Kia ora everyone,

The CATE conference website is up and running and registrations open. 
More details will follow in the following weeks regarding keynote speakers. Read further to find out whose up first!

The Gateway Handbook for 2023 is finally up on the TEC website. CATE will now house the some of the resources like the Gateway Learning Plan. We have drafted a template from examples that have been sent in so let us know what you think. A date has been set for the Gateway Conference, so save the date. 

This week we held the first two Kaiārahi workshops in the Waiariki/BOP and Waikato, registrations are open for the remaining regions and are open to all CATE members.

We had a fantastic turnout to the CV Builder lunchtime byte last Friday, this month we have Mel Veituna and Dr Lynette Reid, let us know who else you would like to hear from or industries you would like to learn more about.

Ngā mihi, 
Leigh Gray

New Careers Advisor Induction Two Day Workshop 
Wednesday 28th and Thursday 29th June 
Venue—TBC, Wellington

This workshop has been designed to up skill Career Advisors that are newly appointed to the role. The workshop will run over two days in Wellington from 9.00 am–2.30 pm. 

Content will include an overview of Career Education in New Zealand, developing a career education plan looking at available resources for junior and senior programmes, ideas for initiating career conversations, supporting senior students in making career decisions, and systems to manage information.

This workshop is free to CATE members, morning tea and lunch will be provided.

Register here

Registrations are open! Register here. 
Looking forward to seeing you all in Whangarei this year for the national CATE conference—“Te Pito: Take time to reset, come back to the beginning and rediscover your ‘True North'”

We excited to announce our first key note speaker, an international award-winning career development educator and scholar whose expertise is recognised globally—Dr Candy Ho (pictured below). Candy has been featured in BNN Bloomberg, The Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Canadian Business, and CTV News. She is the inaugural Assistant Professor, Integrative Career and Capstone Learning at the University of the Fraser Valley. In this unique capacity, she teaches courses that help students consider their educational and life experiences and how these experiences can enable them achieve their aspirations, ultimately helping them design the life they want to live. She also holds teaching positions in Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Educational Studies department and in Douglas College's Career Development Practitioner Programme. 

Prior to becoming a faculty member, Candy has also worked extensively in university student affairs in areas such as first year experience and student transition, campus and residence life, career and volunteer services, co-operative education, academic advising, and university advancement. Her collective professional experiences to date have culminated in her doctoral dissertation investigating the conceptions of post-secondary career influencers in student career success, and she readily shares her expertise around the world. Finally, she currently serves as Chair of CERIC, a Canadian charitable organisation that advances education and research in career counselling and career development, in order to increase the economic and social well-being of Canadians.

Gateway 
The updated 2023 Gateway Handbook is now available on the TEC website.

We are making space on the public face of the CATE website to support schools with relevant resources including the Gateway Handbook . These include the Gateway Learning Plan Template and a resource that provides industry-specific units from different organisations. The Gateway section of the website will be up and running by then end of May. We are currently working with training providers to get the updated unit standards that are applicable to Gateway as these have changed with the merge of some industry training organisations into Te Pūkenga.

We have developed a draft Gateway Learning Plan Template from a range of different templates that secondary schools have been using. We welcome feedback on the template before uploading onto the website. This is designed so schools can modify to best suit their needs.

We are looking to host an online Gateway Conference and are keen to hear what you would like to be included in this Conference before we approach speakers. We also welcome those of you who would like to present as the most valuable part of last years conference was hearing from those who are experienced and are working with Gateway day to day. The proposed date for the Gateway Conference is Tuesday 15th August from 9am-3pm.

Kaiārahi Workshop 2023 “Joining the DOTS”
This workshop showcases resources and lesson plans that equip rangatahi to transition into future pathways, and is open to all CATE members.

Programme includes—

• An update to members on the initiatives from MOE and TEC such as Career Systems Strategy, Tahatū, Career Education and Guidance Guidelines and NCEA Pathways. 
• Checklists that assist in the review of career development, education and guidance practice
• Look at a progressive Career Education programme through the year groups
• Happenstance and Hope theory activities to support senior students navigate the changing world we live in and the impact of unplanned events such as COVID and the weather events that have caused devastation in our community. (Gateway and Careers classes)
• Labour market project-based learning unit (Gateway and Careers classes)
• Junior Career Canvas—one-page plan
• Pathway Mapping Tool and case studies where schools are connecting with industry from throughout the country. NELP 4 “Future of Learning and Work”.

Please register below—

Thursday 11th May—Mel Veituna, Māori Representative CATE Executive
“Vocational Pathways in a Wharekura environment—an insight to how careers kaupapa are organised at Ngā Taiātea Wharekura”
Please register

Friday 26th May—Dr Lynette Reid
Please register

Students interested in taking time out in Term 3.
The Alpine Academy are offering a 9-Week Level 1 & 2 Ski Instructor Course from 2nd July to 1st September 2023. This course is an opportunity for any outdoor enthusiast students. The programme will improve their skiing, allow them to explore and live in Queenstown, gain a Ski Instructor qualification, and obtain some work experience. Everything is organised for Alpine Academy trainees; their accommodation, a season ski pass, ski training, transport, exam fees, a first aid course and their social life!. Throughout the Ski Instructor Course students will learn invaluable and transferable skills including communication, problem-solving, team building, customer service and leadership.

For more details visit the Alpine Academy website.
Here is a poster that can be used in schools.
Contact Emily Pocock for further information—ebpocock@hotmail.co.uk