CATE—Career and Transition Education Association eNewsletter #9

Kia ora everyone,

I hope you all managed to have some time out over the King's Birthday weekend.

Learning from each other is a powerful means to better prepare young people for working life. The OECD, in response to the career readiness project, has gathered digital technology examples from around the world and have collated these in a repository. More information below.

CATE NZ is also working with members throughout New Zealand to highlight “good practice” and share ideas in ways to effectively deliver career education and guidance. We welcome all members to contribute to this and will upload different programmes and events onto the Case Studies section of the CATE website. To continue the conversation about “good” practice we have set up a LinkedIn page to showcase what is happening in our schools.

Check out the Lunchtime Byte with Air New Zealand and Gap Programme webinar opportunities below as well as information on the Kaiārahi Workshop coming to your region.

Ngā mihi nui,
Leigh Gray

The OECD Observatory on Digital technologies is an open access repository on the use of digital technologies in career education and guidance by primary and secondary schools. This has been designed to enable the global community of policy makers, schools and guidance practitioners to gain easy access to up to date practice examples, and insights on effective commissioning, development and use. This is ongoing and developers and users of digital tools in career guidance in schools are invited to submit case studies.

Click here to read about effective tools that are used globally and have been endorsed by the OECD.

Recording from the popular “Conversation about conversations” Lunchtime Byte on the 26th May is up on the CATE website here.

Our NEXT Lunchtime Byte—Wednesday 14th June at 1.30pm—Get your students to bring their lunch and come along
Air New Zealand invites career advisors, teachers, students and parents to the Lunchtime Byte on the Wednesday 14 June 2023 at 1.30pm.

In this session there will be Air New Zealand Pilots and Fleet management online, to talk about opportunities for a flying career as an Air New Zealand pilot. You will learn the different pathways to becoming a pilot and what students need to know to equip them for a flying career.

Air New Zealand will take you through the lifestyle of an Air New Zealand pilot and also discuss other roles that your pilot career can take you in Air New Zealand.

Register here, after registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

A note from TEC re: Daniel Kilmister’s presentation on the Zeil CV Builder
Daniel Kilmister and Anna Mowbray recently presented their mobile app Zeil to show us how the mobile CV builder works. During the presentation it was suggested that TEC was endorsing this product. Follow up with TEC shows that they have not endorsed it, due to concerns with data privacy and lack of usage (since it hadn’t been launched when it was previewed). Nina Ive has confirmed that they will be monitoring progress of Zeil as their users increase, to understand user experience and satisfaction, as well as some of the technical and privacy questions that weren’t able to be answered during initial conversations.

GAP Year Webinar Monday 26th June at 7pm for Career Advisors, Parents and Students
Join us to hear from Sharyn Hight—NZ Manager for JENZA about the benefits of taking a gap year or a working holiday overseas, and how JENZA can help young people get there. JENZA is a new brand launched in NZ and AUS, with their parent company being BUNAC, specialists in Working Holidays for 60 years.

Parents, Students and Careers Advisors all welcome to attend. Register here

With JENZA young people never have to choose between getting a job and going travelling. Because with JENZA, they can do both.
Whether they want to make a difference working at camp, grow their skills with a paid internship or fund their adventures with a working holiday or ski season—JENZA does all the work. This includes setting up the visa assistance, pre-arranged job and arrival support they will need to earn as they explore Canada, Japan, the USA and UK.

For more information—
Jenza Website
Digital resources
Information for parents | BUNAC

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

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—

Manawatu/Horowhenua/Whanganui
Thursday 8th June, 9am-3pm
Caccia Birch, Caccia Birch Lane, Palmerston North

East Coast/Gisborne
Tuesday 13th June, 9am-3pm
Waikanae Surf Club

Wellington/Wairarapa
Thursday 15th June, 9am-3pm
VUW, Rutherford House, Mezzanine Room 3

Taranaki
Wednesday 21st June, 9am-3pm
Sacred Heart Girls College New Plymouth

Southland
Tuesday 18th July, 9am-3pm
Frontline, 416 Dee Street

Central Otago
Wednesday 19th July, 9am-1pm
MOE Room, Cromwell College

Otago
Thursday 27th July, 9am-3pm
Business South Training Room, Level 3, Public Trust Building, 442 Moray Place

Auckland North
Wednesday 9th August, 9am-3pm
AUT, North Shore—Room AG127

Auckland South
Thursday 10th August, 9am-3pm
Auckland University South Campus, TBC

South Canterbury
Tuesday 29th August, 9am-3pm
Ara Te Pūkenga—Timaru

Canterbury/Westland
Wednesday 30th August, 9am-3pm
MOE Seminar Room

Northland
Monday 4th September, 9am-3pm
NorthTEC TBC

Nelson
Friday 9th September, 9.30am-3pm
NMIT

New Careers Advisor Induction Two Day Workshop
Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th June Venue—Ramada Hotel, Taranaki Street, Wellington

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