This course teaches students how to develop and achieve personal goals for future learning, work and community involvement.
Courses Type: Open Preparation
Prerequisite: None
Grade 10 Careers encourages students to develop the skills, knowledge, and habits that will allow them to be successful in life after graduation. In this course, students will make connections between their skills, interests, and values and the array of post-secondary options available to them. They will also learn about personal financial management.
GLC2O Online Course Outline and Timeline
Below is the suggested sequence of course unit delivery as well as the recommended number of hours to complete the respective unit. For complete details of targeted expectations within each unit and activity, please see each Unit Overview found in the GLC2O course profile.
| Unit Order | Unit Name | Suggested Time |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Skills, Strategies & Habits of Success | 13 Hours |
| Unit 2 | Preparing for Work | 13 Hours |
| Unit 3 | Preparation for Post-Secondary Life | 13 Hours |
| Unit 4 | Preparing for your Future | 13 Hours |
| Summative | 3 Hours | |
| View Sample GradebookTotal | 55 Hours |
Please note, as per Ministry guidelines, OVS has a mandatory 14 day minimum requirement for student enrollment to be eligible for a midterm report card and 28 days enrollment to be eligible for a final report card.
Fundamental Concepts Covered in Grade 10 Career Online Course
In the first unit of this course, students will use a self-assessment process to develop a personal profile for use in career development planning, evaluate and apply the personal-management skills and characteristics needed for school success, document them in their portfolio, and demonstrate their use in a variety of settings, and then demonstrate effective use of interpersonal skills within a variety of settings. In the second unit of this course, students will use a research process to locate and select relevant career information from a variety of sources for inclusion in a portfolio, identify current trends in society and the economy and describe their effect on work opportunities and work environments, and identify a broad range of options for present and future learning, work, and community involvement. In the third unit of this course, students will use appropriate decision-making and planning processes to set goals and develop a career plan, analyse changes taking place in their personal lives, their community, and the economy, and identify strategies to facilitate smooth transitions during change, and demonstrate an understanding of, and the ability to prepare for, the job-search process.