Careers
Wanganui Park Secondary College Career News
Events coming up:
JUNE
4: Information evening, RMIT, 6:30 PM, Parklake Shepparton. Register – www.tiny.cc/Shepparton
4 - 25: Information Evenings, Victoria University, various dates and sessions, https://bit.ly/2XU317d
4 – 26: My Future, The University of Melbourne, various dates and sessions, https://bit.ly/2DNfjac
23: Global Career Hotel Experience, The Hotel School Melbourne, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, https://bit.ly/2DQr6V5
25, 26: Explore Day, Charles Sturt University. Wagga Wagga (25) and Albury-Wodonga (26) campuses, https://bit.ly/2T1AFoJ
27: Animal Careers Discovery Day, RSPCA, Melbourne, https://bit.ly/2KGpb7a
JULY
2 - 31: Health Courses Information Sessions, Deakin University, https://bit.ly/2r0rbh5
2, 5: Experience Day, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne (2), Ballarat (5), https://bit.ly/2UIoH4P
2, 4: DeakInspire, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Ponds (2), Burwood (4), https://bit.ly/2Eal29c
3, 5: Experience Clever, La Trobe University, Bendigo (3), Melbourne (5), https://bit.ly/2Jrjl8f
4 – 5: MAJOR HACK 2019, The University of Melbourne, current Year 11 & 12 students, Parkville, https://bit.ly/2LrwunQ
6 – 13: Victorian Indigenous Engineering Winter School, https://bit.ly/2tr0VPa
9 – 13: Experience Monash Indigenous Winter Camp, https://bit.ly/2J2czt0
11: Inside Monash Seminars, Monash University, Science careers & industry engagement, https://bit.ly/2ki2NYw
23 – 31: Health Science Courses – Information Sessions, Deakin University, https://bit.ly/2qHNlHe
30: Meet Melbourne Uni, Shepparton (30), https://bit.ly/2S7X2Zn
Note: these are Shepparton events
Year 9 Career Advisory Service
Gaining timely and accurate career advice can be critical to student aspirations, motivation and consequently, academic achievement. It’s also beneficial to their mental health and self-esteem. We all need help building the skills and knowledge that will help us manage our careers and our pathways into these. Changing of jobs (and careers) is becoming more of a thing in our society and will continue to be so.
The Victorian State Government together with the Career Educators Association of Victoria have launched a two stage Career Advisory Service for every Year 9 in a government school. It is an entirely free service that is new, although Wanganui Park helped trial it in December 2018 with a small group of students.
Commencing Tues. June 4th (in Block 5 classes on Tuesdays & Fridays) each of the Year 9 classes will complete an online career survey (called Morrisby). This survey measures verbal, numerical, abstract and spatial aptitudes. It reveals talents, motivations, personality types and your work preferences. In total it will take about two hours (some sections are timed).
Once completed, this will provide you with your own personal printed report that will outline many suggestions and recommendations that suit your personal profile. It is also an interactive platform that will provide you with links to explore career and study options. It will be a great resource alongside your current career education opportunities. Students then will each receive a one on one counselling session (parents are encouraged to attend if they wish) with an experienced Careers practitioner from outside of the school.
While Graeme Crosbie, the College Careers Advisor is always available to support individuals, running 180 individual half hour counselling sessions with Year 9’s is beyond our current resources. Therefore, this is a very welcome addition to what we do. Should parents have questions or queries about the Morrisby online survey they can contact Graeme Crosbie at the school, or check out the survey on www.morrisby.com. Students can attempt sample questions or read FAQ’s and responses. Details about the careers advice sessions will be provided early Term 3 once our Year 9’s have completed the Morrisby part of the program.
RMIT’s Shepparton Information evening next week
Find out all you need to know about RMIT – courses, pathways, industry experience, accommodation, student life and more. RMIT’s Shepparton Information evening being held at Parklake Shepparton, Tuesday 4th June from 6:30pm. Registrations are required online via www.tiny.cc/Shepparton. Students (any year level) and parents are encouraged to attend.
VCAL Work Placement
Next week our Year 11 and 12 VCAL students commence work placements across the Goulburn Valley. We know how excited they are and we wish them well. Thanks to all local businesses who continue to support our students gaining valuable experiences in the workplace. We know it makes a massive difference to their career planning and their job readiness.
Food & Fibre Careers Event
On Friday 24th May, 16 of our students ha