Career Connected Learning

Audience: Educators
Learning Area: Career Connected Learning | Inclusion and Equity | Personal Wellness
Program Block:All Learning Blocks | Early Childhood | Elementary (3-5) | High School (9-12) | Middle (6-8) | Primary K-2
Organizer: EECD
Location: Virtual
Date: Open Entry

Career Education Framework

Career Education Framework – Cadre d’éducation à la carrière (2022) The Francophone and Anglophone sectors, along with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), came together to develop a career education framework for Early Childhood to Grade 12. This framework complements and supports the existing career education strategy – Career Connected Learning K-12 – including the new Hopeful Transitions model and planning tool. The framework builds on relevant historical approaches in the province and across Canada while drawing on international evidence and practice.

Career Life Plan Graduation Requirement

Events

Learning Modules

These professional learning modules are designed to support educators in preparing learners for the future and to help to level the playing field for marginalized groups of learners such as indigenous, newcomers, LGBTQI2S+, low-socioeconomic, and students with disabilities.

Note: Only New Brunswick educators will be able to receive the certificates and/or digital badges for completion of modules.

  • Module 1: Series Introduction and myBlueprint
    This module is the starting point for this series. In this module, you will learn why Career Connected Learning is important for all K-12 educators. You will be given an overview of the career connected Learning professional learning series and the tools to document your learning in the digital portfolio, myBlueprint. This module should take approximately 1 hour to complete
  • Module 2: Labour Market information
    In this module, you will learn how to integrate LMI information into career connected classroom practice. This includes what LMI is, why is it useful for all K-12 teachers, and why it is important to understand the current NB labour market information. Further, you will learn the connection between LMI and mental wellness. The module contains links to useful LMI resources for educators and examples of how it could be incorporated in all K-12 classes.  This module should take approximately 1 hour to complete.
  • Module 3: Experiential Learning
    In this module, you will learn how to integrate experiential learning into your career connected classroom practice and the importance of experiential learning for learner engagement and mental wellness. You will explore the components of experiential learning and how they may be documented and assessed. Practical examples of different types of experiential learning for K-12 students are provided. This module should take approximately 2 hours to complete.
  • Module 4: Financial Wellness
    In this module, you will learn how to integrate financial wellness into career connected classroom practice. An explanation of how financial literacy is significant for young people and their mental wellness is provided, along with resources and examples of what this best practice can look like in K-12 classrooms. This module should take approximately 1 hour to complete.
  • Module 5: Social and Emotional Learning and Global Competencies
    In this module, you will learn how to integrate global competencies and SEL into career connected classroom practice. You will examine the New Brunswick Portrait of a Learner and see how the development of global competencies and SEL support its goals. Practical examples of how to intentionally incorporate these strategies in your K-12 classroom are provided. Further, you will learn about how to document and assess this type of learning.  This module should take approximately 2 hours to complete.

Resources and Supports:

 Here you will find resources to support your work in incorporating Career education into your practice:

Latest Video Sessions:

  • GAP Year Presentation with Michelle Dittmer – Join the Centers of Excellence for Health, Tricia Berry and Michelle Dittmer, Canada’s leading gap year expert to learn more about taking a Gap Year, who can take a Gap year, what to do during a Gap year and explore how a Gap year can impact post- secondary pathways.
  • Meet Ray Hubble, Dean of Health and Wellness at NBCC – Are you a guidance counselor, Health Care 110, PDCP teacher or an educator that explores Health & Wellness Career Pathways? Do you want to meet Ray Hubble from NBCC and learn more about the programs offered at NBCC? Please join Ray and COE Health as we explore the different health and wellness programs offered at NBCC.

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