Year 12 Students and Change Of Preference

An information pack has been posted home to each student with information about Results & ATARs and Offers, Change of Preference Expos and Information sessions, Tips for enrolment in 2018 and the availability of Careers staff during the Change of Preference period. If you did not receive one please contact the Careers staff. Good luck to all our Year 12 VCE students as they wait for their results. We hope you achieve just what you are hoping and gain access to the course or pathway of your choice.

Careers News

Career News 19 is now available and contains information about Change of Preference, Keeper for a Day at the Werribee Open Range Zoo, Occupational Therapy as a career, alternative pathways to Monash University degree courses, the MYSCI event for secondary students at Monash, the importance of volunteering and more.

Latest Careers Newsletter on MyAitken

The Careers Newsletter is available via MyAitken. It can be accessed by clicking on ‘Resources’ then ‘School Life’ then ‘Aitken News’ then ‘Careers Newsletter - Welcome’ then ‘Careers Newsletters – 2017 editions’. The newsletter can be downloaded from this point.

http://myaitken.fireflycloud.net.au/aitken-news/careers-newsletter-1/careers-newsletters---2017-editions or click below for a PDF version

Do not forget that Ms Gibbs and Mrs Borg are available to help students with any questions they might have about careers, courses and pathways. Please come and see us in Room B21 at the Careers Centre or telephone us on 9333 1866 or email your concerns or queries to

careers@aitkencollege.edu.au.

Mrs Clare Borg & Ms Rae Gibbs

Careers Counsellors

Kangan Experience Day

Fifty Aitken College students across Years 7-9 joined students from other secondary schools in the region as guests of Kangan Institute TAFE for their annual ‘Experience Day’ on Wednesday 22 November. Previously known as ‘Try a Trade’, this wonderful opportunity allows young people to undertake ‘hands on’ experience in a variety of practical workshops as a means of gaining an insight into a specific trade and/or industry.

When the invitation to participate was first made, VET Coordinator, Mrs Caron Flynn managed the task of organising students into various workshops based on their specified interests. Options included: Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, Horticulture, Engineering, Nursing, Justice, Allied Health, Hospitality, Animal Studies, Music and Security. Students were able to participate in three workshops.

Aitken teachers accompanying the group had an opportunity to rotate between the workshops and saw students: construct birdboxes, strip wires, practice CPR, take blood pressure, examine a crime scene, construct a pen holder and analyse baggage screened though an x-ray machine for security. In addition to these practical and ‘fun’ activities information about industry opportunities and corresponding courses was made available.

Kangan hospitality included the provision of transport to the Broadmeadows campus and a pizza lunch which was enjoyed by all. For most of the Aitken students it was a ‘first look’ at a tertiary campus and the beginning of the career and course research that is so vital especially during the Brookhill years. For students potentially interested in VCAL the opportunity was invaluable.

Many thanks to all the students who were excellent Aitken ambassadors, Mrs Borg for coordinating the excursion and the wonderful Dunhelen staff for assistance on the day and the during the lead up to the event.

Ms Rae Gibbs

Careers Counsellor

Important Diary Dates

2017