Career Life Education 10

Clayton Heights Secondary

The aim of Career Life 10 is to help students develop the skills they need to become individuals
who set goals, make thoughtful decisions, and take responsibility in pursuing their goals. Career
Life 10 encourages students to develop their sense of self, explore a range of career options,
plan their future, and develop skills on areas such as employment, healthy decision-making and
financial management, and transition planning beyond secondary school.

During this course students will reflect on the following ideas:

Finding a balance between work and personal life is essential to good physical and
mental health
A network of family, friends and community can support and broaden our career
awareness and other options
Learning how to learn prepares us to be lifelong learners who can adapt to changing
career opportunities
Effective career planning considers both internal and external factors
The global economy affects our personal, social and economic lives and prospects
Successful career and education paths require planning, evaluating and adapting

Requirements and Graduation Credits

Career Life Education 10 is an extension of the curricula for Health and Career Education K to 7
and Health and Career Education 8 and 9. Students must complete Planning 10 in order to
satisfy provincial graduation requirements.

Letter grades and percentages must be reported as such to the Ministry of Education for
transcript purposes and it is not possible to obtain partial credit for this course.

Goals for Planning 10

Students will become informed decision makers, able to understand the effects of their
choices on themselves and others
Students will be able to access information and analyze it for accuracy, bias, and
relevance
Students will develop an understanding of their personal responsibility for attaining and
maintaining their overall health and financial well-being, and for pursuing and achieving
their educational career goals
Students will develop the attitudes, skills, and knowledge that enable them to plan for
their successful transition from secondary school to their adult lives.

Course Evaluation:
 Unit 1 Personal Awareness 20%
Unit 2 Careers and WorkSafe 20%
Unit 3 Education 20%
Unit 4 Finances 20%
Unit 5 Health 20%
Total 100%

Assignments and Grades:

A 86-100% C+ 67-77% C- 50-59%

B 73-85% C 60-67% Inc. 0-49%

All assignments are expected to be completed within reasonable time limits. Students with
missing assignments must complete them as soon as they can.

Units:
Units will run in the following sequence, although adjustments may be made to the content
of certain categories.

Unit 1: Personal Development

- Learning about yourself
- What Makes life meaningful?
- What do you value?
- What does a balanced life look like?
- How do you best learn to develop skills?

Unit 2: Careers
- Careers how they can change over time
- The importance of a career
- Job applications/Resumes/Cover Letters
- The interview process
- Workplace safety
- Emotional intelligence at work

Unit 3: Education
- Personal inventory of learning styles
- The importance of post-secondary education
- College or university?
- Scholarships
- Other avenues

Unit 4: Finances
 - Choosing a Bank
- Costs associated with living on your own or having a vehicle payment
- Taxation
- Financial Plan (budgeting and planning for the future)
- Credit Cards
- Underground Economy

Unit 5: Health
- Evaluating Heath Information from the Internet
- Safe and caring schools Bullying
- Healthy Eating
- Stress
- Road Related Risks
- Talking to your parents
- Healthy Sexual Decision Making
- Healthy Relationships
- Media and Body Image
- Drug abuse

Academic Honesty
Plagiarism is dishonest, and may result in an incomplete grade. My role in this class is to guide
your understanding, and to encourage you to develop skills that will make you competent and
successful people. Presenting someone elses work does nothing to further this aim, and wastes
the time of both student and teacher

Phones & Electronics

The Personal use of phones during class is disruptive. All phones and devices should be turned
off and put away in your bag when you enter class. Use of electronic devices for academic
purposes is at the discretion of the teacher, and permission must be sought before they are
used in this way.

Food & Drink

As this class takes place in a computer lab, absolutely NO food is allowed in the classroom. If
you are hungry, at an appropriate time, ask if you could go have a snack in the hall. NO pops or
juices are allowed in the room, even if they have lids. Only water bottles are allowed and are
best kept off of the desks.

Please: Come to me with any questions, or to discuss anything abut which you are unsure. I am
here to help, and I want you to succeed.