Guiding Student Choices
As an educator, you do so much more than teach students subject matter. Your role also includes guiding young people to make positive choices for their future. In this section, you will find ways to help you equip your students with tools to plan their future.
High school students need to make decisions to determine their career path. To do that, they need to know their personal strengths, skills and interests. You can help guide them through self-assessment by directing them to Is IT for me? in the student section of this site.
Students are invited to Explore your skills to gain insight into:
You can help them understand their findings and get the most out of their experience by using the Self-assessment Tools & Exercises such as outlining personal history, identifying personality traits, values, interests, work values, and strengths and weaknesses.
They can Find a school at Uni-Search-ITy, an online database featuring a searchable listing of Canadian schools offering IT programs.
Students also learn What will my education cost? and can explore various ways of Paying for education including:
By helping students see the career and educational choices open to them, you will put them in a position to make intelligent choices.
The student site also encourages students to Find your place in IT.
They can be guided to explore:
We present the industry as it is – good and bad. Students will learn that:
- for the most part post-secondary education is a safer route to success
- employers expect employees to keep upgrading their skills
- the right attitude is of great value
- the course choices they make now affect their future prospects
- flexibility and versatility will stand them in good stead whatever they choose
- communication skills are invaluable in today’s complex and interdependent world
- knowing their own potential is more important to their career choices than trying to anticipate employment trends
One of the largest myths about computers and information technology is that it’s all about programming. There are so many opportunities in IT that are not programming based. IT includes occupations such as project manager and business analyst and web architect. It crosses industries, from finance to education to health. As a result, IT knowledge and experience is becoming a necessity more than a hobby. DiscoverIT.org explores some recognized IT careers: the level of experience and schooling required and the range of salaries in those careers.