Objectives

This program enables students to:

• build and maintain a positive self-image and interact effectively with others;
• discover unique personal skills and talents to consider when choosing life/work roles;
• relate educational achievement and extracurricular interests to future life/work opportunities;
• effectively locate, interpret, evaluate and use career and labour market information, resources and services;
• engage in a range of teamwork, problem-solving, decision-making and communication scenarios;
• explore a range of transition gateways that lead from secondary school to diverse work, learning and community roles;
• explore the issue of balance between work and other life roles;
• learn to view change as an opportunity for growth and learning, and respond positively to uncertainty and chance events;
• practise job search and work creation skills, as well as personal marketing, interviewing and time management;
• experiment with choices regarding school and other aspects of their life and identify optional routes to the kinds of futures they want;
• begin development of a personal transition plan and initiate a personal lifelong career building process.