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Career Research, Capabilities, Personal and Learning Goals

Assessment Task

This assignment is in five parts and can be downloaded here:
PLP My capabilities and goals task.doc


TASK
Your task is to create a Folio AND Poster, Word Document or PowerPoint presentation that shows your understanding of the five capabilities, and establishes a personal and learning goal.

Interacting with Others
Throughout this process you MUST show evidence of “interacting with others” to establish and refine your goals. You may talk to and seek feedback from:
  • PLP teacher
  • Parents evidence MUST be provided in the form of
  • Home Group Teacher emails, letters, comments on your work,
  • Subject Teachers digitally recorded conversations
  • Employers

Part 1 – Folio
Collect in a Folio information, activities and evidence which explores who you are, your strengths, weaknesses, interests, learning styles, values. This may be done through a variety of methods including:
  • CATS Booklets
  • Online career research tools
  • Coaching Young People for Success
  • Senior School Diary activities
  • There's More to it than you Think- Resources linked to this Wiki
    • Activity 1
    • Activity 2
    • Activity 3
    • Activity 10
Useful website include:

My Future
 Seek - Job Search Website
 //Job Guide Online//
//TAFE SA//
 //Career One//
 //Apprenticeships//
//Career Paths Quiz//
 //Learning Styles//
 //What Job is Right for me?//
There's More to it than you Think
 //Business SA Apprenticeships//
 //SATAC - University Information//

Part 2 – Introduction
Prepare an introduction to yourself which summarises the information collected in your folio for your PLP teacher. This Introduction should briefly cover the following areas:
  • Your family & background
  • Recent schooling
  • Work &/or volunteering history
  • Personal interests
  • What and who is important to you
  • Future & career interests.

Part 3- Definition of Capabilities
In your own words, define each of the five capabilities. (refer to the 5 pages of Capabilities for this section)

Part 4 – Examples of Capabilities
Identify and describe examples that show which aspects you have demonstrated of the capabilities prior to commencing the PLP. (refer to the 5 pages of Capabilities for this section)

Part 5 – Personal and Learning Goals
  • Identify one personal and one learning goal which you would like to develop over the next 6 weeks, and explain why these are important to you to improve on.
  • Identify a SMART strategy for successfully achieving this goals within the next 6 weeks (Details about Smart Target and Goal Setting can be found in the Assignment sheet above)