| 1. | A Career Awareness Week is planned for 20 to 24 October 2014 to strengthen the ability of learners to make informed decisions about their future careers. This is an opportunity for Life Orientation teachers to complete the "World of Work" section of their syllabus. |
| 2. | The target group is Senior Phase learners. |
| 3. | The purpose of the Career Awareness Week is to make learners in Grades 7 to 9 aware of the importance of selecting the correct subjects in Grade 10. During this week schools are encouraged to focus on activities that will guide learners to make informed decisions about their future career pathways. |
| 4. | Life Orientation teachers are encouraged to plan activities for this week that will focus on the world of work. In some instances work given to learners on the World of Work during the course of the year could culminate during this week. |
| 5. | Grade 7
Grade 7 learners could focus on a week-long project that would culminate in a career dress-up activity. This means that in this engagement with their future careers, learners will come to school dressed up to represent their future careers. This activity should take place during Life Orientation periods. See Annexure A for some ideas. |
| 6. | Grade 8
Grade 8 learners should focus on career activities that will enable them to recognise their own strengths, talents, limitations and abilities in particular subjects. See Annexure A for more ideas. |
| 7. | Grade 9
Grade 9 learners are requested to participate in a career guidance exercise, which includes the completion of a Career Self-exploration Questionnaire. The questionnaire is part of the process to prepare Grade 9 learners to choose the correct subjects for Grade 10. The questionnaire was designed by the PACE Career Centre to accelerate the career maturity of learners. Results obtained from this career self-exploration exercise indicated a significant increase in the career maturity levels of participants (Advise and Refer Learners: NQF level 4, 2004). See Annexure B for guidelines on how to complete the questionnaire. Selected schools will receive the self-exploration questionnaire as well as career guidance brochures. Life Orientation teachers are requested to administer the questionnaire to Grade 9 learners and to consult their parents using the career guidance brochures. |
| 8. | For further information about this matter, please contact Mr J Sitzer, Senior Planner: Life Orientation GET, at e-mail address Joey.Sitzer@westerncape.gov.za or telephone number 021 467 2199. |
| 9. | Principals are requested to bring the content of this minute to the attention of all relevant personnel. |
SIGNED: BK SCHREUDER
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: CURRICULUM AND ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT
DATE: 2014:09:16
