Career Life Education
A person’s career is considered their “journey” through life, and the Career Education curriculum offers students the opportunity to pursue this journey in personally meaningful and goal-oriented ways. Career-life development with intent is the ongoing process of self-discovery, growth in competence, and learning from experiences in educational, work-related, and personal life contexts.
The Career Education curriculum supports students in becoming successful, educated citizens by helping them learn how to effectively manage their life journey toward preferred future possibilities. This area of learning requires students to identify and develop their personal interests, passions, and competencies. Students reflect on learning experiences in school and community, build confidence through their contributions, and explore multiple career-life roles and choices. The curriculum fosters lifelong learning, beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through to graduation and beyond.
Careers 8 - 9
In Grades 8-9, students continue to reflect on, self-assess, and set goals in personal competency development and determine their strengths and preferences as they explore career-life concepts such as identity, leadership, personal planning, and transferable skills. Students are introduced to increasingly diverse experiential learning opportunities and ways in which family, mentors, and community networks support their continued career-life development.
Careers 10 - 12
In Grades 10-12, students further refine personal career-life development goals through experiential learning, cultivating community connections, gathering authentic evidence of learning, and reflecting on competency development. They explore post-graduation possibilities in diverse educational, work, and personal life contexts and build the personal career-life management skills needed to effectively pursue who and how they want to be in the world. Career-Life Education (CLE) and Career-Life Connections (CLC) are part of the graduation requirements, and Career-Life Connections includes a career-life exploration component and a capstone.
Contacts
| Last Name | First Name | Email Address | Job Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pajic | Lori | pajic_l@surreyschools.ca | Careers |
| Ellis | Janet | ellis_j@surreyschools.ca | Career Center Assistant |
| Brine | Kylie | brine_k@surreyschools.ca | Careers 8/9 |
| Hoven | Michael | hoven_michael@surreyschools.ca | CLE/CLC |
| Hughes | Vanessa | hughes_v@surreyschools.ca | CLE |
| Manning | John | manning_j@surreyschools.ca | CLE |
| Poelzer | Paisley | poelzer_p@surreyschools.ca | CLC |
| Slater | Alana | slater_a@surreyschools.ca | Careers |
