Post on 02-Jan-2016
My career Experience …..
‘Esperjenzi ta’ Karriera
f’Ħajti’ Context Target group Rationale Timing Methodology Challenges
St Ignatius College
One of ten colleges
3 Secondary Schools and 5 primary schools
Initiative is introduced in 2 Secondary Schools
Target group: Who?
Target group: Pilot study with selective Form 3 students – boys and girls aged 13 yrs (100 students) 3 lower streamed classes 1 middle and 1 high streamed class (for comparison
purposes) After piloting include all students at Handaq school
Personnel involved in the CLP piloting initiative: College Career Advisor Trainee Career Advisor A guidance teacher
Assessing for career learning
Students are helped to keep a record of their career learning, i.e. a learning tool
Students are encouraged to reflect and think about themselves, what they want to do in the future, how they can achieve this, i.e. a reflective instrument
Empower students to outline a plan of action which will provide them with direction when they leave school i.e. a career planning tool
Timing: When?
Time span: A developmental approach ….. starting when students are in Form 3 and ending when students finish Form 5.
The Career Learning Portfolio
Booklet for Form 3 – 5 Workbooks for Form 3, 4
and 5 A simple version of the
workbook to cater for lower-achieving students
Sponsorship of booklet by a local Bank.
Form 3 – 4 – 5 booklet
Academic (subjects/activities student enjoys; areas for improvement/help)
Abilities/Skills student is good in/wants to improve and discussion on how) e.g. fixing things, working in a team, etc.
Recreation/Leisure pursuits e.g. sports/voluntary activities
Personal qualities (has/feels the need to improve and discussion on how) eg. get on well with others; patient, etc.
Contd…..
Occupational areas of interest eg. Artistic, scientific, technical
Work values eg. Status, flexiblity, promotion prospects
Careers of interest – research element in workbook;
Career planning (what s/he has done/needs to do)
Items for portfolio (photos of career visits, your CV, samples of work which you are proud of, certificates of participation, etc.)
Form 3 – 4 – 5 Workbooks
Academic/Less academic Careers which interest me …. Course/subject/qualities needed….. Plan of Action (person I spoke
to/organisations visited/things I need to do… Websites – Post Sec Institutions
- Other helpful websites
- Our contact details.
Methodology: How?
One-to-one career interventions ‘Career conversations’ with student Supporting/following the student in his/her
personalised journey 2/3 sessions per academic year (or
depending on the needs of the student)
Challenges
Colleagues question whether intro CLP in Form 3 is too early;
One-to-one sessions are time consuming; No space in the timetable for CLP: Teachers
not happy when students miss lessons to come for the portfolio session;
How do we measure effectiveness?