Career Moves: Skills for the Journey is a teacher’s kit created specifically for the grade 10 Career Studies Course and is meant to aid students in their pursuit of professional development. This activity kit not only helps students understand the skills they will need to remain competitive within the workforce but also helps them to choose the field in which they hope to build their career. Although this kit places an emphasis on the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), it caters to all students regardless of their prospective career paths.
This kit contains both an activity guide full of classroom activities, as well as a 25-minute video. While the activity guide allows students to reflect upon their own career aspirations, the video features interviews with 8 diverse professionals that allow students to witness the reality of several professional fields. Additionally, this kit provides access to an interactive online resource that provides the support material (interview clips, informative links, online games, etc.) imperative in preparing students for careers in a rapidly changing economy.
In addition to drawing attention to the specific requirements of each professional field, the kit does an excellent job of informing students of the courses they should be taking during their senior years in high school so that they can pursue their dream job. This kit also highlights general professional skills like communication and teamwork.
The Career Moves kit is currently on display on the ground floor of the OISE Library, next to the Circulation Desk. For more activity kits concerned with careers and career studies, try The Real Game, Careers in Math, or Canada Career Quest game. More career activity kits can be found by browsing the OISE Library K-12 Manipulatives Database.
