Skills for Success – Introducing the Skills for Success Lesson Plan

Concept:

Skills for Success are required to thrive and succeed in today’s rapidly changing world.

Student learning associated with this concept can support achievement of provincial learning outcomes:

NB 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
NL 1, 13, 15
NS 1, 2, 4, 7, 10
PEI 2, 5

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Rationale:

This lesson serves as an initial introduction to the Skills for Success.

Through this lesson, students in high school will learn about the 9 skills introduced in the Skills for Success framework and why they are important to their success in learning, life and the workplace.  

Students will investigate and reflect on each of the skills identified in this framework. They may have previously completed a series of self-assessments using myBlueprint or other resources. Students can compare what they have already learned about themselves to their new learning about these nine skills. 

It is important for students to recognize that self-assessment results provide them with a snapshot of themselves at a given point in time based on information that they have submitted. An updated self-assessment tool is not yet available on the Skills for Success website however students can still complete Essential Skills self-assessments to support their learning in this lesson. Students should be encouraged to redo self-assessments at a later point in time as the findings may change because they acquire new knowledge and have new lived experiences.

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Teachers can access resources to support delivery of this lesson in the Resources/Teaching Strategy Folder.

This lesson presents an opportunity for teachers to collaborate in supporting student learning about the role of self-assessments in career planning. In addition to Career Education courses, teachers can consider how students are able to meet cross curricular learning outcomes in other courses such as English/French Language Arts, Multimedia, Social Studies, Fine Arts etc. A cross curricular focus also supports a unified approach in addressing the “why” of what students are learning. Students can develop an awareness of how and why what they are learning connects to them, their community and their future.