EIPS Career Pathways
September 2022
Career Pathways Fall Events
Please see below some of the important fall events that will provide students and families opportunities to explore interests and potential career paths, starting with the Elk Island Public Schools "Your Future Career and Post Secondary Fair".
Your Future Post Secondary & Career Fair
EIPS Career Exploration Week October 24-28
Dual Credit Opportunity
Let's Talk Careers Competition
October 17 - November 25, 2022
Chatter High creates an opportunity for students to explore the career and post-secondary options available to them in an engaging gamified environment. Students answer career and post-secondary exploration questions via the platform during competition dates to earn points and win prizes!
This platform is FREE for students and teachers to use.
Grade 9 Take Our Kids to Work Day 2022
Take Our Kids to Work Day will be held on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
This year, on Wednesday, November 2, students, their parents, educators, schools and workplaces will have access to a diverse range of options including pre-recorded virtual content to supplement the exciting learning experiences being made available by employers across Canada.
There are more ways than ever for everyone to take part in this exciting day! Some of the possibilities:
- Students can participate in Take Our Kids to Work Day hosted by their parent’s employer (in-person or virtually)
- Teachers can leads tudents through a virtual Take Our Kids to Work Day, including activities included in this guide, during the school day
- Students can participate in virtual Take Our Kids to Work Day events from home
This event has been designed with educators like you in mind. We want Take Our Kids to Work 2022 to be easy, flexible and relevant for you and your students.
22-23 EIPS Minecraft: Education Edition Design Challenge
Welcome to the 22-23 Minecraft: Education Edition Design Challenge – Build a School!
In this year's challenge, students are tasked to create a prototype for the new Sherwood Heights replacement school and build a scaled model in Minecraft. Students will work through the design process to create a prototype of the school that incorporates Alberta Infrastructure Standards, Energy & Sustainability Criteria, and Landscaping Guidelines. Throughout the challenge students will be virtually connected to community members that work on designing and building schools in their careers such as architects, landscapers, sustainability specialists, and inclusivity designers.
Once students have created their prototype, they will build their scaled design in a replica of the Sherwood Heights neighbourhood within a custom Minecraft world. For our French Immersion classes, the custom Minecraft world also comes in a French version for you to use!
To support teachers with integrating this opportunity into their classrooms, documentation has been created that outlines the specific K-12 curricular connections. Within this documentation you can view each grade and subject to see the outcomes the challenge can be linked to.
Teachers and/or students DO NOT need to be an expert in Minecraft to participate! There will be a high level of support (both asynchronously and synchronously) provided and it is a great opportunity to learn something new!
Teachers - for more information and registration click here.
Students - check with your school to see how they will be participating!
Strathcona County will be offering Tuesday and Thursday sessions covering: Job Search Strategies, What to Wear, Interview Skills and Resume Writing.
For more information follow the link: Workshops
They will also be hosting a Youth Employment Fair on Saturday October 29.
Get Ahead of Your Future
Hosted by Rupertsland Institute, “Get Ahead of Your Future” is an exciting day of education and interactive career stations designed for Métis youth in Alberta. To be held at the Edmonton Convention Centre on Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the unique career fair is intended to inspire Métis youth to think about their future career options and expand their horizons. Registration is FREE for all Métis students and teachers. Passes include a career theatre session, the interactive Career Hall experience, and includes all lunch & snacks for the day. Sign your Métis students up today!
To Register go to METISFUTURES.CA
Skills Exploration Days is a one-day, virtual event on December 6, 2022!
Registration opens on September 28, 2022 @ 8:30am!
The purpose of Skills Exploration Days is to:
- Inspire Junior High students to identify inherent skills and interests.
- Connect students’ skills and interests to trade and technology careers through interactive, hands-on experiences that promote creativity, empathy, and exploration.
- Promote trade and technology careers as a valuable and rewarding career choice.
Building on the Maker Day model and Alberta Education’s Career and Technology Foundations (CTF) Program of Studies, students will be introduced to skilled trade and technology careers as they design, tinker and build!
How it Works!
Skills Exploration Days is hosted in the classroom but has an interactive digital live-streamed component to allow students to share their prototypes with peers across the province. The program is facilitated in three parts:
- An in-classroom Toolkit and Skill Kit provide students with skill development activities that allow them to test new trade and technology skills.
- In their classrooms, students will work in teams using the Design Thinking process to address a real-world challenge.
- Using the skills learned with the Skill Kit, students will come together for an interactive live-stream to build a prototype and share their finished projects.
Toolboxes & Skill Kit
Registered schools will be provided with a toolbox that will include the tools and materials students will need to participate in Skills Exploration Days. As well, an interactive Skill Kit activity is included to help students explore the design challenge topic as well as familiarize themselves with the tools and materials available for building their prototype. Schools that have taken part in Skills Exploration Days previously and received toolkits will be provided with a “top up” toolbox, and new schools will receive the full toolbox. These toolboxes and materials will remain with the school to support the development and growth of your programs!
Unlike other SCA programs, at Skills Exploration Days, there are no winners or medals, just the freedom to explore, make mistakes and try again!
The cost to participate is $250 per school for a full toolbox and $150 per school for a top up box.
Take Our Kids to Work Day offers families a great chance to connect with their kids, sharing their own workplace world while learning about the goals, hopes, dreams and possibilities their child envisions for their future.
Skills in the Heartland
Skills Canada Alberta invites you to take part in our unique, exclusive Try-A-Trade® event in the Heartland Community. Presented by several industry partners, this event will provide students with the opportunity to test-drive multiple trade and technology careers with hands-on demonstrations. They will also learn about career opportunities available to them in the Heartland Community.
Try-A-Trade® activities will include areas like Plumbing, Carpentry, Culinary Arts, Welding and more!
Date: November 1, 2022
Location: ATCO Gym, Dow Centennial Centre, Fort Saskatchewan
Time: 9:30 AM – 2:45 PM (schools can register for 1 hour time slots
Participating schools are eligible for a bus subsidy up tp $200. For questions or to join the waitlist, email Javiera De Rossi javierad@skillsalberta.com
Career Pathways
Email: careerpathways@eips.ca
Website: https://www.eips.ca/programs-services/career-pathways
Location: 683 Wye Road, Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
Phone: 780-464-3477
Facebook: facebook.com/ElkIslandPublicSchools
Twitter: @EIPSpathways