Future pathways

Your future starts here

What we offer at St Mary’s College

Empowering students to go one pace beyond Year 12

The Career Advisor at St Mary’s College is Mrs Lucy Paske.

Each year Mrs Paske meets individually with each Year 10, 11 and 12 student to discuss career pathways and subject selections.

Below are the ways in which each senior secondary year level explores their future pathway options.

Year 10

Students attend Careers Education through the Year 10 Pillars Program. During these lessons students:

• Reflect on their previous year and where they are heading to establish suitable academic goals for the year.
• Conduct a self-audit to create a resume and application letter ready for seeking casual employment.
• Learn life skills that will empower them to be assertive and competent citizens, including:
  • applying for a Tax File Number (TFN)
  • enrolling to vote for State elections
  • enrolling for Federal elections
  • researching work place rights, entitlements, awards and agreements
• Learn about the language that is used around education in Tasmania; such as the Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE), the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) and Tasmanian Accreditation, Standards and Certification (TASC) to research the course content, assessment and point value of each subject.
• Undertake a pathway plan, which includes researching desired Tertiary and VET providers; and/or employment options for Year 13.  That information enables students to choose a suite of courses to undertake in Years 11 and 12 using the TASC TCE course planning tool.
• Students are encouraged to research each course choice using the TASC course planner to ensure the content is what they expect it to be.
• Further options are explored during a one-to-one meeting with Mrs Paske and from there a suitable suite of TASC and VET courses is chosen.
• Students are introduced to the concept of work experience and the benefits of exploring opportunities. Whilst it is strongly encouraged in Years 10; we support students to also explore it as an option in Years 11 and 12.

Year 10 Work Experience hosts

Can you and your business host a St Mary’s College Year 10 student for a Work Experience placement? If yes, we’d love to hear from you. Please fill out the short form here and we will be in touch with you to organise their participation.

Year 11

Students meet with Mrs Paske individually to review and discuss their career pathway, suitable tertiary institutions and/or employment opportunities, and suitable course selections for Year 12.

Year 12

Students meet with Mrs Paske individually to review and discuss their career pathway, tertiary institution applications, and/or employment opportunities. Students are given opportunities to answer Year 12 exit questions as they approach Graduation.

Throughout Years 11 and 12, students are also invited to participate in external and internal information sessions with a range of Tertiary providers such as UTAS, Drysdale and Tas TAFE, as well as employers in a range of business industries.

School-based apprenticeships or traineeships

A school-based apprenticeship or traineeship enables a Year 10, 11 or 12 student to combine work and training to achieve a nationally recognised qualification, while still attending school and working toward their Tasmanian Certificate of Education (TCE). Find out more here.

Course Guides

The course guides detail each Senior Secondary course for Years 9-12 students and include the pathways for each career focus.