Guidance and Career Education

Courses Offered

Course Code	Course Title	Course Level
GLE1O	Skills for Success	Open (Recommended students only)
GLC2O	Career Studies	Open
GWL3O	Designing Your Future	Open

 

GLE1O – Skills for Success:  This course focuses on learning strategies to help students become better, more independent learners. Students will learn how to develop and apply literacy and numeracy skills, personal management skills, and interpersonal and teamwork skills to improve their learning and achievement in school, the workplace, and the community. The course helps students build confidence and motivation to pursue opportunities for success in secondary school and beyond. Prerequisite: Recommendation of Principal.

GLC2O – Career Studies:  This course teaches students how to develop and achieve personal goals for future learning, work, and community involvement. Students will assess their interests, skills, and characteristics and investigate current economic and workplace trends, work opportunities, and ways to search for work. The course explores postsecondary learning and career options, prepares students for managing work and life transitions, and helps students focus on their goals through the development of a career plan.

GWL3O – Designing Your Future: This course prepares students to make successful transitions to postsecondary destinations as they investigate specific postsecondary options based on their skills, interests, and personal characteristics. Students will explore the realities and opportunities of the workplace and examine factors that affect success, while refining their job- search and employability skills. Students will develop their portfolios with their targeted destination and develop an action plan for future success.