Career Guidance for senior cycle - lesson plans?

justagirl

I was hoping someone might be able to help me and if you are a Career Guidance Teacher I would really appreciate your reply!

To cut a long story short, my child's Careers Guidance Teacher seems to have no organisation or plan as to what she does with the children in class, that is when she is actually in the school as she is absent a lot. My question is, does/should a Career Guidance Teacher have 'lessons plans'?

ksceniaonegina

I would imagine they do. Or at least they should know where or whom to direct you to

spurious

Usually career guidance teachers are also school counsellors so while she might not be in the class, she may be busy elsewhere in the school.

The classes themselves are usually information sessions which is a difficult enough trick when you have 30 in a class, all wanting individual attention and information for different careers.

justagirl

spurious wrote: »

Usually career guidance teachers are also school counsellors so while she might not be in the class, she may be busy elsewhere in the school.

The classes themselves are usually information sessions which is a difficult enough trick when you have 30 in a class, all wanting individual attention and information for different careers.

Thank you spurious. I appreciate that. In your experience, do career guidance teachers have a lesson plan for each year? Thanks.

spurious

justagirl wrote: »

Thank you spurious. I appreciate that. In your experience, do career guidance teachers have a lesson plan for each year? Thanks.

Oh they would have what they call a scheme of work for sure, everyone has to have an overall plan.

It would be fairly general from what I know...ways to determine what your strengths and weaknesses are, what 'sort' of job people would like, aptitude testing methods, requirements for particular courses, main dates of Open Days for colleges/universities, available scholarships, deadlines for PLC entries, etc.. I don't see any evidence that someone covers how the CAO works with students, but you would think they should.

Sometimes it seems to me it is the mammies have filled in the CAO form.

justagirl

spurious wrote: »

Oh they would have what they call a scheme of work for sure, everyone has to have an overall plan.

It would be fairly general from what I know...ways to determine what your strengths and weaknesses are, what 'sort' of job people would like, aptitude testing methods, requirements for particular courses, main dates of Open Days for colleges/universities, available scholarships, deadlines for PLC entries, etc.. I don't see any evidence that someone covers how the CAO works with students, but you would think they should.

Sometimes it seems to me it is the mammies have filled in the CAO form.

Thank you spurious - that is very helpful.

randylonghorn

spurious wrote: »

I don't see any evidence that someone covers how the CAO works with students, but you would think they should.

Mate of mine is a CG teacher, he despairs.

Goes through CAO in great detail, to a chorus of "we know all that sir!!" .... then suddenly they don't when the time comes.

He popped into this forum around offers day a time or two and nearly cried ...

spurious

Every year we have people here who miss the CAO deadline. You really would wonder how they can possibly manage at third level if they can't manage one simple deadline for applications.