Enrichment Courses are government-funded short courses available to senior students. They are designed to give a taste of future careers, gain experiences and complete certificates to build their CV's.

They range from one to four days and can be term time or in the holidays. Courses include Information Technology, Scuba Diving and First Aid Certificates and Community Service. In some cases these courses gain credits towards their NCEA qualifications for NCEA students. Click here for more detailed information.

Pathways Classes are timetabled classes from Form 5 through to Form 7. In the entry level class the emphasis is on providing the student with an introduction to a wide variety of industries and help open their eyes to roles and further vocational training.

In future years, opportunities are added which recognise achievement in a broad range of skills identified by employers as being important in the workplace.

Topics in class work towards achieving NCEA credits as well as outside courses, all building towards their NCEA qualifications. Work Experience can be arranged to help make career decisions towards relevant employment and future study. Click here for more detailed information.

Guidance and Counselling at Auckland Grammar School

The Guidance and Counselling teams at Auckland Grammar School have a wealth of experience between us as well as professional qualifications in Counselling with NZAC membership.

Their aim is to support every student who is finding life difficult by helping them to find their own solution or coping strategies to minimise these difficulties and enable them to succeed in their studies and thrive in their extra-curricular activities at School. Click here for more information.

Form 5 Career Studies - Personal Development (NCEAL Level 1):

Pre-requisites: Entry to these options is based on being part of the full NCEA Level 1 programme. Students will be placed in either the Career Studies or Vocational Studies classes by the HOD based on programme suitability and the students' ability to complete the differing activities involved in two programmes.

Course description/aims: The course has been designed to expose each student to a wide range of topics, including life skills and NCEA assessment methods. Most topics will include a trip into industry to introduce students to relevant occupations such as Travel and Tourism, Health and Fitness and the Hospitality sector.

This course offers approximately 20 NCEA credits which hold exactly the same value as those offered by other subjects and likewise count towards their NCEA Level 1 and 2 Certificates.

Some points to be aware of are:

• The credits in Career Studies count towards the students NCEA Level 1 Certificate and allow a head start to achieving the required 80 credits for Level 1. The further 60 credits required for the Level 2 Certificate, the following year.
• For some students, this may be a two-year commitment.

Methods of assessments: The course is internally-assessed through the completion of Unit Standards, class tests and School examinations.

Form 6 Career Studies - Employment Skills (NCEA Level 2):

Pre-requisites: Approval to take this course is needed from the Student Pathways Coordinator, in consultation with the appropriate Dean.

Course description/aims: This course's content in Employment Skills is designed to recognise achievement in a broad range of skills identified by employers as being important in the workplace. These skills include communication, personal goal-setting and career planning. These credits also count towards NCEA Level 1 and 2. This course will assist the student in becoming work ready.

Course outline: The Employment Skills course comes in two components: Vocational Skills and Work Experience.

Vocational skills taught in the class and on short courses will include: basic employment rights and responsibilities, self-awareness, curriculum vitae writing, career planning, and some practical trade skills.

Optional Work Experience should enable students to overcome some of the uncertainty approaching future job opportunities or vocational training. Students can investigate first hand occupations of your interest, collect information on careers, and assess the suitability of these options. This will also give an insight into what it takes to be in a full-time working environment.

Methods of assessments: The course is internally-assessed through the completion of Unit Standards, class tests and examinations.

Form 7 Career Studies - Student Pathways (NCEA Level 3):

Pre-requisites: Entry to Form 7 based on NCEA achievement of Level 2. Numeracy and Literacy is required, with a high standard of attendance. Although this course is open entry, approval is needed from the Student Pathways Coordinator, in consultation with the appropriate Dean.

Course description/aims: The course content in the Student Pathways Programme is designed to research training options as a class, based on the class's collective interest, trial individual interest courses through the School Star Programme and the opportunity to test-drive career options in the workplace through work experience. These credits also count towards NCEA Level 2 and 3. This course will assist the student in making informed career pathway decisions for the end of the year.

The main difference between this and the Gateway Programme is the industry courses taken are class-driven, not individual-learner driven. Students will not normally spend one day a week in industry, but three or four days a term on class courses with the possibility of Work Tasters as part of the students' career development.

Course outline: This will include career testing and support as well as CV development, relevant industry required communication and safety training. The Student Pathways course comes in two components: Vocational Skills and Training Courses:

• Vocational Skills covered will include career research, personal finance, career planning and some practical skills.
• Training Courses should enable students to take a closer look at adult-styled vocational training
• This will allow them to collect information on careers, and assess the suitability of these options.

Methods of assessments: The course is internally-assessed through the completion of Unit Standards, class tests and examinations.

Career Studies - Gateway:

Pre-requisites:

• Senior students in Forms 6 and 7
• Students who have a good attendance record
• Students who can keep up to date with academic studies while on placement (Gateway is addition to 5 School-based subjects)
• Students who have a desire to explore a particular career path
• Students who have achieved satisfactory English and Mathematics results
• Students who are ready to enter the working world or tertiary study, but want some experience first
• Acceptance is by way of an application and interview process

Course description/aims:

• The Gateway programme provides students with structured workplace learning, across a range of industries and businesses, while they continue to study at School.
• It is designed to strengthen the pathway for Senior students to progress from School to the workplace or Tertiary study.
• It provides pathways towards future training, study, employment and/or apprenticeship.
• Students gain confidence and have ongoing enthusiasm for their education.
• Students learn industry-based skills and gain valuable experience and knowledge.
• It gives students the opportunity to make informed choices about their future direction.
• The programme helps to develop relationships between students, Industry Training Organisations (ITOs), Tertiary Institutes and employers.
• It supports the student in developing a more 'Tertiary' type of study arrangement with rigour and accountability, while still in a secondary School environment and with full School support.

Course outline:

• Students will be placed in a work placement, generally for one day per week for 5+ weeks.
• The Gateway programme requires that students complete a minimum of 20 industry based credits.
• Placements will usually commence in Term 1 or 2 with the view to being completed by the end of Term 3 at the latest.

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