Career Development and Transition Support Services

Audit and Planning Tool

Dr Peter Carey & Bruno Pileggi

June 2010

WA Guidelines for Career Development and Transition Support Services

Career development in schools needs to:

be a “K-12 whole school approach”. It is the responsibility of all teachers - for all students not just the Career Development Practitioner if it is to be sustainable. Parents must be engaged and involved.

have the support of the school’s Leadership Team

be part of the school’s ongoing strategic planning and evaluation … Career Development needs to be seen as an important education goal of the school.

have adequate resources allocated to provide essential services and information products

KEY PRINCIPLES

Eleven (11) essential Career Development Services and programs in schools must include:

Transition Support: Individual Pathway Plans (IPPs), a Transition Portfolio, a Exit Plan

Follow-up Support

Career Development Support

Career Education

Enterprise Education

VET in Schools (VETiS), Workplace learning and Vocational Education

Career Information, Guidance and Counselling

Placement or Referral

Access and Equity- Individual Support Approaches

Monitoring and Tracking

Mentoring

WA Guidelines for Career Development and Transition Support Services

An Audit and Planning tool An Audit and Planning tool has been developed to assist schools to implement the 5 key areas of the WA Guidelines and determine ‘where schools are at’ in relation to promoting and creating a career development culture in schools:

Whole School Planning, Support & Coordination

Embedding the 11 Career Competencies of the Australian Blueprint (ABCD)

Program Development & Redesign

Effective Implementation of 11 essential career development programs and services

Continual Promotion next

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Career Development means many things!In managing ones life students need:• to be literate and numerate• to feel good about oneself• to be a good corporate citizens• to be an active participant in the community• to be a lifelong learner having an opportunity for psychological success• to be resilient

Manage Learning• to develop learning to learn skills, metacognitive skills …• to develop critical thinking skills• to develop social and personal skills• to navigate the curriculum to achieve WACE- make lifelong career choices• to take responsibility for ones learning and career management

Managing Work• to plan, explore and make decisions about life, learning and work assisted through the

participation in IPPs, transition planning and exit plans• to develop career management skills

Are these not the responsibility of ALL teachers? Back

Audit and Planning Tool What is it?

A framework to support schools in the design and implementation of a career development culture

Based on the Blueprint for Career Development (ABCD) and the WA Guidelines for Career Development and Transition Support Services

Audit and Planning Tool – How is it used?

Audit Tool- Self assessment against a ‘rubric’ which identifies areas in

need of attention

Planning Tool- Using templates to identify proposed outcomes, actions

and a timeframe

1: Whole School Planning, Support & Coordination

School & Community Support: Acceptance of the Leadership Team - all teachers – for all students - parents involved

Career Development Coordination of program and service delivery and their evaluation by someone?

Staff Professional Development Sustainability

2. Embedding Career Competencies (ABCD)

We need to:Conduct a needs assessment: staff needs for delivery … are the students needs met?

Conduct an audit: are all the competencies of the ABCD being met? In what learning areas?

Identify connection with other programs – Integrated curriculum

3. Program Development / RedesignProgram Delivery:

Individual Pathway Plans Career Development & Transition Portfolio Exit Plans Career Education Enterprise Education VETis / Workplace learning Other Programs; SSEP, mind matters, values

education etc.

3. Program Development / RedesignService Provision:

Career Information, Guidance & Counselling Transition Support Placement or Referral Access & Equity Monitoring & Tracking Community, Industry & interagency

relationships Mentoring

4. Effective Implementation

Following through on decisions made

Monitor, Review & Evaluate

5. Continual Promotion

Promote the programs and services through staff, parent evenings etc. e.g. Develop and Implement a career resource centre

Resources Department of Education: Promoting a Career

Development Culture in Schools file & Career Education lessons CD

Department of Education: IPPs www.det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/secondary/detcms/navigation/wace-resources

Cross Sectoral WA publication: Career Development and Transition Support Services file

Victorian Government: Careers and Transition resource kitwww.education.vic.gov.au/sensecyouth/careertrans/teacherresources/catresourcekit/default.htm

Career Keys (QLD): Career and Transition workbooks

Careercope (Canada): Career education resource