Biling ingual ual Career eer Explorati oration on Day Salon lon d’exploration d’emplois bilingue ngues
Goal of the Bilingual Career Exploration Day: An opportunity to promote work, volunteer and educational programs to high school students. A chance to inspire soon-to-be graduates and share personal experiences enhanced by bilingualism.
• Event started in 2006. • CPF Nova Scotia has seen over 5,000 students participate. • Dartmouth, Halifax, Sydney, Antigonish and the Annapolis Valley. • Ten career days to date.
Free to students and schools Exhibitors pay a fee to cover the cost of facilities rental, program and promotional items Prize draw items donated by exhibitors.
Originally for students from grade 7-12 Feedback from teachers: “Great event to expose students in grade 7 -9 as they need an introduction to possible career paths.” “Great event to expose students in grade 10 -12 as they change their minds frequently about their career paths.”
Bilingual Career Exploration Day Passport • Great tool to encourage students to interact with exhibitors. • Teachers request the passport in advance to use in conjunction with the curriculum. • Teachers assign students an exhibitor to research or use as the basis for a career research project.
Educational Resources/Hands On Area • Students used resume templates to write up their resume and post it. • Students filled out questionnaires to discover what colour they were and how it related to career paths. • Students completed puzzles on career paths. • Students did a mock interview with a volunteer.
Evolut lution ion of Bilingua ngual Career eer Explo lora ration ion Day Feedback from exhibitors: Large crowds of students were noisy and inhibited meaningful • communication with exhibitors. Students too focused on filling out the passports • Exhibitors wanted to talk with grades 10-12 where they felt that • they would make the most impact.
Speed ed Dating ing Format • Small groups of students sit at exhibitor’s table. • Exhibitors have 5 minutes approximately to make a pitch to the students. • Bell rings and students move to next exhibitor. • Students usually given the choice to meet with any exhibitor for the last 10 minutes of the hour. • Bilingual Career Exploration Day focused on grades 10-12.
Code e of Conduct duct To ensure that the Biling ingual l Career Exploratio oration Day (BCED) ) runs smoothly, all visitors are required to comply with the following Code of Conduct ct. All participating schools must arrive close to the start time of their session. • Each exhibit will have a bilingual adult in attendance for the duration of each • session and students are encouraged to communicate in French. Transportation to and from the BCED is the responsibility of the school. • Any damages to the tables, table dressings or location caused by a student • will be the responsibility of the student’s school. Teachers are responsible for the safety of their students. • CPF Nova Scotia will not be responsible for any lost, stolen or damaged • items. CPF Nova Scotia reserves the right to ask a student to leave the BCED if that • student’s behavior is deemed inappropriate, aggressive or illegal.
Typical schedule: 8:30am-9:00am Set-up • 9:00am-9:05am Welcome/Bienvenue • Discussion with 1 st group of students 9:00am-9:55am • 9:00am-9:55am Workshop with 2nd group of students • 9:55am- 10:05am Break • Discussion with 2 nd group of students 10:05am-11:00am • 10:05am-11:00am Workshop with 1st group of students • 11:00am-11:30am Exhibitor break- Refreshments • Discussion with 3 rd group of students 11:30am-12:25pm • 11:30am-12:25pm Workshop with 4th group of students • 12:25pm- 12:35pm Break • Discussion with 4 th group of students 12:35pm- 1:30pm 12:35pm- 1:30pm Workshop with 3rd group of students 1:30pm-2:00pm Pack-up
Workshop presentations: • What are you passionate about and could this be your career? • How to write a resume. • What is your personality type? • How to start your own summer business. • Student entrepreneurs.
How to recruit exhibitors: • Local Francophone community • Universities and colleges • Businesses that advertise in French newspapers • Federal government departments • Official language champions • Employment agencies • Local community contacts
CPF Career Fair Events across Canada CPF Ontario rio: : Conférenc érence e sur les chemin mins s de la réussite site bilingu ingue e / Pathways ays to Bilingu gual Succes ess Conferenc erence For Core Frenc nch h and Immersion rsion stude dent nts. https://on.cpf.ca/resources/for-educators/pathways-to-bilingual- success-chemins-de-la-reussite-bilingue/
CPF Manito toba: a: An Oppor ortu tunit ity y of a L Lifeti etime me Event nt was for Core French ench and Immersion ersion student dents. s. https://mb.cpf.ca/resources/for-parents/an-opportunity- of-a-lifetime/
• Next Career Day will be held February 22, 2019 at Saint Mary’s University. • Students in French Immersion, French First Language and IB program in grades 10-12.
Bilingual Career Exploration Day 2.0 In 2018: Students had the opportunity to take Language Tasters, 30 minute • introductions to other languages. Workshop that focused on language and technology. • Students had two workshop sessions and more choices of • workshops. In 2019: Ask exhibitors to submit their own resumes, so that students could • use them as resource tools.
Key Points for your Career Fair Event: Set out the goal of your event. Decide on the age group that you want to target. Create a format for the event, but retool it every couple of years. Choose a school bus friendly location. Begin planning your event approx. 6 months in advance.
Key points for Recruiting Exhibitors: • Send out invites to event early with plenty of information for exhibitors. • Contact people to see if they have bilingual person on staff to represent an organization. • Keep knocking on doors and calling people! • Every bilingual person is a potential presenter ☺ • Always carry a business card and chat up your event. • Collect business cards during the year to create a bank of potential exhibitors.
Thank you/Merci! Rebecca Lancaster Executive Director, CPF Nova Scotia cpfexec@ns.cpf.ca QUESTIONS?
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