CareerS and PATHWAYS

Our careers and pathways program is centred around the Department of Education Victoria initiative CAREER ACTION PLANS (CAPs)​.  These are a dynamic planning document owned and managed by students  and are intended to help them reflect their increased career development learning.  Our CAPs are implemented and overseen by our Careers Team and Student Management Team.

The CAP helps young people:

• set their goals

• clarify the actions needed to achieve these goals

• commit to participating in the planned activities.

Another component of the career action plan involves the six steps in a young person’s acquisition of skills and knowledge for lifelong career self-management. Although young people complete all six steps each year, the career action plans focus on a different step each year. The six steps are:

• Year 7 - I Discover: young people discover their strengths and talents

• Year 8 - I Explore: young people explore the world of work and their place in it

• Year 9 - I Focus: young people focus on their values and interests

• Year 10 - I Plan: young people use decision-making skills to plan their learning and career programs

• Year 11 - I Decide: young people decide on their best options and opportunities

• Year 12 - I Apply: young people apply their skills and knowledge to their learning and career planning.

As part of our CAPs program students complete regular questionnaires to identifying their strengths, areas for improvement and aspirations.  These are complemented by interviews for each student involving a panel of Student Managers and members of the Careers team.