Sun West School Division offers
Apprenticeship Credits. If a student already has a paid job working in a
designated trade under the DIRECT supervision of a certified journeyperson,
he/she may qualify for school credit. Call Vanessa if more information is needed.
Communication with Parents/Community – All of you do something different
in terms of keeping parents and community members informed of Career
Development information. Whether you use the school newsletter, website, flyers
home, etc as communication channels, please keep up the good work. If you wish
to talk about ideas for this, please let me know. If anything in this update is worth
sending out to your parents/community/students, please feel free to use it.
Career Development Website – I will try to keep up the
http://cms.sunwestsd.ca/lewis site again this year, but I really feel it is in need of
revamping. Feel free to let me know if any links are outdated. I will try to update
scholarship info as it becomes available. Thanks!
Career and Work Exploration: CWEX Teachers…please send me any CWEX
A30/B30 student names if needing WHMIS passwords. Remember students are
to access passwords only once. If any teachers wish to look at our have their own
online Moodle CWEX 10, 20, A30 or B30 courses to look at or to use, please
email me.
Great Plains College Information: See info below.
Post Secondary Prerequisites: I have attached a document from Prairie South
School Division that might be a good ‘at a glance’ look at some of the necessary
prerequisites at some U of R, U of S, and SIAST. Always refer to the postsecondary institution’s website, however, for specifics.
Registrars Handbook for School Administrators, Secondary Level Courses
and Prerequisite Requirements, Request for High School Transcripts 20112012 versions have been update and can be found at:
http://www.education.gov.sk.ca/registrarshandbook. This is very useful
information for you in your role as Career Counsellors.
Saskatchewan Youth Apprenticeship (SYA) has updated their Student
Contract, requiring students to submit their Ministry of Education ID number.
Also starting this year, SYA will only send out passports once contracts have been
received by their office. This is a fabulous program for your students (much
different than Apprenticeship Credits).
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Spend-a-Days: This is the time for Spend-a-Day opportunities. Because we
offer the Career Fair every other year, it is not required to attend spend-a-days
with students. That being said, students and parents can be made aware of the
information as many spend-a-days offer sessions for students and parents and are
worthwhile attending. If you deem there is a need for a group of students to
attend, please discuss with me and we will go from there as proper forms would
have to be filled out and approved at the division office. In addition, the trip
would have to be funded somehow as we would not have access to the centralized
budget.
Student Awards: Is now available on Twitter and Facebook. Students can
download the student awards app to an iPod Touch or iPhone.
Student Awards – Early Entrance: Many colleges and universities offer early
entrance awards to Grade 11 students based on conditional acceptance. Be sure to
help students research options.
Scholarships:
o As scholarships come in, I will try to keep the website updated at
cms.sunwestsd.ca/lewis.
Teacher Professional SMART Goals:
o Remember, we must submit Professional Smart Goals as do all other
teachers. When planning yours this year, feel free to consider designing a
SMART goal that is in line with our mission to use/add to/etc. our Career
Development Wiki/Blog:
o http://careerconnectors.wikispaces.com/
o http://careerconnectors.wordpress.com/
Here’s to a great year of working together to help students navigate their life/career
journey and realize their dreams.
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Great Plains College “Education with Energy”
Great Plains College has six locations across south west Saskatchewan offering postsecondary: Biggar, Kindersley, Outlook, Rosetown, Swift Current and Warman.
GPC offers ten different full time certificate and diploma programs from SIAST, SAIT,
Northern Lights College and Lakeland College, as well as university courses from the
University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina.
University at Great Plains College (Swift Current Campus)
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Offering courses from the University of Regina and University of Saskatchewan
Offering the full 4 year Social Work Degree (UofR)
Complete your first year (and sometimes more!) while enjoying the benefits of
GPC
Free University academic advising (contact Mona Patterson ???_????, Swift
Current Campus)
Receive GPC’s generous scholarships on top of scholarships you may receive
from your university of study
More personable classes and one on one instructor time
Continue playing competitive volleyball and basketball (The Sundogs) and
receive athletic scholarships!
Interested in Trades?
Welding (SIAST)
Electrician (SIAST)
Carpentry (SIAST)
Wind Turbine Maintenance Technician (Northern Lights College)
Power Engineering 4th Class (SIAST & SAIT)
Power Engineering 3rd Class (SIAST)
Interested in Business, Community or Human Services?
Office Administration Certificate (Lakeland College)
Business Certificate (SIAST)
Practical Nursing (SIAST)
Educational Assistant (SIAST)
Youth Care Worker (SIAST)
Awesome Scholarship Program! (Grade 11 scholarships, grade 12
scholarships, university scholarships, athletic scholarships = lots of $$$ for
your education!)
Apply to GPC in Grade 11 with a 70% average or higher and receive a $1000 scholarship
and be eligible for more scholarships in Grade 12!
CAREER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
Sept 2011
Grade 12 students applying to GPC with a 70% average or higher are eligible for the
scholarship amounts below based on their calculated average.
95% +
$4000
90-94%
$3500
85-89%
$3250
80-84%
$2750
75-79 %
$2500
70-74%
$1500
* Averages are calculated based on highest marks from the most recent completed subject
in English, Math, Science and Social (History/Native Studies) at the time of application.
* For more details on GPC’s scholarships visit
http://www.greatplainscollege.ca/scholarships
Contact Us
Academic advisors are available at each campus to help you. For more information or to
start your post-secondary career at Great Plains College:
www.greatplainscollege.ca
1-866-296-2472