January 2012

Essential Skills

Essential Skills and Employability Skills

Do you have basic empoyability skills? Do you know what they are? This attachment outlines some employability skills , that you should already have, or be working to develop, by the end of Grade Nine.

How is the development of your Essential Workplace Skills coming along? Registrar first and then select the green, orange, or blue button to take more control of your skill development.

Employers are increasingly demanding more and more from employees. This document, aimed at employers, provides an overview of essential skills from their perspective.

Click here for previous posts from the 2011-2012 school year.

Welcome to the second decade of the 21st Century. It is the decade where your future will be shaped. What are you going to make of it? We want to help you, but, really, it is going to be up to you. The training, talents, effort and attitudes you develop are the keys to giving yourself the power to create the future you want.

Career Preparation Programs
Career Preparation programs are locally developed educational programs that prepare students for entry into the workplace or for further education and training in a specific career pathway. School District #71 is developing a variety of Career Preparation programs to meet the needs of our students and community.

The goals of Career Preparation include:

• Providing opportunities for enhanced career development activities
• Providing students with entry level skills for specific employment opportunities
• Improving transition between secondary school and the workplace
• Enhancing transition between the secondary and post-secondary education systems

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