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DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE, GRADE 11, OPEN (GWL3O) 27
Personal Knowledge and Management Skills
Overall Expectations
By the end of this course, students will:
• analysetheirpersonalcharacteristics,strengths,interests,skills,andcompetenciesto determine career-related goals;
• maintain a portfolio for use in career planning that provides up-to-date evidence of knowledge, skills, interests, and experience;
• demonstrateanunderstandingofthepersonal-managementskills,habits,andcharacteristics that could contribute to success in their selected postsecondary destinations and independent adult life.
Specific Expectations
Self-Knowledge
By the end of this course, students will:
– summarize their personal strengths, inter- ests, skills, and competencies based on a self-assessment (e.g., interest tests, skills inventories) that draws on their school, community, leisure, family, and work experiences;
– identify the transferable skills and personal- management skills most valued by employ- ers, and explain how their own skills can contribute to employability;
– identify occupations and career goals that align with their interests and skills, and identify the areas of growth needed to meet these goals.
Portfolio Development
By the end of this course, students will:
– explain the benefits of the portfolio process as a strategy for directing the management of their own learning;
– describe the purpose and content of both comprehensive portfolios and portfolios targeted for specific purposes (e.g., for specific jobs, interviews, scholarships, program admissions, community-based leadership opportunities);
– select and organize documentation (e.g., certificates of training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS), Service Excellence, SuperHost; work samples; reference letters) from various sources (e.g., work experience, community involvement, school-based programs) to develop their comprehensive or targeted portfolios;
– explain their choices of specific portfolio items as evidence of selected knowledge, skills, and personal accomplishments.
Personal Management
By the end of this course, students will:
– identify and describe the personal- management skills (e.g., organizational skills, problem solving, scheduling tasks), habits (e.g., meeting timelines), and char- acteristics (e.g., showing initiative, adapt- ability) that could contribute to success in their postsecondary learning, work,
or community life, and explain their importance;
– explain the internal and external influ- ences (e.g., parental expectations, peer pressure, financial situation) that can affect their career-related decision making;