Ontario Grade 11 GWL3O Designing Your Future (Grade 11, Open)
Chapters: 4
1. A. Personal Knowledge and Management Skills
A1 Self-Knowledge · A2 Portfolio Development · A3 Personal Management
- Career Planning: From Knowing Yourself to Your First Job – Career planning has five steps. 1) Know yourself: interests, skills and values. 2) Explore career families and find out the work, study needed, pay and demand. 3) Plan a pathway with SMART goals and a plan B. 4) Search for jobs with a CV, cover letter, digital portfolio and interview practice. 5) Make the move from school to work and keep learning, because careers change over a lifetime.
- Leadership and Management: Leading People, Teams and Change – Management gets work done through planning, organising, staffing, directing and controlling. Leadership inspires people to work towards a shared goal. Leaders choose a style that fits the people and the task, build qualities like communication and integrity, guide teams through their stages, plan projects with schedules, delegate well, and help people accept change.
2. B. Interpersonal Knowledge and Skills
B1 Interpersonal Relations · B2 Group Dynamics · B3 Connecting With the Community
- Designing Your Future: People Skills, Work and Change – Designing your future means building the skills and knowledge to move from school into work and keep growing all your life. Interpersonal skills (listening, speaking clearly, respect, teamwork) help you succeed with any audience. Groups contain diverse people, so conflict is normal; a four-step method (calm down, listen, find the real need, agree a fair plan) and self-advocacy help. Good career choices need good information from many sources, checked for reliability, plus first-hand experience such as volunteering or job shadowing. At work you have rights (equal treatment, safety, fair pay and hours) protected by law and won in part by labour unions, and duties such as honesty and safe behaviour. Change, planned or not, moves through an ending, an in-between time and a new beginning; routines, support and learning help. Finally, a work search uses networks, job sites, a clear résumé, a matching cover letter and interview practice; self-employment is another path.
- Career Planning: From Knowing Yourself to Your First Job – Career planning has five steps. 1) Know yourself: interests, skills and values. 2) Explore career families and find out the work, study needed, pay and demand. 3) Plan a pathway with SMART goals and a plan B. 4) Search for jobs with a CV, cover letter, digital portfolio and interview practice. 5) Make the move from school to work and keep learning, because careers change over a lifetime.
3. C. Exploration of Opportunities
C1 Accessing and Managing Information · C2 Trends · C3 Opportunities · C4 The Workplace
- Designing Your Future: People Skills, Work and Change – Designing your future means building the skills and knowledge to move from school into work and keep growing all your life. Interpersonal skills (listening, speaking clearly, respect, teamwork) help you succeed with any audience. Groups contain diverse people, so conflict is normal; a four-step method (calm down, listen, find the real need, agree a fair plan) and self-advocacy help. Good career choices need good information from many sources, checked for reliability, plus first-hand experience such as volunteering or job shadowing. At work you have rights (equal treatment, safety, fair pay and hours) protected by law and won in part by labour unions, and duties such as honesty and safe behaviour. Change, planned or not, moves through an ending, an in-between time and a new beginning; routines, support and learning help. Finally, a work search uses networks, job sites, a clear résumé, a matching cover letter and interview practice; self-employment is another path.
- Career Planning: From Knowing Yourself to Your First Job – Career planning has five steps. 1) Know yourself: interests, skills and values. 2) Explore career families and find out the work, study needed, pay and demand. 3) Plan a pathway with SMART goals and a plan B. 4) Search for jobs with a CV, cover letter, digital portfolio and interview practice. 5) Make the move from school to work and keep learning, because careers change over a lifetime.
4. D. Preparation for Transitions and Change
D1 Managing Change · D2 Work Search · D3 Goal Setting and Action Planning
- Designing Your Future: People Skills, Work and Change – Designing your future means building the skills and knowledge to move from school into work and keep growing all your life. Interpersonal skills (listening, speaking clearly, respect, teamwork) help you succeed with any audience. Groups contain diverse people, so conflict is normal; a four-step method (calm down, listen, find the real need, agree a fair plan) and self-advocacy help. Good career choices need good information from many sources, checked for reliability, plus first-hand experience such as volunteering or job shadowing. At work you have rights (equal treatment, safety, fair pay and hours) protected by law and won in part by labour unions, and duties such as honesty and safe behaviour. Change, planned or not, moves through an ending, an in-between time and a new beginning; routines, support and learning help. Finally, a work search uses networks, job sites, a clear résumé, a matching cover letter and interview practice; self-employment is another path.
- Career Planning: From Knowing Yourself to Your First Job – Career planning has five steps. 1) Know yourself: interests, skills and values. 2) Explore career families and find out the work, study needed, pay and demand. 3) Plan a pathway with SMART goals and a plan B. 4) Search for jobs with a CV, cover letter, digital portfolio and interview practice. 5) Make the move from school to work and keep learning, because careers change over a lifetime.