Other Program Information
Year 9
My Career Action Plan.
In year 9, students complete the Morrisby Career Profiling Survey, helping them develop their My Career Action Plan.
This process involves multiple steps throughout the year, beginning with students completing an online survey at school. This survey includes a range of questions exploring student aptitudes and skillsets, as well as asking about their interests and aspirations for study and work beyond year 9.
After completing the survey, students receive a detailed set of results based on their responses. These results identify student strengths in a wide range of areas, including academics, leadership/interpersonal and their preferences for working. It uses these to make recommendations to students about possible areas of interest for further study, both at school and beyond, and also suggests potential career pathways that the student may be interested in or excel at based on their results. Our careers manager and the year 9 team then work together to utilise the skills and interests of the students in the learning program across the rest of the year.
Lastly, students that complete the survey also have a 1-1 consultation with a careers expert, talking them through their results, offering advice and answering student questions.
The great majority of past students tell us this interview stage of the process is really valuable to their understanding of their skill sets and potential pathways they could explore.
The Geelong Tertiary Futures Program – Skilling the Bay
This is a ten day program undertaken over ten weeks during a term in Year 9.
Students work through a series of Certificate-level modules on workplace skills and communication, through The Gordon TAFE, gaining credit towards this level of qualification if completed. In addition students attend a series of 'Preview Days' at the Gordon East and City campuses, experiencing a range of careers and training environments in the Arts , Technologies and Trades.
Past students have gained experiences in early childcare, design, tourism, hospitality, automotive, beauty, animal care and many more pathways!
Making a success of Year 9
To help ensure that all students in Year 9 have a successful transition and first year at Goldsworthy Campus, there a few key expectations.
- Student Uniform : Just like the P-8 Campuses, all students at Goldsworthy are expected to wear school uniform on a daily basis. This allows the focus to be on learning. Supports are available at campus if students are in need of new items.
- Mobile phones are to stay in your locker from 8.55am to 3.10pm. We know that you want them at hand but across all Victorian schools, phones are expected to be in lockers throughout the day. Phones are a distraction from learning and we want that to be our focus.
- Chromebooks - The College provides all students with a Chromebook, so please make sure they are charged each night and brought each day to school. These are an essential learning tool, used every day across all subjects.