Empowering Educators: Exploring Possibilities for Children’s Career Learning in Grades 4-6

Empowering Educators: Exploring Possibilities for Children’s Career Learning in Grades 4-6
This webinar shares the findings of a CERIC-funded project that responded to the important question: Why should elementary education be concerned with career? Knowing that career is about life, learning and work helps us understand that career concerns everyone, is for everyone, and encompasses the learning we undertake from birth throughout life. When viewed through this lens, it becomes easier to see why we should be thinking about career in elementary schools. Through extensive literature reviews and empirical data, we examined what helps children aged 8 to 12 years thrive, (e.g., through their development of self-regulation, self-efficacy, confidence). From these data we have produced a teaching toolkit of career-related learning that takes the reader through unpacking career, nurturing and developing foundational skills, the value of a community approach, and where to draw upon support from the curriculum and the broader career development field.
This FREE webinar is for anyone who is concerned with helping children learn and develop the various skills they need to successfully navigate their learning through school and beyond. Whether you are a teacher, guidance counsellor, career educator, school leader, curriculum developer, policymaker - or a parent - you will get valuable insights and practices for supporting and shaping career-related learning in elementary and secondary schools. The webinar will also be an excellent opportunity for participants to be introduced to the new teaching toolkit which includes a range of activities adaptable to unique contexts and settings, along with resources links and URLs guiding the readers to a broad overview of freely available resources supporting effective career-related learning in the elementary classroom.
Original Date/Time:
Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET
Key learning takeaways
Discover how developing foundational skills supports ongoing career development
Understand the relevance of career development within the Canadian elementary school context based on literature and our own research
Explore how educators and other interestholders already support career development among children and how they can further develop their practice
Discover the results of our international literature review
Understand how to build networks that supports the development of elementary career-related learning
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Fantastic webinar on a critically important topic, thanks for the work you are doing in this space!