Who do I want to be?

How do we measure success?

Learning Intentions
Pupils are learning …

Possible Learning, Teaching and Assessment Activities

…to define their personal idea of success.

…to become aware of personal strengths, limitations and interests.
Self Management

Images of success are presented to the class. Possible examples include a gold medal, an Oscar statuette, photos of a successful rock band, a graduate, climbers at the top of a mountain and/or someone learning to walk again after an accident.

Ask pupils what other images they think would illustrate success.

Think, Pair and Share *:

Each pupil thinks about what success would mean for them. They share this with a partner and then in small groups.

Pupils collect a range of images for a collage to illustrate their ideas of success.

What do you want from life?

Learning Intentions
Pupils are learning …

Possible Learning, Teaching and Assessment Activities

…to consider a range of career options.

…to be imaginative.

…to identify a number of options.
Being Creative

Ask the class to imagine that it is ten years in the future. A television documentary is being made about the class. They have to provide the following information for the producer about their career:

• Job title.
• Where you work (indoors or outside)?
• What equipment do you use?
• Do you work with others and if so, in what capacity?
• The tasks that you do during a typical working day.
• Do you work for yourself, in a small business or for a large multinational company?
• Are you working in the private or public sector?
• Are you working in Northern Ireland or elsewhere?
• What makes you good at your job?
• What are your hopes for the future?

Summarise this information onto cards. These could be used in a game where the class tries to guess the identity of the pupil from information on their card.

Hot Seat Activity*

Pupils take questions from the rest of the class about their job or career.

How is the world of work likely to change over the next ten years?

Learning Intentions
Pupils are learning …

Possible Learning, Teaching and Assessment Activities

…that work patterns are likely to change.

…that one job for life is becoming less likely.

…to make and justify predictions.

…to think about consequences.
Thinking, Problem Solving, Decision Making

Pupils are asked to imagine someone has woken up after five years in a com a. What would they find different?

For example, list the products that we have now that were not available then or list what is no longer in fashion. If this person returned to work, what would they find different? Compare and contrast now and then.

Possible resources for this activity include the internet, newspapers/magazines from that time, talking to parents and older relations. Advertisements from that time are also a good guide.

Pupils are then asked to imagine that they can time travel into the future by ten years. They discuss the following questions:

• How do you think the world will be different in another ten years?
• What new jobs are there that we don’t have now?
• What jobs no longer exist? Why do you think this? What are the consequences of these jobs no longer existing?
• Where would you work? Who would you work with? How do you imagine that work practices will have changed?

Pupils are asked to look back at their own work profile and see how changes may impact on their choices.

What subjects do I need to choose for the career paths that most interest me?

Learning Intentions
Pupils are learning …

Possible Learning, Teaching and Assessment Activities

…about making informed choices.

…to combine and build on information from different sources.
Managing Information

…to ask questions and seek advice willingly.
Self Management

Pupils write down one or more career areas that interest them. They research the requirements for each career area and link these to the subjects they will choose for GCSE or equivalent. If possible, pupils break into groups according to their career areas. They compare and discuss their findings and create a PMI* table , looking at the advantages, disadvantages and interesting factors about each career are a.

Could my subject choices limit my career options?

This activity examines the subjects that pupils are not choosing to continue with for GCSE or equivalent.

For each of these areas of learning or subjects, consider if there may be career areas that will no longer be open to you.

What are your plans for a successful future?

Learning Intentions
Pupils are learning …

Possible Learning, Teaching and Assessment Activities

…to set and work towards realistic targets.

…to become increasingly self directed in their own learning.
Self Management

Pupils make a flow chart about their possible learning paths over the next number of years. They may include interests and leisure activities as well as academic areas.

They are asked to identify possible decision points, milestones or barriers and consider how they will deal with these.

They set short-term (two weeks to a month) and longer-term (up to 6 months) targets.

Encourage the pupils to further research the career areas that most interest them, for example, by talking to people currently working in that area, writing letters to career associations or using the internet.

Development of Learning Outcomes

• Research and manage information effectively to investigate employability issues, using Mathematics and ICT where appropriate.
• Show deeper understanding by thinking critically and flexibly, solving problems and making informed decisions, using Mathematics and ICT where appropriate.
• Demonstrate creativity and initiative when developing ideas and following them through.
• Work effectively with others.
• Demonstrate self-management by working systematically, persisting with tasks, evaluating and improving own learning and performance.
• Communicate effectively in oral, visual, written, mathematical and ICT formats, showing clear awareness of audience and purpose.

Links with Key Elements

Links with Learning for Life and Work

Employability

Personal Understanding

Mutual Understanding

Moral character.

Personal Development
Key Concept: Self Awareness.