1. Career Pathways

2. Your feedback
I don’t feel confident with the career stuff?
I need help with careers counselling?
I found subject selection/careers counselling difficult?
I really don’t have the knowledge or the skills

3. Purpose
Clarify the mentors role
Careers Planning Resources
What are the pathways?
When to refer?

5. What is your role as a mentor?
Guiding the
Looking at process
the bigger
picture
Encourage student
exploration
Communicate and
Mediate with
Parents The strength of the mentor
system is the mentors
knowledge of their students

6. Professional Development
Today - Pathways
Session 2 - Course
Counselling
Session 3 - VTAC and SNAP etc

7. Careers counseling?
Digital Portfolio - ongoing from day one -
Careers Plan:
Self Awareness: goal setting, self, interests, personal
attributes and values,
Opportunity Awareness: YP to investigate & explore the
world of work
Transition Planning: Most appropriate pathway for Career
choice
Low Motivation - In an attempt to find the
relevance of school - Goal Setting

8. Pathways
VCAL
TAFE
Australian Apprenticeships
Student
VCE
Work ASBA

9. Tools
Careers Work Experience (School Hols)
Interest Tests
Personal Career Plan
Questioning Career Choices
Dream maker or dream breaker
Resume

10. Resources
Job Guide VTAC
Getting a job
Victer - Victorian Myfuture
Tertiary Entrance
Requirement
TAFE DIRECTORY
Coburg Wiki - Coming very soon

11. When do I refer?
Welfare - very low
motivation, personal issues
present.
Youth Connections - 13 -19, at risk of leaving school
prematurely and poor transition

12. Where do I go for more help
Teacher Mentor
Felicia - Term 2 only
Peter - Responsibility for Pathways