Gray Poehnell Ergon Communications poehnell@interchange.ubc ergon-communications

1. Guiding Circles Gray Poehnell
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2. Guiding Circles: an Aboriginal guide to finding career paths Booklet 1: understanding yourself Focus: Self-assessment: Who am I?

3. Guiding Circles: an Aboriginal guide to finding career paths Booklet 2: finding new possibilities Focus: Career Exploration & Decision Making: What can I do?

5. Vancouver

6. Vancouver

7. Richmond

8. Steveston

9. Steveston

11. Abraham Belanger (1849-1917), Philomene Delorme (1870-1927) and family

12. me and my brother

13. My Mom

14. Guiding Circles Introductions answer the question WHO AM I? by completing the following… My name is _____ and I am _________. without referring to your job or “work” at all If you can’t think of anything, just pass

15. Guiding Circles Introductions WHO AM I? I am ______________. without referring to your job or “work” at all Did you find this easy or difficult? What made it easy or difficult?

16. Guiding Circles Workshop Description • the ethical and practical development of knowledge, skills, and practices • experiential & interactive - theory and practices • critically reflect upon your own counselling experience • representative intervention strategies • the creative adaptation of the model

17. Guiding Circles addresses 4 challenges:

18. Guiding Circles • addresses 4 challenges: • need for culturally sensitive tools and processes

19. CAREER 5-year plan work exp ed exp skills, etc LIFE

20. Guiding Circles • addresses 4 challenges: • need for culturally sensitive tools and processes • sense of disconnection, especially with the mainstream world of learning and work

21. CAREER 5-year plan work exp ed exp skills, etc LIFE Engage where the person is engaged in life!!

22. Guiding Circles • addresses 4 challenges: • need for culturally sensitive tools and processes • sense of disconnection with the mainstream world of learning and work • lack of positive focused self-reflection

23. Lack of Positive Self-Reflection: to answer the question WHO AM I? I must first know who WHO I AM. yet many don’t know who they are

24. Guiding Circles • addresses 4 challenges: • need for culturally sensitive tools and processes • sense of disconnection with the mainstream world of learning and work • lack of positive focused self-reflection • inhibitions because of enculturated humility

25. to answer the question WHO AM I? one must be able to freely say I AM __________ yet in some cultures this is considered arrogant

26. The G.C. Book Tyler Blyan & Justine Dumais Well first it was the R P S, War Party to be the best And Buffalo Lake they want to test They ain't never heard no rappers rip like us Métis Mafia now who's ready to bust I'm telling all you rappers put you mic straight down Because you're trying to beat a king and you got no crown.

27. The G.C. Book I heard of four stabbings in Buffalo Lake Native, you end up in a body bag. Then first off it was AADAC Class And sometimes I wonder even if I did pass And if I didn't I'm just a kid with FAS But I'm trying to live my life just to make it the best

28. The G.C. Book Yo! The GC Book Gotta' take a look Yeah, it helps me see It's okay to be me It's a real cool tool Says ya' gotta stay in school Don't get off track Gonna' land on your back But June our friend Will help us again Gotta' stay in gear Gotta' find my career So you need this tool Ya' gotta' stay in school Don't be you Mama's fool Get a job!

29. The G.C. Book Now we’re rappin’ on stage and we’re doing it live I’m telling you all who think of suicide Think of who you know Before you’re ready to die I don’t want no one to think like that That’s why you listen to the words that I put in this rap I'll rap all day just so you get the message Of what I'm trying to say.

30. The G.C. Book Well, did you get it Or did you even think Don't you get the message That we're trying to bring If you didn't let me tell you one more time So let’s kick it up a notch and let me bust a rhyme. Do ya' get it? Do ya' get it? Do ya' get it?

31. Yo! The GC Book Gotta Take a look Yeah, it helps me see It’s okay to be me It’s a real cool tool Says ya gotta stay in school Gotta' stay in gear Gotta' find my career Do ya' get it?

32. Favourite Things up to 12 things I like to do? last time? cost or free? planned or spontaneous? alone or with others? mind, body, emotion, spirit?

33. Favourite Things Any patterns? Any thing surprising? Easy or harder than the “Who am I ?” question? Why?

34. need to check one’s assumptions and conventions in terms of attitudes, perspectives, tools, and processes Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Assumptions & Conventions

35. utilize strengths from the Aboriginal perspective; it reflects the thoughts and desires of many other people Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Assumptions & Conventions • Aboriginal Perspective

36. need to engage people where they are engaged in life Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Assumptions & Conventions • Aboriginal Perspective • Active Engagement

37. a “mattering climate” in which participants feel that they matter, that they are special Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Mattering

38. in order to go forward, people often must have to go backwards Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Mattering • Backswing

39. a new paradigm of creativity, hope, and possibilities for the chaotic world of work and life Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Mattering • Backswing • Career Craft

40. management 1.first 5 words 2.first 5 words 3.compare & contrast

41. CareerCraft is a new paradigm for a new career reality. This new reality, described by such terms as “chaos” and “positive uncertainty,” calls for new approaches which are more holistic, flexible, and creative. We will explore the value of looking at career issues from the perspective of “craft” —the “art of career” more than just the “management of career.”

42. Creativity is moving up the list of essential business skills needed to survive and succeed in the fast and complex new society. Many books and articles in the Harvard Business Review and other business magazines urge us to pay more than lip service to the creative process.

43. Why is creativity getting all of this attention? Because the rules of the new economy are changing, not only quickly but fundamentally. We are on new and shifting ground with no clear path and no one to show us the way. We have to make it up. Weaver, J. (2000). Ceativity. Community Banker, 9 (1), 16-19

44. purposeful practical materials hands-on

45. My Career Circle (materials)

46. purposeful practical materials tools hands-on processes

47. Career Craft Processes assessment /exploration life-longlearning CAREER workmaintenance work search

48. purposeful practical materials tools hands-on processes inner resources possibilities right brain individual passion risk uncertainty flexible

49. need to work out the reality that career is more than a job, it is the sum total of all life roles Key Themes of Guiding Circles • Wholistic life/career counselling

50. The “Circle” wholeness balance What does the “circle” represent as a metaphor? health life cycles unity momentum community participation respect connected