WillowWood School Course Summary
Year 2013
Course Title: Career Studies, Grade 10, Open
Course Code: GLC2O
Teacher: Mat
Office: Room next to the Art Room
Email: mati@willowwoodschool.ca
Location: C1 pullout
Classes: Day Ones, Period 3
Duration: 11:30 AM – 12:45 PM
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Description
This course teaches students how to develop and achieve personal goals for future learning,
work, and community involvement. Students will assess their interests, skills, and characteristics
and investigate current economic and workplace trends, work opportunities, and ways to search
for work. The course explores postsecondary learning and career options, prepares students for
managing work and life transitions, and helps students focus on their goals through the
development of a career plan.
Unit #
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3
Units of Study
Who am I?
What is out there?
Preparing for transition and change
Hours
13
12
30
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COURSE TEXTBOOK
ISBN: 978-1-55239-267-6
We will be using a textbook in this course. The textbook is Balaishis, J; Chidiac, R; Coughlan
J. et al. Work Smart: Strategies for Career Sucess. 2009. Emond Montgomery
Publications.
What Will You Need?
You should be prepared to come to each class with the following items:
1. A notebook or binder for classroom activities
2. Pen/Pencil
3. Planner
Access to the Internet
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In addition to using out homework website, SPTS, you will need to have access to a computer
to access the course website, http://ww-GLC2O.wikispaces.com/. There you will find course
information, assignments, weekly online quizzes,
How Will You Know How You’re Doing?
You will know how well you are learning by your successful completion of the following course
components. In addition to written feedback provided to you on your worksheets and
assignments, approximately every two weeks, your teacher will sit down one-on-one to discuss
your progress. It is important that you have access to our homework monitoring website, SPTS
as grades will be posted on there. If you would like to know how you are doing sooner, I will try
my best to give you some feedback sooner.
Assessment:
The assessment of student work (homework, quizzes, etc.) is designed to provide feedback for
preparation of evaluative tasks which contribute to the final marks. Regular review of the
student’s Learning Skills provides some of this feedback.
LEARNING SKILLS AND WORK HABITS
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING
The evaluation of the student's achievement in this course is based on the student's
achievement of the curriculum expectations. The percentage grade represents the student's
overall achievement and reflects the corresponding level of achievement as described in the
Achievement chart for this discipline.
25%
25%
25%
25%
Knowledge
Thinking and Inquiry
Communication
Application
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Course Evaluation Summary:
Course Evaluations
Independent Study Unit
Final Exam
70%
15%
15%
100%
Student achievement of the learning expectations will be evaluated according to the following
breakdowns:
70% Coursework Evaluation Summary:
Unit 1 - What in the World?
1. Produce a poster of success, describing what success is and examples of success.
2. Written assessment of the challenges facing students entering the employment market.
3. Unit test
Unit 2 - Now Me!
1. Written report identifying internal and external influences upon grade 10 students and
possible future career impacts.
2. Produce a guide / flyer to describe and explain the importance of one particular life skill.
3. Unit test
Unit 3 - What About the Future?
1. Produce a detailed resume and cover letter stating current career plans.
2. Prepare a selection of responses to questions for a mock interview
The other 30%
Independent Study Unit:
The final task is worth 15% of the student’s final mark in the course. It will consist of an
Independent Study Unit (ISU) – to produce a detailed guide to a career that interests the student
personally. An oral presentation, written report and fact sheet are to be produced. More details
will be provided towards the end of the semester.
Final Examination
The final examination for this course is worth 15% of the student’s final mark in the
course. It will consist of several multiple choice/short answer questions applying the concepts
they’ve learned throughout the course. More details will be provided towards the end of the
semester.
STANDS/LEARNING GOALS
Curriculum Expectations – By the end of this course, students will be able:
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Exploration of Opportunities
Personal Management
1. To show that they understand the strategies needed to have success in school
and prove that they are using them.
2. To show they can create a profile of themselves, looking at their interests, skills,
characteristics, and accomplishments, which they can use in their career.
3. To explain and apply the personal management skills needed to have success at
home, in school, at work and in the community.
4. To show they can use interpersonal skills to establish positive relationships with
other people in several work situations.
1. To be able to research potential careers using a variety of sources for use in their
portfolios.
2. To locate numerous educational, volunteer and work options for their future.
3. To show an understanding of particular work fields, occupations and workplace
issues.
4. To discuss current trends in society and describe how they affect the workforce.
Preparation for Transitions and
Change
1. To show an understanding of how to find and create work.
2. To show how to “sell” themselves to future employers by creating personal
documents such as a résumé.
3. To be able to plan, set goals and make decisions about their future in order to
create a career plan.
4. To look at potential changes in their personal lives and in society, and come up
with strategies to deal with them.
Other stuff
I have tried to give you as much information as possible in this course outline. However, I
expect there will be many things that pop up that I could not foresee. As such, I will probably
clarify points about the assignments as they come up.
As a class, I teach the course material once. If you miss it, you should do your best to work
independently at home and schedule time after class (either at lunch or after school) to go over
the lesson.
Students who are on Individualized Education Plans (IEP), and require access to learning tools
provided, you must see me well before the due date of an assignment or test. If you are unable
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to complete an assignment on time because of something (valid) that pops up unexpectedly;
please contact me ASAP should an emergency arise.
Work Late Policy
1. Overdue work is contracted with a reasonable final deadline set.
2. A copy of this contract is given to the student and emailed to your parents.
3. Failure to meet the final deadline results in a zero.
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