1. Work and Community
Careers 9

2. Why is Careers 9 important?

3. Careers 9 at OKM
Careers 9 will be delivered in 5 components this year:
Lessons in Socials 9 (Work and Community)
Lessons in Math 9 (Financial Literacy)
Lessons in English 9 (Goal Setting and Reflection)
Take Our Kids to Work (pre-activity, participation, and post-reflection)
Grade 9 POL to be presented in June will have a career component
All of these components will be used to grade you in Careers 9.

4. 4 3 2 1 Demonstrated a very clear understanding of the assignment
Put great effort into their booklet and reflections
Demonstrated excellent participation and clear communication in class activities
Demonstrated excellent clarity in communication and organizational skills in their reflections
Demonstrated excellent self awareness and connection between self, community and careers
From reading your work, I can clearly see the direction you are going! Congratulations!
Demonstrated a good understanding of the assignment
Put effort into their booklet and reflections
Demonstrated participation and clear communication in class activities
Demonstrated good clarity in communication and organizational skills in their reflections
Demonstrated good self awareness and connection between self, community and careers
Congratulations on completing your work. Try to spend a bit more time on editing your content or providing more reflective and detailed responses to your reflections.
Demonstrated a satisfactory understanding of the assignment
Put satisfactory effort into their booklet and reflections
Demonstrated limited participation in class activities
Demonstrated satisfactory clarity in communication and organizational skills in their reflections
Demonstrated satisfactory self awareness and connection between self, community and careers
Please consider putting more time and effort into these assignments.
Demonstrated a poor understanding of the assignment
Put poor effort into their booklet and reflections
Demonstrated no participation in class activities
Demonstrated poor clarity in communication and organizational skills in their reflections
Demonstrated poor self awareness and connection between self, community and careers
Assignments needed much more effort and/or are incomplete.

5. Part 1:
Who am I?

6. When choosing an occupation or career, what are some of the factors one should consider?

7. What are they? Where are your strengths and potentials?
Transferable Skills
What are they? Where are your strengths and potentials?

8. What are Transferable Skills?
Skills you have acquired during any activity in your life - jobs, classes, projects, parenting, hobbies, sports, virtually anything - that are transferable and applicable in many different jobs
What are Transferable Skills?

9. Examples of Transferable Skills
Communicating Troubleshooting Testing Designing
Researching Writing Planning Analyzing
Self-understanding Speaking Persuading Understanding
Innovating Organizing Motivating Selling
Prioritizing Logical Thinking Problem-solving Encouraging
Teaching Learning Developing Improving
Updating Synthesizing Creating Imagining
Visualizing Talking Leading Supervising
Estimating Achieving Reporting Negotiating
Interpreting Searching Team-building Reasoning
Debating Decision-making Advising Influencing
Performing Proofreading Filing Comparing
Sharing Examining Reading

10. Who am I?
Complete the rest of the Who am I in your Work and Community booklet, including a detailed reflection on myBlueprint.

11. Part 2:
Career Clusters

12. Find me a Job!
Pretend you are an Employment Recruiter and complete this activity using your Work and Community Booklet and myBlueprint. Be prepared to share your recommendations for each person with the class!

13. What job would you recommend? (choose 1-3)
Why?
Person 1
Person 2
Person 3
I like to work with children.
I did not go to university but I did complete a college diploma.
The Career Cluster that interests me is Education and Training
I would like to make at least $30,000 per year
I love working with people! I am outgoing and talkative.
I completed High School but I did not attend college or university.
The Career Cluster that interests me is Marketing, Sales and Service
I would like to make around $40,000 per year
I prefer to work on my own. I like to investigate and gather information.
I completed a university degree.
The Career Cluster that interests me is Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
I would like to make at least $70,000 per year

14. Person #1 I like to work with children.
I did not go to university but I did complete a college diploma.
The Career Cluster that interests me is Education and Training
I would like to make at least $30,000 per year

15. Person #2 I love working with people! I am outgoing and talkative.
I completed High School but I did not attend college or university.
The Career Cluster that interests me is Marketing, Sales and Service
I would like to make around $40,000 per year

16. Person #3
I prefer to work on my own. I like to investigate and gather information.
I completed a university degree.
The Career Cluster that interests me is Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
I would like to make at least $70,000 per year

17. My Matches
Use your work booklet and myBlueprint to complete all the remaining sections in the Career Cluster section, including the reflection on myBlueprint.

18. Part 3: Community Connections

19. Community Connections
Can work reflect needs?
Can work contribute to community/society?

20. What Makes You Come Alive?
Sean Aiken - TedX Vancouver
One Week Job Project
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Can individual passions become a job/career?
Besides a job/career, in what other ways can you pursue your passions?

21. Final Reflection
Complete your third and final Work and Community reflection in myBlueprint