Area of Learning: CAREER-LIFE EDUCATION

BIG IDEAS
Career-life choices are
made in a recurring cycle
of planning, reflecting,
adapting, and deciding.
Career-life decisions are Cultivating networks and Finding balance Lifelong
influenced by internal and reciprocal relationships can between personal learning fosters
external factors, including support and broaden career-life and work life career-life
local and global trends.
awareness and options.
promotes well-being. opportunities.

Learning Standards
Curricular Competencies Content
Students are expected to be able to do the following: Students are expected to know the following:
Examine Career-life development
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Examine the influences of personal and public profiles on career-life •
mentorship opportunities
opportunities •
strategies for maintaining well-being in personal and
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Identify risks and appreciate benefits associated with personal and public work life
digital footprints •
preferred ways of knowing and learning
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Consider the role of personal and employment networks in exploring •
competencies of the educated citizen, employability
career-life opportunities skills, essential skills, leadership and collaboration skills
Interact •
self-assessment and reflection strategies
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Apply a mentor’s guidance in career-life exploration •
ways to represent themselves both personally and publicly
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Collaborate with supportive community members to explore the reciprocal •
appropriate workplace behaviour and workplace safety
influences of career-life choices Connections with community
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Communicate with the intent to highlight personal strengths, talents, •
inclusive practices, including taking different
accomplishments, and abilities worldviews and diverse perspectives into consideration
Experience •
personal networking and employment marketing
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Demonstrate inclusive, respectful, and safe interactions in diverse career-life strategies
environments •
factors that both inform career-life choices and are
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Identify career-life challenges and opportunities, and generate and apply strategies influenced by them, including personal, environmental,
and land use factors
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Explore and connect experiential learning both inside and outside of school with
possible and preferred career-life pathways •
ways to contribute to community and society that take
cultural influences into consideration
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Practise effective strategies for healthy school/work/life balance
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value of volunteerism for self and community

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Learning Standards (continued)
Curricular Competencies Content
Initiate Career-life planning
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Explore and reflect on career-life roles, personal growth, and initial planning for •
career-life development research
preferred career-life pathways •
methods of organizing and maintaining authentic
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Develop preliminary profiles and flexible plans for career-life learning journeys career-life evidence
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models of decision making and innovative thinking
for flexible planning and goal setting
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financial planning tools, pre- and post-graduation
opportunities, and local and global labour and market
trends

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