PLANNING YOUR SENIOR SCHOOL PATHWAY - CHECKLIST

Planning for Year 11

Monday 24th July

• Read the Mazenod College Senior School Course Guide and together with your parents look through the courses on offer by the College.

• Attend the Senior School Information Evening together with your parents.

Pathway Planning (3 weeks – by 18th August)

• Review your Morrisby Diagnostic Assessment (career profiling) account and interview notes.

• Make a list of the University and/or TAFE courses you are interested in.

• Discuss your selection with your parents.

• In the month of August, attend university and TAFE open days together with your parents to collect information on potential courses of interest.

• Using The Tertiary Entrance Guide, complete a prerequisite check for your courses of interest.

• Build a list of the subjects you will undertake in your VCE or VCE Vocational Major (VM) program (page 15 of this guide).

• Make sure you have all the prerequisite subjects for the courses that interest you.

• Make an appointment with your subject counsellor.

Final Planning Stage - Enter your subject selections by Monday 28th August

• A follow up appointment or referral may be made for you by your counsellor.

• Attend parent-teacher interviews to speak with your teachers about your progress and seek their recommendations in pursuing subjects in your senior school program.

• Complete your final subject selections and have these checked and signed by your subject counsellor for approval.

Planning For Year 12 - Enter your subject selections by Monday 28th August

• Read the Mazenod College Senior School Course Guide and encourage your parents to look through the courses on offer by the College.

• Refine your list of the University and/or TAFE courses you are interested in (from last year’s planning).

• Discuss your career pathway plan with your parents.

• In the month of August, attend university and TAFE open days together with your parents to collect information on potential courses of interest.

• Confirm your list of subjects you will undertake in your Year 12 VCE or VCE Vocational Major (VM) program.

• Make an appointment with your subject counsellor.

• A follow up appointment or referral may be made for you by your subject counsellor.

• Attend parent-teacher interviews to speak with your teachers about your progress and seek their recommendations in pursuing subjects in your senior school program.

• Complete your final subject selections and have these checked and signed by your subject counsellor for approval.