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Simulation
This challenging and multifaceted project will be completed, partly alone and partly with a partner. The simulation will develop by stage. Each stage in meant to engage students in looking at how life and career choices blend and that opportunities and limitations are part of career selection. Individual activities will include the following. As they're assigned, links will appear here.
Career selection based on thorough research that includes prerequisites, personal attributes required, salary etc. Students need to clearly justify their choices. Selections may be rejected. E.g. students can't choose engineering if they have been unsuccessful in math. Also, no pro athletes.
Phase One - Career Investigation
Worksheet #1 - this document is to be submitted after completing phase one. The link here opens a form based pdf. You can hand write or type inside the boxes and print.
Job Information - these links below will help with your career exploration. Use them after taking the tests further down. You can search online for more info but take are to use Canadian information and numbers.
Career Test #1 Personality - are you introverted or extroverted? A feeler or a thinker? This assessment fits your personality to a career type based on a Myers-Briggs assessment. Answer the questions and record the four letter result on your worksheet. Then, follow the two links below to find some career options that fit that personality type. Investigate and choose three.
Career Test #2 - this next task is called a Holland Code assessment. It tries to link your personality type and skill set to career selection. It's popular and in its more advanced form, quite helpful for people working at figuring out "what should I be?"
Phase Two - Financial Management: Income Statement
Worksheet #3 - this document is completed as you proceed step by step through its completion. Do so neatly and in pen. The link is to a duplicate for printing at home if needed. If working with an assigned partner, be sure to include both after tax incomes. Ask when uncertain.
Accommodations
Realtor.ca - use to search for houses in the Saskatoon area
Kijiji Saskatoon - use this site to search for rental property
Mortgage Calculator - use the following criteria
Transportation
You may by new or used. One of the two vehicles must accommodate two children. You will calculate the monthly cost using the financial calculator. There are more options than listed here including using a manufacturer's online tools.
Autotrader.ca - choose Saskatoon, 250km
Kijiji Saskatoon - a good alternative for a used vehicle
Toyota.ca - nearly all manufacturers have page where you can price vehicles using a building tool.
Finance Costs
Finance Calculator - most people use some kind of loan to pay for their vehicle over a period of years. Use the link and follow these steps.
Insurance
Basic Insurance Costs - All vehicles in Saskatchewan require insurance. In this province, basic insurance is provided by SGI. Use this tool to locate your vehicles and their plate costs.
Food Budget Planning - you need to prepare a two week menu plan using the handout. We will later go "shopping" at a grocery store to price your choices.
Simulation
This challenging and multifaceted project will be completed, partly alone and partly with a partner. The simulation will develop by stage. Each stage in meant to engage students in looking at how life and career choices blend and that opportunities and limitations are part of career selection. Individual activities will include the following. As they're assigned, links will appear here.
Career selection based on thorough research that includes prerequisites, personal attributes required, salary etc. Students need to clearly justify their choices. Selections may be rejected. E.g. students can't choose engineering if they have been unsuccessful in math. Also, no pro athletes.
- Income Statement - after all other sections are completed, an income statement, post federal and provincial tax calculation, must be completed. No net losses are allowed.
- Selection of accommodations - partners use online sources to find accommodation. If renting, current averages will be provided. If choosing home ownership, students will use MLS services and a mortgage calculator to determine monthly costs
- Develop a two week food plan, shop and cost it. We will go to a local grocery store as part of this step
- Use online tools to purchase and finance a vehicle using current bank rates
- Budget for a collection of incidental living expense including clothing, utilities, entertainment, savings
Phase One - Career Investigation
Worksheet #1 - this document is to be submitted after completing phase one. The link here opens a form based pdf. You can hand write or type inside the boxes and print.
Job Information - these links below will help with your career exploration. Use them after taking the tests further down. You can search online for more info but take are to use Canadian information and numbers.
- Job List Document - very handy Saskatchewan based and up to date list of careers with information on pay, training and future prospects
- Job Bank Canada - use this government site to search for many of the facts needed to understand a career. It includes salaries, job descriptions and educational requirements. Use Saskatoon as the geographical area. If there are zero openings, you may broaden to first Alberta and Manitoba and then to other parts of Canada.
Career Test #1 Personality - are you introverted or extroverted? A feeler or a thinker? This assessment fits your personality to a career type based on a Myers-Briggs assessment. Answer the questions and record the four letter result on your worksheet. Then, follow the two links below to find some career options that fit that personality type. Investigate and choose three.
Career Test #2 - this next task is called a Holland Code assessment. It tries to link your personality type and skill set to career selection. It's popular and in its more advanced form, quite helpful for people working at figuring out "what should I be?"
Phase Two - Financial Management: Income Statement
Worksheet #3 - this document is completed as you proceed step by step through its completion. Do so neatly and in pen. The link is to a duplicate for printing at home if needed. If working with an assigned partner, be sure to include both after tax incomes. Ask when uncertain.
Accommodations
Realtor.ca - use to search for houses in the Saskatoon area
Kijiji Saskatoon - use this site to search for rental property
Mortgage Calculator - use the following criteria
- Enter the purchase price of the house.
- Amortization (how low it takes to pay it off) use 25 years.
- Payment frequency = monthly.
- Under "Product" scroll down and select 5 year closed.
- Look to the right and record the monthly amount. The annual total will be that times 12.
- Property taxes, money paid to the city for services such as garbage collection, is usually in the listing. If it isn't, come see me for help.
Transportation
You may by new or used. One of the two vehicles must accommodate two children. You will calculate the monthly cost using the financial calculator. There are more options than listed here including using a manufacturer's online tools.
Autotrader.ca - choose Saskatoon, 250km
Kijiji Saskatoon - a good alternative for a used vehicle
Toyota.ca - nearly all manufacturers have page where you can price vehicles using a building tool.
Finance Costs
Finance Calculator - most people use some kind of loan to pay for their vehicle over a period of years. Use the link and follow these steps.
- Input the price
- Skip down to duration. Use 60 months
- Set tax at 11%
- Use 4.5% as the interest rate. The monthly payment will be listed. Use it and the times 12 value on your income statement.
Insurance
Basic Insurance Costs - All vehicles in Saskatchewan require insurance. In this province, basic insurance is provided by SGI. Use this tool to locate your vehicles and their plate costs.
Food Budget Planning - you need to prepare a two week menu plan using the handout. We will later go "shopping" at a grocery store to price your choices.
PAA
Practical and Applied Arts is a generally integrated set of activities focused on skills that support or enhance learning. Next year, during Gr. 8, PAA is more formalized. Students take weekly trips off site based on one of two options. This year, I will focus on two broad categories.
- Integration of technology. Students will learn how to use cloud storage for sharing and collaboration as well specific features of Microsoft tools including Word, PowerPoint and Excel. This school year, students will be required to produce polished written compositions using Word templates, deliver individual and group presentations using PowerPoint and build graphs using Excel. We may do some coding as well, time permitting. It teaches algorithmic thinking and it's actually quite fun.
- Television production. This winter, all students will participate in the Telemedia program producing both an interview and television commercial at our studio.
Note that all SPSD students have the right to up to five installs of the full MS Office suite for home use. I will walk students through the process.
Brickfilm Portfolio Project (non-band)
- copy of assignment
- planning document (part one of the activity - 5 marks)
- editable storyboard form
- rubric