FOR SCHOOLS

Passions & Pathways is a 10-week learning journey that builds students’ confidence and self-awareness through real-world experiences and developing aspiration for future pathways.

Passions & Pathways is purposefully linked with:

  • Passions & Pathways helps schools deliver the Framework for Improving Student Outcomes through:

    Positive Climate for Learning

    • Improving student self-awareness

    • Promoting collaboration & inclusion

    • Including opportunities for student voice, leadership and agency

    Excellence in Teaching and Learning

    • Delivering curriculum that engages and challenges all learners

    • Giving students opportunities for deep thinking, exploration, and reflection.

    • Allowing students to monitor and assess their own work

    Community Engagement in Learning

    • Giving students real world contexts for their learning

    • Facilitating opportunities for parent engagement with their school, community and their child’s learning and aspirations.

  • Passions & Pathways links with the Australian Blueprint for Careers Development (ABCD) framework through direct links to the twelve Career Management Competencies through the first phase of development. Phase One targets students in kindergarten and primary school and Passions & Pathways’ curriculum program allows for age appropriate careers learning through self-exploration, teamwork, and communication activities and projects. Weekly classroom activities link with an extensive incursion and excursion program to embed and extend the learning.

  • Each lesson within Passions & Pathways is connected to the Victorian Curriculum and assists teachers delivering classroom content in:

    • Economics & Business

    • English

    • Critical & Creative Thinking

    • Design & Technologies

    • Health & Physical Education

    • Personal & Social Capabilities

The School Experience

Professional Development

Before the program begins, teachers and school leadership engage in professional development to understand the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of careers learning in primary schools.

In-class Curriculum

Teachers are supported to deliver a ten-week curriculum-aligned program complete with lesson plans, explainer video, curriculum links, student worksheets, rubrics, and virtual learning materials.  

Know Yourself (Student Avatar Portfolio)

Through a range of exploration activities, students build confidence, communication skills, teamwork, as well as a stronger sense of who they are and what skills and interests they have.  These activities allow teachers to better understand students and support students and their aspirations as they approach completion of primary school and transition into high school.

Explore the Possibilities (Incursion & Excursion Program)

P&P’s Program Facilitator brokers relationships with local businesses that enable engaging hands-on real-world experiences with the world of work and meet young people working in a variety of industries. This industry engagement allows teachers to better understand how their students’ interests translate into future opportunities.

Run an Expo for Parents & Community

Students celebrate their learning, engage in conversations about their experiences, and share aspirations with their friends, families and community.

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