Careers and Transition

ResourcesImproving pathways and destinations for Koorie students

November 2009

Meredith Shears

shears.meredith.j@edumail.vic.gov.au

Effective career and transition support

Provision of career information, advice, education, guidance or counselling to assist

young people to make the best possible educational, training and employment

choices and to manage their own careers

VELS Stages of Learning

Year Prep to 4 – Laying the FoundationsThe curriculum focuses on developing the fundamental knowledge, skills and behaviours in literacy and numeracy and other areas including physical and social capacities that underpin all future learning. Career development at this stage includes the development of self awareness and understanding of the world around them, including the roles people have in their lives.

Year 5 to 8 – Building breadth and depthIn these years students progress beyond the foundations and their literacy and numeracy becomes more developed. Career development at this stage includes a deeper understanding of themselves and the working world and the decision making processes. They will begin to explore options for learning that can lead to pathways they may want to follow.

Year 9 to 10 – Developing pathwaysIn these years students develop greater independence of mind and interests. They seek deeper connections between their learning and the world around them and explore how learning might be applied in that world. They need to experience learning in work and community settings as well as the classroom. They are beginning to develop preferred areas for their learning.

DEECD Resources on the web

Careers and transition website for Victorian teachers, careers coordinators, students, parents/carers and

others

Education website

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/sensecyouth/careertrans/

Youth Transitions

• Qualifications and Programs • Delivery Arrangements • Accountability Requirements • Careers and Transition • Purchasing Senior Secondary Education and Training from

External Providers• LLENs & Other Networks • On Track • Policy and Research • Related Resources • Contacts

Careers and Transitions• Effective Strategies to Increase School Completion

• Career Education in Schools • Learning and Teaching Careers Resources • Managed Individual Pathways (MIPs) • What is a Career? • Resilience and Career Development • Pathways to Getting a Career • Occupations • Workplace Learning • Information for Parents • Youth Transition Support Initiative • Career Teachers in Industry• Regional Youth Commitments

Learning and Teaching Careers Resources

Lesson plans under headings

• Self awareness

• Opportunity awareness

• Decision learning

• Transition planning

• VE&T Way to go

Guidelines for using the resource

Each topic includesVictorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS)

level, strands, domains and dimensions

Year level – Year 6 to 10

Time - minimum

Purpose - a succinct statement

Rationale - context

Activities

Further activities

Supporting resources

Worksheets and handouts for students - in colour, but will reproduce well in black and white

Guidelines for targetted groups

Guidelines and information for using the resources with

• Koorie young people• English as a Second Language (ESL) and Culturally and

Linguistically Diverse (CALD) young people

• Young people with disabilities

• Young people not in employment education or training

• Rural and remote young people

Self awarenessidentifying personal attributes, abilities, interests and values

• Pizza IQ

• My abilities

• My interests

• My values

• How others see me

• Promoting myself

• Getting to know you (ESL/CALD focus)

Opportunity awarenessinvestigating, exploring and experiencing the world of work and the pathways in it

• What is work?

• Why work?

• Researching careers

• Dicing with life

• Careers Expos/Markets

• Paid work activities

• Evolving careers

• Employability skills

• Skills in demand

• Balancing leisure and work

• Equal opportunity and gender equity (ESL/CALD focus)

Decision learninghow to make informed decisions particularly in relation to career development

• Making decisions

• What should I do?

• Future predictors and risk assessment

• Transferable skills

• Personal skills and work

• Solving problems

Transition planningdevelop students’ skills to effectively move into new situations

• Goal setting• Access your allies• Career pathways plan• Careers portfolio• Writing winning resumes• Get that job• Interview preparation• Go for gold – Interview practice

• Before you go… (Disability focus)• What shall I do? (Rural and remote focus)

VET Way to go

Year 6Introducing Alex Introduces Alex's early career aspirationsMy Vocational Journey Terminology associated with VETYear 7My Talents A self-reflection lesson to develop goal-setting skillsMy Skills Identifies employability skills and personal attributes

Year 8My Mentor Explores mentors as part of a students' career developmentMy Profile Building a personal portfolio including resumes and a basic pathways plan Year 9Understanding Pathways Introduces VET Pathways beyond the compulsory years Managed Individual Pathways Explores VET Pathways in a MIPs Plan. Year 10VE&T case studies Job profiles on VET way to go website. VE&T way to go Identifies VET pathways and explores TAFE learning opportunities

The Real Game Series

Purpose• To demonstrate to students the real life relevance of

their school experience

• Introduce the relevance of the adult world of work in a non threatening way

The Real Game Series What’s Available?

The Play Real Game (Year 3 and 4)

The Make It Real Game (Year 5 and 6)

The Real Game (Year 7 and 8)

The Be Real Game (Year 9 and 10)

The Get Real Game (Year 11 and 12)

myfuture website

2 main sections

• My Guide• Personalised career exploration tool

• The Facts• Information about occupations, courses etc

Web address

www.myfuture.edu.au

Web addressfor DEECD resources

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/

sensecyouth/careertrans