Career Action Plans
Our career action plans are a dynamic planning document owned and managed by young people.  They are intended to reflect their increased career development learning.  The plan helps young people:

• set their goals
• clarify the actions
• needed to achieve these goals
  commit to participating in the planned activities                                                     

Our young people are encouraged to assume ownership of their career action plan. Parents and staff work with them to help them complete the plan. The young person must be actively involved in the process.  Parents, family members, community members, carers, guardians, or other trusted adults are encouraged to comment on their young person’s plan.

Using the career action plan
Young people at Highfurlong will complete a career action plan every year from years 7 to 12.   The plan will be continually revised to reflect career development activities taken throughout the year. Maintaining a plan is an ongoing process, not a one-off activity.

Components of the career action plans
Years 7 to 10
The plans contain a range of components that develop progressively across years 7 to 10. The components reflect the three stages of career development. The components include:

• My profile: Self-development information to assist young people to understand themselves and the influences on them through identification of interests, values and skills.
• My progress: Self-development information to assist young people to reflect on their experiences and achievements over the past year.
• My goals and plans: Self-development information to assist young people to develop their capabilities, and career exploration information to encourage location, investigation and consideration of opportunities in learning and future work options.
• My review: Career management information to assist young people to adjust their career action plans and manage their life choices, changes and transitions.