Saskatchewan Learning Resources Career Education: Core Learning Resources 2008 8
Career Education: Core Learning Resources 8 Prepared by: Curriculum and E-Learning Branch Ministry of Education 2008 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
Career education: core learning resources 8 ISBN 978-1-897211-49-6 1. Career Education - Bibliography. I. Saskatchewan. Ministry of Education. Curriculum and E-Learning. Science and Technology Unit. 370.113016 016.370113 All rights for images of books or other publications are reserved by the original copyright owners. Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
Table of Contents Foreword... v Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources... 1 Digital Resources... 11 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 iii
Foreword This list of learning resources identifies high-quality resources that have been recommended by the Ministry of Education to support the curriculum, Career Education 8. This list will be updated as new resources are recommended and older ones are no longer available. A list of additional learning resources can be found on the the Ministry of Education website. (CAN) indicates that a Canadian contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes Canadian content. (SK) indicates that a Saskatchewan person contributed to the development of the resource and/or that it includes Saskatchewan content. Other resources beyond those recommended in this list may effectively support the curriculum, Career Education 8. It remains the responsibility of educators to preview and select materials that best meet the needs of their school or community. Educators should choose resources in accordance with their school division s learning resources selection policy. Pricing of the learning resources contained in this document is subject to change without notice. The Ministry of Education expresses its appreciation to publishers, producers, and distributors who have provided learning resources for evaluation, and gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by educators who served as evaluators. Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 v
Print, Audio-visual, and Other Resources Blueprint for Life/Work Designs. Rev. ed. (CORE, CAN) 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/work. 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. Change and Growth Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Professional Resource Producer/Distributor The National Life/Work Centre Memramcook Institute 488 Centrale St MEMRAMCOOK NB E4K 3S6 (888) 533-5683 Fax: (877) 929-3343 E-mail: info@lifework.ca Website: www.lifework.ca Price: $25.00 binder No order number is required. Copyright: 2000 Year Recommended: 2008 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 1
Career Assessment: Finding a Career That Fits! (CORE) This DVD 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. An instructor s guide is included. Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Student Resource Producer Linx Educational Distributor Media Group 2710 Millar Ave SASKATOON SK S7K 4J4 (888) 682-8808 (306) 933-4212 Fax: (877) 444-3354 E-mail: vidlib@mg.ca Website: http://videodb.mg.sk.ca Price: $1.00 per program and the cost of a blank disc, plus shipping and taxes Length: 18 min. Order No.: VTBA Copyright: 2005 Year Recommended: 2008 2 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
Careers for Life: My Career Pathways Authors: Huntington, Bev and Greyeyes, Linda (CORE, SK) 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? What Can I Expect from Here? The book includes a table of contents, a glossary, and an index. The teacher s guide offers lesson plans, suggested activities, assessment tools, and a grade-by-grade pathway through the student resource. More student and teacher resources are available at www.nelsoned.com. Change and Growth Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Nelson Education Ltd. 1120 Birchmount Road TORONTO ON M1K 5G4 (800) 268-2222 Fax: (800) 430-4445 E-mail: inquire@nelson.com Website: www.nelson.com/ Price: $40.95 hdc. $199.95 pbk. Teacher's Resource Pagination: 275 p. ISBN: 978-0-17-611368-1 978-0-17-611369-8 Teacher's Resource Copyright: 2010 Year Recommended: 2009 From HUNTINGTON. CAREERS FOR LIFE SASKATCHEWAN STUDENT TEXT, 1E. 2010 by Nelson Education Ltd. Reproduced by permission. www.cengage.com/permissions. Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 3
Fighting Invisible Tigers: Stress Management for Teens. Revised and Updated 3rd ed. Author: Hipp, Earl (CORE) This appealing book was designed to assist teenagers in understanding stress and handling it in positive ways. It provides information on building life skills, managing stress, and generally gaining more control over one s life. It offers insightful advice on numerous topics such as becoming physically active, eating healthy, being assertive, building supportive relationships, taking charge of one s life, managing time, taking risks, making responsible decisions, and thinking positively. The text is enhanced with several cartoon-style illustrations. Included are a table of contents and an index. Note: This resource has also been recommended to support the Grades 6-9 Health Education Curricula. Change and Growth Student Resource Publisher Free Spirit Publishing Distributor Georgetown Terminal Warehouses Ltd. 34 Armstrong Avenue GEORGETOWN ON L7G 4R9 (905) 873-2750 Fax: (905) 873-6170 E-mail: info@gtwcanada.com Website: www.gtwcanada.com Price: $14.95 pbk. Pagination: 133 p. ISBN: 978-1-57542-282-4 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2008 4 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
Guiding Circles: An Aboriginal Guide to Finding Career Paths Authors: McCormick, Rod, Amundson, Norm, and Poehnell, Gray (CORE, CAN) 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 world view with sound contemporary career development concepts. It uses the circle as the core mechanism to create a level of selfawareness 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. Change and Growth Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Aboriginal Human Resource Council 708-2nd Ave North SASKATOON SK S7K 2E1 (866) 711-5091 Fax: (306) 956-5361 E-mail: contact.us@aboriginalhr.ca Website: www.aboriginalhr.ca Price: $6.00 pbk. Pagination: 36 p. ISBN: 0-9732018-0-0 Copyright: 2002 Year Recommended: 2008 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 5
Making Change: Tips from an Underage Overachiever Author: Rajaan, Bilaal (CORE, CAN) Written by a Canadian teenager, the two sections of this book focus on fundraising for a cause and eight principles for reaching personal potential. The section on reaching personal potential suggests many practical exercises for students to explore change and growth. Several black-and-white photographs enhance the text. The book includes a table of contents and a bibliography of relevant reading material. Change and Growth Student Resource Publisher/Distributor Orca Book Publishers P.O. Box 5626, Stn. B VICTORIA BC V8R 6S4 (800) 210-5277 (250) 380-1229 Fax: (877) 408-1551 E-mail: orca@orcabook.com Website: www.orcabook.com Price: $12.95 Pagination: 153 p. ISBN: 978-1-55469-001-5 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2009 6 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
Making Smart Choices About Relationships. 1st ed. Author: Robinson, Matthew (CORE) This attractive book from the Making Smart Choices Series discusses various types of relationships; offers suggestions for making positive relationship choices at school, in organized activities, and in social life; and addresses the consequences and benefits of people s choices. Plentiful colour photographs complement the text. Each section provides opportunities for self-reflection as well as springboards for discussion. Making Smart Choices About Relationships includes a table of contents, a glossary, a list of support organizations (mostly American), a short bibliography, and an index. Note: This resource has also been recommended to support the Grade 7 Health Education Curriculum. Change and Growth Student Resource Publisher Rosen Publishing Group Distributor Saunders Book Company PO Box 308 COLLINGWOOD ON L9Y 3Z7 (800) 461-9120 (705) 445-4777 Fax: (800) 561-1763 E-mail: info@saundersbook.ca Website: www.librarybooks.com Price: $23.95 hdc. Pagination: 48 p. ISBN: 978-1-4042-1390-6 Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2008 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 7
Ready for Work: The Middle Years, Building Work-Readiness Skills (CORE, SK) 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. This resource is available on the Youth at Work website at www.aeel.gov.sk.ca/youthatwork/. Change and Growth Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour 1945 Hamilton Street Regina SK S4P 2C8 (306) 787-9478 Fax: (306) 798-0975 Website: www.aeel.gov.sk.ca Price: $Free Pagination: 140 p. No order number is required. Copyright: 2008 Year Recommended: 2009 8 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
The Real Game-Saskatchewan Authors: National Life/Work Centre, Junior Achievement Saskatchewan, Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division, and Saskatchewan Rivers School Division (CORE, SK) 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 wellknown 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 enroled have been provided with access to the two-year site licence for The Real Game-Saskatchewan. Change and Growth Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Student Resource Publisher The Real Game, Inc. Distributor The National Life/Work Centre Memramcook Institute 488 Centrale St MEMRAMCOOK NB E4K 3S6 (888) 533-5683 Fax: (877) 929-3343 E-mail: info@lifework.ca Website: www.lifework.ca Price: $Free Copyright: 2009 Year Recommended: 2009 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 9
See Your Choices, Choose Your Path (CORE, SK) Put together by the Aboriginal Representative Workforce Council, this kit contains a wealth of career development information of interest to students. In addition to the inclusion of resources such as the Blueprint for Life/Work Designs, there are pamphlets and brochures from various provincial and federal agencies outlining educational opportunities, employability skills, entrepreneurship, and job search skills. The kit includes two videos entitled Opportunity, Triumph, and Challenge and Math and Science Equals Opportunity: A Formula for Our Future. It also includes a CD entitled Strength of Spirit: Three Years Later and a facilitator s guide to accompany the CD. The main component of the kit is the teacher facilitator s guide that provides lesson ideas related to several role model posters included with the kit. The activities could be adapted to support renewed curricula. Copies of this kit were distributed to band and community schools. The kit is not available for purchase, but schools may borrow a copy from the distributor. An online version of the kit is available at www.parwc.usask.ca/projects/. Change and Growth Connections to Community Life and Work Plan Student Resource Professional Resource Publisher/Distributor Provincial Aboriginal Representative Workforce Council First Nations and Métis Relations 1855 Victoria Ave, 2nd Floor REGINA SK S4P 3T2 (306) 787-6245 (306) 787-5832 Fax: (877) 929-3343 Website: www.fnmr.gov.sk.ca/aedp/parwc/ Price: $Free No order number is required. Copyright: not dated Year Recommended: 2008 10 Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8
Digital Resources The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education provides a forum through the Evergreen Curriculum Learning Resources page for teachers to access and share educationally appropriate Internet sites. The URL Database of websites can be found on the Ministry of Education website at www. education.gov.sk.ca. Information on sites that are recommended and linked to curriculum outcomes can be found by accessing this database. Teachers are encouraged to share Internet sites with others in the province by registering in the URL database. Once an account is created, teachers are able to suggest new Internet sites as well as access and review sites submitted by other teachers. The reviews are used to decide upon a recommendation and links to curricula. Educators can register online on the Ministry of Education website. The General Reference Centre (GRC) provides access to general Internet sites that relate to curricula. The GRC can be found on the Ministry of Education s website. Examples of currently available Internet sites that provide valuable information for career education teachers follow: Employability Skills at www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/career/employab.html (CORE, CAN) In four parts, this website provides excellent support for students who are focusing on career development. The Career Quizzes section offers a self-assessment quiz and links to valuable sites relating to workplace skills and traits. The Profiles section features personal interviews with Canadians from a variety of occupations. The Employability Skills 2000 section divides important workplace skills into Academic Skills, Personal Management Skills, and Teamwork Skills. The Career Advice section offers career services from monster.ca. Literacy and Essential Skills Toolkit at www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/ general/toolkit.shtml (CORE, CAN) Divided into three sections, this newly revised toolkit is comprised of user friendly tools that can help students to improve their employability skills. The Assessment section provides assessment/self-assessment tools in the areas of oral communication, computer use, writing, reading, document use, numeracy, continuous learning, and working with others. The Learning section includes tip sheets and exercises to help students improve their literacy and essential skills. The Training Supports section offers valuable information on mentoring, job enhancement, and developing partnerships to support literacy and essential skills. Youth Career Discovery at www.gov.sk.ca/youth-career-discovery (CORE, SK) This comprehensive website was designed as a starting point to assist students in making wise career decisions. It includes self-assessment quizzes, links that will help students to research particular careers, information on post-secondary education and training, job search strategies, tips on starting a small business, information on Saskatchewan curricula, innovative practices, a link to Career Development Action Plan for Saskatchewan Schools, and more. Career Education: Core Learning Resources Grade 8 11