This document provides an agenda and notes for a career development meeting. The agenda includes discussions around strategic planning, CWEX programs, career counselling using Career Cruising, and career education resources. Participants will discuss successes and challenges over the past year, and suggestions for the upcoming year. They will also participate in a career navigation activity called "My Career GPS" to explore their own career paths.
2. Agenda Welcome Strategic Plan Wiki/Blog Introduction and Experimentation CWEX/Career Counselling/Career Education LUNCH Matters of Business Successes & Celebrations My Career GPS Activity Wrap Up/Travel Forms/Safe Travel Home
4. Strategic Plan New plan will span from 2010-2015 Considered ideas from group that attended the November Provincial Career Development Workshops. Looking for everyone’s input today! Continue with initiatives such as: Grade 9 Career Education (itinerants) Grade 10 thru 12 portfolio building Grade 11 CAPS/COPS/COPES inventories Grade 11/12 Individual/Group Counselling (Career Cruising resource) Support for TOKW, SYA, Apprenticeship Credits, Job Shadowing, etc. CWEX offered to all Sun West School Division Students Career Fair in alternate years. Continued career development networking team meetings Continued Regional CD Parent Nights
5. Strategic Plan Some new initiatives: Career Education Curriculum Implementation Career Education 6, 7, 8, and 9 Increased Communications Increased Parent Communication Development Bookmarks/brochures/posters, etc? Regional Sector-council focused career exploration events on off-career fair years. Apprenticeship Support Interactive Wiki/Blog Power School – do we need supports? Surveys Tracking – what do we really want to know from past grads? Program Evaluation?
6. Strategic Plan You will have an opportunity to provide ideas/suggestions as the day progresses. Your input is valued.
10. Wiki/Blog Reflections Possible Reflection Topics: Do you consider the wiki/blog as being beneficial to you in your work as Career Development Teachers? If so, how? If not, why not? If you feel these are useful resources: In what ways might we as Lead Career Development Teachers utilize the wiki/blog in the 2011-2012 school year? How might we keep them current? How might we make them better? How can we ensure we ensure the wiki/blog are ‘interactive’ ?
11. Group Discussions Groups Career and Work Exploration Career Counselling Career Education A few items in each area need to be discussed as ‘whole-group’ then there will be time for small group discussions.
12. CWEX Whole Group: Accident Report Procedures Form # Changes CWEX Partnership Excel Spreadsheets CWEX Certificates and Thank you’s
13. CWEX Accident Report Procedures: 1. Get medical attention if required. The employer should provide appropriate first aid and arrange immediate transportation of the worker to the hospital. 2. Have health care provider report to the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) 3. Complete the E1 Form (in the Policy/Procedure manual) and follow outlined steps - within 3 days of accident. The form should be completed by the employer in conjunction with the CWEX teacher. The E1 form, along with a copy of the Schedule B agreement must be faxed to the PAA coordinator at the Ministry of Education (306-787-2223). 4. Complete the W1 Form (in the Policy/Procedure manual) and follow outlined steps. 5. Complete Marsh incident report. For a claim, the student and family needs to be given information with respect to filing a claim under our Student Accident Insurance policy. Information is in the forms section on our website: 410.4 Student Staff Visitor Accident Reports & Procedures 410.4a Marsh Canada School Incident Report410.4b Industrial Alliance Pacific Student Claims Procedures and Forms
14. CWEX Whole Group: Accident Report Procedures Form # Changes CWEX Partnership Excel Spreadsheets CWEX Certificates and Thank you’s Small Group: Forms – any revisions? Best Practices – any revisions? Share successes/challenges for this 2011-2012 school year. Any suggestions for 2011-2012 school year?
16. Career Counselling Career Cruising Usage Statistics Portfolio Reports Some nifty features – learning styles example. Portfolio Standards End of Year Tasks Counselling Ideas
17. Career Counselling Whole Group Career Cruising Counseling Ideas Small Group Work time if needed. Share successes/challenges for this 2010-2011 school year. Career Cruising, Grade 10 Portfolios, Grade 11 CAPS/COPS/COPES, Grade 11/12 Counselling, etc. Any suggestions for 2011-2012 school year?
18. Career Education Whole Group Lots of resources! We have Career Development Consultant We have Career Development Lead Teachers in every school (YEAH YOU!) Realize challenges – high turnover, not an area of focus for many, etc. Small Group Share successes/challenges for this 2010-2011 school year. Any suggestions for 2011-2012 school year?
21. Matters of Business Evaluations CD Program Evaluation (Itinerants/High School) CWEX Program Evaluation Grade 12 Student/Parent Survey SDS Forms Relevance & Credenda Ready for Work Update SUTIL discussions RAIS SCWEA Moose Jaw - October 20th and 21st
23. GPS Time to ‘navigate’ your own life/career. Orientation to Activity Orienteering Instructions Time to play ‘hide & seek’
24. Exit Slip Leave a Blog Comment I will draft a post on our Blog. Your exit slip will be to add a reflective comment to the post based on lead prompts.
25. Travel Forms and Safe Travel Happy June and Happy Summer! You are all very deserving of a change in pace. Take care of yourselves so you are feeling rejuvenated and ready for the fall.
26. My Career GPS To access the full-version of the My Career GPS resource, go to: http://www.crwg-gdrc.ca/crwg/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Tool-4-My-Career-GPS.pdf
27. Geocaching For additional Geocaching fun: www.geocaching.com - a global game of hide and seek! Seek a Cache in Rosetown: “Rosetown’s Tribute To Our Beloved Riders” N 51 33.278 W 107 59.740 Hint: “Your job will be to find the cache. The green tower you can see from miles away on the horizon as you come into town.” “Benny’s Rosetown Tourist Cache” N 51 32.949 W 107 59.418 Hint: “Located near the Rosetown Tourist Information Offices…Check out the Billboard…May be a message there for you!”
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http://www.golfquotesmovie.com/?cm_mmc=CheetahMail-_-FR-_-12.3.10-_-GQGGMovieIn what ways can game of golf be related to game of life? Any parallels to life/career development model?
http://www.credenda.net/ - high school – assembly– Email from Steve??Carole Sedgwick information
GPS – Overview ActivityCACHE 1 – Tree - Pencils – complete stage 1 of assessmentCACHE 2 – Reflection – CACHE 3 – Rock – Certificates Symbol (tried to get little compasses but couldn’t) – tell about the My Career GPS resource, look at other ways to use GPS’s, Certificates, card/cake, etc. for Kevin.