Future Pathways
OFFERING OPTIONS THAT EXPLORE CAREER-RELATED LEARNING
The purpose
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Facilitate transition to the workplace for students, particularly those intending to go straight into the workforce or those likely to leave school without any formal qualifications.
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Provide or purchase tertiary-type courses which will better meet students’ needs (this includes the gifted and talented), which will motivate them to achieve, and facilitate their smooth transition to further education, training or employment.
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Support students to explore career pathways and help them make informed decisions about their schooling and future work or study.
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Extend the range and mix of courses and opportunities available to senior students at Havelock North High School through:
distance learning courses
- courses with outside provider
- short introductory courses over 1-3 days
- workplace tasters, holiday courses
- industry field days
- industry assessed courses run by school
Benefits for young people
- Future Pathways provides a chance to gain new skills that are appropriate to the workplace
- it help create a curriculum that is more relevant to a students needs and future working life
- it can provide hands on work based programmes
- the courses are available at no cost to the students
At HNHS, a full year Future Pathways programme takes up a subject line on a student timetable. As Future Pathways can be tailored to a students individual needs, it can fit anywhere on the timetable and therefore be more flexible around the students other subjects.
For more information, contact
Hilda Overeem Transition Services Manager
Phone: 8778129 ext 732
Email: hilda@hnhs.school.nz
John Taylor Careers Adviser
Phone: 8778129 ext 732
Email: ty@hnhs.school.nz
