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About the Real World Challenge
Real World LMI is a collaborative initiative from the Government of New Brunswick and the Canadian Career Development Foundation
You'll love the Real World Challenges if you:
- Work with high school students in New Brunswick's Anglophone School Districts (Francophone coming soon!)
- Are looking for workshops and resources to support your students -- no matter the subject
- Are excited about bringing Career Connected learning to your professional development as an educator.
How it Works
Educators across New Brunswick are using the Real World Challenges with groups of students or their classrooms. The Real World Challenges are designed to integrate Project Based Learning with any curriculum outcome, and any size group. Sign up your group, and Emily Worthen from CCDF will support you through the process. Facilitate the workshops and use the resources with your students to create solutions to the labour market challenge. Using project-based learning principles, your class will and deliver a final product(s) or presentation(s) showcasing their solutions to their classmates. Submit your students solutions to the Real World Challenges team. Some students may decide to submit their solutions to be shared on the Real World Challenges website!
Sign Up
Fill out the form to commit to completing the challenges with your group at the end of the semester.
Workshops and Resources
Use and facilitate the Workshops and Resources available to you. Don't hesitate to connect with the Emily from the Canadian Career Development Foundation for brainstorming, other resources, or with your questions!
Wrapping Up
Wrapping up is integrated as part of the suggested workshop process. Students will present the solutions to the challenges to their class. Send all or some of the solutions to Emily, and deliver a wrap-up survey with your students. Each student that completes the survey will impact the longevity of this project!
Created as a response to a growing need for career education integrated throughout the curriculum. The Real World Labour Market Challenges allow students to see themselves outside of the classroom, to understand their role in the labour market, and use labour market information to inform career decision-making.
Suggested Timeline
Registration Opens
Commit to take the Real World Labour Market Challenge! Register your class today by clicking the GET STARTED button on the top right-hand side of this page. The project team will support you every step of the way.
Participate in the Workshops
Workshop materials are available online! Start by reviewing the Workshop Introduction page. Classes can engage in the 4 workshops at any time during the semester. It takes approximately 8-10 classes to cover the content and complete student presentations. Together, your class will problem-solve and propose solutions to our Real World Challenge.
Submit Your Students Solutions
After completing the workshops your class will have presented their LMI-based solutions, examples, and strategies. Submit your student's solutions to the Real World Challenge team by emailing Emily Worthen. If students would like their solutions to be showcased on the Celebrate Solutions page let Emily know and she will walk you through that process. We love celebrating student solutions on our website!
Celebrate Together
The solutions to the Real World Labour Market Challenges that your classroom addresses will be awesome! Students complete a survey to share with GNB and CCDF their experience to keep the Challenges going year after year. Their feedback will directly inform future Challenges! As a class, check out the student solutions on the Celebrate Solutions page!
Join a Community of Educators
Across New Brunswick, teachers are taking up the Real World Labour Market Challenge and implementing project-based learning in their classrooms.
Involve Your Students in their Career
Students who are connected with their own career development are individuals better prepared to help themselves and support their communities. By introducing students with the skills to understand and use labour market information they jump-start their success, and increase their community contribution.
Connect with Real World Community Challenges
When students leave their classroom environment, they begin to participate and contribute to their communities. Project-based learning offers students a new lens and new vocabulary to see and experience their community in action.