Education and Career GuidanceEducation and Career Guidance

C1 CT Training11 April 2011

RecallRecall

2010 C1/C2 training

1. Career Portal => ecareers2. Destinations Workbook

ObjectivesObjectives

1. What is Career Guidance?2. Career Resources available3. Civics: Career lessons for C14. Support services

Resource Pack

Career Lesson(s) Evaluation (today’s training) Career Wheel

Activity (Think-Pair-Share)

Recall the time when you were a 17-18 year old student / making a career choice …

- Who help you in choice of career?- What do you remember that help in

choosing a career?- Looking back, what did you wish

someone had told you/ you had to make your career choice.

“The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it”

Katherine Whitehorn

But I am not train to do career guidance …

Role as a CT (PCME)

Knowledge Skills Experience

ECG Committee - Training - Resources

Support from ECG Committee

Training - Career Guidance Framework - Career Interests Resources - Career lessons (16 May / 15 Jul) Support Services

Career Guidance Career Guidance

4-8 Framework

Career GuidanceCareer Guidance

1. Who am I?2. Where am I going?3. How do I get there? 4. Developing a Career/ Education Plan

Career Wheel Career Wheel Career Pathways 2nd ed.Career Pathways 2nd ed., Amundson & Poehnell (1996)., Amundson & Poehnell (1996).

Who am I?Who am I?

• Interests (Holland’s Code)• Values• Skills• Personality

Sharing of RIASEC profileSharing of RIASEC profile

Typical Teacher Profile Surprised at occupations Wrong career choices?

Interpreting Holland’s CodesInterpreting Holland’s Codes

Interests can change Exploratory (not predictive) Career Clusters (list of occupations) Values and Roles not considered No consideration for development of

career choice (i.e. social learning) Classroom debrief important

Support from ECG Committee

Training - Career Guidance Framework - Career Interests – Holland’s Theory Resources - Career lessons (16 May / 15 Jul) - Other related Resources Support Services

Civics Period (C1)Civics Period (C1)

Career Lesson 1

• Who am I?• Explore interests

Career Lesson 2• Where am I Going?• Career and Education

exploration

Civics PeriodCivics Period

Career Lesson 3

• How do I get There? (Part 1)

• Eportfolio

Career Lesson 4

• How do I get There? (Part 2)

• Education and Career Planning Module => ecareers.sg

Making Career Lessons Work – Some preliminaries

Two weeks before CT on 16/5

- Student to create ecareers account

- Send soft copy of instruction to students

- Sign up for portal training (if necc)

One week before lesson on 16/5

- Ensure all students have access and refer to ECG committee if there are problems

- Remind students to bring computers

- Load and familarise self with Portal introduction video/ slides/ Lesson plan/ RIASEC slides

Making Career Lessons Work – Some preliminaries

One Day before CT on 16/5

- Ensure slides are loaded into computer for use in class

- Ensure total nos of worksheets printed tally with nos of students

Civics on 16/5- Show up in class- Call IT support /

ECG Committee if problem with wireless access/ access

Making Career Lessons Work – Some preliminaries

Two weeks before CT on 15/7

- Remind students to complete the worksheet from previous lesson

One week before lesson on 15/7

- Remind students to bring computers

- Load and familarise self with Lesson plan/ Career and Education function in ecareers.sg

Making Career Lessons Work – Some preliminaries

One day before 15/7

- Remind students to bring their worksheet from previous class

- Ensure Worksheet 1 and 2 are prepared for lesson

Civics on 15/5- Show up in class- Call IT support /

ECG Committee if problem with wireless access/ access

Support Resources for Civics

Introduction to ecareers video Introduction ecareers slides Introduction to RIASEC codes slides Worksheets for lesson 1 and 2

Career ResourcesCareer Resources

1. ecareers https://ecareers.sg/

• Assessments (Who am I?)• Occupation Database (Where am I

going?)• Education Database (How to get there?)• Eportfolio/ Education and Career

Planning Module (Career Decision)

Career ResourcesCareer Resources2.Career Compass

http://app.careercompass.gov.sg/Front/Home.aspx

• Search occupations according to industries, occupations and qualifications

Career ResourcesCareer Resources

3.Brightsparkshttp://student.brightsparks.com.sg/index.php

• Scholarships • Higher Education • Careers • Students’ Jobs

Career ResourcesCareer Resources

4. ONET http://www.onetonline.org/

• Search occupations according to industries, occupations and qualifications

Career ResourcesCareer Resources

5. Career Guide 2011

• Overview of key industries• Salary, description of jobs• Special topics

Events to NoteEvents to Note

1.Term 2: Career Talks2. June TAG3.Term 3: Scholarships Day4.Nov TAG

Support ServicesSupport Services

• ECG Wikispace (http://jcecg.wiki.hci.edu.sg)

• CT Training 2011• Career Workshops for students• Career Counselling for students (Thurs

and Fri; 1400 – 1600 hours)

Albert Tan (alberttan@hci.edu.sg)Albert Tan (alberttan@hci.edu.sg)

• M. Ed (Counselling Psychology, UBC)• Adv. Postgrad Dip in Guidance and Counselling

(NTU/ NIE)