CAREER-LIFE EDUCATION A
Recommended Career Education 9
Assessment is based on individual assignments and students will receive a percentage grade for this course .
Course Credit
Course Duration
2 credits of 4 towards Career-Life Education
Half year
CAREER LIFE-EDUCATION B
Recommended Career-Life Education A
Delivery Method
Classroom-based , using a variety of instructional strategies
This course aims to help students develop the knowledge and skills they need to make informed choices for their education , career and life outside of school . The complexity and fluidity of the modern workplace demands graduates who are able to navigate and build their own career paths while adapting to continual change . Through Career Education , students will understand how to effectively manage their life journey toward several possible preferred futures , building on previous learning and exploration . As well as gaining the skill sets required to successfully navigate the job application process through resume and cover letter writing , and preparing for interviews . Furthermore , they will learn relevant planning , problem-solving , and collaboration skills , as well as core communication , thinking , and personal and social competencies .
The Big Ideas explored in this course are :
• Career-life choices are made in a recurring cycle of planning , reflecting , adapting , and deciding
• Career-life decisions are influenced by internal and external factors , including local and global trends
• Cultivating networks and reciprocal relationships can support and broaden career-life awareness options
• Finding a balance between work and personal life promotes well-being
• Lifelong learning fosters career-life opportunities
Course Credit
Course Duration
Delivery Method
2 credits of 4 towards Career-Life Education
Full year ( 2 class / 8 day rotation ) * interspersed with on campus study blocks on alternate days
Classroom-based , using a variety of instructional strategies
Building upon skills from Career-Life Education A , students are encouraged to continue exploring , and refine a broad set of chosen pathways as they ponder continued career options . Students onboard skills to make contact with , and harness key network members to leverage their own understanding of specific jobs and to build connections that may serve them well in future endeavours . In-depth investigations on educational institutions and future financial earning projections are completed to heighten awareness of labour market , job feasibility , and cost of living analyses that will help to clarify post-secondary possibilities . Students continue to identify transferable skills and revisit their own self-awareness as they revise plans , and continue to identify and understand workplace issues , while refining communication and social workplace skills . Students will also have dedicated instructional sessions with the postsecondary counselling team in frontloading information for the application process . These workshopping sessions are highly individualised to best prepare students ahead of Grade 12 .
The Big Ideas explored in this course are :
• Career-life choices are made in a recurring cycle of planning , reflecting , adapting , and deciding
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