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Empowered to Take Off!

CAREER GUIDANCE PROGRAM

Teacher’s Manual

(As of August 30, 2017)

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Topic: Ready to Take Off!

Introduction:
Congratulations, your learners are now ready to create their Lifelong Learning Plan
and to conduct personal and career development activities that will help them grow and
advance in their life and career!
From the previous module, your learners identified the rights and responsibilities of
the employees and employers. They also learned the importance of work values and work
ethics in becoming successful in one’s chosen career, and evaluated extrinsic and intrinsic
motivation for sustainable work satisfaction.
In this final module, you will guide your learners to conduct their career development
gap analysis and develop their lifelong learning plan. Your learners should be aware that their
lifelong learning plan will determine the kind of citizens they will be in the future. They will
also be asked to write their original career philosophy expressing their love and passion in
their chosen career.
Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for exciting and challenging tasks ahead of you!
Time Allotment: 120 Minutes
Motivation 15 minutes
Main Activity 25 minutes
Lecturette 20 minutes
Application 35 minutes
Reflection 15 minutes
Evaluation 10 minutes

Materials:
 Computer/Laptop
 LCD Projector
 MS PPT Presentation
 Runway Mystery Words Game – Interactive PPT
 Career Destination Plot
 Lifelong Learning Plan Worksheet
 Letter to My Future Self Worksheet
 Meta strips (blue, red, and yellow)
 Crayons/colored pens/pentel pens
 Masking tapes
 White cartolina/manila paper
 Markers and Pencils
 Grade 11 Goal Setting Activity Sheet
 Module 5 Mission Statement
 Video Clip of Quotations
 6 copies of Airplane templates for the Reflection Activity

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I. Objectives:

At the end of this module, the learners are expected to:

1. Identify lifelong learning strategies to grow in a chosen career
2. Create a Lifelong Learning Plan
3. Express love and passion to one’s chosen career

II. Motivation: (15 minutes)

MS PowerPoint Interactive Game
Runway Word Puzzle: Help Gio to take off from the runway by unscrambling the
mystery words:

LEVEL 5 C R E R E A D A N V C E A N E M T

LEVEL 4 F E I L L N O G L E N I N A G R

LEVEL 3 G P A N A L S I S A Y

LEVEL 2 G H I N C O C A

LEVEL 1 G L O A

Note: In case, computers and projectors are not available to play this game, the
teacher is encouraged to prepare an improvised instructional material for this activity
or write the letters of the mystery words on the board.
Process Questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
I find the activity interesting and it motivate me to focus on the lesson
2. What do these mystery words mean to you?
It means to me that I need to have a progress in life I need goals to have a
successful life
3. Do you think that you can further grow or progress after landing a job, having a
vocation or establishing a business? How?
I plan to study more to grow my knowledge about TVL

III. Main Activity: (25 Minutes)

My Career Destination Plot

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Note: Before the activity, the teacher will draw the Career Destination Plot (see
Appendix ___ on Manila Paper/Cartolina using a pentel pen)
Procedure:
Instruct the learners to review their Grade 11 Module 8 Goal-Setting Activity output
and assess their accomplishments vis-à-vis their target goals. This will lead them to
acknowledge their shortcomings and encourage them to desire knowing other lifelong
learning strategies, which they will need upon they exit Senior High School and grow
in their chosen careers and lives.

Sequence of the activity:

1. Give back the Grade 11 Module 8 Goal-Setting activity sheets to their respective
owners.
2. Instruct the learners to take a look at their Grade 11 Module 8 Goal-Setting
Activity Sheets and review their long-term, mid-term, and short-term goals.
3. Distribute 3 meta-strips (1 blue, 1 red and 1 yellow) to each of the learners.
4. Instruct the learners to write on the blue meta strip the goals which they have
already accomplished since they targeted them in Grade 11; on the red meta-strip
the goals which they were not able to accomplish but which they think they really
need to accomplish in 1to 5 years; and on the yellow meta-strip those goals
which they still want to pursue in 6 to 20 years. Inform them that they are allotted
10 minutes for this activity. Mount the Career Destination Plot on the board/wall.
Instruct the learner to post all their blue meta-strips at the bottom area labelled
designated for achieved goals; the red meta-strips at the middle area labeled
with 1-5 years target and the yellow meta-strips at the topmost area.
Career Destination Plot

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Process Questions
After the activity, ask the learners the following questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
I find it interesting and it help me to think about my future
2. What percent of your short-term goals did you already accomplish? Enumerate
these goals.
*Finishing the 3rd grading period with good grades.
*Answering all the module on time
3. What short-term goals were you not able to accomplish yet? What midterm and
long-term goals do you still want to pursue?
*Study Hotel Restaurant Management to pursue my dream being a chef
4. What realization do you have now after comparing your accomplishment with
your set target? (To deepen their realization on the lifelong learning gaps which
they need to fill-in, and connect them to the next activity, ask the students to
choose their pair and discuss question number 5 in 5 minutes.)
*I need to be more focus on my goal to achieve it
5. Aside from your reflected career goals, what other goals do you want to achieve in
your spiritual, personal, and social life? Do you think you already possess all the
lifelong learning skills you need to truly succeed and advance in life and career?
(Make this question as a springboard to the lecturette).
*I need more knowledge to pursue the career that I chose that why I choose to
study more and gain more knowledge to achieve my dream

IV. Lecturette: (20 Minutes)

Lifelong Learning Strategies

Now that you are very certain about your preferred life and career, you might
wonder, what is next after landing on your dream job or getting your desired
profession or vocation? Learning should never stop once you became employed, you
need to continuously improve and undergo lifelong learning activities that can help
you grow in your chosen profession and reach your ultimate career goal. Lifelong
learning is composed of different strategies or activities that can help you improve
continuously in knowledge, skills and other competencies that are important in your
life and career. Lifelong learning strategies include, but are not limited to the
following programs or activities:

1. Graduate school programs (e.g. Master of Science in Criminal Justice,

Master in Business Administration, and Doctorate Courses)
2. Adult learning courses, distance education programs, and online
webinars (e.g. TESDA Online Courses, UP Open University and
Livelihood Trainings)
3. On-campus training events (e.g. seminars, workshops, special speakers, etc.)

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4. Off-campus conferences, conventions, and workshops (e.g. National

Conferences for Educators, Nurse Practitioner Conference, and others)
5. A personal structured reading plan focused on a particular area of
development (e.g. Reading plan for improving leadership skills)
6. Mentoring or coaching by immediate supervisors/managers
7. An in-house action research project.
8. Social networking (e.g. LinkedIn)

The Lifelong Learning Plan

It is a human nature to desire progress. According to Victor Lipman of Forbes,
the possibility for “career advancement is an especially powerful job motivator.
Writing a plan on how you want to progress in your career will give you a clear path
on how you can grow in your chosen life and career.
For you to grow and become successful in your own chosen life and career
path you need to develop a plan for your advancement. Lifelong Learning Plan is a
written plan that will serve as a road map to your voluntary, ongoing and self-
motivated pursuit of development for either personal or professional growth. You
need to set goals for your improvement, set time frames to accomplish these goals and
identify resources and key persons that can help you achieve these goals.

The Three Aspects of Your Lifelong Learning Plan

The career aspect will give you a structure on career advancement that will
guide you on the things that you need to do and to go where you want to go in your
career, like your transition from entry-level position to managerial position. In the
social aspect of your LLP, you will be guided on how to establish social linkages in
your career and expand your network. While in the personal aspect, you will identify
key areas for personal growth and will make you prepared for important transitions in
life, like setting a plan to marry and have your own family. This is based on the notion
that your personal life may affect your career and vice-versa.
Process Questions:
1. What are the different lifelong learning activities that you can undergo to
continuously grow in your chosen career and life?
*Studying Hotel Restaurant Management will help me to achieve my dream
2. Why do you think it is necessary to conduct Career Gap Analysis in creating your
Lifelong Learning Plan?
*It helps me to decide may career and help me to focus on my dream
3. What is Lifelong Learning Plan? How can it help you as a graduating student?
*It is for me to grow and achieve my dream being a human being. It helps me to
chose the career path that I chosen

V. Application: (35 Minutes)

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At this time, the learners already have preferred SHS curriculum exit and clear career
roadmap on how they want to progress in their chosen career and life. For this
activity, the learners will create their Lifelong Learning Plan.
Give each learner the copy of Lifelong Learning Plan Worksheet found in Appendix
___.
MY LIFELONG LEARNING PLAN
Name: ____________________________________
Track and Strand: ___________________________________
Though there is no prescribed procedure in creating a Lifelong Learning Plan,
the following are the suggested steps that one can undertake to come up with an
effective career progression plan:
1. Start by identifying your areas of improvement
After being employed or hired in your desired profession or vocation, you can
still advance in that career and aspire to reach a higher status. The initial step
is to identify areas of improvement in knowledge, skills, competencies, and
values that you need to prioritize in achieving your career goals. This can be
done through a Career Gap Analysis, wherein you will compare your current
situation to your career goals, then describe what you need to accomplish in
order to achieve them.

Below is how you should accomplish your Gap Analysis:

Life and Career Aspects Goal Current Gap
Situation Description
Career/Position/Designation To become a Grade 12 I need BS
(Refer to Module 4 Secondary School HUMMS and at least
Worksheet) Principal student Master’s
degree
education
while earning
the work
experience
required

A. Career Aspects
1. Career To possess Zero I need to
Knowledge/Information relevant knowledge acquire
knowledge in in school information
school managemen about school
management t management
2. Career To be a good I am I need to have
Skills/Experience leader serving as more

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Class Vice- leadership

President experiences
B. Social To establish I have I need to link
Values/Networking connections with savings but with agencies/
Aspect (Refer to agencies or I know it people that can
Module 6 Worksheet) organizations wouldn’t be provide
enough for scholarship or
my financial help
schooling for my studies
C. Personal Values Aspect To be more I usually I need to learn
(Refer to Module 6 and organize and cram before how to use time
7 Worksheets) improve my time exams and management
management skill submissions tools and
strategies to
and my
organize my
room is in stuff
total mess

2. Set objectives based on your gap analysis

Remember that goals and objectives must be SMART, which means specific,
measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound. Restate your gap
description into objective as shown below.
Gap Description Objectives
I need to acquire the qualifications To be appointed as Secondary
for Principal I by finishing my BS School Principal I after 12 years.
and Master’s degree education while
earning the work experience
required.

3. Write your plans to bridge the gap.

Now, let us work with the main part of your Lifelong Learning Plan. The
objectives that you set will bridge the gap in your career progression.
However, to ensure the accomplishment of these objectives, you need to
identify lifelong learning activities, key persons and resources involved in
achieving your life and career goals. It is also important to make your

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objectives time-bound and set mode of verification as proof of your

objectives’ attainment:

Gap Bridging Plan

Objectives Lifelong Resources Time Mode of
Learning Frame Verification
Strategies Persons Materials/
(Proof of
Financial
Accomplishment)
To be -Traditional Parents, Scholarship 2018- Appointment
relatives, s
appointed as tertiary and 2027 Paper as
teachers, P100,000
Secondary graduate Principal I
Principal I education guidance
after 12 counselo
years r

To fill in the lifelong learning activities or strategies column, you can choose
from the list of lifelong learning strategies discussed in this module, the best
activity that will close the gap between your career goals and your present
realities.
No man is an island, the cliché goes. To achieve your career goals, you need
key persons that can help you accomplish your objectives for personal and
career development. Your family, friends, colleagues, mentors or coaches,
department heads, supervisors, even spiritual or financial advisers can actually
be part of the key persons involved in your career development.
Career advancement is also an investment, you need to allot financial or
materials resources to accomplish doable tasks that will help you achieve
your set objectives.
Your LLP should be time bound, setting time frame for each objective to
accomplish will somehow help you monitor your progress and achieve your
goals on time.
Mode of verification is an actual evidence of your outcome after doing a
particular lifelong learning activity. It can be a certificate of participation in a
training or workshop, a coaching or mentoring form, or Transcript of Records
after finishing your Master’s degree.
For sample output, refer to Appendix __.

VI. Reflection: (15 minutes)

My Career Philosophy
Note: Before the activity, have 6 copies of the airplane template (refer to Appendix
___). Cut out the airplane figures according to the number of members in every group.

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Procedure
Let the class go over their written mission
statement in Module 5. Show the video clip of
compiled quotations on career and success to
set the tone. In case, computer and projector are
not available, the teacher is encouraged to
prepare an improvised instructional material for
this activity or write the quotations on the
board.
Ask a volunteer to pick one quote and share their thoughts in a sentence. Lead
the class in writing their own career philosophy.
Ask the learners to group themselves into 6. Cut out parts of airplane
equivalent to the number of members in every group. Distribute the airplane cutouts
and present the sample career philosophy and the blank template to the class. Ask
them to write their career philosophies on the cutout given to each, following the
template guide. Let each group put together all the airplane puzzle cutouts and post
them on the wall. Tell them that the plane’s cockpit should be facing upward as what
they want their career to be soaring up high.

“Together with others, everyone has a mission to fulfill somewhere,

somehow in this wide world.”

My Career Philosophy
As a Chef, I know this profession is challenging.

I have set out on a path in food industry knowing I can be successful in this
goal.

I believe that to succeed in being a good chef you must have/possess

creativity, commitment, intuition, leadership and mentorship.

I believe in the saying that, “No one is born a Great Chef, one Learns by
doing” that is why I will Do my best to Learn how to be a great Chef.

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My Career Philosophy
As a 21st century teacher. I know this profession is challenging.
 I have set out on a path in teaching field knowing I can make a difference in

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VII. Evaluation: (10 minutes)

Write a Letter to Your Future Self

Procedure: After setting a clear path of career progression through their Lifelong
Learning Plan, the learners will write a letter about their future self, five years
from now. Instruct the students to consider the following questions in writing their
letters. They can use their mother tongue language to feel more comfortable in
expressing themselves:

1. What do I like about myself right now? (Ano ano ang mga katangiang meron ako
na gusto ko?)
2. What are the things that I need to improve in my life right now? (Ano ang mga
katangiang kailangan ko pang paunlarin?)
3. What are the things that I should have accomplished after five years? (Ano anong
mga layunin ang dapat na nakamit ko na limang taon mula ngayon?)
4. What are the goals and dreams that I want to achieve in my career and life? (Ano
ano ang aking mga pangarap at layunin sa aking karera at buhay?)
5. Why am I passionate about my chosen career and life? (Bakit lubos kong nais ang
aking napiling karera?)

Example:

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Sulat Para sa Aking Sarili sa Hinaharap

Mahal kong Gio,
Gusto kita kasi ikaw ay masikap sa iyong pag-aaral. Hinahangaan
ka ng iyong mga kamag-aral at guro, dahil sa iyong husay sa
pakikipagtalastasan. Gayunman, kung may isang bagay na dapat mo pang
paunlarin, ito ay ang iyong pag-sasaayos ng mga gawain at time
management. Sana, ngayon ay isa ka ng Master Teacher sa isang
pampublikong paaralan, na gumagabay sa mga mag-aaral ng ika-21 siglo
gamit ang mga makabago at epektibong pamamaraan ng pagtuturo. Alam
ko na mahal mo ang propesyong ito, dahil naniniwala ka na mahalaga ang
gampanin ng guro sa paghubog sa mga kabataan, upang sila ay magkaroon
ng magandang kinabukasan.

Sumasaiyo,
Gio Alonzo
12-HUMSS-A

Sulat Para sa Aking Sarili sa Hinaharap

Mahal kong Cura,
Hinahangaan kita Cura dahil sa iyong lubos na kasipagan sa pag
aaral at ikaw ay nag susumikap na makamit ang iyong mga pangarap. Ang
kailangan mo pang paulanrin ay ang iyong pagiging matiyaga sa mga
Gawain at pagiging Focus sa mga bagay. Alam ko na isa ka ng ganap na
Chef ngayon sa isang sikat na Restaurant. Alam ko na mahal mo ang
ginagawa mo dahil yan ang pangarap mo at pinaghirapan mong
makamtam. Ako ay lubos na humahanga sayo kaya sana ay pag butihan
mo pa ang magandang ginagawa mo.

Sumasaiyo,
Cura
12-TVL-A

VIII. Agreement:
Procedure:

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1. Ask the learners to implement at least one task identified from Lifelong
Learning Plan (LLP). The teacher-adviser should coordinate with the work-
immersion teacher to track down the learners’ records in Work Immersion
Monitoring and Evaluation Tool (Annex F in DO no. 30, s. 2017), coaching
and mentoring data and special tasks and trainings.
2. After completing the eight modules for this career guidance program, ask them
to compile all the worksheets from Module 1 to 8 and add these to their Career
Guidance Program Portfolio. The teacher-adviser should collect the portfolio
for evaluation. Return the portfolios to the learners for continuous
guidance/coaching for career and life progression.

Session 1
Activity Worksheet 1.1: My Occupational Interest
Activity Worksheet 1.2: Bio-Data/Activity Worksheet 1.3: Business Permit/
Activity Worksheet 1.4: College Application Form/ Activity Worksheet 1.5:
TESDA National Certification
Activity Worksheet 1.6: My Entry Point in the Exit
Activity Worksheet 1.7: My Meaningful Exit from Senior High School
Activity Worksheet 1.4: My Plan to Exit

Session 2
Activity Worksheet 2.1: Let’s Make It Work
Activity Worksheet 2.2: Hierarchy of C’s
Activity Worksheet 2.3: Shaping Up Slip

Session 3
Activity Worksheet 3.1: Career Analysis Profile

Session 4
Activity Worksheet 4.1: Informational Interview Template
Activity Worksheet 4.2: Worksheet for Reflection (Trail)
Activity Worksheet 4.3: Career Road Map
Activity Worksheet 4.4: Worksheet for Evaluation (Male and Female Shoes)

Session 5
Activity Worksheet 5.1: Sample Worksheet for Personal Statement
Activity Worksheet 5.2: Picture for 5-Minute Misyon

Session 6

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Activity Worksheet 6.1: Mine Me (Alternative Activity: Fix Me)

Activity Worksheet 6.2: Side A, Side B
Activity Worksheet 6.3: Re-Routing Values
Activity Worksheet 6.4: Look Ahead

Session 7
Activity Worksheet 7.1: Transition
Activity Worksheet 7.2: Version of Me. 2.0

Session 8
Activity Worksheet 8.1: Lifelong Learning Plan
Activity Worksheet 8.2: My Career Philosophy
Activity Worksheet 8.3: Letter to My Future Self

References:
 Department of Education and Science. Learning for Life: Paper on Adult
Education. Dublin: Stationery Office. 2000 [cited 10 August 2017]. Available
from <http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED471201.pdf>.
 Garver, Louise. How to Develop a Personal/Professional Development Plan
(PDP) [Online]. 2017 [cited 10 August 2017]. Available from: <
https://careerdirectionsllc.com/develop-management-development-plan/>.
 Lipman, Victor. The Motivational Value of Clear Career Paths [Online]. 2013
[cited 10 August 2017]. Available from:
<https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/10/19/the-motivational-
value-of-clear-career-paths/#271a93c247f3>.
 Waddle, Greg. A Guide for Writing a Professional Development Plan. Mid-
South Christian College. April (2009): 1-5.

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