MOE

:: Effective Career Education                 

Career education is delivered most effectively when school systems and structures support highly motivated and competent teachers.  The career education programme needs to be planned so that it meets the particular needs of students at each stage of their personal and cognitive development.

In the case-study schools, career education is effective when it:

• is taught by teachers who establish positive relationships with students;
• is part of a whole-school, planned programme across all year levels;
• makes explicit links with previous career education so that students are reminded of earlier learning and activities and can relate them to their current work;
• is integrated into curriculum areas where appropriate, e.g. world of work in social studies, writing a CV or job application in English, developing self-knowledge in health;
• is linked with pastoral care systems;
• develops students? understanding of their strengths, interests and values;
• shows the relevance of specific subjects to careers;
• makes curriculum and qualification pathways clear to students;
• provides students with the skills to find, understand and use information about a range of careers;
• develops students? ability to set goals and plan to achieve them;
• empowers students to develop independence in strategies for job searching and decision making;
• is staffed by teachers who are committed to teaching career education; and
involves a team to support the careers adviser.

:: MOE Website revamped.  Check it out at www.minedu.govt.nz   

Over the last few months the Ministry of Education has been redevloping its website.  With a mind to its key audiences, specific landing pages have been designed for parents, students, educators and administrators, enabling them to find relevant information quickly and easily.

There are also updated sections for each education sector, with common headings, including a forms browser that allows users to search for forms specific for their sector.

RSS feeds will allow users to subscribe for page updates.

The Ministry would appreciate any feedback.  Send your comments to communications@minedu.govt.nz

Thanks to Elizabeth Goodwin, External Communications Manager, MOE for this information.

:: "TEAM UP" PROGRAMME ::

Many of you will have seen the TV advertisements with Tana Umanga.  Team-Up aims to provide more and better information to parents, caregivers and families so they can support and encourage their children's learning. For Careers Advisors wanting to involve parents more in their Careers programme, there are some really user-friendly and useful resources.  Link to the index page http://www.teamup.co.nz/

It's good to see that the "plan their career"- linked section includes school careers advisors as good people to talk to.  This hasn't always been the case in student advice columns in the past.

http://www.teamup.co.nz/Teen/Careers.aspx  This page includes a CAREERS section with heaps of useful links and downloads. 

:: DESIGNING CAREERS ERO Evaluation ::