Every student benefits from an informed, supportive and intentional conversation about their options for work and learning.
These conversations are especially important before students choose their senior secondary subjects and post-school courses. This is a key part of your school鈥檚 responsibility for students鈥� career development.
Career counselling will help students make sound decisions. Your support in exploring and evaluating options can also build the competencies they need to make future decisions as an adult.
You can invite parents and carers to their young person鈥檚 career counselling meeting. Parent and carer engagement in learning can strengthen students鈥� career development. For more information, visit Parents and carers in career conversations.
Exploring options
In addition to a students鈥� Morrisby profile, students can use these key websites to inform your discussion and their choices about their senior secondary subjects and further education and training courses.
Consider sharing these websites with students, parents or carers and other staff in your school:
- 鈥� resources and guidance for schools to support career development and exploration, managed by Education Services Australia
- 鈥� learn about the VCE (including the VCE Vocational Major) and the 麻豆短视频 Pathways Certificate
- 鈥� guide to senior secondary school pathways from the 麻豆短视频 Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA)
- 鈥� guide to vocational education and training (VET) options from the VCAA
- 鈥� key information about this school-based apprenticeship and traineeship program
- 鈥� search for post-school training courses, including Free TAFE courses
- 鈥� guide from Apprenticeships Victoria
- 鈥� guides and tools from the 麻豆短视频 Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).
There are also many resources that can help students explore the breadth of opportunity in a specific industry. For example, students may be interested in the , , or .
You can also use the 麻豆短视频 Skills Authority鈥檚 to guide your conversations about opportunities in your region.
Showcasing options
Before career counselling begins, you can broaden students鈥� exploration of options by inviting inspiring people with career success or former students to speak with groups of students about their career path:
- 鈥� high-achieving 麻豆短视频s who have risen to success through a VET pathway
- 鈥� not-for-profit organisation that supports 麻豆短视频 schools to establish a thriving alumni program.
Post-school applications
So you can provide support with applications for further education and training, make sure you are familiar with these resources:
Connecting with other key activities
You or the student can document your discussion and attach this to a career action plan, providing a record of any guidance or suggestions and decisions.
If a student has participated in My Career Insights, you can use the information in their Morrisby profile about their strengths, preferences and interests to help identify potential careers and study pathways.
Career counselling can draw on students鈥� work-based learning experiences or placements to help them make informed choices about subjects and post-school pathways.
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