Strategies for Implementing the Employment Related Skills Logbook

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Strategies for Implementing the Employment
Related Skills Logbook
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Why? Where? Who? What? When?
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What is the logbook? It is a resource that
enables students to

• record their transition planning process over
  four years
• better articulate how they have been prepared for
  life after school.

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Why use it?

• The new logbook supports the key directions of
  the Board of Studies in all Year 912 syllabus
  documents.

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Why use it?

• It enables classroom teachers to demonstrate to
  students how their subject develops the skills
  needed for

future life education and training
employment options.
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Why use it?

• To enhance the relevance of all activities
  students participate in during their school years
  both inside and outside the classroom.

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Where do you start?

• Simple and achievable
• Process depends on your school
• Customise for your students

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Where do you store them?
Schools are using the following

• student ownership
• library
• careers office
• students home room
• roll call room
• multiple locations eg. with mentors
• in faculties across the school
• storeroom - mobile crates
• school stores discs only.
• Issues temporary/permanent access for
  students
• access for staff

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Who can manage the implementation of the logbooks?
In some schools it is

• the Careers Adviser
• the School to Work co-ordinator
• a faculty member (when there is faculty
  ownership)
• a member of a working group (eg. welfare team).

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What is required?

• The logbook co-ordinator may
• co-ordinate a whole school approach
• encourage students to log
• promote implementation
• ensure appropriate relief for staff.

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Who else is interested?
Year Adviser
Welfare Team
PD/H/PE
Careers Adviser
Mathematics
Support Unit
English
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Who does what?
In some schools the Careers Adviser may assist
students with

• Introduction (This is me now)
• Action plans (Introduction)
• Recording Workplace Learning experiences
• A Summary of their employment related skills.

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Who does what?
Year Advisers may use the tracking sheets to

• discuss action plans
• assist with subject selection Yrs 10,11
• check BOS entries
• summarise a students employment related skills
• document a students future options.

The whole logbook may be used by staff to write
school leaver references.
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Who does what?
PDHPE Syllabus Content Strands Personal
Choice, Personal Awareness, Interpersonal
Relationships

• A faculty may assist students to log their
  employment related skills and achievements at
  school and in the community.

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Who does what?

• ENGLISH
• Teachers may assist students to

begin a draft resume (see Resume in
progress) draft a job application
letter prepare for an interview.
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How does the logbook supportall faculties?

• Links their subject/course to further education,
  training, employment and enterprise through
• employment related skills (students acquire)
• potential careers (local/national/global).

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Models for CLASSROOM entries into the logbook ?
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• STUDENT DIRECTED
• 1) Student brings logbook
• 2) End of topic ? summary brainstorm
• 3) Students identify skills developed record
  on sheets
• Teacher initials sheets
• Student files into logbook

• TEACHER DIRECTED
• Teacher keeps blanks
• End of topic ? summary brainstorm
• Students identify skills developed record on
  sheets
• Teacher collects/initials all sheets
• Teacher gives sheets to facilitator
• Facilitator arranges clerical support to file
  (STW funds)

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When?

• Ongoing
• A School to Work week once/ twice a year
• For Year 10 ? subject selection
• For Years 9/10 ?end of the year
• For Year 11 ?Crossroads
• (mandatory 25 hr Personal Development and Health
  
• Education course for stage 6 students)
• Year 11 ?Study Skills day
• Year 12 ? applications to university/TAFE/employme
  nt/school references

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The Future(looks bright)

• Term 2 2002
• Additional logbooks on request
• Term 3 2002
• Indication of numbers for 2003
• 2003
• 2 cohorts of logbooks
• Feedback appreciated