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Oct 27 2021 Day 3 of Mental Health and Literacy

Oct 26 2021 Elevator Pitch and Video

Attendance Mini Lessons  - New BC Reg's Re: Under 16 workers. 4 Day Work Week - a new reality for Ontario residents?  Finish Expedition Happiness 1 hour onwards (33 min)  Topic: Perceptions of Happiness  Class Discussion/Group Work - post film viewing.  What is the meaning of: Life? What is the meaning of a 'Career?'  What is the meaning of: Work/Life Balance? Do you want to live to work? Or work to live? Are there other alternative options?  What is an elevator pitch? Why is having one in your memory/ready important? Elevator Pitches    - Video. Your Turn - Time to WRITE! PowerPoint!  Next Up - Create PowerPoint Project with  6 Slides. Pls make it fun/pretty! Colours/Pictures etc.  Elevator Pitch  Slide 1 - Title Page - Elevator Pitch  Slide 2 - Who are you? Your Name & Fav Activity. Slide 3 - Your background -You are a student at RSS. Also - review any past work or volunteer experience thus far in 1-2 sentences. Slide 4 - What can you offer? Name 3 traits/skills that

Oct 20 2021 Early Dismissal Day & Day 2 of Mental Health and Literacy

Oct 18 2021 Catch Up Work Day + Intro to Podcast Assignment

Attendance. Reviewing of missing work to date - Assign 1-5 Teams.  Time to work on missing assignments.  Those students who have completed their work can work on the next task - Careers Podcast Selection and review. 

Oct 14 2021 Mental Health and Wellness with Ms. Dana Day 1

Attendance.  Mental Health and Wellness Day 1 with Ms. Dana.

Oct 12 2021 Careers 9 TTOC Minimalism vs. Materialism & Catch Up Work Day Teams

Attendance. Please refer to emailed list.  Please obtain Laptop Cart #1 from the Library. You can send a student to do this. They will need a key card from the front desk (at the entry of the school) in order to go up and down the elevator with the cart.  Mini Lesson First - then - Catch Up Work Time on laptops for students to work on and complete Assign 1-5 in Office365 Teams.  Note: Very few students have all items in (maybe 2 students?) thus ALL students have work to do during this time. Other students can work on other work but CANNOT distract students still with work to completed from working on items that they need to complete.  Mini Lesson - Minimalism vs. Materialism Class to view the following video 1st :)  A rich life with less stuff | The Minimalists | TEDxWhitefish Group work.  Split the class into groups of max 4. Have groups complete the following questions. All names on 1 piece of paper to hand in with answers.  Group Work Questions: 1. Materialism - What is it? In your

Oct 7 Expedition Happiness Viewing Oct 8 Catch Up Work Day Assign 1-5 on Teams.

Attendance Note: Any students who have not completed Assign 1-5 on Teams please head to your resource rooms to do so now.  Viewing of Expedition Happiness -Netflix 1 hr. 33.  We made it to 1 hour on Oct 7 2021 Topic: Perceptions of Happiness  Class Discussion/Group Work - post film viewing.  What is the meaning of: Life? What is the meaning of a 'Career?'  What is the meaning of: Work/Life Balance? Do you want to live to work? Or work to live? Are there other alternative options?  Oct 8 2021   - Assign 1-5 Catch Up. 

Oct 4 2021 Finalizing Work & Intro to Personality Test Assignment - DOPE Bird Personality Test

Bird Personality Test (DOPE) Offices  can be funny things. They’re where we spend 50% of our time, hanging out with people that we wouldn’t normally cross paths with in our everyday lives. Sometimes, this can be a great thing, as you can end up meeting people you really click with. Other times, it’s glaringly obvious that the only thing in common is the company you work for. But regardless of whether of not you’ve got an  office bestie , it’s vital for your  career  progression (and sanity) to get along with your workmates. The first step to building strong inter-office relationships is understanding the different personalities you’re working with. That’s why career expert  Richard Stephenson  created the  DOPE personality test . Nope, it’s not a test to check whether you’re cool or if you’re using performance-enhancing drugs.  DOPE stands for the four bird types: Dove, Owl, Peacock and Eagle. The test is based around the idea that in the workplace, everyone fits into one of these four