2020 has been quite a school year for you. Fractured. Chaotic. Boring. Uncertain. Many of you have returned to the classroom after weeks (or months) of remote learning. Being at home was a novelty for a while, but that novelty wore pretty thin, pretty quickly! (Spare a thought for kids living on remote outback stations!)… Read more
The journey metaphor is well trod – but let’s tread it again anyway. After all it’s the perfect metaphor for the career pathway. One step in front of the other. So many directions sign posted, and so many decisions to make. Unless students have a definite idea of what they want to do with their… Read more
October is National Safe Work Australia Month – and why should we care? Because as at 10 September this year, there have been 110 Australians killed at work. That is, 110 Australians who set out on their normal workday, who did not make it home to their family. To add to this, many more Australians… Read more
What a year it’s been 2020 has seen so many young Australians living in communities grappling with the devastating effects of drought, flood or fire. Now with the COVID19 pandemic, many more have had to adapt to remote learning, not seeing their friends and watching on as parents or carers face an uncertain employment… Read more
It takes time for young people to develop the skills and attitudes, as well as the values that are required to navigate a successful transition from school to further study, employment and the responsibilities of adult life. At Tracy Marsh Publications we believe that every young Australian needs a line of sight towards their future… Read more
It’s great to see that the Naval Shipbuilding College and Work-Ready alliance was mentioned in the press this week – especially at a time when news is dominated by, and conversation peppered with, COVID-19. (Remember a simpler time when we used to talk about the weather?) So what better time to draw attention to the… Read more
Although many schools throughout Australia have run excellent work experience programs in partnership with local business and industry, many more have been left to piece together ad hoc programs, disproportionate in what they deliver. There have been difficulties Businesses often baulk at taking on Work Experience students because of the red tape of insurance or… Read more
What a year it has been so far We hope that in these strange and uncertain times, you are all coping as best you can, being gentle on yourselves and finding new and innovative ways to connect with family, friends and your school and wider community. Over the years teachers have proven to be some… Read more
You might already be using digital portfolios in the classroom, but if you’re not, they’re a great idea. Digital portfolios capture aspects of your school life. They’re a way to collect, store and display work electronically, from written assignments to artwork, lab experiments to physical projects, academic awards to school reports. You can blog it,… Read more
I was very fortunate to be on the beautiful Darling Harbour 2 weeks ago as Sydney played host to Pacific 2019. Pacific 2019 is an international maritime exposition for government and industry. It’s a showcase where world leaders in the commercial and defence sectors of the maritime industry, and maritime primes and their supply chains… Read more
Teenager Daniel Bendo heard about the Naval Shipbuilding College’s Workforce Register from his Mum – the rest is history. Struggling to break into the workforce after successfully finishing his final year at high school, Daniel Bendo decided to take some good advice from his mum. With a fair bit of work experience during and after… Read more
We talk to our students about the uncertain and changing face of the workforce of the future. We encourage them to skill up on STEM and pitch towards jobs that don’t even exist yet, even though there’s little consensus about what the future of work will look like. Meanwhile the government has stared into the… Read more
