Careers

Career News 1st May 2020

Term 2 is traditionally a busy term for Year 10 students with Pathway Interviews, getting Year 12 Students ready for Term 3 VTAC applications, Career Expos and Tertiary Institutes starting their Open Day Season. With COVID-19 this has put some things on hold and moved a lot of things online. In this newsletter, please find information about virtual career expos, tertiary information sessions and how you can support your daughters, particularly those in Years 10 to 12, in this bizarre world we live in at the moment.

Please see the link for the table summarising what is happening in terms of Virtual Career Expos (starting at the end of this week), Access Monash Programs and what is currently happening at Tertiary Institutes. Obviously as things change with Government closure and social distancing regulations some of this may change too.

Virtual Career Expos and Tertiary Institution Summary Table:

Virtual Career Expos and Online Tertiary Resources May 2020.pdf

Year 12s: Where to Now?

In the next few weeks I will be sending out information to Year 12 students to help them start preparing for applying to VTAC and their individual Term 3 Interviews that will start in August. In the meantime, I have sent them a document that summarises all the institutions and where they can find course and books online. I would also encourage you to talk to them about what they would like to do post school and get them to start thinking about where they are heading. They could:

jump on the VTAC website and do some course searches (archived at present), think about whether they are eligible for SEAS: http://www.vtac.edu.au/. It is best to use the pre-requisite and course explorer option: https://delta.vtac.edu.au/CourseSearch/prerequisiteplanner.htm
VTAC COVID-19 advice: http://vtac.edu.au/update-covid-19.html
try and go to few Virtual Career Expos or online information sessions (see summary table link above or in the Careers Drive or their emails)
read the Career Compass Newsletter that is regularly emailed to them
look at their emails from me as it might have information to help them in their exploration and notify them of changes in university selection processes for next year.
for those interested in Medicine they should have Registered for the UCAT: https://www.ucat.edu.au/ucat-anz/dates-and-fees/. Registrations close May 11th (late booking May 18th)
Apply for ACU's Community Achiever Program (CAP) if they are eligible - applications open on May 1st and close on August 12th for the Melbourne Campus: http://www.acu.edu.au/study_at_acu/pathways_and_entry_schemes/year_12 _student_entry/early_entry
Check out the other early entry programs offered by other places such as La Trobe Aspire: http://latrobe.custhelp.com/app/aspire/apply or elite athlete pathways at certain institutions (email me if you want more here).
Like VTAC and their tertiary institutions of choice on social media platforms to keep up with the latest information.

All Year 12s will have a group information session at the start of August and an individual interview once VTAC registration opens and they start entering information about themselves and their course selections.

With regards to ATAR, latest information states that this will still be calculated and used by Tertiary Institutions. Many institutions also offer other pathways alongside ATAR such as interviews, tests (UCAT, CASPER), portfolios and performance. Some may also be considering Year 11 results too this year. This information should be communicated by the institution and should be on VTAC once the system is updated for the 2020 VCE cohort for August Applications.

Year 10 Morrisby and Pathway Interviews

During the Personal Development Week, the Year 10s students completed a number of career based and reflective activities, including the Morrisby Profile. Unfortunately, with the onset of school closures, the parent session for this was cancelled. We have a printed copy of your daughter’s report so stay tuned as to when this session will be run, and you can collect the report. In the meantime, your daughter should

hopefully have shared her profile with you and this can be accessed online.

Pathway Interviews to discuss what your daughter has learnt about herself by competing the Morrisby and her future school and post-school study will be occurring sometime later this year. Before these occur, your daughter can continue do some exploration using her Morrisby online report, completing the interview questions and making any notes. These tabs can be found section be found at the top of her profile page. She might also like to use some of the other resources listed below. Once dates have been set for interviews, I will let you know.

Post-school Course and Career Exploration Resource Links

What’s Uni like?

Years 10 -12 – Not sure whether uni is for you? Then this could be a useful site for you daughters if they are unsure: https://www.futuremoves.edu.au/about/whats-uni-like/. This site is a self-paced course that helps you answer 3 Questions:

Uni – is it for me?
Uni – what should I expect?
Uni – what academic skills will I need?

VTAC pre-requisite and course explorer option: https://delta.vtac.edu.au/CourseSearch/prerequisiteplanner.htm

Prerequisites for 2021 (Year 12s):

http://www.vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/publications/prerequisites_for_2021_v6.pdf

Prerequisites for 2022 (Year 11s):

http://www.vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/publications/prerequisites_for_2022_v7.pdf

VTAC Careers Hub: https://www.careershub.vtac.edu.au/

MyFuture Website: https://myfuture.edu.au/

You will need to create an account to have access to the programs and information here. If you truly do not have an idea of what you would like to do at VCE and beyond – then this is a great website to explore in your own time.

Course Seeker: https://www.courseseeker.edu.au/

Study the course that's right for you

Youth Central: http://www.youthcentral.vic.gov.au/

Provides lots of help and advice about Study and Training, Jobs and Careers and General Advice for life.

The Good Universities Guide: https://www.gooduniversitiesguide.com.au/careers-guide

A guide to the thousands of high-quality courses on offer in Australia, across a wide range of study areas. Courses range from vocational certificates and diplomas through to undergraduate degrees and postgraduate programs.

Job Outlook: http://joboutlook.gov.au/

Your guide to Australian careers Job Outlook can help you make decisions about study and training, your first job, or the next step in your career.

My Skills: http://www.myskills.gov.au/

Online information about vocational education and training (TAFE) options.

Bullseye posters: http://www.education.gov.au/career-bullseye-posters

School subjects you like and jobs they can lead to. PDF copies of these can be found on The Careers Team Drive.

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