Transcript Life Beyond MLC - Art Education Victoria

Crayons to Careers
Lyn Haywood [email protected]
Careers Coordinator
CEAV Committee Member
Outline:
 Developing a view of Career Planning
 Widening perception of students’ options
 Resources
 VTAC application process
 “How to” slides
What's in a Day?
$
At
Home
Free Time
Art Students aim to earn
their living with an Artistic job
$
They need to have
a fallback plan
AtDown side is the difficulty
into Time
Home of entryFree
courses and employment
Portfolio approach
Creative Fulfillment
in Free Time
if not in job
Job for $
use
Creative “flair”
$
At
Home
Free time activity could
become part or all or $
Free Time
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
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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 National
VTAC Guide Index of Major subjects
VTAC CourseLink on Web page
Check out courses on Open Days
See “How to” slides at the end of presentation
2. Read the VTAC Guide
Applied Design
Box Hill, Box Hill: 51931
RMIT Uni, City: 72951
Title and length
Certificate IV in Arts (Applied Design) : FTI
Provides the opportunity to develop and enhance skills in graphic art, graphic
design,
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisite studies.
Selection mode: Folio, interview
Extra 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-dimensional
Studies, drawing, consumer psychology and marketing, thematic studies in design
3. Complete Extra Requirements
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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
Follow the instructions
to get a pre-selection Kit
FOR ALL COURSES
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Encourage, insist, demand, make,
force, stand over
BUT make sure they get the KIT
Helpful year 12 sessions:
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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 Preparation
Research and understand:
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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
VTAC Guide Page 50
Course Type
Fee
First Round Data
per year
32741 HECS See
note
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32742 Fee
12,900
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32743 Int Fee 14,630
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4. Put in VTAC Application on Time
VTAC Preferences
Get on to the VTAC system early
List Preferences in order of personal preference
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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
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 Preference
ABC letters change order of preferences
1. B
2. B
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8. A
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“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
HECS
Local
Full
Fee
1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. No
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. Yes
HECS offer “1”courses
Full Fee offer “2”courses
Change of Preference and Selection
7am, 17 December 2001:
ENTER available
Change of Preference Opens
Advisory letters “SHOULD”
have been delivered
REORDER COURSES
ADD Courses if Extra
Requirements have been
done
12 noon, 24 December:
Institutions make selection,
based on what is outlined
under Selection Mode
Data sent to institutions
Clearly in produced for courses
selecting on ENTER only
Offers made via VTAC
Page 443
Selection two stage process
ENTER order
80%
Clearly - in ENTER
Middle
Band
20%
Fringe ENTER
VTAC form “S” looked at in Middle Band selection
First
Round
Offers
VTAC “S” Forms
Students should put one in if:
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If they have applied for Consideration of
Disadvantage through VCAA
They need to draw the selection officers
attention to some strengths
ie a VET course similar to the courses they
are applying for
Art students may need “Following up” to put
in their “S” Forms
VTAC Guide Page 23
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
Second Round Offers for
HECS and Local Full Fee courses
not for Overseas Fee courses
Courses “Top up” with either Irregular or 2nd Round
offers
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3. Offer
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Resources
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Job Guide given to all year 10’s
http://www.deetya.gov.au/jobguideonline/
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http://www.detya.gov.au/archive/ty/careers/ciproducts.htm
for Bullseye A4 posters
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OZJAC computer program or online at
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/ozjacweb/
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VTAC CoursLink
http://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 job
Click “OK” to do the search
1. Option to print all courses and providers
2. View and print course descriptions
Name, number and phone number
are displayed
VTAC CourseLink
www.vtac.edu.au
If year 11 or 12’s put in their VTAC / VCAA
number and pin and it will display their subjects
Students need to put a complete VCE in
Course Search:
VICTER
Type 1 = HECS
Region
Field of Education
Use ENTER Range at C of P Time
Click on “INFO” for information of what is in the Field of Education
The Career Teachers module
will have a graph of the
range of ENTER’s in the “I” courses
List of Courses
Clearly In’s or “I”