OVERVIEW OF YEAR 7 TO YEAR 10 PATHWAYS LESSON PLANS
What are the general capabilities?
The general capabilities play a significant role in the Australian Curriculum in equipping young Australians to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century.
In the Australian Curriculum, capability encompasses knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions. Students develop capability when they apply knowledge and skills confidently, effectively and appropriately in complex and changing circumstances, in their learning at school and in their lives outside school.
In the Australian Curriculum, the general capabilities are addressed through the content of the learning areas. General capabilities are identified where they are developed or applied in the content descriptions. They are also identified where they offer opportunities to add depth and richness to student learning via the content elaborations, which are provided to give teachers ideas about how they might teach the content. Icons are used to indicate where general capabilities have been identified in learning area content descriptions and elaborations.
Teachers are expected to teach and assess general capabilities to the extent that they are incorporated within learning area content. State and territory education authorities will determine if and how student learning of the general capabilities is to be further assessed or reported.
*View the Illustration of Practice videos on the ACARA website where ACT public school students are engaged in Pathways Planning to help develop their general capabilities.
Module 1A: Welcome to High School
Recent prior experience
Students have completed their 5-6 Pathways Plan, including their Transition Plan. This is the first lesson in Pathways for Year 7 students. It is an introduction to high school. 1A resources are for this lesson.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
learn how transitioning to high school is an important part of their career journey
review their Year 6 Transition Plan.
Module 1B: Welcome to Pathways Planning
Recent prior experience
Students have completed lesson 1A Welcome to High School.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
learn about the Pathways website and how it can help them to manage their career
develop an understanding of the term ‘career’
learn that secondary school is an important part of the career journey.
Module 2: Knowing Who I Am
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules A1 and 1B of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
identify their personal strengths and interests
recognise the importance of self-awareness in making good career decisions
Module 3: ‘I Would Rather Quiz’
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1 and 2 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
identify their hopes, dreams and aspirations
gain an awareness of how hopes, dreams and aspirations can help to create a plan for their career
Module 4: My Support Network
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2 and 3 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
gain an awareness of the importance of asking for help
identify their support network
understand the power of asking for help
Module 5: My Career Action Plan
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Pathways Plan
Indicators of learning
Students will:
research and analyse a range of education, training and work options
develop an understanding of a SMART goal and create three of their own
learn that goals are more likely to be achieved if they are personal
Module 6: Workplace Learning
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
investigate workplace learning options
identify links between interests, skills, school learning and workplace learning
Module 7: My Skills For Work
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
understand the importance and components of lifelong learning
investigate the skills and personal qualities needed to navigate 21st century work opportunities
identify their work skills and reflect on how to improve them
Module 8: My Achievements
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
understand that the many roles they play in life contribute to their lifelong learning
learn about resumes and how they can be used in their career journey
recognise and record their achievements at school, home and in the community
Module 9: My Transition Plan
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
make informed and considered choices in relation to the next steps in their learning, training and employment
learn about the choices available to them so they can understand how to plan for their future; their choices need plenty of thought
Module 10: Finding a Job
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
identify the challenges related to finding a job
identify and understand the process of applying for a job
Module 11: My Reflection and e-portfolio
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
reflect on their experience of high school
identify their feelings about transitioning into college/work and further study
communicate expectations about the next phase of their learning and future options.
Module 12: Resume Builder
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of their Pathways Plan.
Indicators of learning
Students will:
learn about the Pathways website, Resume builder and how it can help them to manage their career information
develop an understanding of the world of work, and prepare a profile of themselves that demonstrates skills, knowledge and experience
CareersXpo
Recent prior experience
Students have completed Modules 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of their Pathways Plan. They have attended the CareersXpo
Indicators of learning
Students will:
learn about the world of work and what opportunities exist in a myriad of interest areas
reflect on their Transition Plan from Module 9 and ask questions at the CareersXpo (Resource B & C)