Just a reminder about the final Pre-conference Lunchtime Bytes coming up next week—Dr Lynette Reid on Tuesday 16th November, and Dr Anthony Mann on Thursday 18th November at 8:30pm. Included in this newsletter this week is information about “Girls who Grow”, a resource on”soft skills”, the marketing toolkit from TEC around Fees Free and a video to help students learn for their learner licence.
Looking forward to seeing those that can make it to Whangarei in 11 days!
Sorted in Schools Financial Resources— Clare Bailey Sorted is a financial capability teaching and learning programme offering financial unit standards and achievement standards.
Degrees Apprenticeships Eve Price This talk introduces a discussion on Degree Level Apprenticeships (DLAs) in New Zealand's vocational education system. DLAs offer higher-level qualifications, but face unique challenges in New Zealand due to perceptions, funding, and regulatory factors. We will cover the scarcity of DLAs in the country, emphasising the need for collaborative efforts to change perceptions, expand access, and serve priority groups like Māori and Pasifika learners.
Dr Lynette Reid—Empowering Our Youth: career processes, strategies, and practices that enable successful career transitions— www.epit.org.nz/reports/empowering-our-youth This report investigates approaches being taken in a selection of secondary schools in South Auckland that serve multicultural and diverse income communities. It offers valuable insights into the strategies employed by career advisors to empower and equip students with the tools necessary for making informed decisions about their post-school pathways.
OECD research informing the New Brunswick Career Education Framework—Dr Anthony Mann Anthony Mann is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). His team leads the OECD’s work on how schools can best prepare young people for their working lives through programmes of career development. To find out more about the OECD’s work on career readiness, including the recently launched Observatory on the use of Digital technologies in Career guidance for Youth, visit: https://www.oecd.org/education/career-readiness/. You can connect with Anthony on linked-in at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-mann-81aaba17/ and sign up for monthly updates from the Career Readiness team by emailing: Career.Readiness@oecd.org
In this presentation, Anthony will share insights from a large international research project which reviewed longitudinal datasets from 10 countries to investigate the relationships between teenage career development and better employment outcomes ten years later. Identifying a many predictors of better outcomes linked to how students explore, experience and think about potential futures in employment, the presentation will summarise the findings and discuss how they can be drawn upon in design of effective and equitable career guidance systems. The presentation provides important background to the keynote presentation of Tricia Berry at the CATE conference on Thursday 23rd of November.
Girls who Grow Girls who Grow are on a mission to engage the next generation of female leaders, change makers and environmental guardians into climate positive agriculture and farming.
Through imagination centred workshops, imagination challenges, on farm lunch and learn experiences and deeper immersion experiences on farm Girls who Grow offer secondary students 15-17 years of age to join the movement of Girls who Grow and connect back to the land to create a meaningful and values aligned career path.
After being part of a CreativeHQ GovTech accelerator and presenting at The Beehive in December, Aimee Blake and Catherine van der Meulen have been activating the pilot in 3 Otago schools with an incredible response. They are committed to taking Girls who Grow across the country in 2024 and beyond and would love your expression of interest to learn more. Here is a slideshow which explains more about the pilots.
If this is something that sparks your interest, complete the form on their website www.girlswhogrow.co.nz and the team will be in contact to coordinate online information for your school and others in the region.
Driving Resource Chris Leppien, a community Police Officer in Hawkes Bay has recorded this video to help students learn for their Learners. Thank you to Cindy Morgan from Tamatea College for sharing. It explains a lot in a short and succinct manner. She has given her permission for us to share it. Here is the link.
Soft Skills Workbook for the Changing World of Work This could be a great way to start the year with Gateway and other senior students at the beginning of 2024. Facework's Soft-Skills Workbook is a comprehensive guide designed to cultivate over 30 specific soft skills that are deemed essential for thriving in today's dynamic workplace. Soft Skills Workbook
This is another workbook which takes students through different tasks that help develop personal attributes and transferable skills. Soft Skills for Work Workbook
Fees Free Here is a link to the TEC Marketing Information around Fees Free. These have been designed to distribute to your school community and provide copy for websites, newsletters and social media posts.
