Blueprint Builder Learning Activity Grades 11/12

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1 Blueprint Builder Learning Activity Grades 11/12 Big Ideas Cntent Career and educatin paths require nging explratin, planning, evaluatin and adaptatin. Being in the wrld and walking in the wrld are supprted, bradened, and deepened thrugh cmmunity invlvement and the scial experience f building persnal netwrks. Persnal Develpment Awareness that self-assessment and preparatin are needed t achieve pst-graduatin gals and plans Career Life Plan Multiple ways t gather career infrmatin Critical assessment and interpretatin f career related infrmatin, including labur market trends Awareness that all careers are multifaceted and have a variety f chices and pprtunities Curricular Cmpetency Cultivate and engage with persnal netwrks as a pst-graduatin resurce Dcument the ways f knwing, research, and decisin-making prcesses that help identify persnal career pprtunities and infrm chices Opprtunities and their rle in career, educatin and life planning Cre Cmpetency Cmmunicatin Critical Thinking Persnal and Scial Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 1

2 Key Questins 1. What career resurces did yu add t Blueprint Builder t supprt yur career jurney? 2. Did the visin fr yur wn career jurney change after yu netwrked with friends and family? 3. What are sme f the wrk/life elements (career shpping list) that are meaningful t yu that will help guide yur decisins nw and in the future? 4. Did yur assessment f career ptins against yur persnalized list f wrk/ life elements (career shpping list) allw yu t identify and evaluate careers best suited t yu? 5. What ptins did yu cnsider and decide t explre further thrugh a jb r wrk experience? Resurces t Supprt this Learning Activity WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin (PDF) Blueprint Builder Teacher s Guide Student Learning Activity Instructins (Part B and C) Handuts 1 and 2 (fund within this dcument n page 7 and page 19) Other requirements: cmputer, tablet, r smartphne, and paper/pen 2 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

3 Teaching Tip(s): Review the Teacher s Guide and the student learning activity. Nte that the hmewrk assignment (Part A) shuld be cmpleted prir t intrducing Blueprint Builder. Review WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin. Review the tasks in Handut 1: Career Pathway Reality Check, s yu knw what t expect. The tutrial vide n the Blueprint Builder hmepage is a great way t intrduce this activity. The lessns recmmend that students cmplete the Career Cmpass quizzes. The secnd part t WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin prvides details n the Career Cmpass resurce. Yu ll als find a student activity fr Career Cmpass yu can use with yur students. Suggested Supprt Resurce: Dwnlad a free PDF f the bk that was used as the fundatinal resurce fr this learning activity: Career Crafting the Decade after High Schl: Prfessinal's Guide. Estimated Time: Tw-three hurs (Nte: in advance f this learning activity there is a hmewrk assignment that will take students a cuple f days t cmplete.) Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 3

4 Thinking abut Teaching In Career Life Cnnectins, students will cntinue t identify career and educatin paths thrugh explratin, planning and evaluatin. Students can adapt the career plans that they set in mtin in grade 9. This learning activity is designed t help students strengthen their career explratin and planning cmpetencies, and learn hw t create their wn persnalized Blueprint t supprt their career jurney. The key t this learning activity is fr students t recgnize that a career path is nt a straight line, but instead, a series f interrelated actins that frm ne s lifelng career pathway. The persnalized Blueprint recrd can be used as students adapt and revise their career and educatin plans t respnd t new situatins. Prpsed Scpe and Sequence There are three parts t this learning activity with each part building n the ther. 1. Students cmplete hmewrk Awareness f Career Pathways. 2. Students register fr Blueprint Builder. 3. Students create a recrd f useful resurces t supprt career explratin and planning. 4 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

5 Teacher Instructins Part A: Hmewrk Assignment The hmewrk assignment will help students build their understanding and learn abut career pathways. The image belw shws tw career pathways that depict the Career Myth. The first graphic, The way it is suppsed t be, shws a linear path. Current career develpment thinking recgnizes that the straight path graduate, d sme pstsecndary learning, wrk, and then retire is utmded. Acknwledging this may reduce the stress that many yuth experience as they try t create a clear, linear pathway. Recent research indicates that the pressure f making the ne and nly right chice is impeding the psitive prgress f students int the early years f their wrk/life jurney. The secnd graphic presents a multi-line path that is mre typical f tday s career jurneys, and ne that mst yuth will likely fllw. If they learn t embrace uncertainty, build n their experiences, and chse pathways that match their desires, they will likely have a much richer career planning experience. Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 5

6 The hmewrk assignment is aimed at cnnecting yuth with the experience f lder peple, expanding their expectatins fr their persnal career jurney. Ask students t use Handut 1: Career Path Reality Check t cmplete the assignment. Nte: The teacher can discuss the results f the interview(s) after students have learned hw t create a Blueprint Builder accunt (Part C f the learning activity). Assessment Ideas Self-Assessment Ask students t pair and share the respnses t their reflectin questins and prvide evidence f the statements: I identified the differences and similarities f the career paths f the three peple I interviewed: i. A persn age ii. A persn between 40 and 50 iii. A persn ver 60 I determined which f the tw career path diagrams best represents the career jurneys f each f the peple I interviewed. I reflected n the visin fr my wn career path and identified sme actins I might take based n what I learned frm my interviews. Teacher Assessment Cllect respnses as an Exit Slip. 6 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

7 Handut 1: Career Path Reality Check Hmewrk Assignment A. What des a career path lk like? a. Ask several peple yu knw if they wuld agree t a shrt interview abut their career jurney. See if yu can find smene t interview in each f the fllw categries: i. A persn age ii. A persn age iii. A persn ver 60 b. Ask yur interviewee the fllwing questins and recrd their answers. i. Can yu describe yur career jurney and what led t the wrk yu d nw? ii. What were the main influences that led t yur chices: 1. t g t cllege r university 2. t wrk at a certain jb 3. t change jbs iii. Has yur career path been straight t this pint in yur life (pint A t pint B). Fr example, have yu wrked fr the same emplyer fr many years, r did yu g straight t wrk frm high schl? If s, what influenced that linear pathway? iv. Or has yur career path had multiple frks in the rad where yu had t make a decisin and change directin? What kinds f things peple, events, realizatins cntributed t these mments? v. Is there anything yu wuld change abut the way yur career has prgressed? Why r why nt? c. There may be mre questins yu wuld like t ask, s add thse and recrd the answer. Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 7

8 Hmewrk Assignment B. Reflectin questins Yur teacher assigned sme hmewrk t talk with friends and family in yur netwrk and learn abut their career paths. What did yu find ut? Was it a straight path? Were there many stps and starts? Were there changes in directin? Write a shrt paragraph that describes the career jurney fr each persn belw: i. A persn age ii. A persn age iii. A persn ver 60 Take a lk at the diagram that yur teacher shwed yu. Which career jurney diagram best represents each f yur friends r family s career paths? Did yu have any precnceived ntin f what a career path shuld lk like? Des this activity make yu realize smething new abut a career path? Assessment Ideas Self-Assessment Ask students t pair and share the respnses t their reflectin questins, and prvide evidence f the statements: I created a Blueprint Builder prfile and saved the lgin infrmatin fr future use. I added resurces t Blueprint Builder t supprt my career jurney nw and int the future. I included resurces frm the fllwing sectins a. Career Explratin Resurces b. Educatin & Funding Resurces c. Jb Search Resurces Teacher Assessment Cllect respnses as an Exit Slip. 8 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

9 Student Instructins: Part B Hw t register n Blueprint Builder Blueprint Builder is a career-planning tl that helps yu find the resurces yu need. It includes career, educatin and jb search resurces all in ne place. Yur persnalized Blueprint will keep track f yur research, and link yu t all srts f career, educatin and funding resurces. It s like a persnal accunt that will hld all yur research and valuable career planning infrmatin. Yu can save the resurces yu like, and add ntes t help yu at a later date. T fully utilize all the great resurces available, yu need t create an accunt. T discver what s available, cmplete thrugh Step 5 belw. Step One: Create an accunt G t Chse Register t create a prfile accunt and persnalize yur Blueprint. T create yur Prfile, cmplete the frm and select all the details that apply t yu. Enter yur address, and select a passwrd (at least six characters lng, with at least ne upper-case letter and ne number). Read and agree t the Blueprint Privacy Plicy, and chse Create Prfile. Step Tw: Respnd t the activatin If yu dn t have an accunt, ask yur teacher t help yu set ne up. Yu ll receive an activatin cntaining a link just select the link t activate yur accunt. Then lg in using yur address and passwrd. Step Three: Once yu re lgged in Once yu re lgged in, yu ll be returned t the Blueprint Builder hmepage. Every time yu lg in, this is the page where yu ll begin. Yu can select Update prfile at any time t view and update yur prfile. Take a lk at what is available fr yu t explre n the hmepage Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 9

10 Step Fur: Take a quick tur f what is available Frm the hmepage, select Build yur Blueprint. Here yu can view Career Explratin Resurces, Educatin & Funding Resurces and Jb Search Resurces categries. Yu ll als see prgress bars that highlight yur prgress in building yur Blueprint. Once yu ve selected ne f the three categries, view the variety f resurces available in that grup. Since yu ve already created an accunt, the resurces will be custmized t match yur prfile settings, indicated with a Matches Prfile label. Yu can easily select the categry that interests yu and brwse thrugh the resurces. Yu ll see that Blueprint Builder draws yur attentin t certain key resurces. These are indicated with a featured flag. Once yu add them t yur Blueprint, data frm these specific resurces are pulled int yur Blueprint prfile. An example f a featured resurce is Career Cmpass. Yu can chse t view all resurces n Blueprint Builder with the A-Z resurce search. Yu can als add ntes abut the resurces t refer t later frm the View yur Blueprint page, if yu ve created an accunt. Nw that yu have an accunt, yu can see the career resurces that match yur persnal prfile, and add thers t yur persnal Blueprint fr future use and viewing. Use Blueprint Builder t explre the wide variety f career planning resurces that can help yu plan and research yur career. Build yur persnalized Blueprint and get started n finding career success! Step Five: Build yur wn Blueprint Brwse thrugh each f the resurce categry tabs. Yu can easily mve between tabs n the resurce: Career Explratin Resurces; Educatin & Funding Resurces; and Jb Search Resurces; at any time. In this exercise, yu will add useful resurces frm each categry t yur Blueprint. Try this ut: Select Career Explratin Resurces. Nte that the Career Explratin Resurces that match yur prfile are placed at the tp f the list, with the Matches Prfile label. Scrll thrugh all the resurces and add thse that interest yu. Chse the resurce tile t view an verview r t g directly t the site. Yu can add resurces r remve them frm yur persnalized Blueprint. Try adding and remving ne nw. Add Career Cmpass and Career Trek t yur persnalized Blueprint by chsing Save t yur Blueprint. 10 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

11 Try this ut: Select Educatin & Funding Resurces The Educatin & Funding Resurces that match yur prfile are placed at the tp f the list. Scrll thrugh the links t explre different prgrams and pstsecndary institutins. Add EducatinPlannerBC t yur Blueprint by clicking Save t yur Blueprint. Try this ut: Select Jb Search Resurces Nte that the Jb Search resurces that match yur prfile are placed at the tp f the list. Scrll thrugh all the resurces and add the nes that interest yu. Add WrkBC Jb Bard t yur Blueprint by clicking Save t yur Blueprint. After viewing and adding yur selected resurces, click View yur Blueprint. Select View yur Blueprint. There yu ll find: Prfile summary Reginal data fr the regin yu chse when yu set up yur accunt Ttal Jb Openings and Jbs in Demand fr that regin Resurces that yu saved under Career Explratin Resurces, Educatin & Funding Resurces and Jb Search Resurces Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 11

12 Teacher Instructins Part C: Blueprint t Supprt yur Career Jurney Review the five tasks f the learning activity. Students will: 1. Build a cllectin f resurces in their persnalized Blueprint t supprt their career jurney nw and int the future. This will be an nging activity, as students register, navigate, and explre Blueprint Builder. Encurage students t add a resurce they either want t return t r ne that may be f help t the peple they interviewed. Make sure the students knw they can add ntes abut each resurce t refer t later. 2. Frmulate a visin fr their career jurney by netwrking with friends and family. Students cmplete this task based n the hmewrk assignment frm Part A. After students have successfully registered with Blueprint Builder, direct them back t their hmewrk assignment, and lead a discussin as fllws: a. Guide them thrugh a discussin f what they fund during their interviews. Review the reflectin questins with the students. The Career Myth graphics may be helpful r yu may wish t create yur wn diagram n the whitebard. b. Key t this assignment is cnnecting students with the idea that there will be many pints alng their career jurney when they will need t find infrmatin abut ccupatins, educatin ptins and jb penings. 3. Create a career shpping list f elements they want frm their wrk life, fr use nw and as a reference int the future. Students cmplete this shpping list activity adapted frm Career Crafting the Decade after High Schl: Prfessinals Guide. Yu culd shw them sme examples if that is helpful. Draw frm yur persnal experience r frm that f smene yu knw. 4. Evaluate varius career ptins against their persnalized career shpping list t identify careers best suited t them. Students build n the shpping list created. They will use their career shpping list and career statement, alng with the resurces in their Blueprint, t find infrmatin abut the career ptins generated by taking ne t three Career Cmpass quizzes, lking at Career Prfiles and/r viewing Career Trek vides. Students will create an electrnic r handcrafted representatin f their career shpping list. 5. Make a plan t explre a jb r wrk experience they may want t learn mre abut. Actual wrk r vlunteer experience in the cmmunity is a fantastic way t see if the real life jb is a gd fit. If students cmplete the cmmunity experience, ask them t reflect n their time spent jb shadwing r vlunteering. Wuld they chse t pursue the career ptin r try smething else? Helping students explre career ptins with intent ffers a great pprtunity during their high schl years. Students can take a Wrk Experience curse r cunt the hurs twards their Wrk Experience graduatin requirements. 12 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

13 6. Make a prduct that represents their findings. The prduct shuld reflect the career shpping list, career statement, career ptins, best career matches and plans t explre my career ptins thrugh a jb r wrk experience. The prduct can be either electrnic r hand crafted. Assessment Ideas Self-Assessment Ask students t prvide evidence f the statement: I created a prduct that reflects my career shpping list, career statement, career ptins, best career matches and plans t explre my career ptins thrugh a jb r wrk experience. I put a link in my prduct t my ccupatin fund n (if applicable) I had a peer review my prduct and received feedback fr imprvement. I shared the prduct with the class, s they learned abut my career shpping list and plans fr the future. Teacher Assessment Teacher creates a rubric t assess career shpping list prduct. Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 13

14 Student Instructins: Part C Persnalized Blueprint t Supprt yur Career Jurney In this activity, yu will have the pprtunity t explre sme career planning resurces and learn hw yu can create yur wn persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur persnal career jurney. Yu will use bth the handuts that fllw and the Blueprint Builder resurce. Yu ll d five tasks in this learning activity: 1. Build a cllectin f resurces in yur persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur career jurney nw and int the future. 2. Learn abut a typical career path by netwrking with friends and family. 3. Create a career-shpping list f elements yu want ut f yur wrk life fr use nw and in the future. 4. Assess varius career ptins against yur career shpping list t see if any may be a fit fr yu. 5. Make a plan t explre a jb yu want t learn mre abut as input int yur career planning decisins. Learning Activity 1. Build a cllectin f resurces in yur persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur career jurney nw and int the future. a. If yu dn t have a Blueprint Builder accunt, then cmplete Hw t Register n Blueprint Builder. b. As yu g thrugh the rest f the activity, add resurces t yur Blueprint Builder s yu can return t them later t d mre research r re-evaluate yur chices. Ntice that resurces matching yur prfile will be tagged. c. Take all three f the Career Cmpass quizzes. Yu can save yur quiz results t Blueprint Builder. When yu ve saved Career Cmpass and taken a quiz, the results will appear in yur persnalized Blueprint. d. Using yur quiz results, EducatinPlannerBC will prvide yu with links t undergraduate prgrams. e. Als, using yur quiz results, the WrkBC Jb Bard will link t psted jbs that match yur results. 14 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

15 2. Reflect n varius career paths based n interviews with yur netwrk f friends and family. Hmewrk Assignment: Reflectin Questins a. Yur teacher assigned yu sme hmewrk t interview friends and family in yur netwrk t learn abut their career jurneys. b. Share sme f yur thughts with the class. 3. Create a career shpping list f elements that yu want frm yur wrk life. Think f the shpping list as a must have list f what yu d like frm a jb. Yu will be able t use this t evaluate varius career ptins nw and in the future. Yu can update yur career- shpping list as yu prgress in yur career, by including mre must haves as yu change with new experiences. a. Fr this activity yu will need t use Handut 2 as a guide. Use a frmat that allws yu t represent yur career shpping list elements in a meaningful way t yu. b. Create yur persnalized career shpping list by ding the fllwing: i. Take ut a blank sheet f paper r start a digital recrd. ii. D sme brainstrming. Think abut any wrk yu have dne in the past vlunteer, emplyment, r wrk arund the huse. What did yu like r dislike abut it? 1. Recrd the things yu liked. Fr instance, perhaps yu liked painting the huse and ding smething hands n; lking after yung children; vlunteering at an utdr camp; serving peple in a restaurant; reading instructins n hw t d smething and then making it happen; r making a difference t the envirnment. 2. Recrd things yu dislike. Fr instance, yu did nt like wrking the late shift at a restaurant; manual labur utdrs; using unfamiliar machinery; r travelling t far ut f yur cmmunity t wrk in the summer. 3. Create a prduct that represents yur career shpping list using ne f the fllwing: A digital bk using the Bk Creatr app n the ipad r a similar app. A mind map using a chart paper. A shrt vide presentatin using imvie r any digital recrding device. A pster using the Pic Cllage app n the ipad, a paper frmat r ther hand-crafted pster Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 15

16 c. Take a lk at the lists yu created t see if yu can find any themes. Yu may need t cmbine infrmatin in bth like and dislike lists t cme up with a theme. If yu are having a hard time, ask yur teacher fr help. An example f a thught prcess might be: i. Frm the like entries, a shpping list element might be: being in nature, hiking, wrking n my wn, r wrking n chres utside arund the huse. ii. iii. Frm the dislike entries, a shpping list element might be: sitting at a desk and wrking, being in enclsed spaces, r being arund t many peple. A theme frm this wuld be wrking utside, r wrking independently. d. Based n the things yu liked and disliked and the theme yu identified, write a career statement that reflects what yu are lking fr frm yur wrk life. The career statement shuld capture yur themes and describe the things yu mst want ut f yur wrk life, as well as sme f the activities yu like t d. i. An example may be: I mst want a career where I wrk with peple, preferably utdrs and where I can make a difference t the envirnment. I wuld like my jb t be clse t the cmmunity I live in, s I can spend time with family and friends. ii. Add yur statement t the prduct yu created as a way t sum up yur career shpping list. 4. Evaluate career ptins against yur career shpping list and career statement. a. Lg in t yur accunt n Blueprint Builder. b. If yu have nt taken the Career Cmpass assessment, take it nw, r take it again if it has been a while since yu last did it. c. Lk at yur persnalized Blueprint. Yu will ntice that ccupatins and resurces have been generated fr yu t cnsider (fr each Career Cmpass quiz yu tk; with ptentially up t 25 results if yu cmpleted all three quizzes). Chse yur tp three ccupatins and recrd them. If yu can t decide n nly three ccupatins, add mre clumns t the wrksheet. Put a check in the bx n the Shpping List handut as yu find elements f the career that match yur career shpping list. d. In Career Cmpass r ther career resurces fund in yur Blueprint, d the fllwing: i. Read thrugh the descriptin f the ccupatins, and cnsider whether the jb may match sme f yur shpping list elements. 16 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

17 ii. iii. iv. Click thrugh t the regin where the jbs are. Culd yu see yurself living in ne f thse areas if it is nt where yu live nw? Des the place where yu might wrk match yur shpping list elements? Are there jb prspects in lcatins where yu are interested in living? Wuld yu make the salary yu expect? Des that match yur shpping list elements? T understand what it is like t live smewhere else, yu culd lk at the Explre B.C. regins in Career Cmpass. v. If yu need mre infrmatin abut the career ptins, cntinue t use the resurces yu saved in yur Blueprint. Yu can als g t Brwse Careers, in Career Cmpass and type in the title f yur chsen career (r a similar career cluster). If yu like a career, yu can add it t yur Blueprint. Fr mre infrmatin n regins in B.C., visit Destinatin BC. Here yu may explre pprtunities fr yur favurite turist/recreatinal activities in ther places. e. Nw take a lk at yur career shpping list t see hw these careers stack up. i. D sme career ptins lk like better matches than thers? ii. iii. iv. Are there career ptins yu want t eliminate? Are there careers that yu knw little abut? If s, d a bit mre research. Nte that yu can als remve careers frm yur Blueprint if they are nt f interest at this time. v. Add yur best matches n yur career shpping list prduct yu created in 3 b. abve. Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 17

18 5. Make a plan t explre a jb r wrk experience yu want t learn mre abut. Part f making a career decisin is learning abut a jb first hand. Think abut which jb yu d like t explre further, based n thse yu evaluated against yur shpping list, and make a plan t find ut mre abut the jb. Yu culd plan the experience yurself, r wrk with yur career cunsellr t find pprtunities. If yu arrange a wrk experience, yu culd even meet a requirement fr wrk hurs fr graduatin. a. Cnsider the fllwing ptins: i. Jb Shadw: Yu ll need t find smene willing t let yu cme int their wrkplace and bserve what they d in their jb ver several days. Yu culd cnsider ccupatins that are related t each ther, but require different levels f pst-secndary educatin. ii. iii. iv. Infrmatin Interview: Find several peple wh wrk in the jb and interview them abut what they d, the pst-secndary educatin r training they needed, their likes and dislikes abut the jb, and their advice. Vlunteer: Yu may knw f an rganizatin that is lking fr vlunteers that matches the area f wrk yu are interested. Wrk Experience 11/12 r the Yuth Wrk in Trades prgram: If yu have rm in yur timetable, cnsider taking a frmal wrk experience curse. The bnus? Yu get credits, plus a great wrk experience. b. Create a way t add yur plans t yur career shpping list prduct, including what yu plan t d: the type f jb, where yu might lk fr the wrk experience pprtunity, 18 Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

19 Name: Handut 2: Career Shpping List: Key Elements I Want in My Wrk Life Yu can check back in with this list as yu mve alng yur career path. It will prvide a tuchstne that yu can use t explre and assess the infrmatin, advice and experiences yu encunter. Yu will want t update yur list as yu gain mre life experiences and when yu find ut the demand fr a particular jb in yur area. Nevertheless, the cre values n yur career shpping list will likely remain the same. a. Start by entering the brainstrmed elements yu want frm yur like list. b. Then enter (the tp three) careers yu chse frm yur Career Cmpass assessment quiz results. c. Put a check mark in the clumn if the career yu investigated reflected the elements yu are lking fr in yur wrk life. d. Remember t write yur career statement at the bttm f the page. List f Elements I want in my wrk life 1. Career Optin: Career Optin: Career Optin: Career Statement: Career Life Cnnectins Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 19