By Mrs Alison Porter, Program Leader Careers and Vocational Education

Noteworthy Items

• The Warwick Careers Market is running from 11am to 3pm, Monday 22nd July, at the Warwick State High School Hall
• Year 10 students are preparing for senior subject choices and work experience
• Reminder that university and other tertiary institutions are in full swing with open days for prospective students in 2020 and these are great for information for Year 12 students
• Date claimer: Tertiary Studies Expo and Qld Work and Skills Expo in Brisbane, 20th and 21st of July.

Congratulations!

The College would like to offer it’s ‘congratulations’ to those students who were signed up at the end of last term into school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. These students are Joseph Hume, Kyarnee King-Taylor, Hayden Fuhrman-Luck, Holly Roche, Brock Grassens and Kyle Harrison. We would also like to thank the local businesses that have provided these opportunities; Cassel’s Automotive, Domino’s Pizza, First Choice Chiropractic, Collins Food Ltd, West Talgai Grazing and Laney’s Garages & Patios.

We would also like to congratulate Chris Henderson and Clare Ramsey on the completion of their school-based traineeships.

Year 10 Work Experience

Year 10 students can complete work experience this year in the last week of Term 3 (17th to 21st of September). Year 10 classes will not run in that week in the hope that all students attend work experience. The aim of such work experience is to give students the opportunity to develop their employability skills and their understanding of the world of work and career pathways. Students should now be approaching organisations to secure their placement for the work experience week. Year 10 students should organise their work experience placement and return the agreement form by week 5 of this term.

Year 10 SET (Senior Education & Training) Plans

We are currently working with Year 10 students around career and study options, including the options and subject selection for Years 11 & 12. Part of this process is the Senior Subject Information evening on Wednesday 24th of July. This will be followed up with the development of Year 10 students’ Senior Education and Training (SET) Plans. The Department of Education and Training requires that all schools in Queensland develop a SET Plan with each Year 10 student. These SET plans map students’ learning and career pathways.

The purpose of a SET plan is to help students:
• set and achieve their learning goals after Year 10
• include flexible and co-ordinated pathway options in their course of senior study
• think about their education, training and career options after Year 12 and make decisions about their learning pathways
• structure their learning around their abilities, interests and ambitions
• communicate with their parents, teachers and career guidance officers about their learning pathways and post-school plans.” (www.qcaa.qld.edu.au)

Parents are encouraged to be involved in their child’s SET Plan. Letters will be sent home in coming weeks regarding times to meet with College staff and your child regarding their SET Plan.

Aspire To Health (Year 10 Students)

The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training is again working in collaboration with Griffith University, University of Southern Queensland and The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School to offer the Aspire to Health program to students. This is a one-day program held at the Warwick Hospital on the 22nd of August and offers participating students workshops and information sessions about careers in the health industry. There are very limited positions available for Year 10 students with a strong interest in a career in the health sector. Students interested in attending should see me as soon as possible to secure their place in the program.

Warwick Careers Expo

Year 10 and 12 students have been invited to attend the Warwick Careers Expo as a school group from 12-1pm on Monday 22nd July. A bus has been organised to take students to Warwick State High School where students can meet with local employers and institutions to gain information about career and study options. Parents can join their students or take them at any other time. A letter has been sent home with students and those students wishing to attend the expo with the College group need to return their permission form to the College office prior to Monday.