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Smart Options Middle School Smart Options Plus High School and Post-Secondary

Smart Options Middle School Smart Options Plus High School and Post-Secondary. Career exploration based on Multiple Intelligences. Theory Howard Gardner, 1983 Frames of the Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences Functionality, utility or value of behavior to society

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Smart Options Middle School Smart Options Plus High School and Post-Secondary

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  1. Smart Options Middle School Smart Options Plus High School and Post-Secondary Career exploration based on Multiple Intelligences

  2. Theory • Howard Gardner, 1983 Frames of the Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences • Functionality, utility or value of behavior to society • Brain organization – brain injuries • Exceptional people – 1 area, underdeveloped in others • Thomas Armstrong, 1993, 7 Kinds of Smart: Identifying and Developing Your Many Intelligences • Daniel Goleman, 1995, Emotional Intelligence

  3. Gardner Armstrong Intelligence Smart Bodily-kinesthetic Body % Interpersonal (IE) People (IE) % Intrapersonal (IE) Self (IE) % Linguistic Word % Logical-mathematical Logic % Musical Music % Naturalist Nature % Spatial Picture %

  4. Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Core Components Self-awareness – knowing what you’re feeling Empathy – knowing what others are feeling Managing your moods – controlling impulses Persistence – staying motivated during difficult circumstances Social skills – leading others, mediating and negotiating

  5. Guiding Principles Intelligence is pluralistic and multi-dimensional Multiple intelligences (MIs) are inherent in all people MIs can be identified and described MIs can be developed and strengthened Everyone has a unique mix of MIs Everyone is entitled to recognize, express and cultivate her/his MIs MIs constantly interact in out motivation, attitudes and behavior Knowledge of one’s MIs enhances self-esteem and self-confidence Knowledge of one’s MIs stimulates self-direction and self-reliance MIs are good bases for exploring life and work options

  6. Step One (5) • Your Smarts • Objectives • Introduce participants to multiple intelligences and help them assess their smart • 1 to 1½ hours • Activities • Discuss changes in the world of work • Explore the concept of intelligence • Introduce the 8 smarts • Participants assess their smarts

  7. Step Two (20) • Thinking Smart • Objectives • Increase familiarity with smarts and explore their role in work settings • 1 to 1½ hours • Activities • Identify the main and secondary smarts in job examples • Identify the relevance of specific smart in example jobs • Explore smarts and life choices

  8. Step Three (26) • Working Your Smarts • Objectives • Help participants generate their Smarts Profiles and research potential careers using their profiles • 1 to 1½ hours (additional research time by participants) • Activities • Participants create their Smarts Profiles • Identifying possible career paths based on smarts • Converting occupational profiles to smart profiles

  9. Step Four (31) • Building Your Smarts • Objectives • Participants learn that awareness of smarts enhances employability and capacity to adapt in all aspects of life • Participants learn that smarts can be developed and strengthened • ½ to 1 hour • Activities • Discuss advantages of seeing oneself in terms of smarts • Review strategies for building smarts

  10. Step Five (41) • Smart Resumes • Objectives • Participants learn how to create resumes that show they have the smarts, the skills, the knowledge and the ability to perform the job. • ½ to 1 hour • Activities • Developing a Smart File • Targeted resumes • Bringing values • The Cover Letter

  11. Step Six (49) • Smart Interviews • Objectives • Participants learn how to prepare for a smart and successful interview • ½ to 1 hour • Activities • Discuss the outcomes and objectives of employment interviews • Preparing for the interview • Tips for performing well during the interview • Follow-up after the interview • Tips for building a network

  12. Prices Smart Options Smart Options Plus Grade 6-8 Grade 9 – Post-seconadry Facilitator’s Guide Facilitator’s Guide $14.95 each $14.95 each Student’s Resource Participants Smart Book Book $4.00 each $3.00 each For more information or to order: 1-888-533-5386 info@lifework.ca

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