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Youth Transitions

Careers and Transitions

Providing a broad range of educational pathways is important in improving student outcomes. However, young people need support to understand the options and navigate the pathways from compulsory schooling to further education, training and employment. There are a range of programs and tools available to schools to assist them to support students in their transitions.

  • Effective Strategies to Increase School Completion - The Effective Strategies to Increase School Completion Report and the Guide to help schools increase school completion are now available.
  • Career Education in Schools - Information about quality career education programs that are offered throughout schooling to assist young people in their career development process.
  • Learning and Teaching Careers Resources - A series of lesson plans designed to assist career educators to deliver quality programs for students from Year 6 to Year 10.
  • Managed Individual Pathways (MIPs) - Includes case studies of good practice, a supporting electronic resource kit, Student Mapping Tool, accountability requirements and professional development.
  • What is a Career? - A career includes all the roles you undertake throughout your life - education, training, paid and unpaid work, family, volunteer work, leisure activities and more.
  • Resilience and Career Development - Includes information on the importance of resilience in career development.
  • Pathways to Getting a Career - Outlines the many pathways from school that can lead to a rewarding career.
  • Occupations - A vast array of information about occupations including occupations sorted according to different criteria to assist people in their career exploration.
  • Workplace Learning - Includes legislative requirements for Work Experience and Structured Workplace Learning, and information on Safe@Work
  • Information for Parents - Information on available options and pathways for young people.
  • Youth Transition Support Initiative - Information on the Youth Transition Support Initiative and a list of the service providers
  • Career On Track - A pilot careers counselling and guidance service for early school leavers.
  • Student Mapping Tool - A simple process that takes your own school’s data from the CASES21 database and displays it in a pre-formatted Excel spreadsheet.
  • Accredited Professional Learning Program - aims to enhance the capacity of MIPS coordinators and careers personnel
  • Careers Teachers in Industry - Case studies of teachers participating in the Industry Placement Program which can be used as a source of ideas for enhancing your school’s links with industry.
  • Regional Youth Commitments (RYC) - are a framework negotiated within and between all local and regional stakeholders to link and coordinate pathway and transitions support arrangements for 15-19 year olds.

 

Presentations from the Improving Pathways and Destinations for Koorie Students Forum

 

More information

  • Related Careers Web Sites - useful websites for career and transition support, including career information, training and industry information, TAFE and tertiary information for young people and their parents, and careers associations throughout Australia
  • Skill Stores - information on the Skill Stores and a list of service providers

Careers and Transition Information Flyer - The flyer below can be used to promote the website and for use at parent information nights and other careers events. The Word version can be customised to suit your needs: