Career Guidance

Careers Education will be provided for year 7 and 8 students to begin to develop the understandings, skills and attitudes that they need to make positive career decisions throughout their lives. Careers education guidance will have a particular focus on any students who are at risk of leaving school unprepared for the transition to the workplace or further education/training.

Our careers information and guidance programme typically involves all senior students and is general in nature. Activities are aimed at increasing students' awareness of the career options open to them, and motivating and focusing students to think about their options for the future.

Aspects of careers education are integrated where possible and practicable into learning areas, but can also stand alone. Programmes will offer opportunities to allow students to:

increase their knowledge and understanding of themselves
increase their awareness of opportunities
develop their decision-making and planning skills
develop their ability to take action

The resources used by the school include:

computer-based information resources
Careers NZ
personnel, for example:
- liaison personnel from secondary and tertiary institutions
- parents/past students
- community role models
- local business or industry.

Reviewed March 2022