Course Overview

Career Education 8/9 offers students many opportunities to explore and develop personal interests, passions, and competencies while making connections with learning opportunities, and career and life path possibilities.  Students will develop curricular competencies related to: Self-Discovery, Careers, Education, Finances, Health, and Emotional Well-being. The course lays the foundation for self- awareness, career exploration, and the beginnings of an integrated post-graduation plan presented in the form of a Capstone Project.
 
ALL students are required to complete the following Career Education courses over their Kwantlen Park Secondary School academic career in order to graduate.
LEARNING STANDARDS

Assignments

Career Education 8:
  • ​Assignment 1: How I view myself, How others view me
  • Assignment 2: Who do I want to be?
  • Assignment 3: What kind of citizen do I want to be?
  • Assignment 4: Choosing the Right Volunteer for the Surrey Food Bank
  • Assignment 5: My Grade 8 Time Capsule
Career Education 9:
  • Assignment 1: Take Our Kids To Work (Students complete one of two assignments depending on whether they attended a workplace on Take Our Kids to Work Day-November 1, 2023)
  • Assignment 2: Employability Skills
  • Assignment 3: Volunteering
  • Assignment 4: Employment Recruiter
  • Assignment 5: Goal Setting 

Take our Kids to Work Day


​As we prepare for the new school year, we are excited to announce that Take Our Kids to Work (TOKW) 2023 is just around the corner. As Canada’s most recognized career exploration event, TOKW has been engaging youth with adults and the community for nearly 30 years.

At the Students Commission of Canada (SCC), we are proud to take the lead on TOKW and continue its legacy of inspiring students to explore career opportunities and prepare for the workforce.

This year, our theme is “EVERYONE BELONGS HERE!” which reinforces the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Our goal is to provide students with a glimpse of what the workforce looks like and help them understand how they can contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Find Your Fit

The Find Your Fit tour is a fun, interactive event that helps students discover and explore a range of high-opportunity occupations in B.C. From nursing to software engineering to early childhood education, students get hands-on experience at up to 17 different career stations. 

Students will first visit career activity stations where they can take part in a hands-on activity related to a specific career. These activities will help students uncover their strengths and interests, giving them the knowledge they need to get started with their career planning. They’ll then move on to a labour market information station, where they can dig deeper into a career of their choice.

Career activity stations
Career activity stations are available for careers across a variety of sectors, as well as two career zone activity stations that feature careers in technology and health. Career activity stations are available for:
  • Air Pilot, Flight Engineer and Flying Instructors
  • Automotive Service Technician
  • Community and Social Worker
  • Dietitian
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Electrician and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Health Zone:
    • General Practitioner and Family Doctor
    • Registered Nurse and Nurse's Aide
    • Medical Sonographer
    • Occupational Therapist
    • Psychiatrist
  • Millwright and Heavy Equipment Mechanic
  • Physiotherapist
  • Tech Zone:
    • Software Engineers and Designers
    • Web Designers and Developers
    • Design - 2D and 3D
    • Coding
    • Systems

Labor Market information StationsOnce students have completed the career activity stations, they can look through the Labour Market Information stations which are set up for the following occupations:
  • Cooks/Chefs
  • Property Administrators
  • Professional Occupations in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
  • HR Professionals
  • Purchasing Agents and Officers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Plumbers

Students can learn about the careers featured at the labour market information stations or they can research more about a career they’re already interested in and discover the following:
  • Career overview
  • Duties
  • Number of job openings over the next 10 years
  • Average annual earnings
  • Required education, training and skills
  • Post-secondary institutes offering specific career training
  • Labour market statistics
  • Industry highlights
  • Other related resources

Students will learn about tools like the WorkBC career profiles, Career Trek videos, career discovery quizzes and more. They’ll also find out how to navigate WorkBC.ca to find the career information they need.


​For more information, visit: Find Your Fit