MY PLAN A: Counselling (psychotherapy)

My Plan A: I enjoy reading, spending time with friends, cheer, and

Consider: traveling. The kind of lifestyle that I want is one where I am
• What do you enjoy? settled enough in an area to continue to nurture close
• What sort of lifestyle do connections/relationships, but where I make enough to be
you want? able to travel to more countries from time to time. I’m good at
• What are you good at? making friends, connecting with strangers/the public, and
being patient and understanding/open-minded.
Career Info that I have discovered… • Upsides/downsides of job
Upsides Downsides
Consider: - Great job - Emotionally demanding:
• Upsides/downsides of satisfaction: some situations feel like
job help people by they’re “stuck”, must be
• Job giving them emotionally available for
duties/responsibilities tools to clients while dealing with
• Salary range manage aspects personal emotional
• Future outlook causing them baggage
• Lifestyle factors anxiety, - Takes time and hard work:
• Advancement sadness anger, years of education, need
opportunities pain experience
- Multiple - Challenging to set up own
employment practice: like building any
opportunities: other business ventures,
employment in must find office
hospitals, space/equipment/establishi
inpatient or ng client base. Must
outpatient care consider malpractice
centres, private issues, health insurance,
practices, billing practices,
schools, document management
mental-health and tax obligations
clinics. - Work schedule can be
Multiple erratic: many clients may
specialization only be able to meet after
areas in hours due to their own
depression commitments. Sometimes
counselling, being on-call because of
marital sudden crisis
counselling, - Can be a lonely
family therapy, profession: always alone
loss/bereaveme with clients apart from
nt group or couples sessions
- Can be well- and it’s the client’s space
paying: can
provide a
 decent wage
(especially in
private
practices)
- Can have
flexible work
hours: if you
have your own
practice you
can have your
own schedule
(those in
hospitals,
mental-health
centres may
not be as
flexible)
- Meeting lots of
people:
exposure to
diverse people
will broaden
professional
and personal
perspective and
in return help
clients

Three employability skills I possess
that will support my plan:
Consider:
• Soft and hard skills
required for position
• Job duties/responsibilities
- Provide counselling/therapy
- Listening to patients
- Developing treatment plans
- Creating coping strategies
• Salary range
$55,059 - $96,298
• Future outlook
Projected to grow as demand becomes greater
• Advancement opportunities
- Supervisory or administrative positions
- Can vary on the employer and work setting, specialty
1. Patience: working with patients can be demanding mentally
and physically, so I need to be patient so that everyone is
given the attention and help they need
2. Organization: I can manage my clients’ cases so they can
take the most appropriate treatment plans for their needs
specific to their journey
 • Personal attributes 3. Research skills: I know how to find the information I need
and I can analyze and evaluate it so that I can help patients
with their treatments
Education needed to pursue my • Courses/training/certificates needed
plan: - Meet the CCPA’s certification criteria
• Post-secondary requirements
Consider: - Master’s degree in counselling or related professional
• Courses/training/certific field
ates needed
• Post-secondary
requirements

MY BACKUP CAREER PLAN: Teaching/education (elementary)

My Plan B: I enjoy reading, spending time with friends, cheer, and traveling. The
Consider: kind of lifestyle that I want is one where I am settled enough in an area
• What do you to continue to nurture close connections/relationships, but where I
enjoy? make enough to be able to travel to more countries from time to time.
• What sort of I’m good at making friends, connecting with strangers/the public, and
lifestyle do you being patient and understanding/open-minded.
want?
• What are you
good at?
Career Info that I have • Upsides/downsides of job
discovered… Upsides Downsides
Consider: - Regular set - Parents: can be unsupportive,
• Upsides/downs schedule: long overly critical, demanding
ides of job work hours, but no - Continuing education: some
• Job duties/ teaching on the roles require Master’s degrees…
responsibilities weekends and not all employers fund them,
• Salary range other set holiday finding time to study while
• Future outlook periods such as working full-time is difficult
• Lifestyle winter/spring/sum - Bureaucratic institutions:
factors mer holidays managing
• Advancement - Job security: less guidelines/rules/regulations/dem
opportunities volatility in ands set by higher
education than administration
other sectors, - School funding: most schools
always in demand are underfunded so fundraising
- Work benefits: takes place, teachers often buy
health insurance is classroom materials out of their
a huge advantage paycheck
- Opportunity to - At home work: regularly take
inspire young work home to mark, prep
people: difficult
 but rewarding job lessons in the evening and
as long as students weekends
go home every day - Helping students: working with
having learned 25-30 kids means constantly
something new adjusting to different needs at
and feel motivated different learning levels
to do their best for
themselves

• Job duties/ responsibilities

- Managing extracurriculars
- Organizing parent-teacher conferences
- Attending school events
- Lesson plans
- Marking assignments/grading
- School fundraising
- Preparing the class environment
- Mentoring students
- Taking continuing development classes
• Salary range
$52,669 - $91,930
• Future outlook
Will continue to increase at an average rate
• Advancement opportunities
- Specialist roles
- Department head
- School principal
- School counselor
- College professor
Three employability skills I 1. Patience: working with young kids and their parents can be
possess that will support my demanding mentally and physically, so I need to be patient so that
plan: everyone is given the attention and help they need
2. Organization: I can manage assignments and classroom materials for
Consider: my students so they can learn effectively and so the marking process is
• Soft and hard easier
Skills required for 3. Computer skills: since more work is being shifted to online, I can
position use technology to create engaging lessons for students and support
• Personal their research efforts
attributes
Education needed to pursue • Courses/training/ certificates needed
my plan: - Additional training required to specialize in special education
or second language instruction
Consider: - Provincial teaching certificate. Additional certification to teach
• Courses/trainin English or French as a second language
g/ certificates - Membership in provincial or territorial teachers’ association or
needed federation
 • Post-secondary • Post-secondary requirements
requirements - Bachelor’s degree in education
- Bachelor’s degree in child development may be required

Post-Secondary Option
Plan A - Schools/Training
Name of School: University of British Columbia Simon Fraser University
Name of Degree Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
or type of training
you will receive
Length of the 4 years 4 years
program
Price of Tuition $5,729.10 $6,950
for the first year
Approx. Cost of $400 $2,350
books/supplies
for the first year
Cost to live in $9,000 - $11,000 $11,105
Residence
Application Fee $74.25 $81
to apply to
program
Application January 15, 2022 January 31, 2022
deadline
Academic Grade 12 - English language requirement
Requirements for - Quantitative and analytical skills
program (pre- ▪ English Studies 12 or requirement
requisites) - A minimum of five approved
English First Peoples 12 Grade 12 courses, including
▪ If you intend to major in English Studies 12 (min 70%) or
Economics, you must equivalent
- One of: English 11
complete Pre-Calculus 12
- One of: Language 11
- One of: Math 11
Grade 11
- One of: Science 11
- One of: Social Studies 11
▪ Any English Language Arts - One of: English 12
11 or any English First - One of: Science 12 or Math 12
Peoples 11 - One of: Social Studies 12
- One of: Language 12 or one
▪ A language additional course from List A
11 or waiver (includes all - One additional course: List A or
second language courses, List B
including all Indigenous
languages of Canada, but
 excludes introductory Grade
11 language courses)
▪ Pre-Calculus 11 or
Foundations of Mathematics
12
▪ A Science 11 (Physics 11,
Life Sciences 11 (Biology
11), Chemistry 11, Earth
Sciences 11, or
Environmental Sciences 11),
or any Science 12 course.

Related courses
The following subject categories are
particularly relevant for this degree.
Consider taking courses in these areas
in Grade 11 and Grade 12.

▪ Language Arts
▪ Mathematics and
Computation
▪ Second Languages
▪ Social Studies
▪ Visual and Performing Arts

Other possible - Marketing - Academic Advisor

occupations with - Sales - Advertising Agent
this type of - Government - Bank/Loan Officer
degree - Journalism - Criminologist
- Advertising - Cultural Diversity Consultant
- Healthcare - Customs/Immigration Agent
- Social work - Fundraising Specialist
- Human Resources Officer
- Market Research Analyst
- Professional Consultant
- Psychiatric Assistant
- Public Opinion Interviewer
- Public Relations Specialist
- Recreation Specialist
- Sales Representative
 - Social or Health Policy
Researcher
- Social Worker
- Special Events Coordinator
- Teacher

Post-Secondary Option
Plan B - Schools/Training
Name of School: University of British Columbia Simon Fraser University
Name of Degree Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Education
or type of training
you will receive
Length of the 11 months 16 months (Professional Development
program Program)
Price of Tuition $12,759.00 $12,000
for the first year
Approx. Cost of $200 $2,350
books/supplies
for the first year
Cost to live in $9,000 - $11,000 $11,105
Residence
Application Fee $74.25 $60
to apply to
program
Application January 31, 2022 January 12, 2022
deadline
Academic - Completed bachelor degree - English language requirement
Requirements for academically equivalent to a 4- - Writing, quantitative and breadth
program (pre- year, 120-credit UBC bachelor requirements (All students
requisites) degree admitted to an undergraduate
- English language proficiency degree at SFU as of Fall 2006
must complete a minimum of 36
units of courses designated as
Writing, Quantitative, or
Breadth, with a grade of C- or
better to receive the WQB
credits)

Other possible - Arts organizations
occupations with - Science centres
this type of - Non-profit organizations
degree - School administrators
- Writers
- Leaders in education
- Can only apply for admission to
the BEd after having completed a
total of 60 units
- Must meet the minimum SFU
admission requirements for the
program, including a 2.00
graduation GPA and UDGPA
- If admission to the BEd is
granted, the program must be
approved by the Faculty of
Education. Major or minor
requirements also must be
approved by the respective
department(s)
- Arts organizations
- Science centres
- Non-profit organizations
- School administrators
- Writers
- Leaders in education