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Course Code:
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BEST
031
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Calendar Description:
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This intermediate level course under the Education and Career Planning aims to prepare adult learners with life and employment readiness skills. Learners will be prepared to pursue individual occupational and/or educational goals within a changing and diverse world.
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Date First Offered:
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2005-03-01
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Hours:
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Total Hours:
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160
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Lecture Hours:
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12.5
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Practicum Hours:
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Total Practicum Hours:
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60
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Formal Work Experience:
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60
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Total Weeks:
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8
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This course is offered online:
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No
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Pre-Requisites:
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None
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Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
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None
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Co-Requisites:
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None
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Rearticulation Submission:
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No
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Course Content:
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There are four (4) main components to the B.E.S.T. course:
Academics, Career Development, Personal Development, and Innovative Work Search Strategies:
Academics:
- Assessment of skills
- Assessment of learning styles
- Workplace Essential Skills
- Keyboarding and computer skills
- Study skills
Career Development:
- Interest inventories, aptitudes, skills and personality preferences
- Labour market and employment trends
- Research careers
- Interview skills
Personal Development:
- Emotional intelligence
- Barriers to success
- Interpersonal skills
- Self-esteem
- Assertiveness
- Listening
- Goal setting - individual personal, career, and/or educational goals
- Problem solving
- Stress Management
- Community resources
Innovative Work Search Strategies:
- Resume writing
- Creative job searching - the hidden job market
- New Labour Market realities
- Entreupener
- Action Plans
- Porfolio organization
- Examination of personal work history
- Work experience and/or community volunteer work
- Completion of 60 hours of work experience and/or community volunteer work
- Receive and discussion of feedback and evaluation from employers
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Learning Outcomes:
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Upon completion of the course the learner will be able to:
- Identify attitudes towards work and return to learning
- Identify strategies to overcome barriers to employment
- Assess own career interests by use of assessments tools
- Apply change management techniques to the development of educational and career planning
- Identify own communication style and demonstrate/practice effective listening and feedback skills
- Define key concepts of self-esteem and how these concepts apply
- Identify and access relevant college and community resources
- Identify key informational interviewing skills and complete a minimum of three (3) informal interviews
- Write the college Math and English placements tests
- Develop workplace essential skills
- Perform set tasks using computer skills
- Establish self-determined, realistic personal/educational/career goals, and complete an Action Plan
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Grading System:
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Letters
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Passing Grade:
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D (50%)
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Grading Weight:
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Assignments:
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40 %
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Portfolio:
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20 %
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Participation:
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20 %
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Practicum:
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20 %
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Number of Assignments:
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4
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Nature of Participation:
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Portfolio Presentation, Specific Topic Class Presentation
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Writing Assignments:
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Action Plan, Portfolio, resume, and Cover Letter
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Percentage of Individual Work:
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50
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Percentage of Group Work:
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50
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Course Offered in Other Programs:
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No
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Additional Comments:
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Resource Materials:
Online Resources
http://www15.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/english/general/home_e.asp
http://www.jobsetc.ca/
http://red-seal.ca/
http://www.towes.com/measureup
http://bc.surfingforwork.com/default.htm
http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey
http://www.recruit.com
http://english.monster.ca
Learning sites:
http://www.m-w.com/netdic.htm
http://www.dictionary.com
Personality:
http://www.keirsey.com
http://typefocus.com
http://www.eiconsortium.org
http://www.utne.com/interact/test/-iq.html
http://ei.haygroup.com/resources/default_ieitest.htm
http://quiz.ivillage.com/health/tests/eqtest2.htm
Effective resumes and job applications. Revised Ed, Ministry of Advanced Education
Video Materials:
• Work Search Video Series (3 series). Ministry of Advanced Education
• Work style alternatives: Youth in the new economy. Ministry of Advanced Education (Nanaimo Youth Services Association)• Work Search Video Series (3 series). Ministry of Advanced Education
• Work style alternatives: Youth in the new economy. Ministry of Advanced Education (Nanaimo Youth Services Association)
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Supplies:
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Video equipment
Please note that textbooks and resources may vary by campus and/or to meet the needs of individual learners. Please contact the instructor at campus of attendance for list of required books.
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Keys to Success:
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1) Active class participation and involvement
2) Portfolio development
3) Assessment and follow up
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Text Books:
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Optional - Williams, a., and Hall, K., 1997, Creating Your Portfolio: At a Glance for Students, 3rd Ed. (Prentice Hall; Upper Saddle , NJ). Chapters Covered: Various
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Optional - Harris, C., Henle, M and Stebleton, M., 2006, Hired! The Job Hunting/Career Planning Guide, 2nd Edition (Prentice Hall; Upper Saddle, NJ). Chapters Covered: Various
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