Grade 6 - Career Education (2008)

Change and Growth (CG) Goal: All students will develop career management competencies through an exploration of personal change and growth.

Connections to Community (CC) Goal: All students will explore the connection between learning and work pathways and their connections to community.

Life and Work Plan (LW) Goal: All students will engage in inquiry to construct a personal life and work plan.

Investigate the influence of a positive self-image on one’s life .

Analyze the benefits of developing personal competence in building healthy relationships (i.e., emotional, spiritual, mental, and physical).

Investigate various aspects of careers and their requirements.

Investigate and compile data to explain ways work contributes to individuals and the community.

Examine effective practices such as responsible decision making, cooperation, and accepting diversity and predict their continued importance in one’s own career.

Investigate the interrelationship of life roles.

Examine the positive nature of uniqueness through an exploration of individual characteristics such as interests, likes, dislikes, physical skills, mental abilities, and strengths

Assess how culturally appropriate positive character traits including honesty, tolerance, trust, loyalty, and helpfulness form a basic part of a positive self-image

Analyze how a positive self-image influences changes in an individual’s behaviour

Identify, using various media, positive character traits about self as seen by self and perceived by others

Explore how the transformation of personal behaviours and attitudes can improve one’s own positive self-image and establish firm personal standards

Examine one’s behaviours and attitudes in interpersonal and group situations and determine those that contribute to positive and effective interactions

Examine personal feelings and appropriate ways to express those feelings

Select effective strategies for interpersonal and group communication skills and analyze why they are effective

Demonstrate effective skills, knowledge, and attitudes for resolving conflicts with peers and adults and recognize when different strategies may be needed

Demonstrate openness and appreciation to the diversity of Saskatchewan cultures and people (e.g., ages, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, spiritual beliefs)

Examine effects of helping others

Explore the question, “Why are there benefits to preparing for one’s life and work paths?”

Examine at least one occupation through an exploration of work information such as occupational description, working conditions, earnings, and education/training requirements

Utilize various sources of information such as parents, relatives, community members, newspapers, and digital resources

Identify multiple work types such as part-time, full time, seasonal, and contract to assess personal interests and preferences

Compare advantages and challenges of self-employment (entrepreneurship) versus working for others

Compare skills and knowledge acquired in school to those used at home, in the workplace, and in the community (transferable skills)

Identify the differences between work, jobs, occupations, and careers

Describe various work roles (such as labourer, entrepreneur, manager) and settings (such as outside, office tower, manufacturing plant) of interest to oneself

Define work in terms of paid and unpaid, as well as family contributions and community service

Identify work in the community using known examples such as family members, school personnel, and community workers

Create a list of the products and services of local or area employers

Conduct an interview with a working person to assess how work can satisfy personal and community needs

Examine how organizations operate (e.g., how money is made, overhead costs, profit) to formulate understandings of relationships between employers, workers, and consumers

Research decision-making models to gain an understanding of how choices selected are dependent on personal beliefs and values

Evaluate the impact of personal decisions on self and others

Identify the importance that personal qualities (e.g., dependability, promptness, getting along with others) have on creating, acquiring, and sustaining work

Describe, discuss, and assess how ability, effort, and attitude may affect personal goal achievement

Draft a list of the various roles an individual may have (e.g., friend, student, worker, teammate, family member)

Assess how family members depend on one another, work together, and share responsibilities and explore the benefits of strong family relationships

Demonstrate possible links between work roles and some family roles

Examine one’s different life roles and evaluate one’s responsibilities within each of them

Examine and assess the positive impact of work on people (e.g., higher self-esteem, financial autonomy, positive interactions)

Identify how contributions of individuals both inside and outside the home are important to family and community (e.g., family financial autonomy, working for a common goal, community volunteering)

Choose the type of life roles one would be ready to consider now and explore preferred choices in the near future and later in life