Crayons to Careers

Lyn Haywood haywoolm@mlc.vic.edu.au Careers CoordinatorCEAV Committee Member

Outline: Developing a view of Career Planning Widening perception of students’ options Resources VTAC application process “How to” slides

$ AtHome Free Time

What's in a Day?

$ AtHome Free Time

Art Students aim to earn their living with an Artistic job

Down side is the difficulty of entry into

courses and employment

They need to have a fallback plan

$ AtHome Free Time

Creative Fulfillment in Free Time

if not in job

Job for $

useCreative “flair”

Portfolio approach

Free time activity could

become part or all or $

Portfolio approach need

Eventually set up own business

would need entrepreneurship

Expand idea of their options (start in year 10)

The following activities help identify 3 career interest areas:

Career Key at http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey/

Job Guide

Try combining their interests eg artistic with Outdoor- Landscape, computers or developing the “mind set” for a Portfolio approach

Preparation for VTAC Application

1. Find courses leading to job use:

OZJAC for Victoria and NationalVTAC Guide Index of Major subjectsVTAC CourseLink on Web page

Check out courses on Open Days

See “How to” slides at the end of presentation

Applied Design Box Hill, Box Hill: 51931 RMIT Uni, City: 72951

Title and lengthCertificate IV in Arts (Applied Design) : FTIProvides the opportunity to develop and enhance skills in graphic art, graphic design, Prerequisites: There are no prerequisite studies.Selection mode: Folio, interviewExtra requirements: All applicants must contact preferred institutes in October for interviews and information regarding presentation of folios. Telephone Box Hill (03) 9286 9644…..Late applicants must telephone the institutes by 16 November for information on interviews/folios. This course may be added at Change of Preference only if the extra requirements are met in October.Major Subjects: Design principles and elements, introduction to design process, three-dimensionalStudies, drawing, consumer psychology and marketing, thematic studies in design

2. Read the VTAC Guide

Do as many as possible in their interest areas because courses could then be added at Change of Preference time

A compulsory part of the application Interview, folio, supplementary form attendance at

Information session etc

3. Complete Extra Requirements

Follow the instructions to get a pre-selection KitFOR ALL COURSES

Encourage, insist, demand, make, force, stand over BUT make sure they get the KIT

Helpful year 12 sessions:

Understand the “Kits” Ensuring they have the Kits Folio Preparation session Start early to get slides ready Interview preparation Practice interviews

a few minutes to talk about their work Have a selection officer out to talk to them

Interview PreparationResearch and understand: The course The courses’ “competitors” Need to be able to say why they prefer the

course – “Ego Massage” Career & Job opportunity from the course Ups and Downs of the Industry

Course Type Fee First Round Data per year

32741 HECS See note

I

32742 Fee 12,900 I - -

32743 Int Fee 14,630 I - -

VTAC Guide Page 50

VTAC PreferencesGet on to the VTAC system earlyList Preferences in order of personal preference

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.

Max of 8 of one type - HECS “1” or Fee “2”No more than 12 courses in total

Safety Net use Clearly In ENTER

Local Full Fee, if this is an option

4. Put in VTAC Application on Time

Advisory letter - type 'A[i]‘

VTAC application number:Following your recent interview and review of your folio,I am pleased to inform you that you have met the pre-selection requirements to enter:the    (course name)   (VTAC course code)

This means that    (institution)    is prepared to make you an offer for this course in the first round of VTAC offers published on 22 January 2002 provided that you also meet the tertiary entrance requirements and the specific requirements of the course.

Advisory letter - type 'A[ii]‘

VTAC application number:Following your recent interview and review of your folio, I am pleased to inform you that you have met the pre-selection requirements to enter:the    (course name)   (VTAC course code)

This means that    (institution)    is prepared to make you an offer for this course in the first round of VTAC offers published on 22 January 2002 provided that you also achieve an ENTER of at least       

VTAC Change of PreferenceABC letters change order of preferences

1. B2. B3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A 9.10.11.12.

“B” letters need to be in the top preferences to have any real chance of an offer

“A” letters will receive an offer if requirements have been fulfilled.

Safety net may be a year of Folio preparation

Offers - Two first round offers are possible

1. No2. No3. Yes4. Yes5. Yes6. Yes7. Yes8. Yes9. No10. Yes11. Yes12. Yes

HECS

LocalFullFee

HECS offer “1”courses

Full Fee offer “2”courses

7am, 17 December 2001:ENTER availableChange of Preference Opens

Advisory letters “SHOULD” have been delivered REORDER COURSES

ADD Courses if Extra Requirements have been done

Institutions make selection, based on what is outlined under Selection Mode

Clearly in produced for courses selecting on ENTER only

Offers made via VTAC

12 noon, 24 December:

Data sent to institutions

Change of Preference and Selection

Selection two stage process

ENTER order

Clearly - in ENTER

80%

MiddleBand20%

Fringe ENTER

FirstRoundOffers

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VTAC form “S” looked at in Middle Band selection

VTAC “S” FormsStudents should put one in if:

1. If they have applied for Consideration of Disadvantage through VCAA

2. They need to draw the selection officers attention to some strengths ie a VET course similar to the courses they are applying for

3. Art students may need “Following up” to put in their “S” Forms

Irregular Offers

“Application for irregular offer” is posted with the offer

Used after first round offers to apply for :1. Course lower on their preference list 2. New course if Extra Requirements have been

completed

VTAC Guide Page 23

Second Round Offers forHECS and Local Full Fee courses not for Overseas Fee courses

Courses “Top up” with either Irregular or 2nd Round offers

1. 2. 3. Offer4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Second round offer possible Second round offer possible

from courses “above” offerfrom courses “above” offer

Resources

Job Guide given to all year 10’shttp://www.deetya.gov.au/jobguideonline/

http://www.detya.gov.au/archive/ty/careers/ciproducts.htm for Bullseye A4 posters

OZJAC computer program or online at http://www.curriculum.edu.au/ozjacweb/

VTAC CoursLinkhttp://www.vtac.edu.au

Available for network, in CD and on the Web

Sort Courses using

Use Field of study for all courses in the area

Use Entry Requirements – Year 12 to focus the search

Use Related Job Name to find courses leading to a job

Click “Add” to select the jobClick “OK” to do the search

1. Option to print all courses and providers2. View and print course descriptions

Name, number and phone number are displayed

VTAC CourseLinkwww.vtac.edu.au

If year 11 or 12’s put in their VTAC / VCAAnumber and pin and it will display their subjects

Students need to put a complete VCE in

Course Search:

VICTERType 1 = HECS

RegionField of Education

Use ENTER Range at C of P Time

Click on “INFO” for information of what is in the Field of Education

List of CoursesClearly In’s or “I”

The Career Teachers modulewill have a graph of the

range of ENTER’s in the “I” courses