1. Career Development
Career Connector
Lead Teacher Meeting
December 19, 2011
rescheduled to January 19, 2012

2. Agenda
 Welcome (thank you)
 CWEX/Apprenticeship
 Credenda
 Service Best – starring Jill Long
 Canadian School Counsellor
 Distance Courses – with special guest Darren Gasper!
 Lunch
 Career Fair – Working Groups
 Career Connections – Working Groups
 Celebrations
 Final Activities
 Optional Gift Exchange
 Updates and Dates to Remember
 Exit Slip and Closing Activities
 Safe Travel Home

3. CWEX/Apprenticeship
How comfortable are you with
similarities/differences between our CWEX
and Apprenticeship programs?
Fist to 5! Be honest!

4. Credenda
Are you a Teacher, Career Developer or a Guidance Counselor?
My name is Steve Winkler and I am the Career and Guidance
Counselor with Credenda Virtual High School. We are pleased to
have your students taking classes with Credenda and our hope is
that their experience with Credenda is a positive one. I want to
introduce you to our Monthly Student Assembly for 2011-2012. Our
on-line Assembly is geared specifically towards career information
for the student. Every month in the school year Credenda features a
special career speaker (live and on-line). Our speakers are currently
working in various careers and provide a unique inside look at the
featured career for that month. All sessions are recorded and
archived on the Credenda website for easy reference. Your students
or clients can watch the presentation at any time and anywhere, or
they can log in and listen to the live presentation for that month. If
you know someone who can benefit from the presentation, then
invite them to listen in. It's a simple log in, seamless and very easy.

5. Service Best Training
Starring Jill Long

6. Canadian School Counsellor
Straight Talk On Funding Higher Education
Techniques to De-stress
Secondary School Students and Social Media
Sites: Red Flags
Green Careers
1. Choose an article of interest.
2. Read/view article on your own.
3. Group with others who read the same article.
4. When ready, each person is to “Say Something” about
what they have read/viewed….
Content Idea, Critique, Question, Connections, etc.

7. Distance Education
• Starring Darren Gasper

8. Career Fair
Updates
Divide and Conquer
Work time

9. Career Connections
Interactive Career Practitioner Resource Group
• Blog
– http://careerconnectors.wordpress.com/
• Wiki
– http://careerconnectors.wikispaces.com/

10. Celebrations
TOKW 2011
Volunteer basis
Results
Pre/during/post activity discussion
Regional Career Days/Nights
Please share your experiences
Other Great Career Development Activities
Please share – don’t be shy!

11. All I Want for Christmas

12. Updates
CD PD Proposal
CWEX Certificates
Skilled Trades
 www.careersintrades.ca/educators
 Presentation and Educator’s Guide
 SK Trends Monitor
 Scholarships and Info
 Career Cruising

13. Dates to Remember
 Walkthroughs
 Round 1 – November
 Round 2 – Mar
 Round 3 - June
 CD PLT dates (Itinerants and Kevin)
 January 30th (Moodle/Career Fair pre)
 Day in Feb or March (Career Fair pre)
 May 18 (Moodle/Career Fair post)
 Career Connector LEAD Teacher Meetings
 March 9
 April 24 – Career Fair (Some will help setup on 23rd)
 June 7

14. Exit Slip
Career Connectors:
Add reflective comment to
December 19th Blog Post and set
a short-term goal involving
contribution to the Wiki or Blog.

15. Name:
______________
My Career Connectors Exit Slip Plan:

16. “Feeling gratitude and not
expressing it is like wrapping a
present and not giving it.”
William Arthur Ward
Your assistance in helping students with the
life/career development process is of significant
importance as is your contribution to this CD Team.
Thanks for all you do!
Enjoy the magic of the festive season!
Sincerely,
Vanessa