Career Courses Support information: Paid Employment: 1. High School - PDF document

Career Courses Support information: Paid Employment: 1. High School Apprenticeship Program http://www.gov.mb.ca/wd/apprenticeship/ 2. Credit for Employment: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/cardev/curdocs.html Note: Prerequisite is that student is currently taking or has taken Grade 9-12 Life/Work course. Credit for Employment Guidelines “ Manitoba Education and Training is pleased to release this online, unedited DRAFT version of the Credit for Employment Guidelines which may be implemented by schools on a voluntary basis, starting in February 2016. ” “ Credit for Employment (CFE) will allow students to earn high school credit for paid work experience, to encourage and recognize the skills development and experience gained through employment. These Credit for Employment Guidelines can be used by educators, administrators, parents and students to support the planning, monitoring, evaluating, reporting of student experiences related to the Credit for Employment. ” “ Schools across the province are invited to use the DRAFT Credit for Employment Guidelines starting in February 2016, and/or anytime thereafter. If your school chooses to voluntarily implement CFE, please contact Manitoba Education and Training to: convey your intentions, obtain further information on this optional credit, and provide your feedback on the guidelines provided. Your feedback will help us: identify gaps, clarify content, and develop the final version of the Credit for Employment Guidelines. For further information on this new option, and to provide your feedback on these guidelines, please contact Ruth Stargardter. ”

Unpaid Work Experience: 3. Volunteer CSIP Course: Community Service SIP http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/policy/sics_sips.html Community Service SIP “ Students can make a contribution by volunteering for worthwhile causes or organizations. The civic skills, knowledge and attitudes obtained from such community service activity can increase a student's self esteem and maturity, and provide more awareness of the needs of others in the community. A credit may be available to a student who participates in such activity in the senior years for graduation purposes and does not require departmental registration. ” 21 KB) Guidelines ( 14 KB) Parent/Guardian Approval Form ( 12 KB) replaces SIP registration form School Approval Form ( 4. Life/Work courses: MB Department of Education Website (half or full credit): http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/cardev/curdocs.html “ Half-Credit Courses ” Grade 9 Career Development: Life/Work Exploration (half-credit course) ( 237 KB) 199 KB) Grade 10 Career Development: Life/Work Planning (half-credit course) ( 178 KB) Grade 11 Career Development: Life/Work Building (half-credit course) ( Grade 12 Career Development: Life/Work Transitioning (half-credit course) ( 176 KB) “ Curriculum Framework of Outcomes and A Foundation for Implementation (Full-Credit) Courses These career development courses have been designed to connect school learning with workplace and labour market realities, which will contribute to increasing student retention and graduation rates in Manitoba. The courses will assist students in making a realistic assessment of the many opportunities available upon graduation and how to prepare for them. The Grade 9 and 10 courses are available for implementation in September 2007. It is anticipated that these new courses will replace the School-Initiated Career Development courses (SICs) effective in September 2007. It is recommended that the Grade 9 and Grade 10 courses be offered in sequence, however, they can be offered independently, i.e. only Grade 9 or Grade 10. ” Full Credit courses are: Grade 9 Career Development: Life/Work Exploration Supporting Websites Blackline Masters (Available in Adobe PDF and MS-Word) Circle of Courage Poster ( 410 KB) (This full-size poster is available for viewing and printing as a 17" x 11" PDF file.) Grade 10 Career Development: Life/Work Planning Supporting Websites Blackline Masters (Available in Adobe PDF and MS-Word) Grade 11 Career Development: Life/Work Building Supporting Websites Blackline Masters (Available in Adobe PDF and MS-Word) Grade 12 Career Development: Life/Work Transitioning Supporting Websites Blackline Masters (Available in Adobe PDF and MS-Word)

These courses are based on: “ The Blueprint for Life/Work Designs ” “ To complement this idea of career development as life/work designs, Manitoba Education and Training has adopted the Blueprint for Life/Work Designs as the provincial framework of learning outcomes for Career Development, Kindergarten to Grade 12. The life/work skills identified in the Blueprint are the result of many years of developing, piloting, revising and implementing this new life/work skills framework and include 11 core skills or competencies, sorted into three areas:  Personal Management  Learning and Work Exploration  Life/Work Building The Blueprint is more than a matrix of competencies students should master to become healthy, self-reliant citizens able to effectively cope with the many work and other transitions they will encounter in their lives. ” New Projects under development: 5. Career Development Internship Course (CDI) Grade 11 and 12 Unpaid In the fall of this year, a new Career Development Internship will be offered that involved a full credit course (110 hours). 10 hours will be devoted to in class work and 100 hours will be on the job work experience. More info will be coming from the Department of Education from Ruth Stargardter, Career Development Consultant. Targeted area of expertise (academic or vocational) 6. Life/Works 25S Informnet Course St. James-Assiniboia is currently offering a half credit Life/Work Exploration Course online to students in their school division as a pilot this semester. Once this course is completed and feedback has been obtained and acted upon from students and teachers, it may be offered in second semester to interested school divisions. For more info contact Tom Tarrant, Informnet Principal ttarrant@sjsd.net 7. Career Cruising student-directed Career course Grade 9-12, proposed 1 credit available hopefully in 2017. Students use the CareerCruising.com website to learn about careers. Sincerely, Heather Rose Career Development and Placement Teacher St. James-Assiniboia School Division Jameswood Alternative School 1 Braintree Cres. Winnipeg, MB 204-885-9555, ext. 2373 hrose@sjsd.net