Career 9 (May 3) Fidgets and High School Courses

Theme: Stress relief, career planning

1. Are Fidgets Bad for You? Video

2. Discuss and critique projects

3.Work on Road Map Assignment with Mrs.Beiber

LW9.2 Use acquired knowledge to create a plan for life and work based on one’s preferred future.

                   

1. Investigate and plan the steps required for transition to secondary school as well as post-secondary education and/or training programs                       
2. Create and engage in scenarios supportive of one’s values and goals                                               
3. Develop plans to pursue one’s preferred future                       
4. Determine whether or not it is necessary to modify and/or create new life/work scenarios and adjust one’s short-term action plans.

CC9.2 Analyze and express one’s own understanding of how societal and economic needs influence the nature of paid and unpaid work.

                   

1. Utilize career information resources such as occupation classification systems, labour market information, mass media, and Internet-based information delivery systems to analyze the realities and requirements of various work roles                   

Determine, according to one’s gifts and interests, the advantages and disadvantages of various work alternatives (e.g., full-time or part-time employment, contracting, consulting, entrepreneurship)