Careers
Save the Date:
Wednesday 10 May Dalby BEST (Bringing Employers and Schools Together) Industry Dinner - ALL Year 9 Students & is open to Year 10 Students. (More Information will be forwarded in Week 4 to students and families).
University Of Southern Queensland Announcement
Important information for current year 12 students.
We are excited to let you know about the Toowoomba University Showcase evening scheduled for Thursday 9 February. This evening will have a variety of Tertiary Institutions visiting the Toowoomba region. Expected institutions include: UniSQ, Griffith Uni, Bond, QUT, ACU, UNE, QTAC, UniSC, JCU, SCU and UQ.
This evening will include an opportunity for students and parents to hear from current university students about their journey and experience at university. It is also a chance for students to engage and ask any questions related to getting into university, managing university studies and what university life is like. This event will conclude with a career expo style session where students and parents can speak with each university representative, ask questions, and collect information.
When: Thursday 9 February 2023
Where: University of Southern Queensland | Steele Rudd College
Time: 5:30pm Start – 7:00pm
We are excited to invite your Year 12 students and their parents/guardians along for this fantastic opportunity to engage with a variety of institutions and discover the options available post-school.
Future Ready Career Education
How do we ensure that students are ready for the future world of work? According to the Mitchell Institution (2017), children starting in Prep will engage in a different social and economic world in the future that is yet to be imagined. They will be asked to do jobs yet to be created, use technology yet to be invented and face social, economic and environmental challenges yet to be anticipated. The OECD, EOECD Skills Outlook (2017) claim that young people will need different skill sets to thrive in technology-rich, globalised, competitive markets. Young people will need a portfolio of skills and capabilities, including skills to make career decisions throughout their work life. Therefore, schools, parents and local communities need to ensure students are ready for the future. So how do we go about this challenge to prepare young people for a competitive world of work?
The Australian Government ( 2021) National Career Education Strategy has provided a framework and objectives for the vision for career education in Australia. This includes building students’ skills and capabilities for the future , through a planned program of learning to prepare them for a life beyond school. A strengthening collaboration between schools, employers, and local communities to improve student engagement with work environments, and support the successful transition to further education, training and work. And for students having the career management and navigation skills needed to make informed career decisions throughout their working lives.
The objectives of this framework included:
- Students have transferable skills that equip them for the future world of work
- Career education meets the needs of all students
- Partnerships thrive between schools, education and training providers, employers, parents and
the community
- Communities create local solutions and flexible pathways to meet the needs of students and employers
- Everyone is informed and involved.
Therefore, everyone has a role in ensuring students are ready for future work. By working together, we can ensure that students have career management, navigation skills and the knowledge they need to negotiate the post-school education and work options. Every person in a child’s community and social setting can influence and support them to ensure currency of information about study and work opportunities. Schools, communities, parents, and employers can create local opportunities for students. As the World continues to change, Governments adapt their vision and work together to improve career education for school students.
Currently, schools provide transferable skills through the Australian Curriculum which includes general capabilities to develop the skills and attitudes which prepare students for life beyond school. Schools provide support for students to connect workplace applications with classroom learning, including developing career management and navigation skills, through work exploration and work-related learning. Schools also actively engage to help provide quality innovations and timely career information, education, and training options to students.
So how can you prepare your child for a World of work yet to be imagined? Talk to your children about how the skills they develop through activities at school and out of school can be used in different ways including the workplace. Ask the College about suitable resources available that may assist in your conversations. Start conversations with your child at a young age about careers. Identify their individual passions and strengths to assist supporting their future pathway choices. Encourage them to lead the conversations about the things that interest them and how they might follow these interests. Parents and carers know their children best. Discuss your child’s interest with the College and explore the possibilities available in your community.
SBA Sign Ups
We had two students compete their school based apprenticeship at the end of 2022. Joey Sankey signed up for a Certificate III in Carpentry with Julie Symonds of GJ Gardner Homes and Amelia McNaughton has commenced a Certificate III in Animal Care with Jess Banks from Jess's Town and Country Barnyard. Congratulations to these students and their new employers.
Mr Dean Garside
Career Development Practitioner
