Week Syllabus Key teaching points Lesson Content Resources Term 1 1 Unit 3 Learning to learn identify personal and professional skills and attributes, and understand their link to career development Enterprising Behaviours Enterprising in different settings Career Management Competencies Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan Pg 2-11 2 Gaining and keeping work skills used to connect with and work with others, such as recognising strengths and weaknesses of your interpersonal skills the features of the personality types outlined in Holland’s Theory of Career Choice (1985) and how they relate to career choice determine own personality type and preferred work environment using the personality types and work environments outlined in Holland’s Theory of Career Choice (1985) Work skills for jobs Employability Skills Industry-specific competencies Why work? Career pathways Skills, attributes, values, interests Holland’s Theory of Career Choice RAISEC Job matching Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan Pg 12-17; 34-59 Holland’s Theory Handout (seqta) Youtube – Holland’s Theory of Career Choice (seqta) 3 Assessment Task 1 – Response (In-class) Holland’s Theory for Career Choices 3–4 The nature of work Factors that create effective workplaces, including: management of human, physical, financial and technological resources, internal and external communication strategies and processes, including Rights and Responsibilities Basic employee rights and responsibilities Employment contracts Workplace Safety WHS rights and protocols Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan Pg 68-79; 101-107 WHS Powerpoint (seqta)
strategies to deal with unexpected events in a workplace 6 The nature of work features of each of the following workplace organisational structures: hierarchical, flat the impact of global trends on the workforce, including: the ageing workforce, a more mobile population, changing work roles of family members, e-commerce (for example, online shopping), overseas outsourcing Career development and management the influence of global trends on changing workplace requirements, including: possible increased travel requirements, increased need for technology for video or teleconferencing, more cultural diversity in work environments Organisational structures – vertical and horizontal Types of organisational structures – hierarchical, flat Global trends impacting on the workforce – globalisation, e-commerce, ageing workforce, mobile population, changing family roles Career development - Managing risks Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan Pg 80-83; 144-157;158-169 7 Assessment Task 2 – Investigation Impacts of Global Trends on the Workforce Research, draft and present 8-10 Learning to learn strategies to build and maintain a positive self-concept for career development, including: promoting yourself to others, targeting job searching to match own personal profile, identify personal and professional learning opportunities and understand their link to career development, the value of participating in lifelong learning designed to support career goals Lifelong learning Training – informal, formal, on the job/ off the job training Personal qualities, attributes, abilities Qualifications training and experience Skills, attributes, values, interests Career matching – Holland’s Theory Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan pg 38 – 59; 22 - 23
Week Key teaching points Lesson Content Resources Term 2 8-10 Term 3 1 Semester 2 – Unit 4 Work skills adapt communication skills to show respect for differences within the work place, including: values, beliefs, cultural expectations Strategies and processes for resolving conflict in the workplace, including: informal strategies and processes, such as, communicating concerns through supportive relationships, being tolerant of others, adopting a positive approach to resolving differences, and internal mediation formal processes, such as, arbitration processes, industrial tribunal hearings and trade union intervention work rights and protocols in the use of technology, including: legal rights and responsibilities (for example, copyright implications), procedures and expectations in the workplace Individual differences Differing values and beliefs Differing cultural expectations Cross cultural communication Interpersonal conflict Conflict resolution – formal/informal Conciliation, trade unions, arbitration Workplace technology – manufacturing and service technology Information and communications technology – rights, responsibilities and appropriate use, legal rights and responsibilities, policies and protocols Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan pg 220 - 249 9 Assessment Task 7: Investigation - Conflict Resolution 2-3 The nature of work the interrelationships between individual efficiency, workplace productivity and sustainability Efficiency and productivity Job satisfaction – intrinsic motivators, individual efficicency, employee expectations Environmental/sustainability issues Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan pg 88 – 91; 290 - 317
the use of performance management as a tool to improve individual efficiency and workplace productivity considerations for individuals in the workplace, including: pay and conditions, ethical considerations, including following the code of conduct the concepts of organisational restructuring and workplace reform the impact of organisational restructuring on individual career development the concept of work/life balance Performance management – employee reviews, appraisal process Pay and conditions – wages, salaries, commissions, superannuation, leave and allowances Ethics, accountability and responsibility Organisational restructuring Reform and restructuring – issues to consider Work/life balance – causes of work/life imbalance, flexible work arrangements, family-friendly workplaces 3 Assessment Task 8: Response – Problem Solving in the workplace 4-5 Entrepreneurial behaviours being enterprising in a global economy, including: making international business links, identifying consumer gaps, using technology (including online groups) steps in problem solving within the work place, including: identifying the problem, applying a process, such as SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats), creating an action plan to execute the solution Global enterprise – international business links, consumer gaps and niche markets, using technology Work related problems – employee, client, equipment and process problems Problem solving tools – SWOT analysis, 80-20, IASM Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan pg 202- 212 6 Assessment Task 9: Production/Performance – Job Opportunity 6-7 Learning to learn Managing change Retraining and updating skills Managing finances Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan pg 182 - 199
the need for ongoing self-assessment when responding to change, including: personal life, professional life responding to change and how it may impact an individual’s career, including: retraining, updating skills, managing finances, coping with unemployment the need to undertake personal and professional development opportunities to maintain up-to-date skills and knowledge Changing circumstances Budgeting Dealing with unemployment Being proactive 8 Gaining and keeping work methods of finding job opportunities, including cold canvassing awareness of innovative contemporary strategies for gaining employment, such as: YouTube promotion, live performance sources of jobs Cold canvassing – face to face, letter, phone and email, Social media canvassing Innovative job-seeking strategies – youtube, website, live performance, blog, digital portfolio Career and Enterprise General 12 – Michael Carolan pg 261 - 275 8 Task 10: IPP/Career Portfolio – Electronic Portfolio 9-10 Career development and management refine own electronic career portfolio formats for job applications formats for cover letters refine e – portofolio refine resume refine general cover letter prepare job applications participate in mock interviews goal setting E-portfolio Resume Career portfolio Mock interview scenarios