Career Guidance Manual, Grade 12

Teacher’s Guide

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Introduction
These modules entitled “Version of Me 2.0” and “Ready to Take Off!’ refer to an
individual like you who is discovering the real version of what you wanted to become
that can be awesome in your own way and able to manifest greatness in pursuing
your lifelong career. It is a transition from school to the curriculum exits that you will
plan for the future job that you will be productive and persistently sustain in the real
world of work.

In order to figure out how learners like you will work, we will help you understand
who you are and how well you function. This will be a great help to be aware and be
guided on what you want to become, who you want to be, and know where to begin.
What traits do you possess that you can be proud of? No matter where you are or what
moment you are in, let us take this module and learn things forward together.

(Ang modyul na ito na pinamagatang "Version of Me 2.0" at “Ready to Take Off” ay

tumutukoy sa mag-aaral tulad minyo na tinutuklas ang tunay na Bersyon ng Aking Sarili 2.0.
Ito ay maaaring maging kamangha-mangha sa inyong sariling paraan sapagkat maipapakita
nito kung paano ninyo matunghayan ang paghahangad ng inyong habambuhay na karera. Ito
ay isang pagbabago mula sa paaralan hanggang sa plano mo pagkatapos ng high school. Ito
ang tunay na bersyon ng gustong makamit na karera sa hinaharap.

Para malaman kung paano ka makikipagtulungan sa pagsagot, dapat maunawaan

natin kung sino kayo at saan kayo mahusay. Malaking tulong ito para sa inyo na malaman at
magabayan sa nais ninyong kahinatnan, kung sino ang gusto niyong kahinatnan, at malaman
kung saan magsisimula. Anong mga katangian ang mayroon kayo na maaari ninyong
ipagmalaki? Saan ka man naroon o anumang sandali ang mga ito, hayaan nating sama-sama
nating gawin ang modulong ito at matuto ng mga bagay-bagay nang sama-sama.)

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 7 Version of Me 2.0

Introduction

This module entitled “Version of Me 2.0” refers to the individual like you who
is discovering the real Version of Me 2.0. You should understand who you are and
how you can perform through this module which will guide on what you want to
become. Let this module take you further and learn things forward together.

I. Main Activity (20 minutes)

The main activity is based on the motivational activity and from the modules
in Grade 10 and Grade 11. This activity focuses mainly on the process of
transition of the learners from school to the four curriculum exits and possible
workplace that corresponds to their curriculum exit. This is taking into the hands
of the learners the realities they have to face once they set into the real world of
work. In the realm of work, learners will have to recognize work ethics and work
values they have to imbibe, including improving their personality in order to
succeed in whatever career they pursue.

Rationale

Our hands are very important parts of our body. The hands symbolize how
an individual works. A lot of memories are found in our hands, just like a scar
somewhere in the finger that reminds you of a time when you were chopping wood
for fire, or helping your mother prepare for dinner. Or it may be a scar from heated
oil that scratched your hand while frying fish. It may also be a callous on the hand
that reminds you how hardworking you are, such as when you go farming, wash
clothes, and do household chores for your family.

The brain serves as the master that the hand may follow (doer). This
simply states that our hand acts what the brain commands as both are working
together. As such, an individual should have balance in work ethics and in work
values to achieve success in life.

Procedure:
1. Each learner shall be provided with a piece of paper
2. Learners observe their two hands and choose which hand represent
him/her the most. Is it the right hand or the left hand?
3. On the bond paper, they trace the hand they chose
4. Have learners draw symbols:

On the SMALL FINGER: Draw a symbol that represents your present

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 track/strand/specialization (Grade 12).
Sample drawing for Academic: A nurse’s cap because the learner wants
to become a Nurse, a Stethoscope because the learner wants to become
a Physician/Doctor.
Sample drawing for TVL: Hammer, Ladder, Bread, Cake and many more

On the RING FINGER: Draw a symbol that represents your Job immersion.
Sample drawing for Academic: Drawing of a Hospital, Building, Bank,
Orphanage Center, Accounting Firm, Shopping Mall and many more
Sample drawing for TVL: Electrical Store, Construction site, Bakery,
Beauty House or Salon and many more

On the MIDDLE FINGER: Draw a symbol that represents your career exit
(Kolehiyo, Trabaho, Negosyo and Skills and Development Center).
Sample drawing for Academic: Drawing of a Business building, Bridge,
Road
Sample drawing for TVL: Academic: Drawing of a Hospital, Building,
Bank

On the POINT FINGER: Draw a symbol that represents your future job.
Sample drawing for Academic: An injection for a nurse, a stethoscope for
a Physician, high rise building for Engineering, Hospital, Bank Orphanage
Sample drawing for TVL: Drawing of an Electrical Store, Construction
site, Bakery, Beauty House or Salon

On the THUMB: Draw a symbol of your contribution to the society in relation

to your future job (success-like story).
Sample drawing of Academic: The heart and the family―because the
nurse helps by taking care and helps sustain the life of one sick individual
in the family.
Sample drawing for TVL: Drawing of good food for a healthy lifestyle by
a chief cook

On the PALM AREA: Draw a symbol that represents your Career

Motivational Goal; (strength and sustainability/holding on)
Sample drawing of Academic: Drawing of a heart that symbolizes life “as
long as there is a heart beating…life must go on” by a Physician and
Nurse.
Sample drawing for TVL: Drawing of a Go, Glow and Glow food that gives
strength to an individual.

On the WRIST AREA: Draw a symbol that sustains you in the current
track/strand/specialization (connection and sustainability strength and
responsibility)
Sample drawing for Academic: Drawing of a Cross symbolizes “My
Creator” that means “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life;” in the ups
and downs of your life, you are sustained by prayers and you keep
moving forward positively until success comes.
Sample drawing for TVL: Construction material/tools needed in the
construction company, where tools are very much valued by the workers.

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Sample Activity Worksheet 2: Transition Worksheet Analysis on Curriculum
Exits “My Hand Version 2.0”

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Activity Worksheet 3: “My Hand Version 2.0”

Directions: Do the activity by following the aforementioned procedures.

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II. Activity (10 minutes)

Academic Transition Work Sheet Analysis: Curriculum Exit

Name:
Future Job:

Options to consider:

Right and responsibilities of my future CHOSEN CAREER:

Rights and Responsibilities of the employer:

Duties and Responsibilities of the EMPLOYER:

Processing Questions:
1. How did you find yourself in the chosen career in relation to the expected duties
and responsibilities?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

2. Being aware of your chosen career, name at least three you consider your work
principles.
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

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3. What/Who do you think motivates you to pursue your career goal? Can you
explain how?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

III. Lecturette (30 minutes)

“A life that not lived for others is not a life.” – Mother Teresa

The activity “My Hand Version 2.0” has something to do with the individual’s life,
the learner’s future career. The symbolic hand interprets how the individual works. The
realization of the learners chosen career with its work ethics, work values and
personality that fits him/her to their career goal.
In the future workplace, it is important for the learner to know the duties
and responsibilities of both employees and employers. (Refer to appendices 1
and 2.)

As the learner experiences education from the school, his interest is in future
career progresses. According to Gestalt, (here and now theory) the experience
of the learner has a strong influence that he could learn and develop his work
ethics and work values in the process of learning specific knowledge and skills
towards his chosen career. These are the factors that employers are looking for
in an applicant (learner). Aside from the intellectual part of the learner, another
important aspect to consider in the lifelong career planning is the personality of
the learner.

The learner’s personality is an asset not only in the future workplace, but in
everyday living. Most employers highlight “pleasing personality” from an
applicant. Personality is progressive and developmental. The personality of the
learner has been recognized from Module 1 to Module 6. And as the modules
progress, the learner’s personality also improves as it is enhanced in every
module. Whether the learner will decide to be employed, pursue college degree,
make a business, or just stop moving forward for career advancement, that
learner has his own unique personality.

Personality Development essentially means enhancing and grooming one’s

outer and inner self to bring about a positive change to one’s life. Each individual
has a distinct persona that can be developed, polished and refined.

Improving personality and Image is a reproduction or a mental picture of you

as seen as others. People react to you based on the way you present yourself,
the way you look, speak and behave. If you act defensively, you invite attacks. If
you act strong and confident, people will respond to you with respect and
deference (Santos, 1984). Some Filipino men and women generally appear
overly modest and shy. Instead of behaving assertively, they behave too
submissively, they let the situation appear to be controlling them.

According to the study of Bencsik, et al., on the relationship between

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 motivation and personality type, it is proven that there is a significant relationship
between the known and accepted (attractive) goal of work, its value and employee
satisfaction. These relations are factors that reinforce intrinsic motivation.
It is significant to note that the factors that the learners have considered in
planning for life and career such as the goal motivators of the learner have to be
recognized since these are the aspects that could lead him to his career success
and eventually address the needs of the society or could halt him from advancing
his career and fail to meet the needs of the society.

Here are some factors that made the learners what they are now: Where are
they from, the city or a small town in a province? What were their past
experiences, particularly in the family? The way they respond to people is a result
of the way they respond to their family members specially their parents in their
formative years.

The learners in this module would recognize their motivators as intrinsic and
extrinsic motivators in order to move forward to the next level and even to sustain
their lifelong career goals. Intrinsic motivators are internal variables within the
individual that give rise to motivation and behavior. Example is the Maslow’s
hierarchy of needs theory.

According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, an individual first have

to satisfy the basic psychological needs (food, shelter and clothing) before the
individual takes the second step up to the next need level which is Safety and
Security, then the need for Belongingness (to love and to be loved), the need for
Esteem (Self-esteem) and Self-actualization which is the highest need of a
person.

A process motivator emphasizes the nature of the interaction between the

individual and the environment. Examples of valued outcomes in the workplace
include pay increases and bonuses, promotions, time off, new assignments,
recognition, and many more.

Another external motivator to consider which focuses on environmental

elements to explain behavior is the motivator itself. Motivators are more
concerned with the actual job itself. For instance, how interesting the work is
and how much opportunity it gives for extra responsibility, recognition and
promotion. According to Herzberg, hygiene factors are factors that ‘surround the
job’ rather than the job itself. For example, a worker will only turn up to work if a
business has provided a reasonable level of pay and safe working conditions
but these factors will not make him work harder at his job once he is there.

The individual in the society is the learner who carries with him/her the
factors that will enable him/her to fit to the needs of the society. The learner’s
factors are his/her work values, skills, knowledge, personal qualities, enhanced
personality, work ethics and not limited to friendliness, approachable,
genuineness, warmth and many more. An individual develops and functions
within the environmental context.

It is also important to note that as the learners move forward to their career
goals they need to recognize their own core work values and work ethics as well
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 as recognizing other learners work values and work ethics to work harmoniously
as one team (senior high school). The learners will encounter themselves in the
same situation as they exit to work, to have a business, to college, to middle
career job and even if they halt to advance their career. The learners have already
learned how to cope and adjust themselves with the changing career
environment.
The process of this module is for the leaners’ goal is to recognize one’s
knowledge, skills, qualities (personality), values (personal values) and workethics
is to get the desired career goal and to learn how to sustain in his/her desired
curriculum exits to be able to address to the need of the community and to the
society as well.
It is important to note that, while the learners’ work values play an essential
role in their career choice, they should not consider them in isolation. Learners
may also look at their other traits including personality type, interests and
aptitudes. When learners find themselves in a better job that success anst equals
better success and satisfaction that sustain them in the position (Frank Parson,
1908).
Version of Me 2.0 then is a process that the learner will become ready not
just in the workplace but in everyday encounter. The learner then is ready to fit
himself into an organization. Consider the My Version 2.0 – will now be a
marketable person with a lifelong career.

IV. Reflection: Version of Me 2.0 – Progression Sheet (15 minutes)

Directions:
1. Learners will have a worksheet of the My Version 2.0 (feet).
2. On the left foot, learners will list things (traits & values) about his/her old self
that he/she needs to change to get ready for the chosen career.
3. On the middle between the left and right feet, the learner will write his/her
motivational mantra to move on. Ex. “Go! Fight! Win!”
4. On the right, learners will list new traits and values to accept, embrace, and
improve to get ready for the chosen career.

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 Version of Me 2.0 – Progression Sample Sheet

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Version of Me 2.0 – Progression Sheet

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References
Personality – Positive Work Ethics, http://personality.pl/?id=75
Books:
Bolles, Richard Nelson. 2009. What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical
Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, Ten Speed Press,
Berkeley/Toronto.
Stone, Raymond J., John Wiley & Sons. 2006. Managing Human Resources, 1st
Edition 2006, Australia, Ltd., 42 Mc Pongal Street, Old 4064.
Santos, 1984. Personality for Today’s Young Professional Personality and Work
Values,
Bencsik, Andrea, et al. 2016. The Relation Between Motivation & Personality
Types. International Business Management, 10: 183-193. URL:
http://medwelljournals.com/abstract/?doi=ibm.2016.183.193.

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 8 Ready to Take Off!

I. 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.)
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 life and career 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.

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 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, 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 will affect your career.

Process Questions
1. What are the different lifelong learning activities that you can undergo to
continuously grow in your chosen life and career?

2. Why do you think it is necessary to conduct Career Gap Analysis in creating

your Lifelong Learning Plan?

3. What is Lifelong Learning Plan? How can it help you as a graduating

student?

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II. Application (20 Minutes)

My Lifelong Learning Plan

Name:
Track and Strand:

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 compareyour
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 HUMMS and at least
Worksheet) School student master’s
Principal degree
education
while
earning the
work
experience
required

A. Career Aspects
1. Career To possess Zero I need to
Knowledge/ relevant knowledge in acquire
Information knowledge inn school information
school management about School
management Management

2. Career To be a good I am serving I need to

Skills/Experience leader as Class Vice- have more
President leadership
experiences

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 B. Social To establish I have savings I need to
Values/Networki connections but I know it link with
ng Aspect (Refer with agencies wouldn’t be agencies/
to Module 6 or enough for my people that
Worksheet) organizations schooling can provide
scholarship
or financial
help for my
studies

C. Personal Values To improve I need eye I need to

Aspect (Refer to personality make-up skill acquire skill
Module 6 and 7 through in eye
Worksheets ) personal make-up
grooming application

Life and Career Aspects Goal Current Gap

Situation Description

Career/Position/Designation
(Refer to Module 4
Worksheet)

A. Career Aspects
1. Career
Knowledge/
Information

2. Career
Skills/Experience

B. Social
Values/Networki
ng Aspect (Refer
to Module 6
Worksheet)

C. Personal Values
Aspect (Refer to
Module 6 and 7
Worksheets )

2. Set objectives based on your gap analysis

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 Restate your gap description into objectives. 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 BS and at least master’s To be appointed as Secondary

degree education while earning the School Principal I after 12 years
work experience required

Gap Description Objectives

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 career and life goals. It is also important to make your
objectives time-bound and set mode of verification as proof of your objectives’
attainment:

Gap Bridging Plan

Objective Lifelong Resources Time Mode of

s Learning Fram Verification
Strategies Persons Materials/ e (Proof of
Financial Accom-
plishment)

To be Traditional Parents, Scholarship 2018- Appointment

appointed tertiary and relatives, s P100,000 2027 Paper as
as graduate teachers, Principal I
Secondary education guidance
Principal I counselor
after 12
years

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 Gap Bridging Plan

Objective Lifelong Resources Time Mode of

s Learning Fram Verification
Strategies Persons Materials/ e (Proof of
Financial Accom-
plishment)

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 plan 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.

III. Agreement

Session 1
Activity Worksheet 1.1:
Activity Worksheet 1.2:
Activity Worksheet 1.3:

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 Session 2
Activity Worksheet 2.1:
Activity Worksheet 2.2:
Activity Worksheet 2.3:

Session 3
Activity Worksheet 3.1:
Activity Worksheet 3.2:
Activity Worksheet 3.3:

Session 4
Activity Worksheet 4.1:
Activity Worksheet 4.2:
Activity Worksheet 4.3:

Session 5
Activity Worksheet 5.1:
Activity Worksheet 5.2:
Activity Worksheet 5.3:

Session 6
Activity Worksheet 6.1:
Activity Worksheet 6.2:
Activity Worksheet 6.3:

Session 7
Activity Worksheet 7.1:
Activity Worksheet 7.2:
Activity Worksheet 7.3:

Session 8
Activity Worksheet 8.1:
Activity Worksheet 8.2:
Activity Worksheet 8.3:

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 References
Department of Education and Science. Learning for Life: Paper on Adult Education.
Dublin: Stationery Office. 2000 [cited 10 August 2017]. Available from
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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
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Waddle, Greg. A Guide for Writing a Professional Development Plan. Mid-
SouthChristian College. April (2009): 1-5.

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