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Educational CareerCounsellor

What services can we provide

your school?



Chinook School Division #211Job Description

The Career Education Counsellor hasdivision directive roles and responsibilitiesthat can be found in the student services

handbook on page 45.

Roles and Responsibilities (see careercounsellor’s roles and responsibilities link

on this power point page)

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Scope and Sequence

Taking our roles and responsibilities intoconsideration; the career counsellorsdecided to create a scope and sequence to

bring an overview of specific tasks,initiatives, or areas where we couldsupport the schools.

Scope and Sequence (see the scope andsequence link on this power point page)

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Supporting Teachers

Middle Years Career Guidance, Career and Work Exploration, Life Transitions, or any othercurriculum that ties to Career Education (English

20 with resumes, Practical and Applied Arts with Youth Apprenticeship, etc)

Help with providing resources that meetcurriculum needs.

Will Co-teach or come in to do specific lessons

Can help with lesson planning



Career Cruising

Website license purchased by the Division for everyschool

Has an administration site that teachers and counsellorscan utilize to track student progress and use of the site.

Has pre-planned lessons and assignments that teacherscan take and use. Career counsellors willing to come and teach class or

show teachers how to utilize the site. This site can be utilized by many curriculums

I personally would like to see this site utilized by everygrade (six to twelve) as they work towards buildingtheir own electronic portfolio.

www.careercruising.com

http://www.careercruising.com/

http://www.careercruising.com/



Career Education Website

Created at first to give students andparents access to post-secondary andcareer information

I have now added in a teacher sectionwith resources and websites

Can be accessed from the chinook portalor at http://schools.chinooksd.ca/careered

http://schools.chinooksd.ca/careered

http://schools.chinooksd.ca/careered



Personal Planning Programs

Every PPP that is created has a section init for leisure and career exploration.

This is an excellent opportunity to utilizethe career counsellors’ knowledge indeveloping and carrying out the SMARTgoals for this section.

Rachelle PPP

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Transitioning Counselling

Students that are moving schools becauseof school closures, moving up to the highschool, or because they are new to the

area; the career counsellor is available tosupport division and school initiatives toease that transition for these students.



Report Card Checks

The career counsellor is available to go overmidterm and final semester marks.

They can support the process set out to

improve students who are falling behind, notpassing, or are not meeting their potential.

This is a school based process and thecounsellors will support any process orprocedures that are put in place at each schoolto help students’ succeed.



One on One Counselling

Grade 9 students need to know about classselection for high school classes and what itmeans when they decided not to take a classand its impact on their future.

Grade 10 students need to know how the creditsystem works and should be able to self monitor

Grade 11 and 12 students need to have a focuson life after school; post secondary information,

career information, job skills, resumes,graduation requirements, job shadowingopportunities, scholarship information, interestinventories….



Abilities, Interests, and ValuesInventories

The career counsellors have access to acouple of inventories that can help guidestudents into possible career paths

CAPS/COPS/COPES

CareerCruising

Exploration and Discovery



Adding or Dropping Classes

Students that are wanting to add or dropa class should talk with the careercounsellor before doing so.

This again is a school based policy, but itwould be beneficial for a student to seek out the advise of the career counsellor

before making this decision.

Maple Creek

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Alternative Class Options

The career counsellors should beknowledgeable about alternative classoptions that exist for students in and out

of our division

Special Credit, online courses, DivisionMoodle Courses, etc.

Career counsellors will support school’swith the implementation of such courses



Monitoring Credits

The career counsellor should be aware of allhigh school students and the course load of what the student is taking.

They should be checking credit status andshould be making sure that all students have orcan meet the graduation requirements.

If there is a problem with a students ability tograduate, the counsellor should be in contactwith the administration of the school



Career Expo

Every high school student will have anopportunity to go to a career fair, either inSwift Current or Maple Creek.

The career counsellor will help to organizeand see that the students in their schoolshave this opportunity.



Vocational Testing

Arrange and set up vocational testing forfunctional students and any other students thatmay benefit from this type of testing

Utilize School to Life Transition Handbook andresults from the test to help create a transitionplan for the student to enter into life after highschool.

This process should also include a MAPS (McGill Action Planning System) or a PATH (Planning Alternative Tomorrows with Hope), which thecareer counsellor is willing to be apart of.



Some other Initiatives

Sask Youth Apprenticeship

Job Shadowing Energy Sector Presentation

Student for a Day

Grade 12 Career Ed Survey



Utilizing the Educational CareerCounsellor

Every school and every admin team isdifferent. How I am utilized at eachschool will vary upon needs.

I am willing to work at any of these areasand support school based initiatives.

Questions or Comments.

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