GWL3O – DESIGNING YOUR FUTURE – GRADE 11

Prerequisite: None

This course prepares students to make successful transitions to postsecondary destinations as they investigate specific postsecondary options based on their skills, interests, and personal characteristics. Students will explore the realities and opportunities of the workplace and examine factors that affect success, while refining their job-search and employability skills. Students will develop their portfolios with a focus on their targeted destination and develop an action plan for future success.

Personal Knowledge and Management Skills Overall Expectations By the end of this course, students will:

• Analyse their personal characteristics, strengths, interests, skills, and competencies to determine career-related goals.
• Maintain a portfolio for use in career planning that provides up-to-date evidence of knowledge, skills, interests, and experience.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the personal-management skills, habits, and characteristics that could contribute to success in their selected postsecondary destinations and independent adult life.

Interpersonal Knowledge and Skills Overall Expectations By the end of this course, students will:

• Demonstrate interpersonal and teamwork skills required for success in their school, work, and community activities.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of group dynamics in a variety of settings.
• Explain ways in which they can contribute to their communities and ways in which the community can assist them with career planning.

Exploration of Opportunities Overall Expectations By the end of this course, students will:

• Use research skills and strategies to gather and interpret relevant information about work and learning opportunities.
• Analyse emerging social and economic trends and their impact on individuals, workplaces, and career opportunities.
• Describe, based on research, opportunities in various occupational sectors and explain the requirements and challenges of selected occupations.
• Demonstrate an understanding of types of workplaces, their related workplace issues, and legislation governing the workplace.