Career News

Term 2 has been a busy one with each Year 10 having their individual Pathways Interview to discuss their subject selections for next year and aspirations for the future. Hopefully these, along with their learning during Future Directions week will help them to make some informed decisions about their future directions. Next term it will be time for the Year 12s to have individual interviews about their next steps beyond the school gate. Some students have already been investigating options and made appointments to see me. Over the next couple of weeks in their Homeroom Pastoral period the Year 12s will have information sessions about applying for post-secondary Special Entry Access Schemes (SEAS) and where to next as they prepare for VTAC registration in August.

2019 VTAC publications

In light of both these big decision making stages of your daughter’s lives please find links below for the 2019 VTAC publications. The following guides are now available in the Publications section of the VTAC website and printed copies will arrive soon for each student in the appropriate year level.

VTAC Year 11 and 12 Guide: Researching courses and applying

The VTAC Year 11 and 12 Guide helps students research tertiary courses and leads Year 12 students through the application process. In 2019, the 30 Minute Mentor interviews have been replaced with a new profile series, Pathways in Focus, which highlights study journeys and careers.

Link: http://vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/publications/2019_year_11_and_12_guide.pdf

VTAC Year 10 Guide: Choosing senior school studies for the right reasons

The VTAC Year 10 Guide provides information and activities to help Year 10 students identify their strengths and interests, research tertiary education and choose their senior school studies. The Guide also includes example ATAR calculations which demonstrate the impact of selecting VCE subjects based on scaling alone.

Link: http://vtac.edu.au/files/pdf/publications/2019_year_10_guide.pdf

What’s Uni Like?

If your Year 10-12 daughter is not sure whether university is for her or not, then the

following site could be useful. Link: www.whats-uni-like.edu.au

The 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?

Tertiary Open Days

Another good way to explore post-school study options is to attend an Open Day and the season is nearly upon us. Victorian Tertiary Open Days start on the first weekend in August and run nearly every weekend throughout Term 3. The students in years 10-12 have been emailed a summary of the dates for Victorian Tertiary institutions and they can also find a copy on the Careers Team Drive in the relevant folder. They can also find a sheet helping them get the most out of their open day experience.

I would especially encourage girls in Years 10 to 12 to attend a couple as it may help them decided where they might like to study. Please refer to the following site for all published Australian Open Day dates: https://www.openday.com.au/.

Megan Larritt, Careers Counsellor, mlarritt@killester.vic.edu.au

Tailored Pathways Excursion

Our experience at The Tailored Pathways Program was extremely tiring. It pushed us out of our comfort zones by making us talk and reach out to people. We learnt about ourselves and our capabilities, for example socialising and being competitive. We learnt that socialising is difficult and when there is something we are passionate about we can get quite competitive. We were able to see our flaws and it made us want to improve our socialising skills and to take more initiative in discussions. We especially enjoyed making a spaghetti tower in a small group. Thank you to Penny and Ms Campbell for giving us this experience.

Emmy Le, Jennifer T and Junjila Mangala, Year 10 Students

Performing Arts

Private Music Lessons