1. Integrate personal growth and change into your career development.
CM Objective 1.03

2. Integrate personal growth and change into your career development.
CM 1.03
Essential Questions

3. INTEGRATING GROWTH and CHANGE INTO your CAREER DEVELOPMENT (PS3
INTEGRATING GROWTH and CHANGE INTO your CAREER DEVELOPMENT (PS3. K1 – Google Drive)
SUPPLIES NEEDED: Post-it notes (3-5 per student, colored paper for foldables, poster board for groups of 2-3 students per class, markers).
WHOLE CLASS Activity #1:
Begin class with group discussion of ways students have experienced personal growth in the last two to five years. Have they grown taller? Have they grown more mature? More patient? More calm?
Hand each student two to three post-it notes and have them write down the various ways they have observed their own personal growth.
After 3-5 minutes, resume the class’ attention and ask students for some of their examples. After a few have been shared, draw a matrix on the board and ask students to categorize their “growths”….leading them towards the categories of Physical, Social, Emotional and Intellectual.

4. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle (PS3.K1)
Stages of Personal Development
The Family Life Cycle as it relates to career change
Various Life Roles

5. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Stages of Personal Development
Physical Growth –
Emotional Growth - Understanding yourself, your emotions, goals, intentions, responses, behavior and all and understanding others, and their feelings
Social Growth - how we develop the ability to deal with other people and different groups in society
Intellectual Growth - the measure of how individuals learn to think and reason for themselves in relation to the world around them

6. A. continued Family Life Cycle Beginning stage - couple only Parenting
Expanding stage - childbearing
Developing stage
Launching stage
Mid-years stage
Aging
retirement stage

7. Time as a Couple Get to know each other
Learn to think and act as a team
Learn to rely on each other
Make decisions together
Housing & Furnishings
Education & Careers
Money
Children

8. Parental Years When children enter the picture
Lasts until children are financially on their own
Three parts of Parental years
Expanding years
Developing years
Launching years

9. Expanding New members are added to the family
Focused on home and family life
Parents feel tied down at times
# of activities parents share together drops drastically

10. Developing Children enter school
More activities focus outside the home
Time is limited
Share and manage duties well

11. Launching End of Parental Stage Exit of children from the home
Send children out on their own
May be lengthened if children return home
50% of young adults live with parents until age of 20-24

12. The Middle Years Children have left the home
Family down sizes to a couple
Positive & Negative feelings
Empty Nest- home w/ children, grown and gone leaves parents with lost and w/out purpose feelings.
New found freedoms are felt by other families

13. Middle Years continued
Volunteer
Enjoy hobbies
Question their relationship w/ each other
Income pressures decrease
May care for their parents

14. Retirement Years Final stage of family development
Time for travel, hobbies, relaxation
Positive feelings are shared when financially stable.
Some fear what they will do w themselves

15. Stages of Personal Development and the Family Life Cycle as it relates to career change. (PS3.K1)
Create Stages of Personal Development foldable with each term, have students define in their own words what the growth is, then create an illustration of the term.
Create a family life cycle foldable, illustrating each piece of the cycle and include important information for each stage of the family life cycle and an illustration depicting the stage. A. B.

16. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Various Life Roles - The various parts of one’s life, such as citizen, parent, spouse, worker, etc.
Personal
Leisure - Time free from every-day job responsibilities during which a person can pursue personal interests and hobbies.
Community
Learner
Family
Work - Activity directed toward a goal that produces something of value; to exert oneself physically or mentally.

17. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Various Life Roles
Leisure
Improves physical wellness, lowers stress and depression, and improve quality of life.
Types of leisure activities/hobbies
Physical High Speed – Tennis, baseball, etc
Physical Low Speed – Golf, video games, etc
Cognitive – Reading a book, Suduko, etc
Having balance of work, play and leisure in your life will be easier if you:
Know your values
Identify priorities
Reduce unnecessary things
Set some goals and make a plan
Revisit priorities and goals occasionally
Results of over-scheduling leisure time

18. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Various Life Roles
Community
Community Responsibilities

19. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Various Life Roles
Learner
Education/lifelong learning

20. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Various Life Roles
Family
Family responsibilities
Parenting/caretaker
Home/vehicle maintenance
Transportation
Financial planning
Preparation/planning of meals, clothing and healthcare

21. A. Growth and change throughout lifecycle continued
Various Life Roles
Work
Work responsibilities
Work hours/location
Travel
Taking work home
Working at home
Results of over-scheduling work time

22. Life Roles as they relate to Career Management
Life Roles as they relate to Career Management. Discuss the terms Personal Roles, Leisure Time, Community Roles, Learner, Family Roles, & Work Roles. (PS3.K1)
Create a tri-foldable with each term, have students define in their own words what the role is, examples listed in PowerPoint, then create an illustration of the term.
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE: Exploring Careers Textbook

23. B. Good health habits.(PS3.K2)
Causes of stress
Dealing with stress
Factors that impact physical health
Benefits of wellness

24. B. Good health habits continued
Causes of stress - a state of mental tension and worry caused by problems in your life, work, etc.
Daily activities
Illness
Life changes
Crisis - Sudden, drastic changes in your personal life

25. B. Good health habits continued
Dealing with stress
Establish good health habits
Physical activity can relieve tension
Talk about problems with a trusted individual
Keep a positive outlook
Be a good time manager
Engage in relaxation activities
Utilize support systems

26. B. Good health habits continued
Factors that impact physical health
Diet/nutrition strategies
Weight management
Adequate sleep/rest
Physical fitness/ physical activity
Avoidance of harmful substances (alcohol, drugs, tobacco)
Hygiene/grooming

27. B. Good health habits continued
Benefits of wellness
Looking and feeling good
Improved productivity
Improved safety
Less absenteeism due to illness/injury
Lower health care costs
Increased energy level
Improved self-concept

28. C. Personal motivations and aspirations are likely to change with time and circumstances. (PS3.K3)

29. D. External events often cause life changes. (PS3.K4)
Family Changes
Occupational Changes
Health Changes

30. D. External events often cause life changes continued
Family Changes
Marriage - The legal unions of a man and woman as husband and wife.
Birth or adoption
Family members in need of financial assistance
Aging parents in need of care
Sandwich generation - Group of people who are caring for both their parents and their children.
Death of spouse/family member
Receipt of inheritance
Separation or divorce - The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Boomerang child

31. D. External events often cause life changes continued
Occupational Changes - Changes in job status.
Starting a career
Changing jobs
Starting your own business
Becoming unemployed/laid off/reduction in force - The employment of fewer people.
Being promoted/demoted
Lifelong learning
Transfer

32. D. External events often cause life changes continued
Health Changes
Becoming disabled
Growing older
Chronic/terminal illness
Fitness/diet plans
Smoking/alcohol use

33. Good health habits External events often cause life changes.
Create a tri-foldable with each life change term, have students define in their own words what the change is, examples listed in PowerPoint, then create an illustration of the term.

34. E. Assistance and other resources. (PS3.K5)
School resources
Community resources
Governmental influences pertaining to life roles

35. E. Assistance and other resources continued
School resources
Social services provider
Guidance counselor
Mentor - A trusted advisor
Child nutrition services

36. E. Assistance and other resources continued
Community resources
Department of social services
Mental health
Job/career centers
Employee assistance programs

37. E. Assistance and other resources continued
Governmental influences pertaining to life roles
Family Medical Leave Act
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Medicare/Medicaid
Workers’ Compensation
Unemployment insurance
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Age Discrimination Act of 1992
Americans with Disabilities Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Fair Labor Standards Act

38. F. Adaptability and flexibility when initiating or responding to change. (PS3.K6)
Feedback - A listener’s response that tells a sender that the message is understood.
Criticism - Giving feedback on the merits and faults of something or someone.

39. F. Adaptability and flexibility when initiating or responding to change continued
Feedback
Positive feedback
Negative feedback - Not constructive or helpful.

40. F. Adaptability and flexibility when initiating or responding to change continued
Criticism
Constructive criticism - Criticism that is presented in a way that can help you learn and grow. Ex: “If you lift with your knees instead of your back, you’re less likely to get injured.”
Destructive criticism - Points out faults and directly attacks their owner. Ex: “You’re not trying hard enough.”
Responses to criticism – defensiveness - Putting up an emotional guard against negative opinion.