Parent Engagement in Curriculum - MyFuture: Supporting your child's career pathways
One of the most challenging roles you have as parents is to guide your children towards career pathways. So often we are hearing that many young people have no idea what they want to do when they leave school. They are either indecisive, have too many choices and don't know where to start, or are not receiving the guidance they need to be able to make informed choices.
A new website MyFuture provides teachers and parents with further resources to enable engagement and guidance when choosing subjects, courses and pathways.
CSPV encourage you to explore this website and also to participate in the subject selection evenings and events that your school provides. This is an opportunity to ask questions of teachers to understand how to guide your child, how to support them in their decisions about their future career and who to turn to for advice.
Some of the ways that you can support your child are:
• Ask them to list all of their interests and hobbies they enjoy, what they love to talk about and what they are passionate about
• Discuss their favourite subjects at school and what they enjoy the most about them
• Encourage your child to complete activities in My career profile where they can identify their interests, values and skills, and view suggested occupations to explore career pathways. This is a great way to begin your career conversation.
• Explore together or provide some courses for them to investigate that are related to their interests
• Take them to University or TAFE Open Days so they get a feel for what a University campus is like and to ask questions about courses
• Ask them to prepare a list of courses they might be interested in
• Encourage them to narrow down their choices by doing a process of elimination - remove the courses that don't interest them and then list 8-10 that do. This will make it easier for them to make their selections during Year 11 and 12.
• Support them be reassuring them that there are various pathways they can take should they not get into their most preferred course straight away. There are always options.
• Meet with the careers adviser at school to share your parent knowledge of your child and their interests to seek guidance on the best pathways for them.
Upcoming Webinars for Parents and carers
Preparing today's learners for uncertainty and their future careers
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 4–5 pm AEST
This webinar is based on myfuture’s Insights paper Preparing today’s learners for uncertainty (PDF, 657 KB). The presenter, Monash University Associate Professor Michelle Lazarus, will discuss the impacts of uncertainty tolerance on students, and outline some teaching practices to help students improve their uncertainty tolerance to prepare them for their futures in further education and work.
Student wellbeing and career resilience in a rapidly changing world: Parents and carers webinar
Friday, 4 June 2021, 12 pm AEST
In this webinar, Dr Lyn O'Grady, a psychologist specialising in the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and their parents, will explore the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on student emotional and psychological wellbeing which may create obstacles for students facing complex career decisions and transitions. Lyn will offer practical advice, strategies and resources for parents and carers supporting students in extraordinary times of change.