Career Studies -GLC2O (Tutoring)

Course Prerequisite

None

Description

This course gives students the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, and habits that will support them in their education and career/life planning. Students will learn about global work trends, and seek opportunities within the school and community to expand and strengthen their transferable skills and their ability to adapt to the changing world of work. On the basis of exploration, reflective practice, and decision-making processes, students will make connections between their skills, interests, and values and their postsecondary options, whether in apprenticeship training, college, community living, university, or the workplace. They will set goals and create a plan for their first postsecondary year. As part of their preparation for the future, they will learn about personal financial management – including the variety of saving and borrowing tools available to them and how to use them to their advantage – and develop a budget for their first year after secondary school.

Course Info

Course Outline & Units

Unit Order	Unit Name	Suggested Time
Unit 1	Finding a Job  Students already have a range of skills, interests and experiences that make them employable, the challenge is finding just the right match between their current profile and employment that is available. In this unit, students analyze current strengths and interests. They then discuss what strategies they might employ right now to become more competitive in the job market. Students discuss what to expect, in terms of their rights and responsibilities, if they get a job. Finally, students go through strategies for résumé and cover letter writing, approaching employers with or without job ads, interviewing, and other skills prerequisite to the job hunt.	16 hours
Unit 2	Taking the Reins  While students might be employable now, they might not yet be in a position to go after their dream career. That might take some more schooling, experience or other skills. Students are provided with an overview in this unit of a wide range of educational opportunities available to them beyond secondary school. Students discuss types of jobs available in a number of different sectors, and some of the professional organizations that regulate them. Then, students analyze one interesting possibility—that of entrepreneurship, or being their own boss.	17 hours
Unit 3	Future Career  Students now have a sense of their skills and interests, they have identified one or more careers that they might like to have in the future, and they’ve been presented with a variety of opportunities available to them after high school to get there. Where do they begin? This unit is about taking what students know about themselves and about what is available and making a plan. The unit goes over planning a path for education, job experience, and acquiring skills that will make them competitive. They discuss the virtues of, and strategies for, networking both in person and on the web. Finally, there is a section all about the more realistic aspects of the job hunt—job futures analysis, what to do in the case of unemployment, and strategies for planning alternate career paths without compromising their primary goals.	17 hours



Final Evaluation 30%	Final Project Final Exam	3 hours 2 hours
	Total	55 Hours

Learning Strategies

A wide variety of instructional strategies are used to provide learning opportunities to accommodate a variety of learning styles, interests and ability levels. These strategies include, but are not limited to:

Course Specific 

Language 

Collaborative 

Direct teaching 

Teaching notes 

Work and tasks sheets 

Homework 

Independent reading 

Independent study 

Problem solving 

Information Analysis 

Research 

Portfolio 

Reflection 

Presentation 

Decision making 

Group Assignments 

Brainstorming Diagrams 

Problem-based learning 

Peer-evaluation 

Self-evaluation 

Oral presentation 

Class Discussion 

Small group discussion 

Teacher-student conferencing 

Peer-evaluation 

Personal response notes 

Reading and answering questions 

Socratic Dialogue 

Cooperative learning 

Peer-evaluation 

Brainstorming 

Group discussion 

Student-teacher conferencing 

Course FAQ

What is the course duration and format?

The course duration is 55 hours, delivered in an online school format.   

Is there any prerequisite for this course? 

No, there is no prerequisite for this course.

What is the course fee?

The course fee varies based on the selected availability option: Online Small Class and Online Private 1-on-1 Tutoring. For detailed information and pricing, please check our website.

Assessment & Resources

Purpose     

The primary purpose of assessment is to improve student learning. Assessment relates directly to the expectations for the course. 

A variety of assessments for and as learning are conducted on a regular basis to allow ample opportunities for students to improve and ultimately demonstrate their full range of learning and for the teacher to gather information to provide feedback. Assessment tasks relate to the success criteria set out in lesson plans. Success criteria allow students to see what quality looks like. 

Evaluation is the process of judging the quality of student work in relation to the achievement chart categories and criteria and assigning a percentage grade to represent that quality. Evaluation is based on gathering evidence of student achievement through: 

Products 
Observations 
Conversations

Assessment for Learning – we provide feedback and coaching. Assessment FOR Learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for the use of learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to go there. 

Assessment as Learning – we help students monitor progress, set goals, reflect on their learning 

Assessment AS Learning is the process of the explicit fostering of students’ capacity over time to be their own best assessors, but teachers need to start by presenting and modeling external, structured opportunities for students to assess themselves. 

Assessment of Learning – we use assessments to provide evaluative statements about student achievement. Assessment OF Learning is the assessment that becomes public and results in statements of symbols 

(marks/grades/levels of achievement) about how well students are learning. It often contributes to pivotal decisions that will affect students’ future. 

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

Strategies for Assessment and Evaluation of Student Performance 

70%	Units	Duration	Expectation	AFL	AAL	AOL	Assessed Categories
	Units	Duration	Expectation	AFL	AAL	AOL	K  25%	I  25%	C  25%	A  25%
	A	15 hours	A1 – A3	Discussion   Worksheet   Personality/learning style test	Skills Assessment  SMART Goals	Personal Life Plan	x	x	x	x
	B	15 hours	B 1- B3	Homework   Discussion    Transferable skills responses	Reflective Journal  Skills Evaluation	Unit Test   Reflection Paper   Student – Teacher Conferencing	x	x	x	x
	C	25 hours	C 1- C3	Discussion	Student-Teacher Conferencing   Portfolio Reflection	Interview response Questions  Culminating Portfolio	x	x	x	x
30%	Final Evaluation		A1-C3	Final Project & Final Exam			x	x	x	x

Resources 

Growing Success: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting in Ontario Schools (2010)

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/policyfunding/growSuccess.pdf 

The Ontario Curriculum Grades 9 and 10 Guidance and Career Education 

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/guidance910currb.pdf 

Unit 1 

How to Write a SMART Goal 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SvuFIQjK8 

President Obama’s Message for America’s Students 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZZ6GrzWkw0 

Skills Profiler 

https://www.careerinfonet.org/skills/default.aspx?nodeid=20 

Learning Styles 

http://www.duarte.com/blog/do-learning-styles-teach-us-anything/ 

Multiple Intelligences  

https://empoweryourknowledgeandhappytrivia.wordpress.com/2015/10/30/multiple-intelligence-chart/   

Multiple Intelligence Test 

https://mypersonality.info/test-mi/   

Unit 2 

Six Destinations Career Choices 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4SG2i1iMBs   

Talks to help you find the right job 

http://www.ted.com/playlists/220/7_talks_to_help_you_find_the_r 

Career Test  

http://www.yourfreecareertest.com/ 

Time Management 

http://www.studygs.net/timman.htm 

10 Tips to Effective & Active Listening Skills , by iamnext.com 
Beyond Intractability.com , I-Messages and You-Messages 
About.com: How to Listen & Retain , Listening skills for student 

Unit 3 

Young Workers’ Rights 

https://www.labour.gov.on.ca/english/atwork/youngworkers.php 

Subway interview tips 

https://www.job-applications.com/subway-job-interview-tips/ 

Interview dos and don’ts 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1ucmfPOBV8 

Course Final Grade & Report Card

Grading   

The final grade is based on performance in 3 areas: products, observations, conversations. 
70% of the grade is based on evaluations conducted throughout the course. 
30% is based on a final evaluation.

Weighting of categories

Knowledge/Understanding	Thinking/Inquiry	Communication	Application
25%	25%	25%	25%

Course Grade	Grade 10
Course Code	GLC2O
Course Category	Guidance and Career Education
Course Type	Open
Course Delivery	Online
Course Duration	8hrs
Course Credit	0

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