Year 8 World of WorkCourse Outline 2017

Semester 1Week Beg.

Date Beg.

Coursework & Assessment

Assessment &/or

PracticalASSESSMENT TASKS SEMESTER 1

1) Career Action Plan (written)2) Advertisement about myself –

Oral/ Written3) Monster’s University

worksheet

Students are required to store all their worksheets in a file on their device in the form of a digital careers portfolio.

1 30 Jan

Show YouTube video – ‘A pep talk from kid president to you’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o

Open up Moodle and show students the Year 8 WOW page

Go through Course Outline with students – Explain that this will be used in conjunction WITH the Moodle page

2 6 Feb

Introduction to World of Work – Purpose of the subject, importance of career planning, discussion of goals – what they are and how to set them. Complete worksheet.

Show video on Moodle [Topic 1]3 13

Feb Introduction to‘Career Action Plan’ Students will complete their WRITTEN Career Action Plan – Students will hand this back to their teacher at the END of the lesson. Please return Career Action Plans to DDE, ABO or LWI.

4 20 Feb

How I Learn: Multiple Intelligences

Students are to complete Multiple Intelligences Quiz – Link on Moodle.

Once you have completed the test, write your top 2-3 intelligences and describe each so that you understand them. Choose an activity from the list after each description [use the link Multiple Intelligences – digging deeper] and complete this.

When students complete this they can assist to make a class poster with all of the Multiple Intelligence Test results displayed.

5 27 Feb

My Abilities

A discussion of strengths and weaknesses

Complete handout on Moodle

Assessment Tasks: to be added to the Careers Portfolio – These are major assessment tasks that will

be ongoing this term and will be due at the end of the term.

6 6 March

My Interests Class brainstorm of interests – identify interests

by completing handout. 7 13

March

*Labour Day Monday

My Values Discussion of values, what they are and why

they are so important Complete the worksheet.

NB STUDENTS TO BRING A PHOTO OF THEMSELVES FOR NEXT WEEK. Teachers will need blue tac & scissors for next week.

8 20 March How Others See Me

Class discussion of others perceptions. Students put their photograph on a wall in the room.Students cut up perceptions award sheet and give ONE award to each student [stick next to students photo]Students create a table to show how others perceive them.

Promoting MyselfStudents explore how they can view themselves in a positive way to develop a positive image.Begin their major Assessment Task – students complete these assessment tasks and submit early next term.

Complete all worksheets for the Careers Portfolio Self Advertisement**

*Careers Portfolio must be ready to be emailed with all worksheets next week.** Written component to be submitted in the first week of Term 2.

Assessment Task: Design an advertisement about yourself taskCollect student evaluations.

9 27 March

Term 1 Holidays

1 17 April TERM 2

Review Career Action Plan – Please collect from careers office

Students to complete an evaluation based on Term 1 activities. [see Moodle]

2 24 Apr

Oral Presentations – based on advertisement of themselves assessment piece from last term.

3 1 May *ANZAC Day Monday Assessment task: student oral

Oral Presentations – based on advertisement of themselves assessment piece from last term.

presentations

4 8 May Naplan Testing scheduled for today5 15

May

6 22 May

LEAP Excursion follow up: discuss last weeks excursion with students and brainstorm with the class what they learnt.

Movie: monsters University Watch the movie ‘Monsters University’

7 29 May

Movie: monsters University Finish watching the movie ‘Monsters University’

8 5 June Movie: monsters University Discuss the movie ‘Monsters University’ and

complete the Monsters University character trait sheet – Please find on Moodle.

Assessment: Collect the ‘Monster’s University’ handout.

9 12 June

What is work? Watch YouTube video [Moodle] Discuss meaning of work Students to write definition and complete

worksheets 1&2

10 19 June

*Queens Birthday

What careers can offer? Complete worksheet. Begin working on Researching Careers

Assessment Task

Students will be required to use bullseye posters to choose a career to research.– Please find Bullseye posters on: www.yhscpathways.com

Assessment task: Researching careers

11 26 June Continue with Researching Careers Assessment

Task. Students to complete this on holidays

Term 2 Holidays

World of WorldCourse Outline 2016

Semester 2ASSESSMENT TASKS :

1) Career Action Plan – revised2) Groper Profile test3) Movie ‘Holes’ worksheet4) My Future – Adventures of you

Week Beg.

Date Beg. Coursework & Assessment Assessment &/or

Practical1 11

July Teachers to revisit topics and activities from Semester 1 [write on board] and explain why this feedback sheet is so important for future planning.

Students to then complete student evaluation sheet on Semester 1 of WOW. Teachers to complete evaluation sheet also.Students to revisit their Career Action Plan – PLEASE ENSURE THE ACTION PLANS ARE IN DIGITAL FORM.

Collect feedback sheets

2 18 July Introduction to useful career websites – Youth

centralYouth Central website - http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au

Activity: Choose one area of the Youth Central website and create a poster that informs other teenagers of the type of information they can look at to get help for that area.

[Teachers make sure all 10 areas are covered so please allocate equally]

3 25 July Introduction to useful career websites Youth

central

Continue exploration of Youth Central – students to work on completing poster.

4 1 Aug Introduction to useful career websites Youth central

Each group presents a 5 minute talk on the area of Youth Central that they explored.

5 8 Aug Introduction to useful career websites Youth central

Continue with each group presenting a 5 minute talk on the area of Youth Central that they explored.

6 15 Aug Introduction to useful career websites – My

FutureMy Future website: www.myfuture.edu.au

Introduce students to the My Future website:

NB Students will need to register on this website to use its functions!

Read with the class ‘ what is executive function?’ Watch each of the ‘Adventures of You’ cartoons.

7 22Aug Introduction to useful career websites – My

Future

Continue with ‘The Adventures of You’ activity.

Students to complete the worksheet.

8 29 Aug Finding out More About Jobs

Students spend the next few lessons using the Youth Central and My Future websites to find out more about occupations. They are to work on the ‘Exploration of careers task’

9 5 Sept Finding out More About Jobs

Students continue using the Youth Central and My Future websites to find out more about occupations. They are to work on the ‘Exploration of careers task’

10 12 Sept

Keeping Flexible with my Career Journey

** You need dice for this week

Activity:’ Dicing with life’

Break students up into groups of 4.Supply one dice and worksheet per group for activity.

Term 3 Holidays

1 3 OctGroper Career Profile TestStudents to complete the “Groper” career profile Test.

Groper profile test – assessment task

2 10 Oct

My personality profile career exploration.From the Groper career profile test students completed last week, they are now to choose 3 careers that they can explore further. Students begin the worksheet for each job.

3 17 Oct

Students complete the worksheet for each job.

4 24 Oct Employability Skills

Read through each of the employability skills and framework and then complete the activity sheet.

5 31 Oct

*Cup Day Tuesday. Employability Skills

Watch, identify and discuss the employability skills that are highlighted in each of the videos on Moodle.

6 7 Nov Employability Skills

Continued….. Watch, identify and discuss the employability skills that are highlighted in each of the videos on Moodle.

7 14 Nov

Movie ‘Holes’

Show the movie ‘Holes’ over the next 2 weeks ask students to pay particular attention to how teamwork is used in the movies and explain why it is so important in relation to careers.

8 21 Nov

Movie ‘Holes’

Show the movie ‘Holes’ over the next 2 weeks ask students to pay particular attention to how teamwork is used in the movies and explain why it is so important in relation to careers

9 30 Nov

10 7 Dec

11 14 Dec

Christmas Holidays