Connections to Community

CC

Outcomes
CC8.1
Examine how a disposition for lifelong learning connects to potential career pathways.
CC8.2
Determine the contributions that work and work alternatives such as volunteerism make to the community and identify their importance to society.
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R050452
Virtual Apprentice Series
Through pertinent information, numerous engaging activities and interviews with experienced professionals, each book in this attractive series gives readers a glimpse into a particular career by taking them through a day in the life of a worker. Each book provides high-quality colour photographs, a table of contents, a list of additional related resources and an index.
•  Actor
•  Airline Pilot
•  Author
•  Cartoon Animator
•  Computer Game Designer
•  Fashion Designer
•  Firefighter
•  Oceanographer
•  Pop Musician
•  Professional Athlete
•  TV Journalist
Media and Formats : Book
Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R043748
Career Assessment: Finding a Career That Fits
This video briefly explores interests, skills and values as key components in making career choices. The program emphasizes that self-assessment, career assessment and career exploration are critical steps toward making appropriate career choices. The program identifies websites to use for career assessment tests.
Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $125.00
Record posted/updated: July 1, 2020
R070486
Green-Collar Careers Series
The books in this series cover a broad range of environment-related careers. Examples included are taken from around the world.
Included in each book are a table of contents, a glossary, a short index and recommended websites.
•  Building Green Places: Careers in Planning, Designing, and Building
•  Growing and Eating Green: Careers in Farming, Producing, and Marketing Food
•  Learning Green: Careers in Education
•  Managing Green Spaces: Careers in Wilderness and Wildlife Management
Media and Formats : Book
Price : Free
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070490
Making a Difference: The Changing the World Handbook
This book includes valuable messages such as identifying environmental issues and recommending actions to address those concerns. It demonstrates how career activities are not always related to paid work. There are ideas for action plans to assist students to practice green activities. The magazine-style layout and current content is appealing to students. Included are a table of contents, a glossary, a short index and a list of websites.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $11.95
Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018
R070499
Guiding Circles. An Aboriginal Guide to Finding Career Paths
This learning resource has been designed to assist First Nations people in making wise career choices. Guiding Circles employs a holistic career development approach that combines traditional First Nations worldview with sound contemporary career development concepts. It uses the circle as the core mechanism to create a level of self-awareness that assists with career directions. The concepts and activities can be adapted for use by any student.
Booklet 1: Understanding Yourself encourages students to tell their life stories, self-reflect positively and connect personal discoveries to the worlds of school and work.
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $7.50
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R026718
Blueprint for Life/Work Designs(Revised ed.)
This resource addresses the need for high-quality career development programs for youth by providing specific guidelines that list competencies considered important to develop throughout one's life. The competencies cover the areas of personal management, learning and work exploration and life/work building. Indicators that describe more specific outcomes in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes are also provided.
In addition to this package, there is Blueprint for Life/Work Designs: The Quick Reference Guide. This information is accessible through a website at www.blueprint4life.ca.
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Media and Formats : Book Document
Price : $20.00
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070502
Ready for Work. The Middle Years: Building Work-Readiness Skills
The preparation for the world of work that this resource offers middle level students provides a link with the Ready for Work framework that supports secondary level curricula. Built to reflect the competencies outlined in Blueprint for Life/Work Designs, this resource is divided into three major areas: Identifying My Skills, Understanding the World of Work and Knowing Ourselves and Others. Separate lessons for Grades 6-7 students and Grades 8-9 students are included for each area. The lessons are not sequential and all lessons do not need to be taught. Educators should choose the lessons that best meet the needs of their students.
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Media and Formats : Document
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: January 30, 2019
R070497
Careers for Life. Student Text: My Career Pathways
This comprehensive resource has been tailored specifically to our province's career education curricula for Grades 6 to 9. The student resource offers Saskatchewan content and photographs, plus profiles of current or former residents. The unit titles are reflective of the pertinent questions that this material challenges students to consider: Why Am I Doing This? Who Am I? What is Out There for Me? How Do I Get Where I Want to Go? How Far Have I Come? and What Can I Expect from Here?
The book includes a table of contents, a glossary and an index.
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•  Careers for Life. Teacher's Resource: My Career Pathways
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $56.50
Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024
R070492
Amazing Kids
This program features profiles of five amazing Canadian kids: Matthew Sawchuk, who has appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show three times, to share his scientific knowledge and talents; Alex Brown, 11, who raised $40,000 worth of items for homeless and is a recipient of Calgary's Leaders of Tomorrow Award; Yvonne Su, 17, from Toronto, Ontario who started an environmental group supporting student-run recycling program; Nikki Chooi, from Victoria, BC, is a certified violin prodigy at the age of 18; and 15-year-old leukemia patient Christophe Robichaud whose fundraising efforts generated over $50,000.
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $99.95
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Record posted/updated: July 1, 2020
R070505
The Real Game-Saskatchewan
Developed and piloted by Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division and Saskatchewan Rivers School Division in collaboration with the National Life/Work Centre and Junior Achievement Saskatchewan, this is the Saskatchewan version of the well-known role-playing game from The Real Game Series. This resource offers students the opportunity to explore career and life management skills while preparing them to take advantage of career opportunities that are available in our province.
All provincially funded schools with Grade 7 and 8 students enrolled were provided with access to a two-year site licence for The Real Game-Saskatchewan.
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Media and Formats : Website
Price : Free
free
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Record posted/updated: July 8, 2024