CLAP for youths@HKJC · 2015. 6. 4. · portal) developed by CLAP in S.4‐6 students 6. Feedback / take part in user‐assessment tests on career development resources developed

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CLAP for youths@HKJCCareer and Life Adventure Planning for Youths@Hong Kong Jockey Club

Briefing Session by School-Based Team

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Current Situations and Gaps

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Diverse Understanding towards CLP and Various Pathways

Diverse Needs of Youths on Educational and Career Planning

School and Career Advisors Capacity to be Strengthened

Lack of Localized and Empirically‐based Development Tools

Fragmented and Sometimes Misleading Career Information

Timely and Tailored Support from Business Sector to be Set up

Social Expectation, Parents’ linear perspective of Career Development & Success


Our Missions

“A meaningful life is about realising potential, overcoming adversity and giving back for the common good. " Dr. Simon Ip, Chairman, The Hong Kong Jockey Club

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1678381/hong-kong-jockey-club-donates-hk500m-citys-youth

1. To set a new paradigm in Hong Kong so that schools, parents and the community will appreciate the individualised talents of youths and create a new culture to support multiple pathways for youths

2. To develop a holistic model that equip and empower youths with the necessary career and life planningattitudes and competencein order to achieveself-actualisation


Unleashing Youth Potential via Career and Life Planning

Paradigm Building – feature highlights

School‐based and Community‐based Intervention

Infrastructure Development

Alliance and Partnership across Sectors

Connect Multiple Pathways for Youths with Different Talents

Evidence‐based Practices and Innovations

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What is Career & Life Planning?

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4. Career Planning & Management

• Set action plan• Prepare for transition to work / further study

3. Pathway exploration

• Explore possible paths (different forms of work/ study)

1. Engagement 2. Self‐understanding

• Motivate, develop positive attitudes and hope

• Identify interest, values, talents and circumstance

• Career & Life Planning is a lifelong process for personal fulfillment• In the adolescent stage, it involves understanding one’s interests and strengths, setting life goals and finding the right path to achieve these goals

• The proposed career & life planning model consists of four phases (for both school‐ and community‐based teams):


CLAP SCHOOL BASED SUPPORT PROGRAMMES

Building a Paradigm with Professional Capacity and Substantial Support Network

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Cross‐sector Partnership

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Highlight of CLAP for youths@JC

Build Professional Capacity

Curriculum, Tools, and

Assessments

School Support and

Networking

All‐in‐one e‐platform

Guidance and Counselling for

Youth

Research and Model Building


How are we going to work with the network schools?

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School Capacity Building in 3 years

Needs assessments and PIE coaching

4‐tiered PDP for leaders, career advisors, class

teachers and subject teachers

Partnership in CLP workshops/

seminars for parentsTailored programs on CLP with support in networking and sustainable delivery

Assistance in infra‐structure

development


How would students in network schools benefited?

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Support to

Students

Tailored resources including guidance

programs, tools, curriculum & CRE

Free individual account of the

career exploration all‐in‐

one e‐portal

Guidance and counselling on Individual Planning

Referral and long‐term tracking in collaboration with community team


Services for Students and Youth

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10 pilot schools with higher proportion of students with specific needs (SENs, EMs, gifted)• Tailored curriculum, resources and tools with (more intensive) interventions• One‐stop service to follow up on career planning and implementation after graduation

• Provide training and consultation for schools to carry out Career & Life Planning education

Mainstream Students Out‐of‐school YouthsUpper secondary school students(S4‐6) of 50 pilot schools

Aged 15‐21, include dropouts, at‐risk, hidden, NEY

• 5 district‐based community service teams (run by NGOs) to provide Career & Life Planning services with more emphasis on “engagement”

Collaborated Support given to


What commitment should the network schools have?1. Support of the school leaders2. Engagement of career team heads and career teachers/ other career

advisors to co‐work with SDOs to explore needs of school and individual students

3. Active participation in professional development programmes for sustainable capacity building

4. Mobilise students to participate the programmes5. Commit suitable time and resources in utilization of career development

resources (including career assessment tools, related programs, and e‐portal) developed by CLAP in S.4‐6 students

6. Feedback / take part in user‐assessment tests on career development resources developed by CLAP for continuing improvement and innovation (especially important for the network schools in the first cohort 2015‐2018)

7. Sharing of good practices and inspiring cases through the CLAP platform 8. Reasonable commitment in assisting evaluative studies

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Application and Selection

• Deadline: 23 Mar 2015 to CUHK• Eligible schools will be invited for a friendly meeting• 5 schools to be selected• Coordination and planning begin in June 2015

Cohort 1: 2015‐2018

• Deadline: 23 Mar 2015 OR 13 May 2015• Eligible schools will be invited for a friendly meeting• 20 schools to be selected

Cohort 2: 2016‐2019

• Deadline: At a later stage• Eligible schools will be invited for a friendly meeting• 25 schools to be selected

Cohort 3: 2017‐2020

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Selection Criteria of the 50 Network Schools

From the mainstream (40 schools)

• Commitment and readiness of school leaders and career team in incorporating CLAP initiatives, including evaluative research activities and dissemination of good practices

• Professional development needs of career practitioners

• Potential to engage in train‐the‐trainers initiative

• A balanced representation of student populations in the overall school pool in different districts

With Higher Proportion of Specific Needs (10 schools)

• Commitment and readiness of school leaders and career team in incorporating CLAP initiatives, including through‐train partnership with community team

• Intensity of student specific needs

• Professional development needs of career practitioners

• Potential to engage in train‐the‐trainers initiative

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Contributions to the Education Community

All schools

100+ Affiliated schools

50 Network schools

•Dissemination of good practices•From 2017/18 onwards: opening up the professional development portal to all educators; support portal to all parents and business partners

•From 2016/17 onwards: opening up of e‐portal to all students/youth

•Starting from 2015•District‐based school support program: professional development framework for school leaders, career advisors & parents

•District‐based school planning network •E‐portal & infrastructure support

•Starting from September 2015•Comprehensive school support package including school development programs, teacher training, parent education

•Student guidance support including tools, curriculum, full e‐portal utilization and other infrastructure development

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How to Become an “Affiliated” School?

• How?– There will be an application form to be sent to schools– Schools that the Project is unable to include as a network school could be included as an affiliated school (if agreed to by the school)

• Selection criteria– School commitment and needs– The potential of the school to benefit from the project activities and deliverables

– Availability to join in various dissemination activities and selected “evidence‐based” research and evaluation initiatives

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Train the Trainers – Building the Professional Development Paradigm

Tier 1: Basic(~10 hrs; e.g., for class teachers)

Tier 2: Intermediate (~20 hrs; e.g., for members of career team)

Tier 3: Advanced I (~20‐30 hrs; e.g., career masters and VP/Pl)

Tier 4: Advanced II(might be credit bearing)(Self‐regulated; >100 in total)

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Tier 1: Basic(15 hrs;youth workers)

Tier 2: Focused (~15 hrs;social workers engaged in CLAP)

Tier 3: Advanced I and II(~140 hrs;project service team members)


• Content pool– assessments on career interest / aptitude and

strengths / personality / values / generic skills– study and job finder and tools– tips and guide for parents and career practitioners– Social elements, e.g., up/down vote, number of

views, career surveys

• Personal profile– personalized career profile builder and notifications– career (study and vocational) exploration tools that

connect individual’s assessment results to options in local and overseas settings

• Social platform– real time career advising services– Interest groups on career path sharing with

business partners/professionals and peers

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e‐platform – Inspire and Aspire


Research and Model Building

• Are the interventions effective?• Are the tools and resources developed useful, relevant, and having scientific rigor?

• What are the needs and characteristics of students (e.g., interest, skills, readiness for further studies or/and employment) and those of other stakeholders (e.g., career guidance teachers, parents)?

• What are the critical success factors?

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Expertise and Collaboration

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30+ yrs of experience in career and life planning intervention, training

and research

Chairperson of HKACMGM, School VP, 20+ years of experience

in career guidance intervention and

training

Researcher and trainer in social work, youth policy consultant,

specialized on helping marginal youth, 25+ years of experience

15+ years of practice and research experience in life development of

youth and youth at‐risk, youth empowerment, and parent education

To collaborate on research design and intervention (include academics from CUHK, HKU, CityU, HKBU)

Government (EDB, SWD, HAB), HKACMGM, HKCSS, Schools and NGOs, Parent groups,

Business, Media

School-Based PI (Dr Esther Ho)

Chief-PI(Prof Alvin Leung)

Community-Based PI (Prof Victor Wong)

Other Investigators Close Collaborators and Stakeholders

Community-Based Co-PI (Prof To Siu Ming)


THANK YOU

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