Game Objective

The Get Real Game program enables students to:

Build and maintain a positive self-image and interact effectively with others.

Discover unique personal skills and talents to consider when choosing life/work roles.

Relate educational achievement and extracurricular interests to future life/work opportunities.

Effectively locate, interpret, evaluate and use career and labor market information, resources and services.

Engage in a range of teamwork, problem solving, decision-making and communication scenarios.

Explore a range of transition gateways that lead from secondary school to diverse work, learning and community roles.

Explore the issue of balance between work and other life roles.

Learn to view change as an opportunity for growth and learning, and respond positively to uncertainty and chance events.

Practice job search and work creation skills, as well as personal marketing, interviewing, and time management.

Experiment with choices regarding school and other aspects of their lives and identify optional routes to the kinds of future they want.

Begin development of a personal transition plan and initiate a personal lifelong career building process.