The Guidance Oriented Approach to The Guidance Oriented Approach to Learning (GOAL)Learning (GOAL)

Kelly Butler

Western Quebec School Board

An Overview

Guidance Oriented Approach to Guidance Oriented Approach to Learning (GOAL)Learning (GOAL)

What is it?What is it?

Why do it?Why do it?

How do kids get it? How do kids get it?

GOAL: GOAL: What Is It?What Is It?

GOAL: GOAL: What is it?What is it?

The Guidance Oriented Approach to Learning The Guidance Oriented Approach to Learning (GOAL) is a continuum of career oriented (GOAL) is a continuum of career oriented instruction and learning throughout a child’s instruction and learning throughout a child’s schooling to help students lay the foundations schooling to help students lay the foundations for lifelong career development.for lifelong career development.

GOAL: GOAL: What is it?What is it?

Concerted Concerted TEAMTEAM approach involving approach involving ALLALL in- in-school and community partners.school and community partners.

Integration of QEP projects and services into Integration of QEP projects and services into schools’ success plans, educational projects schools’ success plans, educational projects and subjects.and subjects.

Activities, tools, and resources combine to Activities, tools, and resources combine to guide all students from K-11 in their identity guide all students from K-11 in their identity development and career-life planning. development and career-life planning.

GOAL: GOAL: What It’s NotWhat It’s Not

NOTNOT a separate course, rather a school-wide a separate course, rather a school-wide APPROACHAPPROACH supported by the school board and supported by the school board and the wider community.the wider community.

Not a series of isolated actions or activities in Not a series of isolated actions or activities in classes.classes.

Not the sole responsibility of the Guidance Not the sole responsibility of the Guidance Counselor.Counselor.

Not limited to specifically identified student Not limited to specifically identified student groups.groups.

Students need to be asking Students need to be asking themselves…..themselves…..

What Will I Be When I Grow Up?What Will I Be When I Grow Up?

A Magician? A Rock A Magician? A Rock Star?Star?

GOAL: GOAL: Why Do It?Why Do It?

““Career development Career development is a lifelong process is a lifelong process through which through which individuals come to individuals come to understand understand themselves as they themselves as they relate what they are relate what they are learning in school to learning in school to the world of work, their the world of work, their families and their families and their communities”.communities”.

GOAL: GOAL: Why Do It?Why Do It?

59% of students at present lack career plans for their 59% of students at present lack career plans for their future.future.

Students’ are ambivalent concerning their studies.Students’ are ambivalent concerning their studies. Students’ find themselves in the wrong post-secondary Students’ find themselves in the wrong post-secondary

programs more often than not.programs more often than not. Career choices are limited due to misinformation and Career choices are limited due to misinformation and

stereotypes.stereotypes. There are insufficient graduates to fillThere are insufficient graduates to fill labor shortages.labor shortages. To reduce students’ risk of failure or dropping out.To reduce students’ risk of failure or dropping out.

Why Do It?Why Do It?

The QEP includes a Broad Area of The QEP includes a Broad Area of Learning entitled Learning entitled

Personal and Career Planning.Personal and Career Planning.

This states that “the elementary and secondary This states that “the elementary and secondary schools educational aim is to enable students to schools educational aim is to enable students to undertake and complete projects that develop undertake and complete projects that develop their potential and help them integrate into their potential and help them integrate into society”. society”.

(QEP, 2001)(QEP, 2001)

GOAL: GOAL: Benefits for StudentsBenefits for Students Students and teachers make links between the Students and teachers make links between the

information they are learning in school and the information they are learning in school and the requirements of citizenship (the world of work), outside of requirements of citizenship (the world of work), outside of school.school.

Students’ will increase knowledge of themselves, their Students’ will increase knowledge of themselves, their interests and aptitudes.interests and aptitudes.

Students are more interested in the courses they are Students are more interested in the courses they are taking and therefore perform better.taking and therefore perform better.

Students will discover various educational and career Students will discover various educational and career paths in relation to subject areas.paths in relation to subject areas.

Students are more focused upon HS graduation and Students are more focused upon HS graduation and have a clearer understanding of future plans and have a clearer understanding of future plans and opportunities.opportunities.

Students will be more prepared to make realistic career Students will be more prepared to make realistic career choices by basing their dreams on reality.choices by basing their dreams on reality.

GOAL: GOAL: The Benefits for TeachersThe Benefits for Teachers

Provides a Provides a TEAMTEAM effort to effort to address the QEP including the address the QEP including the Broad Areas of Learning and Broad Areas of Learning and Cross Curricular Cross Curricular Competencies.Competencies.

Enriches your knowledge of Enriches your knowledge of career planning and current career planning and current workplace realities.workplace realities.

Encourages positive, Encourages positive, supportive relationships.supportive relationships.

Why Do It?Why Do It?To Ensure Our Students Achieve Educational To Ensure Our Students Achieve Educational

Success and Obtain QualificationsSuccess and Obtain Qualifications

The World of WorkThe World of Work

Current Realities of the World of WorkCurrent Realities of the World of Work

There is a demand for creativity, enterprise and There is a demand for creativity, enterprise and collaboration.collaboration.

There is a greater need for integration of There is a greater need for integration of knowledge/disciplines and technology.knowledge/disciplines and technology.

There is pressure for speed and diversity of learning.There is pressure for speed and diversity of learning. There is increased work/learning and life style flexibility.There is increased work/learning and life style flexibility. There is increased self managed career development.There is increased self managed career development. Employers of choice offering employability and lifestyle Employers of choice offering employability and lifestyle

options.options. Competition: Where workers need to offer demonstrated Competition: Where workers need to offer demonstrated

personal qualities; multiple transferable skill sets and personal qualities; multiple transferable skill sets and adaptabilityadaptability..

Employability PrinciplesEmployability Principles

L – L – LearningLearning: Continuously broaden & deepen : Continuously broaden & deepen self understanding and skill sets.self understanding and skill sets.

I – I – IntegrationIntegration: combine and transfer unique : combine and transfer unique skill sets and personal attributes to skill sets and personal attributes to

different settings and teams.different settings and teams.

F – F – FlexibilityFlexibility: willing to quickly adapt and thrive : willing to quickly adapt and thrive with changing opportunities and realities.with changing opportunities and realities.

E – E – ExplorationExploration: continually explore and create : continually explore and create work/learning and lifestyle opportunities.work/learning and lifestyle opportunities.

GOAL: GOAL: How Do Kids Get It?How Do Kids Get It?

GOAL: GOAL: How Do Kids Get It?How Do Kids Get It?

Career awareness in Career awareness in elementary school.elementary school.

Career exploration in Career exploration in middle school.middle school.

Career preparation in Career preparation in high school and high school and beyondbeyond

GOAL: GOAL: How Do Kids Get It?How Do Kids Get It?

Integrating career Integrating career orientation elements into the orientation elements into the curriculumcurriculum

Developing related school Developing related school life activities and projectslife activities and projects

Ensuring access to a variety Ensuring access to a variety of career orientation tools of career orientation tools and resources and resources

Providing access to Providing access to individual counselingindividual counseling

By weaving together as By weaving together as many and as varied many and as varied connections as possible connections as possible among subjects among subjects belonging to different belonging to different subject areas.subject areas.

Cross Curricula: Cross Curricula: Connecting curricula to Connecting curricula to work and later educationwork and later education

Math Math – Create a – Create a Business: integrate Business: integrate business and financebusiness and finance

EnglishEnglish – Resumes, – Resumes, write a poem about a write a poem about a career of their interest, career of their interest, have a debate: grades have a debate: grades and diplomas should be and diplomas should be eliminated to allow for eliminated to allow for learning for the pleasure learning for the pleasure of it.of it.

ComputersComputers - Create a e- - Create a e-portfolio.portfolio.

FrenchFrench – Students – Students research and give a research and give a presentation on their presentation on their dream career.dream career.

GeographyGeography – Research – Research different careers in the different careers in the area. area.

GOAL: GOAL: Lesson FacilitatorsLesson Facilitators

School CounselorsSchool Counselors Teacher AdvisorsTeacher Advisors Classroom Teachers Classroom Teachers Community PartnersCommunity Partners

GOAL: GOAL: Resources for ImplementationResources for Implementation

Career Activities & Lesson Plans – Career Activities & Lesson Plans – http://www.khake.com/page94.htmlhttp://www.khake.com/page94.html

Newsletter – Above and Beyond – Newsletter – Above and Beyond – www.casaa-resources.netwww.casaa-resources.net

BizWorld designing your own business – BizWorld designing your own business – www.bizworld.orgwww.bizworld.org

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ConclusionConclusion

The mind shapes the The mind shapes the reality we experience by reality we experience by creating a vision of the creating a vision of the life we desire. We set all life we desire. We set all our powers in motion to our powers in motion to bring it about. That bring it about. That picture of the future picture of the future becomes a self fulfilling becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.prophecy.

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