Area of Learning: CAREER-LIFE CONNECTIONS

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Engaging in networks and A sense of purpose Lifelong learning and active
 





 

  


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guide and broaden career-life balance support life opportunities for


 

 




awareness and options.
well-being. people and communities.

Learning Standards
Curricular Competencies Content
Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following:
Examine Personal career-life development
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Recognize personal worldviews and perspectives, and consider their •
mentorship opportunities
influence on values, actions, and preferred futures •
competencies of the educated citizen
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Analyze internal and external factors to inform personal career-life choices •
self-advocacy strategies
for post-graduation planning
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factors that shape personal identity and inform
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Assess personal transferable skills, and identify strengths and those skills that career-life choices
require further refinement
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strategies for personal well-being and work-life balance
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Explore and evaluate personal strategies, including social, physical, and
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reflection strategies
financial, to maintain well-being
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employment marketing strategies
Interact
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rights and regulations in the workplace, including safety
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Collaborate with a mentor to inform career-life development and exploration
Connections with community
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Engage with personal, education, and employment networks to cultivate
post-graduation resources and social capital •
social capital and transferrable skills, including
intercultural, leadership, and collaboration skills
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Create and critique personal and public profiles for self-advocacy and
marketing purposes •
career-life exploration
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Demonstrate and reflect on inclusive, respectful, and safe interactions in •
ways to represent themselves, including consideration
multiple career-life contexts of personal and public profiles, digital literacy,
and citizenship

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Learning Standards (continued)
Curricular Competencies Content
Experience Career-life planning
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Explore possibilities for preferred personal and education/employment futures, •
self-assessment to achieve goals that advance preferred
using creative and innovative thinking career-life futures
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Identify and apply preferred approaches to learning for ongoing career-life •
methods of organizing and maintaining authentic
development and self-advocacy career-life evidence
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Engage in, reflect on, and evaluate career-life exploration •
career-life roles and transitions
Share •
diverse post-graduation possibilities, including personal,
educational, and work options
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Reflect on experiences in school and out of school, assess development in the
Core Competencies, and share highlights of their learning journey •
labour market trends and local and global influences
on career-life choices
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Design, assemble, and present a capstone
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post-graduation budget planning
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capstone guidelines
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approaches to showcasing the learning journey

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