Lesson Plans & Workshop Ideas Version 5

1 Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. Lesson Plans & Workshop Ideas Version Career and Personal Planning Program Success Through Self Awareness Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. 1 Table of Contents TABLE OF 1 INTRODUCTION .. 2 SECTION I: 3 Section Overview .. 3 Lesson plan #1: 4 Purpose: .. 4 Objectives:.. 4 Materials: .. 4 Key questions: .. 6 Lesson plan #2: PERSONALITY TYPE 7 Purpose: .. 7 Objectives:.. 7 Materials: .. 7 The Extravert/Introvert 8 The Sensing/iNtuition Preference .. 10 The Thinking/Feeling Preference .. 12 The Judging/Perceiving Preference .. 14 Type Table .. 17 SECTION II: PERSONAL 18 Section Overview.

2 18 Lesson plan #3: WHO AM I .. REALLY? .. 19 Purpose: .. 19 Objectives:.. 19 Materials: .. 19 Lesson plan #4: 22 Purpose: .. 22 Objectives:.. 22 Materials: .. 22 Lesson plan #5: STUDY Purpose: .. 24 Objectives:.. 24 Materials: .. 24 SECTION III: CAREER OPTIONS .. 26 Section Overview .. 26 Lesson plan #6: CHOOSING A CAREER 27 Purpose: .. 27 Objectives:.. 27 Materials: .. 27 Lesson plan #7: TRAINING AND 29 Purpose: .. 29 Objectives:.. 29 Materials: .. 29 Lesson plan #8: GETTING A 31 Purpose: .. 31 Objectives:.. 31 Materials: .. 31 Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. 2 Introduction It would be difficult to tailor these Lesson Plans to any one group because TypeFocus Internet Inc. serves a wide variety of clients: Colleges and universities working with potentially very large groups Community career centers working with adults in transition; services range from very short interventions to programs lasting several weeks High schools working with teenagers in relatively small classes and following a set curriculum around life skills Corporate HR Training & Development Programs The purpose of these Lesson Plans is to provide you with the foundation for good classroom or Workshop exercises.

3 In some cases, the Lesson Plans are quite detailed (even pedantic) because that level of detail was needed to ensure the success of the exercise for instructors with little experience in the topic area. Please use these pages as a resource in a way that works best for your needs. We are sure you will find many nuggets of good Workshop /classroom exercises that you can work into your own Lesson Plans . Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. 3 Section I: Self-Discovery Section Overview Many people do not know themselves very well and therefore they often try to be something they are not. They struggle against their natural strengths and blame themselves when things do not go as well as they had hoped. They often play down their strengths and paradoxically try to excel in areas where they are weakest.

4 When they discover that everyone has a different set of strengths, they can make choices about how best to use their strengths. If circumstances force them to work with a weakness, they can understand that their discomfort is due to the circumstances and not something lacking in themselves. As they learn more about themselves, they will accept themselves more readily. The purpose of Section I is to educate participants about a new way of understanding themselves based on personality type theory and set the stage for them to discover and validate their own type. Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. 4 Lesson plan #1: Introduction Purpose: Introduce participants to personality type theory. Objectives: At the end of this Lesson plan , participants will be able to: a) relate right or left hand preference to preference for using one s mind in different ways Materials: 1.

5 Soft squishy-type ball you can buy at a dollar store that is easy to catch with one hand. 2. Getting Started with TypeFocus Careers (In TypeFocus Handout Resources.) A. Preamble - (10-20 minutes) Introduce the topic of Career Planning by suggesting to participants that the world is changing very quickly. Suggest that the old way of determining your future by selecting a single career track to follow and sticking to it probably won t work anymore. Demonstrate this by asking participants to think of all the things that exist now that didn t exist 15-25 years ago. Some examples: Blue Ray, cell phones, faxes, laptop computers, DVDs, Internet, iPods, video games, automated banking, cars with air bags, etc. Point: All this new technology generates jobs and those jobs didn t exist 15-25 years ago. Since the year 2000, less than half the workforce holds conventional full-time jobs.

6 These full-timers will be the new minority. Most people will go through 6-10 occupational changes in their lifetime, which means most will change jobs every 3 years and occupations every 5 years. Point: It is critical to know yourself so your career choices will be wise. It is wise to choose careers which will suit you so you will enjoy the journey because there is less and less chance you will arrive at a secure, full-time, permanent job. Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. 5 B. Non-preferred Hand Exercise - (10 minutes) Explain that you will begin to teach them a new way to understand themselves but before you begin, you want to make a point. Ask them to write their name ( , signature) on any piece of paper.

7 Wait until they ve all finished. Now, ask them to write their name again, just below the first one, but now with their other hand. Immediately go to the board and write down what you hear: groans, ohh-nooo, no-way, etc. After most of the laughter has died down, ask for words to describe the process of writing with your non-preferred hand and the results. Expect answers like childish, difficult, unreadable, awkward, frustrating, immature, takes more time, takes more concentration, etc. Explain the phenomenon of handedness: We are all born with a predisposition to favor one hand - biologists call this hard wiring - it is in our genetic make-up. However, while nature loads the gun, nurture pulls the trigger. So, by the time you come to sign your name, two things have occurred: (1) due to your hard wiring, you are better naturally with your preferred hand and (2) you have undergone a practice effect you ve signed your name thousands of times.

8 Therefore, it feels easy and you do it well. When you are put in the position of working with your non-preferred hand, it feels: (use the words you ve just noted from the class): awkward, difficult, etc. Make a point of saying that while you prefer one hand over the other, your non-preferred hand is still useful and in fact can be trained to be very skilful ( , surgeons). This point will be important when countering the claim that knowing your type leads to pigeonholing. Bridge: We ve just emphasized that we have a preference for which hand we use, but let s extend this Lesson a little more into other areas of life. The concept of preference is a very important one when it comes to career and personal planning. C. Ball Toss - (10 - 20 minutes) Ask for a volunteer to play catch with you using a squishy ball - about 25 feet apart.

9 Naturally, the person will use their preferred hand to throw it to you. Throw the ball back and forth several times until you are both comfortable with the game. Now, back away from each other until it is still easy to catch but you have to concentrate to do so. Now, ask them to use their non-preferred hand to play catch. Do so for about 10 tosses. Debrief: Ask your volunteer how they felt about the experience. Ask the group what they noticed. Copyright 2011 TypeFocus Internet Inc. TypeFocus is a registered trademark of TypeFocus Internet Inc. 6 Key questions: Did you know that people have mental preferences? Just like handedness preferences? However, people are not usually aware of their mental preferences. What effect does this have on their behaviour? Ask them to imagine a world where people have hand preferences but they are not aware of them.

10 Now, suppose you are playing baseball and the only glove you can get is for your wrong hand. Naturally you have a bad game, but what do you blame your poor performance on? It will be either the game ( baseball is stupid ) or yourself ( I m terrible at baseball ). Instead of the real issue you didn t have the proper equipment to make use of your natural preference strengths. The exact same thing can happen in a job. It requires strengths that aren t your natural preferences so you don t do well and the solution is to look for a job that matches your strengths. Otherwise you may make the same error as above either you or the job is terrible when the truth is that both are just fine, but the fit is missing. D. Closure - (5 minutes) Before they go, there is one point to emphasize: No one wants to be pigeon-holed by any system and some might object to being labelled as one personality type versus another.