These "just for parents" resources offers a wide variety of materials for parents to support their children's career and academic exploration and planning. Parents will also benefit from visiting others sections.

• http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ecolemontrealaise/pdf/
  guideparentsecoleorientanteanglais.pdf
  The Guidance Oriented School, Guide for Parents was developed by Direction des services aux communautés et École montréalaise in collaboration with the Direction de l’adaptation et des services complémentaires of the Ministere de l’Éducation.   This easy to read, colourful and informative document is a must read for parents new to GOAL.

• http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/publications/publications/Ens_Sup/Affaires_universitaires_
  collegiales/Affaires_etudiantes/circuit_0809_en.pdf - Information on collegial and vocational training admission requirements for high school students.

• www.inforoutefpt.org - For Vocational Training information on programs and admission requirements:

• http://www.jobsetc.gc.ca/eng/toolbox/quizzes/quizzes_home.do - quizzes on skills and careers for youth.

• http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/ecolemontrealaise/pdf/guideparentsecoleorientanteanglais.pdf  Parent Guide regarding GOAL  - Guide for parents on GOAL

•   www.academos.ca
  Cybermentoring for high school students. Cybermentors are able to provide students with information and experiences on their respective career path. Students can register for free with the support of their teachers and guidance consellors.
  

• Here is a collaboration between The Learning Partnership and McGill University's Let's Talk Science Program for kindergarten students participating in the new initiative, Welcome to Kindergarten.
  
  
• http://www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/dassc/pdf/depliant-parents_e ng.pdf
  M aking Dreams Come True, Achieving Success through the Guidance-Oriented Approach, Parents.  This double-sided brochure was developed explains GOAL to parents, discusses how they can help their children throughout their career plans, talks about how parents, as stakeholders, have a role to play in GOAL and offers suggestions for resources.
  
  
• http://www.septembre.com
  The publisher éditeur Septembre has an inventory of commercially produced resources that are available in French.  These resources support counselling services in general and GOAL.  Parent resources include Comment aider vos jeunes explorateurs à s'orienter dans leur vie (How to help your young explorers find their way in life).
  
  
• http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/workplaceskills/labour_market_information/index.shtml
  Human Resources and Skills Development Canada’s Talk about skills with your teens.  This site offers an opportunity for parents and teens to discuss skill development.  It looks at identifying existing skills and how to development of new skills.  It also has examples of ways to build skills for specific jobs, i.e., paramedic, electrician, retail manager, etc.  If time allows search the section Career Planning for the Audience Youth and Students.  Be patient as it is a big site to navigate through but it is worth the effort.  Maybe visit the following HRSDC site for youth with your teen.  Visit the Publications section for documents you can order (most are free). 
  
  
• http://www.ccdf.ca/ccdf2/cms/displayMain.asp?lang=en&section=about
  Visit the Canadian Career Development Foundation web site for resources.  Click on Resources and look in the catalogue.  Look for the publications Lasting Gifts:  Parents, Teens and the Career Journey, CCDF 036 and Lasting Gifts:  Workshop Series Becoming a Career Development Ally for your Teen, CCDF 031.  One publication is targeted to parents and the other is targeted to a facilitator of a workshop of parents.
  
  
• http://www.skillscanada.com
  On the Skills/Compétences Canada (S/CC) web site, a parent “can research career options, find contact information for trade related organizations and read about other young Canadians that have chosen to pursue careers in the skilled trades and technologies” and more.
  
  
• http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/docs/support/c_plan_home
  Canadian Career Information Partnership (CCIP) has an initiative by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth of parents supporting youth in their career journey.  A document is available on line that can be downloaded as a PDF file called Focus on the Future - Career planning starts at home.  Learn how you as a parent can engage your child in the career-planning process.
  
  
• http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/careers/planning/
  Visit the Ministry of Education, Government of British Columbia, Career Planning for Students and Parents Web site.  Browse through the three main sections:  Career Planning, Post-secondary Education and Training and Going to Work.  You could also go directly to the section called Parents Helping Teens.
  
  
• http://www.act.org/path/parent/
  ACT's vision is to be "the world's leading provider of information for educational and career decisions in support of lifelong learning".  Click on this link to go directly to the section Information for Parents.  The subsections include Helping your Child:  Explore Career Options, Plan for College, Plan for Work and Resources.  This international site is worth a visit.
  
  
• http://www.canlearn.ca
  CanLearn is an initiative of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.  This site is an interactive Web-resource that provides information, products and services on learning and educational resources.  This site will assist youth when exploring career options, what educational opportunities match their goals and how to financial them.  Parents, it is a one stop online service.
  
  
• http://www.afe.gouv.qc.ca/en/pretsBourses/index.asp
  Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport's loans and bursaries department (Aide financière aux études) publishes a guide for parents entitled Parents - Des Réponses à vos questions (Parents - Some answers to your questions).  There is even a 24-hour, 7 day a week telephone hotline.
  
• http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/data/uploadfiles/DCSF-RW004.pdf
  United Kingdom study on parent involvement in the education of their children.
  
  
• http://www.takeourkidstowork.ca
  Career Advise from our panelists during the week of Take Our Kids to Work.  This event was held on Wednesday, November 5th across Canada. Quebec English High schools were participants, particularly in the POP classes.   Parents act as host for students exploring different sectors of work.  This job shadowing opportunity can take place in a parent's workplace or in another host company.  for more information on this program, please consult the Take Our Kids to Work website.
  
• http://www.ces.bc.ca
  Career Education Society from British Columbia offer various cereer development resources ans conferences for teachers and counsellors.

June 2009

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