career develpoment

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Career Development

Bernadette GigliottiDirectorCEAV


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Career Development

FrameworkDeveloped by CICA

The National Standards for Career

Practitioners

The Australian Blueprint for CareerDevelopment

Guiding Principles for careerDevelopment Services and Products


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Terminology

Career developmentthe process ofmanaging life, learning and work over thelifespan (CICA2006)

Career Practitioneran umbrella termthat refers to direct service providers incareer development field; careercounsellors; work experiencecoordinators; employment counsellors,;career educators; employment supportworkers .


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Terminology

Careerpaid and unpaid rolesacross the lifespan ; life roles; leisure

learning; work Career educationdevelopment of

skills, knowledge and attitudes

through planned program oflearning experiences in education,training and work settings


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Current Practice in Career

EducationGovernment Schools

- Aligned to VELs Level 5&6

Humanities- Careers education part of teaching

allotment

- Managed Individual PathwaysSSOs

- On Track data post compulsory


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EducationCatholic schools

- Aligned to Pathways Policy

- Vocational Assessments Year 10

- Career education part of teachingallotment or full time careers

- Emphasis on Subject Selection



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EducationIndependent Schools

- Aligned to school vision and mission

- Assess at Year 10 for SubjectSelection ENTER capabilities

- Full time qualified practitioner

- Some timetabled classes



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EducationMany examples of quality career education

Individual school level

State initiatives

Federal initiatives

Career practitioners

Resourceshttp://www.deewr.gov.au

http://www.education.vic.gov.au
http://www.deewr.gov.au/http://www.education.vic.gov.au/http://www.education.vic.gov.au/http://www.deewr.gov.au/


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The Professional Standards for

career practitioners7 elements that frame career development

work:

Career development theory

Labour market information Ethical practice

Advanced communication skills

Diversity- cultural sensitivity Information and resource management

Professional practice


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Career Development theory

Includes:

- Styles of counselling

- Career tools- audit tools, vocationalassessments tools, MIPs, Blueprint,Employability Skills

- Career polices or frameworksVELs,Victorian Blueprint for education,Employability Skills Framework


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Essential elements of Career

Education

self awareness

career exploration

career decision making

career management skills


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The Australian Blueprint

11 Competencies

- Underpinning career development

across the life span

- Phases I- IV

- Phase IImiddle years of schooling

- Phase IIIsenior secondary


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The Blueprint

The Blueprintis a set of 11competencies

A national framework of competencies thataims to help Australians to better mange theirlives, learning and work; to cope withchange.

Process for planning, implementing and

evaluating career programs and resources thatwill assist all Australians to gain careerdevelopment competencies


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The Blueprint

Identify career competenciesfromprimary school to adulthood

Facilitate service consistency

Challenge assumptions about

career development Accelerates the establishment of a

career development culture


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The Blueprint Applications

The Blueprint

- Individuals and groups in consultation with

clients/students

- program review to map competencies

- organizational level to assist with professionaldevelopment of staff


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Blueprint Competencies

3 key areas:

Area A Personal Management

Area B Learning and Work Exploration

Area C Career Building

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


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Career Programs Yr7 & 8

Focus on:

- Self awareness activities

- Values, talents, skill development ,goal setting

- Researching career industries,

profiles,- Learning education terminologies

- Creating portfolios


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Career Programs Yr 9&10

Focus on

Decision making activitieshow, what,

why of choice exploring impact ofchoices on social or life influences

Learning the terminology of pathways

Re defining interests, values , goal setting

Building portfolio sectionsskills,

knowledge, life experiences


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Career Programs Yr 11 &12

Focus on

Building portfoliosdemonstrating

skills, knowledge, life experiences,networks

Learning the terminology of choice

Exploring the impact of life choices

Action planning and Goal setting


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Career development

Cant be delivered in isolation ofones life experiences

Holistic in its nature Doesnt rely on numeric result

Provides the basis for ongoing

learning and development Crictical core business in every

school, community and organisation

Documents

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