Do you have skills that are going to help you get a job when you leave school? (or even a part time job while you are still at school? I'll bet you do - but how do you know what they are, and more importantly, how do you let an employer know what skills you have?

That's where School to Work Planning comes in. We are going to work with you to find out all the skill you have and to gather evidence and record that evidence so that you can demonstrate to an employer exactly what you are capable of. A central feature of the program is the School to Work Planning Logbook (see the picture on the right) in which you will record all this information. You will receive this logbook in Year 9 or 10 and it becomes yours to keep until you leave school.

There are a huge number of ways and places you can develop skills that will help you with work and employment, but they can be summarised into 3 main areas:

The Classroom - many of the activities that you do in class will highlight skills that you have and how they are related to employment

The School and Community - you will be involved in many activities within the school (but outside the classroom) and out in the community that highlight these skills. It might be the debating team, or fundraising or sporting teams. All these things show off the skills that you have

Workplace Learning - this could be Work Experience, Work Placement, a part time job that you have or even volunteer work. When you are involved in the workplace in some way, it is a great place to be able to both learn new skill and record them to show a future employer.

Through the School to Work Planning process, we will show you how (and help you), to record these skills. It is a really valuable tool, so come and talk to your campus Careers Advisor if you have any questions.

We have added some great resources for you to use to assist you with your School to Work Planning:

Click Here to access the School To Work website (for Students, Teachers and Parents) and use these resources.