1. KINGSWOOD COLLEGE CAREERS PROGRAM Julie Glanvill Careers Counsellor

2. CAREERS CENTRE Careers Centre located in the library, next to IT office Available Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays Call in, email or phone for an appointment

3. How the Careers Centre can assist you Individual InterviewsCareer Expos Morrisby testing (29 th May 2015) Apprenticeships Subject selection counsellingCadetships & traineeships Work ExperienceTAFE & university courses Interview skillsVTAC process Resume writing skillsScholarships Part-time/casual job opportunities International study Tax File Number applicationsInterstate universities Occupational informationGAP year opportunities Tertiary open daysCareers newsletters

4. KINGSWOOD COLLEGE CAREERS WEBSITE Information on a huge range of careers related topics: links to websites such as University & TAFE websites, The Defence Force, job search sites work experience, career planner, course search facility, career videos, VCE information, post school options etc. communication tool – Facebook, message board, calendar of events, Careers Newsletters http://kingswoodcollegecareers.com/ link in school newsletter and on Kingsnet – middle and senior school pageshttp://kingswoodcollegecareers.com/

5. ENTERPRISE PROGRAM The VCE journey has already commenced with Enterprise – a subject students started in Year 9

6. Enterprise program PART OF TWO NATIONALLY ACCREDITED CERTIFICATES: –CERTIFICATE ll Skills for Work and Training –CERTIFICATE lll Employment and Training These 2 certificates enable all Year 10 students, who satisfactorily complete all the assessment tasks, to gain a sixth Year 12 VCE subject, adding an additional 10% to their VCE ATAR AGGREGATE

7. How does Enterprise contribute to your ATAR? SubjectStudy Scores English40 Business Management40 VET Multi Media40 Art40 Biology23 SubjectScore Addition to ATAR Aggregate Score Biology - 10% of score232.3 Enterprise - 10% of the average of English and best three subjects 404.0 Total Additional Score 6.3 Enterprise - Calculation - Biology would be calculated as a fifth subject and Enterprise is calculated as a sixth subject.

8. Enterprise Qualification Students complete 30 units for these 2 certificates: –23 units in the general school curriculum throughout years 9 & 10, e.g.: in Maths, English, Science, Humanities, City Cite, Media, Wellbeing –Seven careers units in subject called Enterprise

9. Delivery format for careers units 2 x 2 day Careers Workshops - –4 th and 8 th December 2014 –26 th and 27 th March 2015 Excursion to Stone Fruit Orchard & Chocolaterie 2014 VCE & Careers Expo Friday 8 th May 2015 Mock Interviews early in term 2 2015 Morrisby Career testing 29 th May 2015 Work Experience 14 th – 18 th September 2015

10. OUTLINE OF CAREERS TOPICS Conference one (2014) Work Experience preparation Researching careers Pathways Planning Career planner interviews Conference two ((2015) Employment Preparation –Resume writing & job applications –Personal presentation and interview skills –Mock 1:1 interviews

11. MORRISBY CAREER TESTING Assesses students’ abilities in a range of areas and identifies work interests Generates career suggestions which match students’ interests and abilities Generates a list of VCE subjects relevant to career suggestions Test date 29 th May Parent information evening 25 th June

12. WORK EXPERIENCE Compulsory part of year 10 program Find out more about a career of interest 14 th – 18 th September Start preparing EARLY – lots of competition for places! Applications for some organisations closed in 2014

13. Work Experience Link to all work experience documents and information on Careers website under ‘Workplace Learning’ Refer to Work Experience Planning Booklet under ‘documents’ for all important work experience information See Ms Glanvill for assistance

14. Thank you