Career Development Career Development

Bernadette Gigliotti

Director – CEAV

Career Development Career Development Framework Framework Developed by CICA • The National Standards for

Career Practitioners• The Australian Blueprint for

Career Development • Guiding Principles for career

Development Services and Products

Terminology Terminology

• Career development – the process of managing life, learning and work over the lifespan (CICA2006)

• Career Practitioner – an umbrella term that refers to direct service providers in career development field; career counsellors; work experience coordinators; employment counsellors,; career educators; employment support workers ….

Terminology Terminology

• Career – paid and unpaid roles across the lifespan ; life roles; leisure learning; work

• Career education – development of skills, knowledge and attitudes through planned program of learning experiences in education, training and work settings

Current Practice in Career Current Practice in Career Education Education Government Schools- Aligned to VELs Level 5&6 –

Humanities - Careers education part of

teaching allotment - Managed Individual Pathways –

SSO’s - On Track data – post

compulsory

Current Practice in Career Current Practice in Career Education Education

Catholic schools - Aligned to Pathways Policy - Vocational Assessments Year 10 - Career education part of

teaching allotment or full time careers

- Emphasis on Subject Selection - On Track data – post compulsory

Current Practice in Career Current Practice in Career Education Education

Independent Schools- Aligned to school vision and

mission- Assess at Year 10 for Subject

Selection ENTER capabilities - Full time qualified practitioner - Some timetabled classes - On Track data – post compulsory

Current Practice in Career Current Practice in Career Education Education Many examples of quality career

education • Individual school level • State initiatives• Federal initiatives • Career practitioners • Resourceshttp://www.deewr.gov.au http://www.education.vic.gov.au

The Professional Standards The Professional Standards for career practitioners for career practitioners 7 elements that frame career

development work: • Career development theory • Labour market information • Ethical practice• Advanced communication skills • Diversity- cultural sensitivity • Information and resource

management • Professional practice

Career Development Career Development theory theory Includes:- Styles of counselling - Career tools- audit tools,

vocational assessments tools, MIP’s, Blueprint, Employability Skills

- Career polices or frameworks – VELs, Victorian Blueprint for education, Employability Skills Framework

Essential elements of Essential elements of Career Education Career Education

• self awareness

• career exploration

• career decision making

• career management skills

The Australian Blueprint The Australian Blueprint

11 Competencies - Underpinning career

development across the life span

- Phases I- IV - Phase II – middle years of

schooling - Phase III – senior secondary

The Blueprint The Blueprint

• The Blueprint is a set of 11competencies • A national framework of competencies

that aims to help Australians to better mange their lives, learning and work; to cope with change.

• Process for planning, implementing and evaluating career programs and resources that will assist all Australians to gain career development competencies

The Blueprint The Blueprint

• Identify career competencies – from primary school to adulthood

• Facilitate service consistency

• Challenge assumptions about career development

• Accelerates the establishment of a career development culture

The Blueprint The Blueprint Applications Applications • The Blueprint

- Individuals and groups in consultation with clients/students

- program review to map competencies

- organizational level to assist with professional development of staff

Blueprint Competencies Blueprint Competencies

3 key areas:

Area A Personal Management Area B Learning and Work

Exploration Area C Career Building

11 main career competencies; 3 in Area A; three in Area B; 5 in Area C

Career Programs Yr7 & 8 Career Programs Yr7 & 8

Focus on: - Self awareness activities - Values, talents, skill

development , goal setting - Researching career industries,

profiles, - Learning education terminologies - Creating portfolios

Career Programs Yr Career Programs Yr 9&10 9&10 Focus on • Decision making activities – how, what,

why of choice – exploring impact of choices on social or life influences

• Learning the terminology of pathways • Re defining interests, values , goal

setting • Building portfolio sections – skills,

knowledge, life experiences

Career Programs Yr 11 Career Programs Yr 11 &12 &12 Focus on• Building portfolios – demonstrating

skills, knowledge, life experiences, networks

• Learning the terminology of choice• Exploring the impact of life choices• Action planning and Goal setting

Career development Career development

• Can’t be delivered in isolation of one’s life experiences

• Holistic in it’s nature • Doesn’t rely on numeric result • Provides the basis for ongoing

learning and development • Crictical core business in every

school, community and organisation