Career Practitioner Seminar
Every year the Careers Team attends our university ‘open days’ (Career Practitioner Forums. This is where we learn about changes to existing courses and about new courses. We hear updated employment information and how AI is affecting degrees and the workforce.
RMIT introduced Career Practitioner Awards in 4 categories where peers could nominate one another, a school could nominate a practitioner or a practitioner could nominate themselves for an award.
Deb Pane who has been a qualified Careers Practitioner at SASC for nearly 4 years has a passion for advocating for those with individual needs; Deb formed a fabulous partnership with a Disability Employment Provider and had them agree to meet with families for their introductory meeting at school to lessen the anxiety for the student. When that organisation lost their government funding, Deb worked tirelessly to find anther provider and successfully built a partnership with BreakThru in St Albans. The team at BreakThru also meet prospective school leavers and their family for the first time at school. This partnership is going from strength to strength and this enables families to feel confident in their child’s pathway post school, knowing they’ll be supported in the community and at work/TAFE or University.
I nominated Deb for RMIT’s ‘Champion of Inclusion’ award as she is passionate and committed to ensuring ALL students have a positive pathway when leaving school. There was 10 other nominees in this category from other schools in the state so it was thrilling to see Deb win the award.
Ms Cathy Armstrong – Careers Program Coordinator