Download - Career Learning Portfolio (CLP) Dorianne Gravina College Career Advisor St. Ignatius College
My career Experience …..
‘Esperjenzi ta’ Karriera
f’Ħajti’ Context Target group Rationale Timing Methodology Challenges
St Ignatius College
One of ten colleges
3 Secondary Schools and 5 primary schools
Initiative is introduced in 2 Secondary Schools
Target group: Who?
Target group: Pilot study with selective Form 3 students – boys and girls aged 13 yrs (100 students) 3 lower streamed classes 1 middle and 1 high streamed class (for comparison
purposes) After piloting include all students at Handaq school
Personnel involved in the CLP piloting initiative: College Career Advisor Trainee Career Advisor A guidance teacher
Assessing for career learning
Students are helped to keep a record of their career learning, i.e. a learning tool
Students are encouraged to reflect and think about themselves, what they want to do in the future, how they can achieve this, i.e. a reflective instrument
Empower students to outline a plan of action which will provide them with direction when they leave school i.e. a career planning tool
Timing: When?
Time span: A developmental approach ….. starting when students are in Form 3 and ending when students finish Form 5.
The Career Learning Portfolio
Booklet for Form 3 – 5 Workbooks for Form 3, 4
and 5 A simple version of the
workbook to cater for lower-achieving students
Sponsorship of booklet by a local Bank.
Form 3 – 4 – 5 booklet
Academic (subjects/activities student enjoys; areas for improvement/help)
Abilities/Skills student is good in/wants to improve and discussion on how) e.g. fixing things, working in a team, etc.
Recreation/Leisure pursuits e.g. sports/voluntary activities
Personal qualities (has/feels the need to improve and discussion on how) eg. get on well with others; patient, etc.
Contd…..
Occupational areas of interest eg. Artistic, scientific, technical
Work values eg. Status, flexiblity, promotion prospects
Careers of interest – research element in workbook;
Career planning (what s/he has done/needs to do)
Items for portfolio (photos of career visits, your CV, samples of work which you are proud of, certificates of participation, etc.)
Form 3 – 4 – 5 Workbooks
Academic/Less academic Careers which interest me …. Course/subject/qualities needed….. Plan of Action (person I spoke
to/organisations visited/things I need to do… Websites – Post Sec Institutions
- Other helpful websites
- Our contact details.
Methodology: How?
One-to-one career interventions ‘Career conversations’ with student Supporting/following the student in his/her
personalised journey 2/3 sessions per academic year (or
depending on the needs of the student)
Challenges
Colleagues question whether intro CLP in Form 3 is too early;
One-to-one sessions are time consuming; No space in the timetable for CLP: Teachers
not happy when students miss lessons to come for the portfolio session;
How do we measure effectiveness?