Career
development is a critical component of a well-rounded education. As students eventually go to work, it is our
responsibility as educators to expose them to occupations and career paths
during their formative years. A career
conference offers students opportunities to explore their strengths and
interests which can then be directly linked to occupations.
The ER12 Family of Schools will be hosting Career exploration events on October 8th and October 10th at
the Ontario Science Centre. This Career Awareness Project is
being designed to help students discover the many pathways to success within
their area of interest. Our goal is for
students to discover that there are interesting and meaningful jobs in a
variety of career fields. We want them
to see that within each field there are jobs for people with high school
education, jobs that require apprenticeships, jobs that need a college diploma
and jobs for which a university degree is a must. Each of the pathways; Apprenticeship, College, University & Workplace will be highlighted at
the Career Conference by the staff at the Ontario Science Centre.
Connections To Creating Pathways To Success: An Education and Career/Life Planning Program For Ontario Schools 2013
Creating Pathways to Success puts students at the centre of their own learning,
viewing them as the architects of their own lives. Students are encouraged to
discover who they are, explore opportunities, pursue their passions, and design
personal pathways to success. They are encouraged to express their insights in
individual ways and to keep track of what they discover about themselves and their
interests, passions, and opportunities over time. When students are empowered
to design and plan their own lives, they are engaged, they achieve, and they find
themselves applying their learning in their daily lives. In an environment that
encourages such learning, students develop confidence in knowing that their
school programs are created with them in mind, that the world beyond school
has something to offer them, and that they have something to offer the world.
(Source: Creating Pathways to Success http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/policy/cps/creatingpathwayssuccess.pdf, September 29th, 2014)
