Welcome to Career Studies!

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Welcome to Career Studies!

• Ms. MacVichie
• GLC 2O5

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Who am I?

• Mr. Glen MacVichie
• Nineth year teaching at the board
• Interested in
• Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Rowing, Rugby,
  Camping, Water Skiing, Camping
• An avid reader
• Well Travelled
• England, Italy, Germany, France, Greece, Italy,
  Spanish Islands, Canary Islands, Panama, Cuba, USA

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Who Am I?

• Why am I a teacher?
• I love the subjects I teach English, Histories
  and Humanities and Careers and Civics
• I like working with teenagers
• Love all the extras about teaching Camping
  trips, ski trips, school dances, all the events
  and clubs at the school and being involved

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Who are You?

• Want to know a bit about you before we get
  started for the year
• Please fill out Careers Info Sheet
• I will keep this private only I will read it!
• Please write in as much detail as possible. The
  more I know about you, the better I can design
  this course to work for you.

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Who are your Classmates?

• Lets play a game!
• Get Careers Getting to Know You Handout
• Find someone in the class who can agree with each
  statement
• You can only use each persons name once!

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What is Career Studies?
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What is Career Studies?

• KPR Course outline
• My course overview
• What do you want to learn?
• Get a card from Mr. MacVichie
• Write your name on it
• Write down two things you want to learn from this
  course, and two questions that you have about the
  course
• Hand it in

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How to be Successful

• My personal measure of success in a school course
  has to do with
• Did I try my hardest?
• Did I learn new things?
• Am I working hard to earn the grade I want?
• Is your measure of success in a course similar,
  or different than mine?

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How to Be Successful

• Aids are in place to help you get the most out of
  this course, and ensure you stay on track!
• Website
• Folder for missed work, and returned work
• Regular check-ins with me
• Regular e-mails to you and your parents/guardians

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How to be Successful

• A key part of achieving success in a course (or
  in life!) is to be organized in a way that makes
  sense to you.

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Organization

• Being prepared with materials
• Pen/Pencil backup
• Paper
• USB Key
• Agenda, Calendar, Cell Phone or notebook
• What other things are useful to have?
• Binder
• Dividers
• Everything put away
• Regular checks

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Organization

• Agenda or Calendar
• Use it!

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What Do We Expect?

• Youve all been here before...what are some
  classroom rules/expectations that should be in
  place for everyone this year?
• Take 5 minutes and brainstorm some in groups and
  well put them on the board

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What Do We Expect?

• Why are we here?
• To Learn!
• Just a couple classroom rules and expectations
• Treat others, yourself and the room with respect
• Be kind, be on time, clean up after yourself, be
  prepared for class
• iPods etc. fine when working independently
• Cell phones OK as long as being used
  appropriately for class
• Checking your calendar, writing a reminder to
  yourself
• Do not let me catch you texting, on facebook or
  anything else like that that is not an
  appropriate use.

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What Do We Expect?

• I will be clear with my expectations for both
  class behaviour and assignments
• I will be kind and fair
• I will always do my best to help you with
  anything you need
• I will be prompt when returning assignments

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Once Again

• Welcome to Career Studies I am looking forward
  to a great term working with you!

• Before you leave class, be sure that you have
  handed in
• Careers Info Sheet
• What Do You Want To Learn Card

• And make sure you have put your KPR course
  outline, Careers Course Overview and Careers
  Getting to Know You handouts neatly in your
  binder