Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
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Learning Coach Guide Contents Personal Skills for Success Unit 11 Working With Others and Problem Solving Unit 13 The Changing Workplace Unit 13 Building Career-Ready Skills with Effective Goals Unit 15 Part A: Welcome Letter Dear Learning Coach, Thank you for partnering with CCA and investing in your learner’s education. This Learning Coach Guide is intended to help you support your learner in their Career Planning 7 course. Within this guide, you will find the goals, components, and features of the online course. Please take time to read and review this information so you understand how to help your learner interact with all the course’s elements. The Learning Coach Guide also includes information about each of the units in this course. On each page of unit information, you will discover the following. The Unit Overview will tell you what the focus, content, and skills of the unit will be. The Unit Assessment section is a place for you and your learner to preview the graded work in the course. At the start of each unit, work with your learner to look at the unit in edio and find out which types of graded work are in this unit. Write them in the box and use it as a checklist. You can check off each one as your learner completes it. The Unit Materials section tells you the materials your learner will need to complete the activities in this unit. You will also find the materials list repeated within each lesson so that your learner has exactly what they need at the right time. The Unit Discussion Questions are optional questions that you may want to ask your learner during the unit to increase home and school connections about what your learner is studying. In the Unit Notables section, you may find optional activities, career connections, technology tips, or ideas to help your learner if they get stuck, or safety tips. CCA wishes you and your learner a terrific school year! Supporting Your Learner Your role as a Learning Coach is very important. Here are a few ways you can help your learner do their very best in the course. Help your learner know what time guided or live class instruction is scheduled for, and prompt them to attend sessions or watch recordings. Remember, it is okay for your learner to get stuck. Learning new material takes time. Encourage them to take breaks, keep trying, and even ask the teacher for help. Help your learner navigate technology. That may mean helping them type information or upload work into edio. Always encourage your learner to do their very best. Review the course syllabus for your learner’s course. Maintain communication with your learner’s teacher. Part B: Course Information Course Goals In Career Planning 7, your learner will identify critical soft skills that can help them succeed in both the workplace and in school. They will also evaluate why people change careers, and learn about important laws that protect employee rights. By the end of the year, your learner will be able to: Identify soft skills that are needed for success in both academic and workplace settings. Create strategies and use tools for better time management and organization. Recognize the importance of teamwork and how to effectively handle group conflicts. Discuss career factors that impact life decisions and why people change careers. Identify laws created to protect employee rights. Write a SMART goal for a skill they want to improve that will lead to academic and career success. Course Format Lesson Components: Each day, your learner will spend 45 to 60 minutes completing a lesson on career planning. Some days may take less time, while other days may take a little more time. The lesson does not need to be completed in one sitting. Encourage your learner to take short breaks as they need. This section will help you to understand how your learner’s course is structured in edio. Lesson Bundling: The first day of a new unit will have a lesson bundle. Within the lesson bundles, there are different components your learner will interact with. These components will not be used every day. See the example below. 1. Getting Started Lesson: There is one Getting Started lesson in this course. It can be found on Day 1 of Unit 1. This lesson includes important information about the course and contact information for your teacher. 2. Unit Overview and Prep for Success: Each unit will include a unit overview. This describes what your learner will learn in the unit and how many assessments the unit will have. Additionally, your learner will find a Prep for Success. This component offers your learner tips to be successful in the course, such as study tips, important software information, safety reminders, and more. 3. Knowledge Check: There will be one Knowledge Check in each unit. The Knowledge Check is designed to check prior learning and understanding about key skills and concepts that will be taught in the unit. The Knowledge Check is not a graded assessment. Each lesson has its own components to help guide your learner through the lesson. 1. Lesson Overview: At the beginning of every lesson, your learner will see the lesson overview. This section contains lesson objectives, lesson vocabulary, materials your learner will need for the lesson, and the suggested lesson length. 2. Engage: The first section of the lesson is Engage. In this section, learners will be introduced to the lesson by making a connection to past and present knowledge and will get ready for the lesson’s instruction. 3. Discover: New content and instruction is presented in the Discover section. Your learner will interact with the lesson content through defined vocabulary terms, videos, audio, and Pause and Think activities. Your learner will be able to practice and answer questions as they work through the lesson. 4. Show: Learners will demonstrate what they have learned in the lesson through a series of practice questions. 5. Wrap Up: This section recaps the day’s objectives and prepares learners for a future lesson or assessment. The course includes assignments. These graded assignments allow your learner to show what they have learned and apply their new skills. All CCA assignments include these components. 1. Assessment Overview: At the beginning of each assessment, your learner will see the assessment overview. This section contains the goals of the assessment, materials your learner will need, the length of the assessment, and directions for completion. 2. Plan: In the Plan section, learners will be introduced to the assignment or project. Learners may be provided with a review of content from the previous lessons, strategies for completing the activity, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. 3. Do: Learners put their plan into action and work to complete the assignment or project successfully. This section also provides the grading expectations and/or rubric the teacher will use to grade the work. 4. Reflect: In Reflect, learners will think back to the work they completed. They will reflect upon the experience and analyze how well they completed the task. These moments of reflection are important and allow learners to think about their learning and their work habits. Course Features This course includes and uses unique feature such as: Solving Group Conflicts: Learners will complete a scenario-based interactive where they choose the most appropriate response to resolve a group conflict. Personal Skills for Success Unit Unit Overview Success in school, work, and life depends on more than just knowledge—it also requires important life skills. In this unit, learners will explore key skills that can help them achieve academic and career goals: communication, active listening, and time management. At the end of the unit, learners will complete an assignment on time management. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment _________________ Project ______________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Which of the soft skills discussed in this unit do you struggle with the most? What are some ways you can be more organized and manage your time better? How can you successfully apply soft skills to your daily life? Unit Notables Your learner will explore soft skills during this unit that will help them in real-world situations, such as self-advocacy, commitment, organization, active listening, and time management. Learners need to think about why these skills are important for both academic and workplace settings. Kit Materials none Household Materials notebook Working With Others and Problem Solving Unit Unit Overview This unit will begin with exploring more soft skills like teamwork, giving and receiving constructive criticism, and problem-solving. Then, learners will focus on the steps to be a good negotiator. The unit will end with an assignment on solving group conflict. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment ________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions How does it make you feel when someone criticizes you? What team role would you be the most successful in group work? Which of these skills do you feel would be the most important to have in your dream career? Unit Notables Your learner will continue to learn about soft skills, especially how they apply in group settings. Learners need to think about how these skills will help them be successful in any situation, not just the workplace. Kit Materials none Household Materials Unit Overview Your learner will explore how workplace factors, like salary, work-life balance, location, and workplace environment, can impact life decisions. Next, they will explore why some people change careers. Finally, they will learn about laws like OSHA and FLSA, and the Civil Rights Act and how they protect workers’ rights. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment _________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions Which of the career factors discussed in the lesson do you value most when exploring careers? How can you plan for when a major life event occurs that may impact your career? How have workers’ rights evolved over the last 100 years? Unit Notables The unit discusses how major life events can impact one’s career. The learners are made aware that the workplace is ever evolving and with newer technology. Learners need to obtain new skills to stay current. Kit Materials none Household Materials Building Career-Ready Skills with Effective Goals Unit Unit Overview In this final unit, your learner will review the soft skills they explored throughout the course. They will complete a self-assessment to determine their strengths and weaknesses of these skills and choose one of these skills they want to improve upon the most and write a SMART goal. Finally, learners will reflect on what they learned in Career Planning 7 and how it is helping them work toward their dream career. Unit Assessments Quiz _________________________ Test _________________________ Assignment _________________ Project _____________________ Exam _______________________ Have your learner identify which assessment type they see in their unit. Check all that apply. Unit Discussion Questions What soft skill do you excel at the most? What soft skill do you want to improve the most? How will you handle any challenges as you strive to meet your SMART goal? Unit Notables In this unit, your learner will write a SMART goal for a skill that can help them improve as a student. These skills are critical for academic and workplace success. Employers value individuals who are organized, adaptable, and collaborative, for example. Kit Materials none Household Materials
Enrolling Now for 2026-27 School Year.
