Handout 1.1: Student Information Sheet (page 1 of 2)
Course Title: CAREER STUDIES
Course Code: GLC201
Credit Value: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
Textbook:
Wallace, Lee. Career Studies 10. Toronto: Nelson Thomson Learning, 2000.
Overview:
This course teaches you how to develop and achieve your personal goals for future learning,
work, and community involvement. You will assess your interests, skills, and characteristics,
and.investigate current economic and workplace trends, work opportunities, and ways to search
for work. The course explores post-secondary learning and career options, prepares you for
managing work and life transitions, and helps you to focus on your goals through the
development of a career plan.
Course Challenge:
As much as possible, this course will be conducted as a “paperless” course. All information and
assignments will be posted on:
earlhaig.ca>school departments>Music>Music department downloads>Mr. Kettle>Careers
All assignments must submitted for evaluation to turnitin.com
Materials Required:
USB memory stick, PC computer with powerpoint 2004 and internet, a scanner, “rough paper”!
General Information:
The curriculum expectations identified for the Career Studies course describe the knowledge
and skills that you are expected to develop and demonstrate in your classwork and in various
other activities on which your achievement is assessed and-evaluated.
This course has been designed to incorporate a variety of activities and accommodate various
learning styles. Thus, daily attendance and prompt completion of all homework, classwork,
and other tasks is essential to achieve success.
You must be prompt and present for all classes, making sure to bring adequate supplies, books,
and memory stick. You are expected to come to class, ready to participate fully in classroom
activities. It is important to co-operate with others, as well as contribute to the learning
environment of the classroom. Due dates will be set for assessment tasks and these should be
respected. Meeting deadlines is an essential part of the learning process.
Learning Skills
These skills will be evaluated separately on the report card with letter grades (E = excellent,
G = good, S = satisfactory, N = needs improvement). Using checklists and other tools, your
teacher will report on homework completed, attendance and punctuality, participation in
classroom activities, co-operation with peers and teacher, teamwork, preparedness for daily
work with classroom supplies, organization of your portfolio, and so on.
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Handout 1.1: Student Information Sheet (page 2 of 2)
COURSE CONTENT
Unit 1 Personal Management (information session, portfolio set-up and evaluation,
icebreakers, reflections; developing learning skills and strategies; the Career Wheel;
developing personal knowledge, Personal Achievements Response; managing change,
Interview Project; .personal and interest inventories, Ml, Who Am I?, Personality
Dimensions®; applying personal management skills, essential skills, transferable skills,
skills for the world of work - group presentations)
Unit 2 Exploration of Opportunities (reflections; what you need to graduate, culminating
activity preparation; assessing and managing information, identifying educational and
work opportunities; understanding the world of work; identifying trends and opportunities;
Reading Response on a Career-Related Article)
Unit 3 Preparation for Transitions and Change and Course Wrap-Up (reflections;
searching for work, the job-search process and documents: application form, resume,
covering letter, interview techniques; setting goals and planning action, Job-Posting
Response; self-advocacy tasks checklist; career portfolio submission; culminating
activity presentations, specific and overall curriculum expectations review)
Culminating Activity (project introduced mid-term in Unit 2 and presented at the end of the
course)
EVALUATION
Term work will be evaluated under four categories: Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking,
Communication, and Application. Rubrics, checklists, and a variety of grading charts will be
used to determine term marks. The final mark will reflect the demonstration of expectations,
with a focus on consistency and a .consideration of most recent demonstration of expectations.
Evaluation Tasks (can be used in one or more of the following categories)
Knowledge/Understanding .......................................................... 20-30%
(Career Wheel)
(Responses: Personal Achievement, Reading, Job Posting)
(Odds and Ends/Miscellaneous)
Thinking ................................... ….................................................20-30%
(Interview Project)
(Skills Group Presentation)
(Odds and Ends/Miscellaneous)
Communication ...........................................................................20-30%
(Reflections) .
(Career Portfolio)
(Odds and Ends/Miscellaneous)
Application ................................................................................. 20-30%
(Job Application Form)
(Resume)
(Resume Worksheets)
(Covering Letter)
(Odds and Ends/Miscellaneous in Job-Search Unit)
Total of 100% to be reduced to 70% prior to culminating activity........ 70%
Culminating Activity (includes all four categories)
My Educational and Career Path Project..................................... 30%
FINAL COURSE MARK .................................................................. 100%
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