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CREATING PATHWAYS TO SUCCESSAn Education and Career/Life Planning Program for Ontario
Schools, 2013Career: “The sum of a person’s experiences in a variety of roles
throughout life…every person has a career, which includes work, learning,
community engagement, and relationships with family and friends”
(CPS page 6).
Excerpts from Ministry of Education Elementary Curriculum Documents
“When students are empowered to design and plan their own lives, they are
engaged, they achieve, and they find themselves applying their learning in
their daily lives” (CPS page 7).
A comprehensive education and career/life planning program is:
Knowledge and skills-basedInquiry-basedDevelopmentally appropriateHolisticTransformationalInclusiveDifferentiatedVaried in its methods of deliveryDeeply embedded or “infused”Based on a whole-school approachWell-documentedAccountable
Career & Life Planning Tools & Resources:
•www.myblueprint.ca/hpedsb•HPEDSB “Teachers Resource Guide for Grade 7 & 8 Pathways Planning”•HPEDSB “Planning for Grade 9…Taking the Next Step”
Career & Life Planning Reflection Questions for Students:
•What did I learn?•What did I discover about myself?•What evidence can I gather to show my learning?
Learning Skills:
•Responsibility•Organization•Independent Work•Collaboration•Initiative•Self-regulation