Inquiry learning with junior school on a careers theme

Te Kuiti High School was trying to meet both the NAG of careers integration as well as focus on information and communication technologies (ICT) and information literacy, when it realised these elements could be combined.

The career programme for Years 9 and 10 takes place during term three, while senior students are sitting exams. This means more teachers are available to take part, and can help students make wise subject choices for the following year.

Key features

• Mixed lead team involved in planning – classroom teacher, literacy teacher, careers teacher, school librarian and ICT cluster facilitator.
• Focus on information literacy skills as well as careers skills.
• Career Services resources and tools such as The Real Game, Learning and Career Plan booklets and CareerQuest are used in teaching the unit.
• At the end of the programme, the students personal profile pages are added to careers notes in the student management system.
• Using Knowledge net, the school's intranet, Te Kuiti High School posts a wealth of up-to date careers information so it is readily accessible to students.
• Other schools in Te Kuiti High's cluster are copying and sharing this careers information.
  

Benefits for students

• Students develop their research and information literacy skills by using the Internet and the library to find out about possible careers.
• Students are motivated, as the research is centred on their own lives, interests and possible futures
• Students have a booklet for recording their research findings and self-review exercises, which they can review when needed.

Find out more

• Te Kete Ipurangi (TKI) website - information and statistics about Te Kuiti High School