List of Lessons

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8 minutes

Xello's interactive lessons encourage ongoing learning and reflection on a wide range of future readiness topics. They can be woven into curriculum plans, assigned as self-paced activities, and used as milestones of progress. Your students will uncover new skills and insights, and you’ll seamlessly strengthen their knowledge and professional skills without ever leaving Xello. Be sure to check out the Lesson resources for England or Lesson resources for Northern Ireland to help further support your students in their future-readiness.

Note: These year levels are recommendations. Your school's lesson sequence may be different. Check out this article on how to View the lesson sequence to learn more.

Xello task	At a glance	About this task	Prerequisites
School subjects at work lesson	Recommended year: 7 or 8 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will relate school subjects to various tasks, reflect on their favourite school subject, and explore ways to use their favourite school subject in a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Time management lesson	Recommended year: 7 or 8 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will explain why time management is important in school and on the job, create a time budget to assess how they currently manage their time, and explore ways to improve their time management skills. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Interests lesson	Recommended year: 7 or 8 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will reflect on some of the interests they have saved in Xello's interest inventory, explore the link between interests and various careers, and investigate how their interests match up with a career they like. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Add at least 5 interests Save at least 3 careers
Discover learning pathways lesson	Recommended year: 8 or 9 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate the pathway options for after sixth form or college, explore the pathways to various careers, and evaluate the pathways they could take to a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Self-advocacy lesson	Recommended year: 8 or 9 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will understand the concept of self-advocacy, identify situations where they may need to advocate for themselves or issues they may want to advocate for, identify skills and behaviours required to effectively advocate for themselves, and explore ways they can advocate for themselves in school, in the community, at home, and in a career. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	None
Learning styles lesson	Recommended year: 8 or 9 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate visual, auditory, and tactile learning styles, and explore how understanding their own learning style can help them in school and on the job. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Complete the Learning Style quiz Save at least 3 careers
Biases and career choices lesson	Recommended year: 8 or 9 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will identify biases of gender, ethnicity, ability, and class in the workplace and explore how biases can influence career choices. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	None
Explore career matches lesson	Recommended year: 9 or 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate central, secondary, and other aspects of the career match assessment and explore how the aspects relate to careers. They also reflect on their results and explore the aspects for a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Complete the Matchmaker quiz Save at least 3 careers
Study skills and habits lesson	Recommended year: 9 or 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will identify skills, habits, and behaviours they need to learn successfully in school, explore potential obstacles to success in their schoolwork (such as lack of motivation, distractions, and lapses in self-confidence), and plan how to develop positive study habits and behaviours. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	None
Skills lesson	Recommended year: 9 or 10 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will explore the skills required to perform various activities, as well as the link between their skills and career goals. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Getting experience lesson	Recommended year: 10 or 11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will explore different ways they can get work experience now. They identify several ways to get experience (such as community service/volunteerism, co-op programs, part-time jobs, and internships), and assess which type of experience is best suited to their career goals. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers Add at least 3 experiences to the Experiences timeline
Workplace skills and attitudes lesson	Recommended year: 10 or 11 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will explore skills and behaviours that employers look for, such as time management, dependability, communication skills, and problem solving. Students explain why these skills and behaviours are important in various careers and how they manifest on the job, and assess their own employability skills. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Work values lesson	Recommended year: 10 or 11 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will explore their own work values, and investigate careers that they may find satisfying based on their values. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Personality styles lesson	Recommended year: 10 or 11 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will investigate personality styles, and explore how their own personality style can help them at home, school, and work. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Complete the Personality Style quiz Save at least 3 careers
Transition to FE lesson	Recommended year: 11 or 12 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students explore the ways that studying at college or sixth form will differ from school. They investigate their further education options and consider ways to make a smooth transition to further education. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 5 interests
Career demand lesson	Recommended year: 11 or 12 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Work/life balance lesson	Recommended year: 11 or 12 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will assess how their current work (school) demands affect family life, free time, and other time, identify the work demands of a career of interest, and explore strategies for maintaining a healthy life/work balance now and in the future. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Choosing a university lesson	Recommended year: 12 or 13 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will identify which factors are important to them in a potential university, and investigate how a university stacks up to their priorities. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 colleges
Career path choices lesson	Recommended year: 12 or 13 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will understand that career development is a process of constant change, that flexibility and adaptability can help them continually explore their career options, and the importance of re-evaluating their interests, skills, and circumstances in order to identify the need or desire for a career change. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Add at least 5 interests Save at least 3 careers
Defining success lesson	Recommended year: 12 or 13 On task time: 10 mins Suggested instructional time: 30 mins	In this lesson, students will explore what success means to them in various aspects of life, including their personal life, school, and career, and explore ways they can make a difference and achieve success in a career that interests them. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers
Career backup plans lesson	Recommended year: 12 or 13 On task time: 15 mins Suggested instructional time: 35 mins	In this lesson, students will understand the importance of career backup plans, and explore potential backup careers for themselves. To support your students even further, check out this lesson's resources: England Northern Ireland	Save at least 3 careers

Additional resources

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PDFIntroducing students to Xello: Scope and sequence
The Scope and sequence document outlines recommendations for how to use Xello throughout each year.

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Google DocXello classroom delivery guide
Make a copy and edit this guide to simplify your experience with delivering assigned Completion Standards tasks. Links to supporting resources and lesson plans provide everything you need.

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SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCE

SUPPLEMENTARY RESOURCEIntroducing Xello to students
Use the resources on this page to help introduce Xello on the first day of class. The presentation and video will help get students started!.
Xello Resource

Xello ResourceIntegrated Lessons in XelloUse this walkthrough to explore how Xello's interactive Lessons helps students build critical skills and knowledge for real-world success while encouraging ongoing reflection.