JSS 2 Third Term

Lesson objectives

By the end of the week, learners should be able to:

1. List three ICT careers available locally and nationally.
2. Describe the daily work of each career in one sentence.
3. Match job roles to the skills learned across the term.
4. State one local ICT employer and its main service.
5. Judge whether a given career suits a named learner trait.

Key vocabulary

• Career: a long-term occupation requiring specific skills.
• Daily work: the routine tasks performed each day.
• ICT employer: a company employing ICT staff.
• Skill match: aligning a job role with learned abilities.
• Trait: a characterising quality such as organised or creative.
• Service: the product or function an employer provides.
• Occupation: a formal job title within a sector.

Common misconceptions

• "ICT careers are only for people who code." Many ICT roles focus on design, networks or management.
• "All ICT jobs pay the same." Career paths range from entry level to senior management.
• "Learning the curriculum guarantees a career." A career needs further training beyond school courses.

Teacher activities

1. Starter: display three job titles and ask which sounds appealing to learn about.
2. Introduce three ICT careers one by one and give each a daily-work description.
3. Present a list of local ICT employers and their main services.
4. Model matching job roles to term skills with a simple matrix.
5. Give learners a career-trait pairing task and walk through an example.
6. Close with the exit question about why multiple ICT paths exist.

Student activities

1. Choose a job title from the starter and state one appeal reason.
2. Name three ICT careers and describe the daily work of each in one sentence.
3. Fill a table listing local employers, services and corresponding jobs.
4. Match job roles to term skills on a two-column matrix.
5. Pair one career with a learner trait and justify the match.
6. Answer the exit question in one sentence about multiple ICT paths.

Practical / learning evidence

A three-career worksheet with daily-work descriptions, a local employers matrix and a career-trait pairing. Submit all three for marking.

Resources and preparation

Printed worksheet, blank matrix and a list of three local ICT employers. Offline route: paper versions, no device needed. Display employer photographs carefully and do not share commercial information outside class.

Assessment for learning

Inspect the career worksheet for three distinct roles with sensible daily work. Check the matrix for correct employer and job matches. Mark the career-trait pairing for a defensible match. Flag any learner who narrows ICT careers to coding alone.

Inclusion and homework

Provide the worksheet prefilled in the career cells for learners who need scaffolding and allow oral completion of the matrix. Extend confident learners with six careers and a matching puzzle. Homework: name two ICT careers outside computing, such as agriculture or education.