CAREER ADVOCACY PROGRAM FOR GRADE 12

MODULE 1 - ENTERING THE EXITS

INTRODUCTION
This module is designed to facilitate the career decision-making of Grade 12
learners especially in choosing curriculum exit before they graduate from Senior
High School. The title of Module 1 “Entering the Exits” means entering a
curriculum exit after Grade 12. The learners will have to choose whether he or
she will proceed to college, do business, will look for a job, or will develop the
middle-level skills. The module will help learners identify their interests and
personality traits through NCAE that will help them choose the curriculum exit
suited for them. Through this module, Grade 12 learners can determine his/her
life and career based on chosen curriculum exit. Lastly, it is expected that at the
end of the module, Grade 12 learners will appreciate chosen life, career and
curriculum exit based on one’s interests and personality type.

MATERIALS
 Manila paper/recycled materials
 cartolina
 crayons/colored pens/any coloring materials
 pentel pen
 scissors
 Scotch tape
 copy of NCAE results

Note:
 You may use alternative materials. The use of recycled materials is highly
encouraged.

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, the learners are expected to:
1. relate the results of the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) in
choosing a curriculum exit;
2. determine preferred life and career based on chosen curriculum exit; and
3. appreciate the chosen life, career, and curriculum exit based on one’s interests
and personality type.
II. MOTIVATION
Activity 1: “My Occupational Interests”
Instructions:
1. In the first column, write your occupational interests based on the results
of your NCAE.
2. In the second column, reflect on your current occupational interests and
plan after Senior High School.
3. Note: In case you do not have or do not remember your NCAE results,
accomplish only the second column of the activity sheet.

a. What are your goals after Senior High School? ________________________

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b. What are your interests that served as your basis in choosing your current
SHS track?
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c. What are your memorable experiences in SHS? _______________________
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d. What curriculum exit do you plan to go after Senior High School?

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III. MAIN ACTIVITY

Activity 2: “Golden Doors”

Procedures:

1. Using art or recycled materials, set up four doors (which will be called GOLDEN
DOORS) to represent the four curriculum exits of Senior High School namely:
Employment, Entrepreneurship, Higher Education, Middle-Level Skills
Development and paste these in your Guidance Journal.
Note: You can use Manila paper or any recycled materials.

2. Choose which door (representing the curriculum exits) to exit.

3. Refer to the Materials for “GOLDEN DOORS” on the next page.

2.1. Bio-Data
2.2. Business Permit
2.3. College Application Form
2.4. TESDA National Certification

These different worksheets symbolize opportunities which you can grab as

you enter any curriculum exit. You will have to accomplish the worksheet which
you choose and which fits you.
Materials for GOLDEN DOORS

For Employment

For Entrepreneurship

2.2. Business Permit

For Higher Education

For Middle-Level Skills Development

Processing Questions:

1. Did you experience mismatch of occupational interests based on your NCAE

results and based on your self-assessment and plan after Senior High School?
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2. What occupational interest will you consider in choosing a curriculum exit?

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3. After doing the activity, what realizations or insights did you have as a Senior
High School learner who is about to exit after few months? _______________
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IV. LECTURETTE

In order to guide the conduct of career guidance at the school level and to
ensure the development of skills and competencies required in the world of work,
the Department of Education has been conducting career assessment to Grade 9
students through the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE). The NCAE
aims to provide guidance to individual learners for their future educational and
career choices. It also provides the basis for profiling learners’ aptitude in the four
Senior High School tracks. There are three domains measured in the NCAE. These
are the General Scholastic Aptitude (GSA), Occupational Interest Inventory (OII),
and Aptitude for Senior High School Tracks. The GSA measures the learner’s
reading comprehension and scientific, verbal, mathematical, and logical reasoning
ability. The OII is a checklist of occupational interests that provides an assessment
of inclinations or preferences for comprehensive career guidance. The Aptitude
for SHS Tracks determines the learner’s inherent capacity to succeed in the SHS
tracks. A profile chart of the students’ occupational inclinations and preferences
through the identified cluster occupations is provided in the results of the NCAE.
The test is being administered to all Grade 9 learners who are currently enrolled
in public and private schools with government permit or recognition. Moreover,
learners with special needs may also be assessed provided that test
accommodations are met. (as per DepEd Order No. 55, s. 2016 Sec. 9).

Helping people make career decisions have been fundamental to

counseling psychology since its emergence as a profession, and it continues to be
central to its identity today (Gelso & Fretz, 2001, as cited in Journal of Counseling
Psychology, 2010).
 After acquiring all the knowledge, skills, and attitude and being aware of
their interests and personality types, Grade 12 learners will now choose the
curriculum exit they will pursue after Senior High School. Grade 12 learners may
choose to work immediately since they are of legal age and have the
competencies to perform a specific job, or to pursue a business they can start to
earn money. They may also proceed to higher education and pursue a degree
course or take up any Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) courses for middle-level skills development.

Employment. Any Senior High School graduate who plans to work after Senior
High School can check with the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in their
locality for possible job vacancies, or they can browse in the Department of Labor
and Employment website, www.ble.dole.gov.ph for possible local employment.

Entrepreneurship. Senior High School graduates who plan to pursue the

entrepreneurship exit will have to consider many things. They have to be cautious
lest they end up losing money invested in the business. The Philippine Business
Industry (as cited in http://www.biznewsph.com/p/business-ideas-in-
philippines.html, 2012) has come up with a list of ideas where prospective
entrepreneurs can start and grow their own business in the Philippines. (See
Appendix 3: List of Business Ideas in the Philippines.)

Higher Education. Senior High School graduates who would want to pursue a
degree course in higher education may directly inquire at any colleges and
universities in their area. They may also inquire at www.ched.gov.ph, the official
website of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for the recognized
programs of schools per region.

Middle-Level Skills Development. Senior High School learners who may want to
pursue middle-level skills development after finishing a specific track and strand
in Senior High School may inquire at their local TESDA offices for the courses
offered in their locality. Those who went to Technical Vocational Livelihood Track
and earned a National Certification Level II may apply for a higher level of national
certification if they opt to.

Senior High School graduates may go to any curriculum exit regardless of

the SHS track they took. If a learner took up a TVL Track, he/she can still enroll in
college to pursue higher education. Moreover, after entering a specific exit, any
SHS graduate may proceed to another exit. For example, a graduate who chooses
to pursue higher education and gets employed after graduation may enter into a
business or pursue middle-level skills development while employed.
Nonetheless, whatever curriculum exit Senior High School graduates pursue
is their own decision. They only have to maximize their talents and resources in
order to be successful. As what author and speaker Mack R. Douglas said, “You
are responsible for everything you do.”
V. APPLICATION
Activity 3: “My Entry Point in the Exit”
Procedures:
1. Prepare paper and coloring materials.
2. Draw a symbol to represent the life and career you imagined after entering a
specific curriculum exit.
3. Briefly explain why you have chosen the symbol and write your appreciation to
your imagined life, career, and curriculum exit in the future.

Activity Sheet: “My Entry Point in the Exit”

Directions:
1. Draw a symbol to represent the life and career you imagine to have after
entering your chosen curriculum exit.
2. Briefly explain why you have chosen the symbol.

Processing Questions:
1. Why did you choose that symbol? _____________________________________
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2. How does it relate to your choice of curriculum exit after Senior High School?
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VI. REFLECTION
Journal Reflection No. 1: “My Meaningful Exit from Senior High School”
Instruction:
Write in your Career Guidance Journal your reflection about “My Meaningful Exit
from Senior High School.”

VII. EVALUATION

Activity 3: “My Plan to Exit”

Instructions: Write your occupational interest based on your preference and plan
after Senior High School.

1. In the fourth column (Employment), write your preferred kind/nature of work if

you plan to proceed to this exit and indicate when.

2. In the fifth column (Entrepreneurship), write the specific business industry you
want to pursue if you plan to proceed to this exit and indicate when.

3. In the sixth column (Higher Education), write the specific course if you plan to
proceed to this exit and indicate when.

4. In the seventh column (Middle-Level Skills Development), put the specific

skilled courses if you plan to proceed to this exit and indicate when.

Note: This activity emphasizes that Senior High School graduates can go to any
curriculum exit regardless of the SHS track they took. Moreover, after
entering a specific exit, the SHS graduates may pursue another exit.

Activity Sheet No. 3: “My Plan to Exit”

Handout: Areas of Occupational Interests
A24 Hospital Utility Worker
A25 Gym Instructor
A 26 Spa Aide
G14 HR Supervisor
G15 Hotel/Building Maintenance
Supervisor
K6 Foreman L5 Set Designer
K7 Mason L6 Lights Designer
List of Business Ideas in the Philippines