Health and Career Education

Planning 12A: Writing Your Own Ticket, (Adults only) version 01 (4 credits)

Planning 12A: Writing Your Own Ticket is designed to help students make educated decisions, develop their skills in goal setting, planning, assessing information, and explore career and educational opportunities. It covers all the learning outcomes listed in the Province of British Columbia, Ministry of Education Integrated Resource Package for Planning 10/12A.

The course consists of five modules and two core resources. Module descriptions are listed below. The core resources focus on the processes of decision making and finding information, and are only available on CD-ROM. Students must complete Module 1 prior to starting any of the remaining modules.

Module 1: Preparing for Takeoff

Section 1: Understanding the Graduation Program
Section 2: Beginning the Graduation Portfolio

Module 2: Future Destinations

Section 1: Building Career Self-Awareness
Section 2: Setting Personal Goals

Module 3: Ground Work

Section 1: Exploring Support Networks
Section 2: Exploring the Labour Market
Section 3: Preparing for an Employment Search
Section 4: Keeping That Job
Section 5: Module Assessment: Transitions

Module 4: Money, Money, Money

Section 1: My Money Awareness
Section 2: Increasing Financial Literacy
Section 3: Taking Care of Money
Section 4: Developing a Personal Financial Plan
Section 5: Module Assessment: My Financial Plan

Module 5: Alive and Well

Section 1: Your Well-being
Section 2: Sex, Drugs, and Decisions
Section 3: Healthy Relationships
Section 4: So You Want to Drive
Section 5: Module Assessment: Healthy Lifestyle Decisions

There are no tests for this course. The video tapes are incorporated into the course as part of the core activities. To obtain them students complete a rental form and forward a deposit to the Distance Education School.

The textbook and resources for this course are: Horizons 2000+: Career Studies