Careers & College Partnership News

A Special Year 10 and Year 12 Edition!!

Year 10 Parent info session

On Tuesday 28th July we held an information session for parents to explain Yr 11 courses and the choices students needed to consider. This can be viewed at https://bit.ly/2Po3Rq . I’d encourage every Yr 10 Parent to watch this with their child.

Year 10 counselling changes

Last week we had a plan for how Counselling would proceed for Yr 10’s. By the start of this week, when we returned to remote learning, this plan was outdated. We are going to now undertake the following:

Students in remote learning will be completing tasks over the next week in Industry & Enterprise class that will help inform their choices. These are accessible on Compass and in their class’ Teams group. Families are being encouraged to discuss these choices and where needed reach out to campus Careers staff or their I & E teacher. Should parents be happy with these choices they should sign the student’s copy of the subject selection sheet.

Then, from later next week, students will be getting contacted by experienced subject counsellors (through Teams or via phone). Together they will discuss:

- aspirations and pathways

- planned subject choices

- whether they are appropriate to their abilities (potentially identifying a teacher who would be better placed to confirm this)

- their USI number, if they are having difficulty getting this

- if they are choosing a VET through the TEC, what is required by way of applications

The counsellor will record the choices made, but this will need to be confirmed by their parent either through a pic of the signature on the student’s copy of the selection sheet or an email or phone call to the counsellor.

It is important that Year 10 parents understand that the counsellors may be undertaking between 20 and 60 of these kind of calls (we have nearly 400 Year 10’s). They are time consuming but very important. We will rely on students making themselves readily available when called and that they have done their homework and gotten themselves ready for these calls.

There is no precedent for what we are going through. We may not get everything right in the process but we appreciate your understanding and support.

Year 12 Parent info session

On Wednesday 29th July we presented an information session for all parents of year 12’s and their children. It addressed the various employment options as well as training and further education. VCAL and VCE Parents (and their students) are strongly encouraged to view this. If you missed it you can see it at this link https://bit.ly/3grM2mL . Students then received, via Learning Mentor groups, a Pathways Pack. The pack has been designed for those considering any kind of employment OR further training. Local organisations would love to support you in your plans and have provided these to assist. We've encouraged Yr 12's to take them home and keep them safe and to generate a discussion around the dinner table about options available.

More detailed VTAC advice will be provided via separate presentations in the coming weeks.

Yr 12 Student VTAC info. sessions

Information sessions will be conducted online for students interested in applying for tertiary study through VTAC. The first of these, an introduction to VTAC and applying was shown last week and is available on this link https://bit.ly/3k4dbyh . Students have been asked to use this to register and put their first application into VTAC. The application can be edited as many times as they wish once initially done.

Future VTAC support For Your Child

We are constantly communicating resources and information through the College Careers Facebook page, the Yr 12 FB groups, Compass and Microsoft Teams Yr 12 groups. This information may be targeted at Yr 12 students themselves, their parents or both. Once students have registered and applied through VTAC they can then take advantage of setting up their SEAS (Special Consideration to support their ATAR results) and VTAC Scholarship applications.

We’d strongly encourage parents and students to go to www.vtac.edu.au and explore the amazing resources available including the Yr 12 Student Guide, Course pre-requisites tool, Course Search engine, Demonstration applications (where you can practice SEAS, Applications…) and Fact Sheets.

A detailed presentation produced by VTAC is available for parents at this link is available at https://bit.ly/30rJWNT

We will be publicizing to the Yr 12’s in the coming days an opportunity to come on to their campus and get assistance with registering/applying from Neighborhood Leaders and the Careers team

Get help with the VTAC application process

VTAC will be running a series of online events for year 12 students and their parents. The webinars cover various aspects of the application process and are presented live so that students and parents can ask questions throughout. There are two main types of sessions, with a variety of start times available for each to suit student and parent schedules:

Applying for tertiary courses (and understanding the ATAR)

Provides an overview of the entire application process, including finding courses, preferences, results and offers. Includes a brief discussion of SEAS and Scholarships.

Tuesday 4 August, 6.30pm

Thursday 6 August, 11am

Monday 10 August, 2pm

Understanding special consideration (SEAS) and scholarships:

Provides detailed information about applying for SEAS and scholarships.

Wednesday 5 August, 6.30pm

Friday 7 August, 11am

Tuesday 11 August, 2pm

For information and to register for any of the above sessions, visit https://bit.ly/2EIAvkT

Early admission programs

August closing dates for some early admission programs include:

Australian Catholic University

Community Achievers Program

Melbourne campus

Wednesday 12 August, http://bit.ly/395WfS9

University of Wollongong

Early Entry

Friday 14 August, https://bit.ly/2wvqljF

Swinburne University

Early Entry Program

28 August (Round 1), https://bit.ly/2WiPub5

La Trobe University

Aspire Program

Monday 31 August, http://bit.ly/2v9WOLN

Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt Advantage

Monday 31 August, https://bit.ly/2UmOlgT

Monash University

Monash Guarantee, https://bit.ly/2WQflGX

Australian Catholic University

ACU Guarantee, https://bit.ly/38PiLiA

Schools Recommendation Schemes

12 institutes in NSW and Canberra

https://bit.ly/34XIdkl

Career and course exploration resources

Bullseye posters

You can explore occupations related to your favourite school subjects. After you create an account, click on ‘explore career bullseyes’ and then click on your favourite subjects, https://myfuture.edu.au

Course Seeker

Students can explore university courses for each state in the one website and can research courses, prerequisites, selection criteria and ATAR profiles for the 2021 intake, www.courseseeker.edu.au/

Good Careers Guide

Students can search over 400 different occupations narrowed down by the field or type of work they would like to do in the future. They can also research ‘career ladders’ and take an aptitude test to assist in narrowing down career ideas, www.goodcareersguide.com.au/

Skillsroad

Students can explore courses, occupations, and industries. They can also undertake a mini career quiz and research occupations based on their favourite subjects. Students will also be able to work through the new Ready to Reset online program, www.skillsroad.com.au

Virtual Open Days – Victoria & Tasmania

Australian Catholic University

Saturday 29 August

Saturday 5 & 12 September

https://bit.ly/2P3hvy0

Monash University

29, 30, 31 August

https://bit.ly/2aVcXJc

LaTrobe University

Sunday 2 & 23 August

https://bit.ly/2HDNdi6

RMIT University

8 & 9 August

https://bit.ly/2QcYDgW

Deakin University

Sunday 16 August

https://bit.ly/2LEkXR0

Swinburne University

Wednesday 12 August

https://bit.ly/2KKiQHQ

Victoria University

Sunday 29 August

https://bit.ly/2IYeXkZ

Federation University

Sunday 16 August

https://bit.ly/2bpachS

University of Melbourne

5 – 8 September

https://bit.ly/2vI0pgx

Charles Sturt University

Saturday 6 September (Albury-Wodonga)

https://bit.ly/2GmQV1b

CQUniversity

Saturday 1 & 15 August

https://bit.ly/2WkBy2k

Torrens University

Tuesday 11 August

https://bit.ly/2I7pY0s

University of Tasmania

25, 28, 30 August

https://bit.ly/2WEj0cM

Year 12 Tertiary Dates - Victoria

AUGUST

Early entry programs are now open for:

Victoria University

VU Guaranteed https://bit.ly/2whSd6P

Australian Catholic Uni:

Community Achiever Program https://bit.ly/2tb5Y60

Passion for Business https://bit.ly/2I2Ve2j

Passion for Law…https://bit.ly/2Uk0TYC

La Trobe University

Aspire https://bit.ly/2KdjGN1

Achieve at La Trobe https://bit.ly/2BiNfgP

Prepare for La Trobe https://bit.ly/3hlXTTa

Charles Sturt University

Charles Sturt Advantage https://bit.ly/2O1U244

3 August:

University applications - VTAC

Victorian Tertiary Admission Centre (VTAC) applications open for undergraduate courses, scholarships, Special Entry Access Schemes (SEAS) etc www.vtac.edu.au/

Early/guaranteed admission applications open for:

- RMIT SNAP http://bit.ly/2vAPiVT

- University of Melbourne Access Melb https://bit.ly/2gBAqPD

- Monash University.. Monash Guarantee https://bit.ly/2x5nwBC

- ACU ACU Guarantee https://bit.ly/38PiLiA

- Swinburne University Early Entry https://bit.ly/2WiPub5

12 August Early EntryApplications close:

ACU Community Achievers Program, Melbourne campus

31 August Early Entry Applications close:

La Trobe University Aspire

and Charles Sturt University Advantage

SEPTEMBER

2 September Early Entry Applications close:

ACU Community Achievers Program, Ballarat campus

25 September Early Entry Applications close: ACU Guarantee

30 September

VTAC: Timely applications close for undergraduate courses

OCTOBER

9 October

Early/guaranteed entry applications close:

- Victoria University

- University of Melbourne

- RMIT

- Monash University

VTAC Applications close for:

Special Entry Access Schemes (SEAS) and Scholarships

Your GSSC Careers team

McGuire campus - Lynda Bruce and Ant Newham

Mooroopna campus - Ruth O’Bree and Mary-ann Linehan. Mary-ann is the College Partnerships leader.

Wanganui campus – Tarsh Boyko and Graeme Crosbie. Graeme is the Careers Leader across the College, Tarsh is the new VCE Leader.

Your GSSC Careers website

www.gssccareers.com

Graeme Crosbie

Careers Leader

Greater Shepparton SC

Thanks Ellie!