Course Information Sheet						
Discovering the Workplace: GLD 2O

This course provides students with opportunities to discover and develop the workplace 
essential skills and work habits required to be successfully employed. Students will develop 
an understanding of work through practical hands-on experiences in the school and in the community, using real workplace materials. They investigate occupations of interest through experiential opportunities, such as worksite visits, job shadowing, work experience, simulations, and entrepreneurial projects. This course helps students make plans for continued learning and work.

GLD 2O focusses on these key expectations from the Ministry of Education’s curriculum:

•	identify and describe the workplace essential skills necessary for success in life, school and work;
•	identify the literacy and numeracy strategies that support the application of workplace essential skills, and use them to complete specific tasks in school, in the community, or in real or simulated workplace settings;
•	describe learning and thinking strategies, and use them effectively in school or in the community, or in real or simulated workplace settings;
•	describe learning and thinking strategies, and use them effectively in school or in the community;
•	plan for, assess, and document their ongoing development and demonstration of selected workplace essential skills;
•	identify their interests, strengths, and needs, and describe how these influence their decisions about education and work;
•	identify and use effectively the strategies required to manage their behaviour in school or in the community;
•	identify and use effectively the interpersonal and teamwork skills and strategies required when working with others in school or in the community;
•	demonstrate the ability to use the task-planning and organizing skills and strategies that are required for success in school and in the workplace;
•	demonstrate the ability to research information about education and work opportunities, using print, electronic, and human resources;
•	describe opportunities for learning and work, and identify ways in which they can prepare for these opportunities;
•	demonstrate an understanding of the nature of work and of workplace expectations and issues
•	identify, explain and follow health and safety policies and procedures in school and in workplace settings
•	identify changes and transitions that will take place in their lives, and describe strategies to effectively manage these changes;
•	identify goals and develop plans for their learning in school, the community, and the workplace;
•	apply job-search strategies and tools to find or create opportunities for work and for learning about work.

	Students will be assigned a final mark out of 100 that is calculated mathematically with 70% being based on term work and 30% based on final evaluation activities. These marks will be based on the following: 

Term Work (70%) 			Test/quizzes					(20%) 
					Individual and group assignments		(50%) 

Final Evaluations (30%) 		Career Portfolio Assignment			(15%) 
Final Exam 					(15% ) 
	
	It is important to note that assessment and evaluation is a continuous and ongoing process.  Students are therefore encouraged to start giving their best effort to their work right away, and to keep working diligently throughout the entire year.  

201 -2014 5~~~ 2013 - 2015 ~~~ 2013- 2015 ~~~ 2013 - 2015 ~~~ 2013 - 2015~~~ 2013 - 2015 

The course will be divided into the following units of study:

 Unit #1:  Getting to Know Yourself		
Topic	Assessment	
 Picture Yourself	Assignment	
 Jobs, Occupations, Careers/Bingo For Life		
 How Smart Are You?		
 Your Values/Personal Impact Wheel Assignment	Assignment	
 High Five Principles/October Sky		
 My Blueprint/Career Cruising		
 Personal Profile Assignment		Assignment	

Unit #2: How to Get There		
Topic	Assessment	
 Skills & Work Habits (Types, Essential Workplace, Transferrable)	Quiz	
 Sister Act / Ontario Skills Passport		
 Applications, Cover Letter and Résumé	Assignment	
 Interviews / Networking		
 Future Trends/Trends in the Workplace		

Unit #3: On the Job		
Topic	Assessment	
 Safety in the Workplace (Young Worker Awareness Program)		
 WHMIS	Quiz	
 Employment Standards Act/Unions		
 Task Planning & Organizing	Assignment	
 Teamwork / Remember the Titans		
 Communication Strategies/Express Yourself Scenarios		
 Workplace Stress / Dealing with Criticism		
 Decision Making / Work Situation Scenarios		
 Your Fired / Issues & Diversity in the Workplace		
 Overcoming Challenges / The Blind Side		
 Customer Service Skills / Etiquette		
 Job Change Factors and Dealing with Change / Pursuit of Happyness	Assignment	
 Job Shadow Placement	Assignment	

Unit# 4: Literacy & Numeracy Strategies		
Topic	Assessment	
 Literacy & Reading Strategies (Canary Island Earthquake)		
 Literacy Strategies I and II	Assignment	
 $10 Million Quiz	Assignment	
 Numeracy Strategies		
 Budgeting / Pay cheques	Assignment	
*Guest speakers and/or presentations will be included where possible (post-secondary, institutions, apprenticeships, employers, motivational, financial, etc)

Rev.: 2015 SHDHS