Teen Career Exploration Program

A structured series of workshops & activities, supporting students through a journey of discovering career options, identifying career-related goals & developing an action plan to evolve during the students critical years of schooling.

Value-Adding Service Offering for Schools

• Added value to the educational experience via a structured program tailored to the age group 
• Augments with existing pastoral & career guidance supporting services 
• Strengthens link between educational choices to careers of interest 

Enhanced Student Experience

• Expression & exploration of what students desire in a life after school 
• Encourages students to take control of their career exploration journey 
• Upskilling of students in goal setting & adaptable planning

Immense impact of leaving the safety net of the school community:

• Dramatic disappearance of routine & structure  
• Confusion & fear for what the future holds 
• Range of coping strategies not always positive or productive 
• How to stand-out from the crowd 
• Institutional cherry picking within both higher education & the workplace 

How prepared are students & caregivers for this change?

 “We've heard too many stories about students who have changed courses, dropped out because they made the wrong choices about what to study, students who didn't realise there were other entry pathways or who started a course with next to no idea of what they were signing themselves up for.” 

(Source: Simon Birmingham - WA Today 2017)

16.05 per cent of WA students who began an undergraduate course in 2015 did not return. 

Edith Cowan University had the highest dropout rate of 21%, Murdoch 19%, Curtin 16%, Notre Dame 10% & UWA 7%. 

In 2017, Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham said “Too many students clearly aren’t getting the support they need to succeed.” (Source: The West Australian 2017)

The 3 crucial interaction points for students in ensuring successful whole school delivery of career education.

1. A whole school approach to career education recognises that all aspects of the school community can impact upon a young person’s ability to make well informed career decisions and learn to manage their own career development. 
2. Schools with high quality career education plans have strong direction and support from the school’s senior leadership and the school community.  
3. In these instances: the school career education plan is a key part of the school’s mission and ethos; strategic long-term partnerships are built with employers and other key stakeholders; and resources, including human resources, are strategically invested in the school career education plan.   

1. A stable careers program
2. Learning from career & labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil 
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers & employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further & higher education
8. Personal guidance

(Source: Gatsby Benchmark)