Description/Rationale

The focus of this course is to provide students with the necessary tools, strategies, and skills to design an action and implementation plan, which will assist students in pursuing their educational, career, and personal goals. This plan will be devised through the use of interest inventories; personality, aptitude, and skills assessments; career and occupational research; post-secondary exploration; and community involvement.

Throughout this course, students will reflect on their personal relationship with God and the role that this relationship plays when goal setting and planning for the future. Students will also develop their personal management skills in the areas of communication, organization, stress management, and conflict resolution. They will gain an understanding of economic trends, workplace organization, work opportunities, and ways to search for work.

How This Course Supports The Ontario Catholic School Graduate Expectations

Understanding who we are and what we are to do with this gift of life is directly related to our knowledge of God and the plan God has for our lives. Through various activities, assignments, and reflections, the learner will come to a deeper understanding of who they are and the gifts, talents, and abilities God has blessed them with. As they deepen their knowledge, students will gain insight into the ways in which God wants them to use these gifts. The life and teachings of Jesus will serve as an example of how to respond to the Christian calling they have experienced since baptism.

During this course, students will be required to focus on their future and the decisions and challenges that they will face. Amidst all the uncertainty God will be presented as the one constant and unchanging force in their lives. Students will be encouraged to rely on God’s compassion and love as they explore their future goals.

Finally, Jesus’ call to love others is understood as a call to respect the dignity of others. Through a variety of activities, students will be encouraged to pattern their relationships after the teachings of Jesus. They will also be required to explore and respond to their own understanding of social justice.

of social justice.