Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Administrative Region
Division of Agusan del Sur
PATIN-AY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(Carved- Out School from ASSAT/DepEd Accredited Technical Vocational High School)
(Operating Unit – Empowered)
D.O. Plaza Government Center, Patin-ay Prosperidad Agusan del Sur

CAREER GUIDANCE
ADVOCACY PROGRAM
FOR GRADE 12
STUDENTS

Module 8
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 8 Empowered to Take Off!
Introduction:
Congratulations, you are now ready to create your Lifelong Learning Plan and
to conduct personal and career development activities that will help you grow and
advance in your life and career!
From the previous module, you identified the rights and responsibilities of the
employees and employers. You 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 be guided to conduct your career development gap
analysis and develop your lifelong learning plan. You should be aware that your lifelong
learning plan will determine the kind of citizens you will be in the future. You will also
be asked to write your original career philosophy expressing your love and passion in
your chosen career.
Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for exciting and challenging tasks ahead of
you!

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:
Directions: Unscramble the mystery words:
1. C R E R E A D A N V C E A N E M T

2. F E I L L N O G L E N I N A G R

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

4. G H I N C O C A
5. G L O A

Process Questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
2. What do these mystery words mean to you?
3. Do you think that you can further grow or progress after landing a job, having
a vocation or establishing a business? How?

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III. Main Activity: My Career Destination Plot
Procedure:
1. Fill in the table below:
Goals which you have Goals which you were not Goals which you still want
already accomplished able to accomplish but to pursue in 6 to 20 years.
which you think you really
need to accomplish in 1to
5 years

Process Questions
After the activity, answer the following questions:
1. How did you find the activity?
2. What percent of your short-term goals did you already accomplish?
Enumerate these goals.
3. What short-term goals were you not able to accomplish yet? What
midterm and long-term goals do you still want to pursue?
4. What realization do you have now after comparing your accomplishment
with your set target? (To deepen your realization on the lifelong learning
gaps which you need to fill-in, and connect them to the next activity)
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?

IV. Lecturette:

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:

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 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 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?
2. Why do you think it is necessary to conduct Career Gap Analysis in creating
your Lifelong Learning Plan?

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

V. Application:

Do Activity Worksheet No. 8.1 Lifelong Leaning Plan in your workbook.

At this time, you already have your preferred SHS curriculum exit and
clear career roadmap on how you want to progress in your chosen career and
life. For this activity, you will create your Lifelong Learning Plan. Refer to
Activity Worksheet No. 8.1 Lifelong Leaning Plan in your workbook.

MY LIFELONG LEARNING PLAN (GUIDE)

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

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

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 To be appointed as Secondary
qualifications for Principal I by School Principal I after 12 years.
finishing my BS 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
Person Materials/
Strategies (Proof of
s Financial
Accomplishmen
t)
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relatives ps
appointed tertiary and 2027 Paper as
, P100,00
as graduate Principal I
teacher 0
Secondary education
Principal I s,
after 12 guidanc
years e
counsel
or

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.

VI. Reflection:
Answer Activity Worksheet No. 8.2: My Career Philosophy in your
workbook.

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 Procedure:
1. Fill in worksheet no. 8.2 in your workbook.

Sample:

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 individuals’ lives.

I believe that to succeed in teaching you must have passion, positive

attitude, strong work ethics and hard work.

I believe in the saying that, “To be successful, the first thing to do is to

fall in love with your work,” that is why I will never stop falling in love in
teaching.

VII. Evaluation:
Answer Activity Worksheet No. 8.3 Letter to Your Future Self in your workbook.

Write a Letter to Your Future Self

Procedure: After setting a clear path of career progression through your

Lifelong Learning Plan, write a letter about their future self, five years from
now. Consider the following questions in writing your letter. You can use your
mother tongue language to feel more comfortable in expressing yourself:

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?

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 Write your letter in Activity Worksheet No. 8.3 of your workbook.

Example:

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

VIII. Additional Activities:

Procedure:
1. Implement at least one task you identified in your Lifelong Learning Plan
(LLP).
2. After completing the eight modules for this career guidance program,
finalize your worksheet workbook.
3. Submit it to the GUIDANCE OFFICE on the agreed schedule.