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Career Education Association of VictoriaLearning is ongoing

Providing Career services to CEAV members

Bernadette Gigliotti Director CEAV President CICA

CEAV Learning is Ongoing


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


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


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)


• A toolkit needs a bag to hold the tools www.cica.org.au

• Framework covers all aspects of your practice.


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


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


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


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


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


ABCD- can be used by……..

• Career counsellors

• Career educators, researchers and recruitment officers

• Adult educators and employment officers-


The ABCD Applications

- individuals in consultation with clients/students

- program review to map competencies

- organizational level to assist with professional development of staff


ABCD Competencies

3 key areas:

Area A Personal Management Area BLearning and Work Exploration Area C Career Management

11 main career competencies; 3 in Area A; three in Area B; 5 in Area C


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

Target information to…


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


Target information to…

Guiding Principles for Career Information Products:

Principle 1 15


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


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


Influences on Student Choice

Dad Mum

Child


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

70%

20%

5%


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


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% 99.95%

The ATAR Scale

30.05%


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


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)


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


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


National Career Development Week 16- 22 May 2011


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


Contacts

Career Education Association of Victoria (CEAV)

www.ceav.vic.edu.au

[email protected]

Career Industry Council of Australia(CICA)

www.cica.org.au

State government

www.education.vic.gov.au

Federal government

www.deewr.gov.au


Thank you

Any further questions

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