Example of approaching Guidance and counselling –10th gradeIn terms of career guidance and counselling

Teacher Oprea Elena Alina”Traian Vuia” Highschool, Craiova

SUBJECT: Guidance and counselling – 10th grade

Horizontal competence Methods and techniques Contents/Topicsand suggested activities

MODULE 4 DRAWING THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

8.d. making personal action plans and motivation for lifelong learning;

•Talks, interviews with employed adults (parents, teachers, successful people) regarding one’s career plan and the importance of setting short-term and long-term objectives.• Talks with the school counsellor• Exploring the www.go.ise.ro website

Contents:Career plans- drawn after graduating from the compulsory education: objectives, resources, obstacles, actionsSuggested topics: My career plan

8.c. knowing and analyzing the opportunities provided by various vocational threads, depending on one’s skills;

•Exercises, group talks, case studies regarding the students’ choice of going to college or getting a job•A SWOT analysis•Visiting specific websites •Debates

Contents:Career plans- alternatives (consequences, advantages, limitations):going through secondary highschool education / professional insertion;Suggested topics:What should my profession be? About jobs (past, present, future)

8.e. identifying and valuing one’s own action resources, educational and professional opportunities by reaching career objectives within one’s professional path.

• Searching the Internet, learning about employment conditions, taks with human resource specialists• Talks with the school counsellor

Contents:Career plans-resources that are necessary for meeting one’s objectivesSuggested topics:What resources do I need for my favourite profession?

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EXPLORING THE PERSONAL RESOURCES WHICH INFLUENCE CAREER PLANNING8.a. proving the ability to support one’s options;

• Exercises for setting evaluation criteria for self-assessment.• Creative techniques for personal analysis: moulding, motion, drawings.• Tests

Contents:- Self-knowledge:- personal qualities and valuesSuggested topics:- Determine my personal values

8.b. understanding the way in which the social and cultural environment (family, social norms, language codes, historical traditions, etc.) can influence one’s and others’ behaviour and opinions;

• Value explanation: ” My personal equation”, ”Value Map”.

Contents:- Self-knowledge:- personal achievementsSuggested topics:- The importance of self-knowledge in achieving personal success

8.d. making personal action plans and motivation for lifelong learning;

• Case study• Talks and debates• A plan for developing one’s personal resources, drawn by each student

Contents:Personal resource management:- types of personal resources Suggested topics:Types of memory and how to optimize itMotivation and performance

8.e. identifying and valuing one’s own action resources, educational and professional opportunities by reaching career objectives within one’s professional path.

• Developing an action plan for an optimal mersonal resource management.

Contents:- Personal resource management:- the optimal use of personal resourcesSuggeste topics:The characteristics of willAbilities and success

Bibliography:1. Ministry of Education and Research, The national centre for curriculum, School programmes for guidance and counselling 9th through 12th grades, Bucharest, 2006