2. Formulate a vision for their own career journey by networking with friends and family.

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2 Blueprint Builder Learning Activity Grade 11/12 Descriptin: In this learning activity, students will explre career planning activities and learn hw t create their wn persnalized Blueprint t supprt their career jurney. Students will use bth the wrksheets that fllw and the Blueprint Builder career planning tl. Key t this learning activity is fr teachers t help students think abut a career path, nt as a straight line but as series f interrelated actins that frm ne s lifelng career pathway. Students can keep track f resurces in their persnalized Blueprint and make ntes t refer t later that will help them cntinue t lcate and use gd career infrmatin as they mve back and frth frm learning t wrk. Students will: 1. Build a cllectin f career resurces in a persnalized Blueprint t supprt their career jurney nw and int the future. 2. Frmulate a visin fr their wn career jurney by netwrking with friends and family. 3. Create a shpping list f wrk life elements fr use nw and as a future reference. 4. Assess varius career ptins against their persnalized shpping list t identify careers best suited t them. 5. Make a plan t explre a jb they want t learn mre abut. Estimated Time: 2 3 hurs Nte: there is a hmewrk assignment that students will need a cuple f days t cmplete WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 1

3 Resurces: Blueprint Builder At-a-Glance Teacher s Guide WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin (PDF) Cpies f Student Learning Activity 1 and 2 Other requirements: cmputer lab and paper/pen Teaching Tip(s): Review the Teacher s Guide and the student learning activity. Review the Teacher s Guide, and familiarize yurself with the student learning activity. Review the WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin (PDF). Review the tasks in Handut 1: Career Pathway Reality Check - Hw t Register and Build Yur Own Persnalized Blueprint s yu knw what t expect. The tutrial vide n the Blueprint Builder hme page is a great way t intrduce this activity. The lessns recmmend that students cmplete the Career Cmpass quizzes. The secnd part t the WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin PDF prvides details n the Career Cmpass resurce. There is als a student activity related t Career Cmpass that teachers can review fr use with their students. Suggested Supprt Resurce: Career Crafting: the Decade after High Schl Prfessinals Guide This bk was used as the fundatinal resurce fr this learning activity. Yu can dwnlad a free PDF versin. 2 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

4 Teacher s Guide fr Student Learning Activity There are three parts t this learning activity with each part building n the ther. Nte that the hmewrk assignment shuld be cmpleted prir t intrducing Blueprint Builder. Part A: Hmewrk Assignment The hmewrk assignment will help students build their understanding and learn abut career pathways. The image belw depicts tw pathways that depict the Career Myth. The first graphic the way it is suppsed t be shws a linear path that is almst a thing f the past. Current career develpment thinking recgnizes that the straight path graduate frm high schl, d sme pst-secndary learning, wrk, and then retire is utmded. Acknwledging this ntin will reduce the stress that many yuth experience trying t meet the expectatins f this utdated career path. Recent research indicates WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 3

5 that the pressure f making the ne and nly right chice is impeding the psitive prgress f students int the early years f their wrk/life jurney. The secnd graphic presents a multi-line path that is mre typical f tday s career jurney and ne that mst yuth will likely fllw. If they learn t embrace uncertainty, build n their experiences, and chse pathways that match their desires, they will likely have a much richer career planning experience. The hmewrk assignment is aimed at cnnecting yuth with the experience f lder peple in their netwrk expanding their expectatins fr their persnal career jurney. Ask student t use Handut 1: Career Pathway Reality Check. Check t cmplete the assignment. Nte: The teacher will discuss the results f the interview(s) after students have learned hw t register fr a Persnalized Blueprint accunt in Part C f the learning activity. 4 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

6 Handut 1: Career Pathway Reality Check Part A: Hmewrk Assigment A. What Des a Career Path Lk Like? a. Ask smene yu knw if they wuld cnsent t a shrt interview abut their career jurney. A career jurney is cmpiled f all the educatin/wrk/ experiences that smene has as they mve thrugh life. See if yu can find smene t interview in each f the fllw categries: i. A persn age ii. A parent/guardian iii. A persn ver 60 b. Ask them the fllwing questins and recrd their answers. i. Can yu describe yur career jurney that led t the wrk yu d nw? ii. What pints alng the way infrmed yur chices t g t schl, t wrk at a certain jb, r change jbs? iii. D yu think that yu had a straight path career s far (pint A t pint B)? If s, what influenced that linear pathway? If nt, what influenced any changes alng the way? B. Hmewrk Assignment Reflectin Questins a. Yur teacher assigned sme hmewrk t talk with friends and family in yur netwrk and learn abut their career jurneys. What did yu find ut? Was it a straight path? Were there many stps and starts? Were there changes in directin? b. Write a shrt paragraph that describes the career jurney f the three peple belw. i. A persn age ii. A parent/guardian iii. A persn ver 60 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 5

7 c. Take a lk at the career jurney diagram that yur teacher shwed yu. Which diagram best represents the career jurney f each f yur friends r family members? d. Did yu have any precnceived ntin f what a career jurney shuld lk like? Des this activity make yu realize smething new abut a career jurney? Part B: Hw t Register t Build yur Persnalized Blueprint 1. Reflect back n the interview hmewrk assignment, and ask students if anyne they interviewed culd use sme career planning advice. If s, they are abut t learn abut a tl that they can share with peple in their netwrk. 2. Intrduce the Blueprint Builder resurce t them. a. Use the nline vide, shw the WrkBC s Blueprint Builder Intrductin PDF, r demnstrate the varius features f the Blueprint Builder via a live dem. 3 Tell students Blueprint Builder is a resurce they can use nw and well after they leave high schl t help them with career planning. 4. Nte sme students may already have a Blueprint Builder accunt. If s, the intrductin wuld be a refresher fr them. 5. If students are nt registered with Blueprint Builder, have them fllw the instructins fund in the Student Instructins, starting with Step One. 6. Review the instructins, and allw students minutes t get registered and rient themselves t Blueprint Builder. 6 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

8 Student Instructins Hw t Register t Build yur wn persnalized Blueprint Blueprint Builder is yur ne-stp career planning tl that helps yu find the career resurces yu need. It includes Career, Educatin and Jb Search resurces all in ne place. Yur persnalized Blueprint will keep track f yur research, and link yu t all srts f career, educatin and jb search resurces. It s like a persnal accunt that will hld all yur research and valuable career planning infrmatin. Yu can save resurces yu like and add ntes t refer back t at a later date. T use all the great resurces available, yu need t create an accunt. Step One: Create an Accunt 1. Click n 2. Click Register Nw t create a prfile accunt and persnalize yur Blueprint. T create yur Prfile, cmplete the frm and select all the details that apply t yu. Enter yur address, and select a passwrd (at least six characters lng, with at least ne upper-case letter and ne number). Agree t the Blueprint Privacy Plicy, and click Create Prfile. Step Tw: Respnd t the activatin Yu ll receive an activatin just click n that link t activate yur accunt. Then, lg in using yur address and passwrd. Step Three: Once yu re lgged in, yu ll be returned t the hmepage Take a lk at what is available fr yu t explre n the hmepage. Ntice that yu can click the Update prfile buttn at any time t view and update yur prfile. WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 7

9 Step Fur: Take a quick tur f what is available Frm the hmepage, select Build yur Blueprint. Here yu can view Career Explratin, Educatin & Funding and Jb Search resurce categries. Yu ll als see prgress bars that highlight yur prgress in building yur Blueprint. Once yu ve selected ne f the categries (Career, Educatin r Jb Search), view the variety f resurces available in that grup. Since yu ve already created an accunt, the resurces will be custmized t match yur prfile settings, indicated with a Matches Prfile label n matching resurces. Yu can easily expand r minimize each categry and brwse thrugh the resurces. Yu can view all resurces n Blueprint Builder with the A-Z Search. Yu can als add ntes abut the resurces t refer t later frm the View yur Blueprint page, if yu ve created an accunt. Nw that yu have an accunt, yu can get the career resurces that match yur persnal prfile, and add thers t yur persnal Blueprint fr future use and viewing. Use Blueprint Builder t explre the wide variety f career planning resurces that can help yu plan and research yur career. Build yur persnalized Blueprint and get started n finding career success! Step Five: Build yur wn Blueprint Brwse thrugh each f the resurce categries. Yu can easily mve between Career Explratin, Educatin & Funding r Jb Search at any time. Add Career Cmpass, Educatin Planner, Career Trek, and WrkBC Jb Search t yur Blueprint. Try this ut: Select Career Explratin Resurces. Nte that the Career Explratin resurces that match my prfile are placed at the tp f the list, with the Matches Prfile label. 8 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

10 Scrll thrugh all the resurces, and add thse that interest yu. Click the resurce tile t view an verview, r t g directly t the site. Yu can add resurces r remve them frm yur persnalized Blueprint. Try adding and remving ne nw. Add Career Cmpass, and Career Trek t yur Persnalized Blueprint by clicking Add t Blueprint. Try this ut: Select Educatin & Funding Resurces. Nte that the Educatin and Funding resurces that match my prfile are placed at the tp f the list. Scrll thrugh the links t explre different prgrams and pst-secndary institutins. Add Educatin Planner t yur Blueprint by clicking Add t Blueprint. Try this ut: Select Jb Search Resurces. Nte the Jb Search resurces that match my prfile Scrll thrugh all the resurces, and add the nes that interest yu. Add WrkBC Jb search t yur Blueprint. After viewing and adding yur selected resurces, click View yur Blueprint. On yur persnalized Blueprint yu ll find: A prfile summary Infrmatin fr the regin yu chse when yu set up yur accunt Ttal Jb Openings and Jbs in Demand fr that regin WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 9

11 Yu ll als find: All f the career, educatin & funding, and jb search resurces yu added. Add the fllwing resurces in yur Blueprint s yu can investigate career ptins later: Career Trek by selecting Skills Career Cmpass by taking the assessment based n interest WrkBC Jb Search WrkBC Career Prfiles Part C: Blueprint t Supprt yur Career Jurney The last part f the learning activity gives students five tasks. When yu distribute the sheet f student instructins fr this set f tasks, give students guidance fr when yu expect them t cmplete each task. Make sure t review the instructins with yur students befre yu assign each f the fllwing tasks: 1. Build a cllectin f career resurces in yur persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur career jurney nw and int the future. This will be an nging activity as students register, navigate, and explre Blueprint Builder. Encurage students t add a resurce they either want t return t, r ne that may be f help t the peple they interviewed. Make sure the students knw they can add ntes abut each resurce t refer t later. 2. Frmulate a visin fr yur wn career jurney by netwrking with friends and family. After students have successfully registered with Blueprint Builder, direct them back t their hmewrk assignment frm Part A, and lead a discussin as fllws: a. What did they find during their interviews? Review the reflectin questins with the students. The Career Myth graphics may be helpful. Or yu may wish t create yur wn diagram n the whitebard. b. Cnnect them with the idea that there will be many pints alng their career jurney where they will need t find infrmatin fr ccupatins, educatin ptins, and jb penings. 10 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

12 3. Create a shpping list f elements yu want in yur wrk life fr use nw and as a reference int the future. Students cmplete this shpping list activity adapted frm Career Crafting: the Decade after High Schl Prfessinals Guide. Yu culd shw them sme examples if that is helpful. Draw frm yur persnal experience r frm smene yu knw. 4. Assess varius career ptins against yur persnalized shpping list t identify careers best suited t yu. Students build n the shpping list created. They will use their shpping list alng with the resurces in their Blueprint t find infrmatin abut the career they generated ding ne r all three Career Cmpass quizzes, and by lking at Career Prfiles r Career Vides. If n career was f interest then students culd chse their wn career ideas. 5. Make a plan t explre a jb yu may want t learn mre abut. Actual wrk r vlunteer experience in the cmmunity is a fantastic way t see if the jb in real life is a gd fit. If students cmplete the cmmunity experience, ask them t reflect n their time spent jb shadwing r vlunteering, and if they wuld chse t pursue the career ptin, r try smething else. Helping students explre career ptins with intent is a great pprtunity fr students during their high schl years. Students can take a Wrk Experience curse, r cunt the hurs twards their Wrk Experience graduatin requirements. Cnclusin Yu may want t cnclude this learning activity with students by having them share their shpping lists and results r the plans they made fr ptins t explre a jb. WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 11

13 Student Instructins Persnalized Blueprint t Supprt yur Career Jurney In this activity, yu will have the pprtunity t explre sme career planning resurces and learn hw yu can create yur wn persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur persnal career jurney. Yu will use bth the wrksheets that fllw and the Blueprint Builder. Yu ll d five tasks in this learning activity: 1. Build a cllectin f career resurces in yur persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur career jurney nw and int the future. 2. Learn abut a typical career jurney by netwrking with friends and family. 3. Create a shpping list f elements yu want in yur wrk life fr use nw and as a reference in the future. 4. Assess varius career ptins against yur shpping list t see if any may be a fit fr yu. 5. Make a plan t explre a jb yu want t learn mre abut as input int career planning decisins. Learning Activity 1. Build a cllectin f career resurces in yur persnalized Blueprint t supprt yur career jurney nw and int the future. a. If yu dn t have a Blueprint Builder prfile, then cmplete Hw t Register t Build yur wn persnalized Blueprint. b. As yu g thrugh the rest f the activity, add resurces t yur Blueprint s yu can return t them later t d mre research r re-evaluate yur chices. Ntice that resurces that match yur prfile will be tagged. c. Take all three f the Career Cmpass quizzes, When yu return t yur persnalized Blueprint, ntice that Educatin Planner, Career Trek, and WrkBC Jb Search display yur results fr these resurces. 12 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

14 2. Learn abut varius career jurney pathways by netwrking with friends and family Hmewrk Assignment Reflectin Questins a. Yur teacher assigned yu sme hmewrk t talk with friends and family in yur netwrk t learn abut their career jurney. What did yu find ut? Was it a straight path r did it lead dwn many unexpected paths alng the way? b. Write a shrt paragraph that describes the career jurney f the three peple belw. i. A persn age ii. A parent/guardian iii. A persn ver 60 c. Take a lk at the career jurney diagram that yur teacher shwed yu. Which diagram best represents the career jurney f each f yur friends r family members? d. Did yu have any precnceived ntins f what a career jurney shuld lk like? Des this activity make yu realize smething new abut a career jurney 3. Create a shpping list f elements yu want in yur wrk life fr use nw and int the future. Think f the shpping list as a must have list f what yu d like frm a jb. Yu will be able t use this t evaluate varius career ptins nw and even int the future. Yu can update yur shpping list as time ges by t include mre must haves as yu change with new experiences. a. Fr this activity yu will need t use Handut 2. b. Create the shpping list by ding the fllwing: i. Take ut a blank sheet f paper. ii. D sme brainstrming. Think abut any wrk yu have dne in the past vlunteer, emplyment, r wrk arund the huse. What did yu like r dislike abut it? 1. Write dwn the things yu liked. Fr instance, perhaps yu liked: painting the huse and ding smething hands n; WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 13

15 lking after yung children; vlunteering at an utdr camp; serving peple in the restaurant; reading instructins n hw t d smething and then making it happen; r making a difference t the envirnment. 2. Write dwn things yu dislike. Fr instance, maybe yu did nt like: wrking the late shift at the restaurant; manual labur utdrs; using unfamiliar machinery; r traveling t far ut f yur cmmunity t wrk in the summer. c. Take a lk at the list yu created t see if yu can find any themes. Nte that yu may need t cmbine infrmatin in bth lists t cme up with a theme. If yu are having a hard time, ask yur teacher fr help. An example f a theme fr the abve examples might be: i. Frm the like entries, a shpping list theme might be: Wrking and helping peple including children. ii. Frm the dislike entries, a shpping list theme might be: Wrking with my hands n small creative prjects. d. Frm the like list, write a career statement that reflects what yu are lking fr frm a jb. The career statement shuld capture yur themes and describe the thing yu mst want frm yur jb, as well as sme f the activities yu like t d. i. An example may be: I mst want t d a jb where I wrk with peple, preferably utdrs where I can make a difference t the envirnment. I wuld like the jb t be clse t the cmmunity I live in s I can spend time with family and friends. 4. Evaluate career ptins against yur shpping list t see if any may be a fit fr yu. a. Lg in t yur accunt n Blueprint Builder. b. If yu have nt taken the Career Cmpass assessment, take it nw r take it again if yu have nt taken it recently, as things may have changed fr yu. Be sure t add yur results t yur persnalized Blueprint. c. Take a lk at up t five career results fr each quiz that yu tk. 14 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

16 d. Lk at yur persnalized Blueprint. Yu will ntice that ccupatins and resurces have been generated fr yu t cnsider (fr each Career Cmpass quiz yu tk, with ptentially up t 25 results if yu cmpleted all three quizzes). Chse yur tp three ccupatins and write them int Handut 2: Shpping List - Key Elements I Want in My Wrklife. If yu can t decide n nly three ccupatins, add mre clumns t the wrksheet. Put check in the bx n the Shpping List Handut as yu find elements f the career that match yur list. e. In Career Cmpass r ther career resurces fund in yur Blueprint, d the fllwing: i. Read thrugh the descriptin f the ccupatins, and cnsider whether the jb may match sme f yur shpping list elements. ii. iii. iv. Click thrugh t the regin where the jbs are. Culd yu see yurself living in ne f thse areas if it is nt where yu live nw? Des the place where yu might wrk match yur shpping list elements? Are there jb prspects in lcatins yu are interested in living? Wuld yu make the salary yu were expected? Des that match yur shpping list elements? T understand what it is like t live smewhere else, yu culd lk at the Explre B.C. regins in Career Cmpass. v. If yu need mre infrmatin abut the career ptins, cntinue t use the resurces yu saved in yur Blueprint. Yu can als g t Brwse Careers in Career Cmpass and type in the title f yur chsen career (yu shuld be able find a career cluster that wuld be similar). If yu like a career, yu can add it t yur Blueprint. f. Nw take a lk at yur shpping list t see hw these careers stack up. i. D sme career ptins lk like better matches than thers? ii. Are there career ptins yu want t eliminate? Fr mre infrmatin n regins in B.C. yu can g t HellBC website. Here yu may explre pprtunities fr yur favurite turist/recreatinal activities in ther places. WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 15

17 iii. iv. If yu dn t have a gd sense f what the career is like, d a bit mre research. Nte that yu can als remve the careers frm yur Blueprint if they are nt f interest at this time. 5. Make a plan t explre a jb yu want t learn mre abut. Part f making a career decisin is learning abut a jb first hand. Think abut which jb yu d like t explre based n thse yu evaluated against yur shpping list, and make a plan t find ut mre abut the jb. Yu culd plan the experience yurself, r wrk with yur career cunselr t find pprtunities. If yu arrange a wrk experience, yu culd even meet a requirement fr wrk hurs fr graduatin. a. Cnsider the fllwing ptins: i. Jb Shadw: Yu ll need t find smene willing t let yu cme int their wrkplace s yu can bserve what they d in their jb ver several days. Yu culd cnsider ccupatins that are related but require different levels f pstsecndary educatin. ii. Infrmatin Interview: Find several peple wh wrk in the jb and interview them abut: what they d, the pst-secndary educatin r training that they needed, r ther experience. iii. Vlunteer: Yu may knw f an rganizatin that is lking fr vlunteers that match the area f wrk in which yu are interested. iv. Wrk Experience 11/12 r Secndary Schl Apprenticeship: If yu have rm in yur timetable, cnsider taking a frmal wrk experience curse. The bnus? Yu get credits plus a great wrk experience. b. Write up a shrt summary f what yu plan t d, including: the type f jb, where yu might lk fr the wrk experience pprtunity, whm yu culd cntact, and a timeline fr when yu may want t undertake this task. Add the fllwing resurces in yur Blueprint s yu can investigate career ptins later: WrkBC Jb Search WrkBC Career Prfiles Career Trek 16 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity

18 Handut 2: Shpping List: Key Elements I Want in My Wrk Life Name: Yu can check back in with this list as yu mve alng yur career jurney. It will prvide a tuchstne which yu can use t explre and assess the infrmatin, advice, and experiences yu encunter. Yu will want t update yur list as yu gain mre life experiences, and when yu find ut the demand fr a particular jb in yur area but yur shpping list's cre values will likely remain the same. a) Start by entering the elements yu want frm yur like list frm yur brainstrming. b) Then enter (the tp three) careers yu chse frm yur Career Cmpass quiz results. c) Put a check mark in the clumn if the career yu investigated reflected the elements yu are lking fr in yur wrk life. d) Remember t write yur career statement at the bttm f the page. WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity 17

19 Career Statement: Cngratulatins n cmpleting the Orientatin t Blueprint Builder! Yu can return t yur persnalized Blueprint anytime r anywhere and review yur resurces and the ntes yu made alng the way. Yu shuld even be able t help yur friends and family navigate the wrld f wrk and learning if they need help t find their way! Gd luck, and enjy the jurney. 18 WrkBC's Blueprint Builder Grade 11/12 Learning Activity