Students at Gilbert Plains Collegiate are about to learn the importance of integrity and ethics and how both affect them right now and in the future.
In February students are taking a course created by the Better Business Bureau called the 'LIFT Business Ethics Certification Program.'
Renee Minshull says the curriculum fits in well with their vision program where they focus on developing after-school skills to be successful in life.
She says this certification gives the students a bit of an edge when they are applying for a job.
“It’s a neat program, and it’s really kind of interring to get the kids to think about how it’s actually going to play out for them. How these little decisions are going to affect their life, and I think it’s going to be really cool to see where they take these ideas and scenarios.”
It consists of five different workshops focusing on topics like character development and building, and personal values.
“It’s actuary a pretty well run course. They provide us with everything that we need. It has PowerPoint presentations and the activities and the assignments, the handouts and everything. So basically we’re somewhat of a facilitator leading them through these ethical decision making activates.”
Minshull explains that vision courses are 30 minutes each day. The first week of February they are doing workshop one and two. The second week is workshop three and four. And then they have around five classes to work on their final project.
The course ends with a final presentation that makes students relay what they learned back to their own lives now and what they think their lives will be like in the future.
“It is important to give our students valuable skills in order to be successful in life after high school, whether that be post-secondary education or the workforce. The real world is tough, so we hope that this program will give our students the edge they need to be successful in whatever they choose.”
