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Kyabram P-12 College helping students find their way

By Kyabram Free Press

Aug 8, 2023

Agricultural option: Kyabram P-12 College principal Marina Walsh, agriculture trainer and assessor Matt McCready, Shepparton Rural Group’s Nick Pettigrove, VCAL leading teacher Mitch Coombs and secondary principal Louise Mellington with ag students and their new tractor outside the ag centre at Kyabram P-12 College.

Students will often complete career exploration activities, learning about occupations and industries, identifying their interests, skills, values, beliefs and attributes, while also understanding how these things connect to setting and achieving their goals.

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Visits from local businesses and organisations including the police, fire brigade and ambulance service happen as early as Prep.

They will also start to connect their learning in school to their goals for life.

A career action planning activity is often a key moment for students and can start as early as year seven.

This will help students reflect on what they have learned and how their interests and strengths have changed over time. It can also assist them in choosing their school subjects and post-school goals. Tools such as the online My Career Portfolio planning tool can be used by students.

The My Career Insights program provides all students in year 9 with access to the Morrisby profile and a free expert career consultation session, supported by the Australian Centre for Career Education.

Morrisby is a world-leading online careers tool that will help your child understand their strengths and the sort of study and career options that will suit them, select their subjects for year 10 and think about their year 11 and 12 studies. Parental involvement is vital as a consent form will need to be completed for students to access this program.

Short-term work experience placements with an employer from year 9 will provide an insight into an industry and work, develop employability skills, explore career options and increase their independence and self-confidence.

These work experience opportunities can be arranged by the college.

Students will be allowed to do more work experience in later years to keep exploring their options. In years 9 and 10 it is generally time for students to start to consider the skills, knowledge and experience they want to have when they leave school.

Their subject and secondary certificate choices should support their goals for study and work.

Kyabram P-12 College is very fortunate to have its own registered training organisation in the college. The students are completing TAFE certificates on site.

We offer Certificate II in Building Construction, Engineering, Automotive, Construction Induction (White-Card), Agriculture and Horticulture and Sports and Recreation.

The VCE Vocational Major is a program within the VCE that focuses on practical learning with a VET component. It can lead to apprenticeships, traineeships, TAFE, university (via non-ATAR entry, for example through portfolio-based entry) or employment. Parents can help students make informed choices and the college will provide information evenings for parents to explain the subjects and programs on offer.

Then comes the big year, with the VCE certificate leading to an Australian Tertiary Aggregate Result (ATAR) score, which in turn can lead to university, TAFE, apprenticeships, traineeships or employment.

The Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) is a flexible foundation secondary course for a limited number of students not able or ready to undertake the VCE or VCE Vocational Major.