CEAV Learning is Ongoing

1. CEAV Learning is Ongoing Providing Career services to CEAV members Bernadette Gigliotti Director CEAV President CICA

2. Context Chinese proverb…. If you are planning for a year, sow rice; If you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people

3. What influences the careers role in schools? • Agenda for careers • New Terminology • New initiatives - State and Federal • The Professional Standards – informing career services • Career practitioner role & responsibilities • Career programs in schools • Networks

4. New Terminology • Career – paid and unpaid roles across the lifespan ; life roles; leisure learning; work • Career education – development of skills, knowledge and attitudes through planned program of learning experiences in education, training and work settings • Career Development – complex process of managing life, learning and work (CICA2006)

5. A toolkit needs a bag to hold the tools www.cica.org.au • Framework covers all aspects of your practice.

6. CICA Quality Career Framework informing career practice ..... Quality Assurance for the Career Industry, schools, higher education, tertiary education, graduate counselling - Professional Standards for Career Practitioners - two levels; Professional and Associate • The Australian Blueprint for Career Development - ABCD • Guiding Principles for Career Development Services and Products

7. Australian Professional Standards • Definitions • Membership • Code Ethics • Entry Level Qualifications • Continue Professional Development • Competency Guidelines that inform the development of entry level qualifications www.cica.org.au

8. 2012 CICA Standards in Career Development Professional entry to careers: Graduate Certificate / Diploma in Career Development, Vocational Graduate Certificate in Career Development Management • Masters and PhD Programs Associate entry to careers: • Certificate IV in Career Development

9. The Australian Blueprint for Career Development 11 Competencies underpinning career development across the life span Phases I- IV • Phase 1- pre-school and primary school • Phase II – middle years of schooling • Phase III – senior secondary • Phase IV – adult learning, tertiary education

10. The ABCD provides.... • career competencies – from primary school to adulthood • facilitates service consistency • challenges assumptions about career development • accelerates the establishment of a career development culture

11. ABCD- can be used by…….. • Career counsellors • Career educators, researchers and recruitment officers • Adult educators and employment officers-

12. The ABCD Applications • individuals in consultation with clients/students • program review to map competencies • organizational level to assist with professional development of staff

13. ABCD Competencies 3 key areas: Area A Personal Management Area B Learning and Work Exploration Area C Career Management 11 main career competencies; 3 in Area A; three in Area B; 5 in Area C

14. Target information to… Quality Assurance Model: Area B:Learning and work exploration 6.3 Understand how societal needs and economic conditions influence the nature and structure of work 6.4 Incorporate your understanding of changing economic, social and employment conditions into your career planning

15. Target information to Area C Career Building Competencies 7 – 11 • to inform your case studies • Map your marketing materials to meet quality standards • Provide workshops based on The Professional Standards

16. Target information to… Guiding Principles for Career Information Products: Principle 1 15

17. The Professional Standards for career practitioners 7 core competencies that frame your work: • Career development theory • Labour market information • Ethical practice • Advanced communication skills • Diversity- cultural sensitivity • Information and resource management • Professional practice

18. Role of the Career Practitioner in Victorian Schools Provide guidance through: • Unbiased advice – presenting all choices • Identifying talent / values – build aspirations • Identifying skills – develop resilience • Provide opportunities for self awareness in students - student takes control of the process • Informed choices- assisting students to research and think through their choices

19. Influences on Student Choice Dad Mum Child

20. Year 10 Choices critical • Impact on post compulsory certificate choice • Impact on Subject Choice • Set Direction for post school options • Can limit choice post school • Can make the choice endless post school • Not all engaged at the same time 5% 20% 70%

21. Career counselling at Year 12 • VCE – ATAR entry to university • VCAL- Completion entry to TAFE, employment, apprenticeships traineeships • VET – some have ATAR score , some lead to TAFE – all lead to apprenticeships or traineeships and employment

22. Year 12 Choices • Career counselling is intense June to December • Individual interviewing • Information guidance, applications, enrolments for colleges • ATAR – Australian Tertiary Admission Rank • ATAR is portable, 5 year value adding, used for both university and TAFE course entry 30% 30.05% 99.95% The ATAR Scale

23. Career Practitioner Toolkit • Formal qualifications in career development • Professional or Associate Membership - CEAV • Knowledge of ABCD, Career Development Quality Framework • Vocational Assessment Tools • Code of Ethics • Recordkeeping practices • CPD – in 7 competencies

24. Federal Initiatives that build human capital through career development • Government valuing career development as a way for policy to be achieved • Funded initiatives to build capacity in the profession for good practice and improvement of delivery • Previous and current government recognise that career development is: “the fundamental building block for growth strategies in the knowledge-based economy” (OECD)

25. State Government Initiatives • Career and Transition Resources- students, parents, teachers schools • VE&T – Way to Go students, teachers, parents, schools and employers • Professional Development – The Real Game Series, myfuture training • Regional Career Development Coordinators – 10 across the state to assist all schools, ACE & TAFE career services • Careers curriculum from Year 7-12 , Mentoring ,Youth Connections, LLEN, SWL Providers • Youth central website • Managed Individual Pathways and Wannik (MIPs) Strategy

26. CEAV Career Networks • 35 Career Networks across the state • Attend monthly, term or semester meetings • Currency of information • Support for sole practitioners • Professional Development • Referrals community agencies • Know who is in the career space

27. National Career Development Week 16- 22 May 2011

28. National Career Development Week Launch …. When: Thursday March 31 9.30am – 12.30pm Steve Leibmann- Host David Wirrpanda – Special Guest Where: NMIT - Preston Theme: Celebrate Diversity

29. Contacts Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV) www.ceav.vic.edu.au director@ceav.vic.edu.au Career Industry Council of Australia(CICA) www.cica.org.au State government www.education.vic.gov.au Federal government www.deewr.gov.au

30. Thank you Any further questions