Pre-Conference Sessions
The 2011 will offer a range of pre-conference sessions including a Masterclass by Prof Mark Savickas. Download the pre-conference program here.
Abstracts for sessions below.
Masterclass with Prof Mark Savickas - Tuesday 26 April 2011 (9.00am-12.00pm)
Career Counselling for Life Design in a Multicultural World
Many counsellors are innovating their practices by taking a narrative turn. This shift in practice has been prompted by changes in the social organization of work and occupations. To respond to these changes, some counselors have turned to narrative models and methods because this approach emphasizes life design as a framework for occupational choice. In this master class, participants will learn about “life designing” as a new general model for career counseling and practice its associated methods for constructing career stories, deconstructing life themes, reconstructing character arcs, and co-constructing life portraits that extend the occupational plot to the next scenario. Participants will learn how to integrate these techniques into their ongoing practice and may even use the techniques to better understand why they became advisors and counselors and how they use their own occupations to manifest their career themes and character arc.
Sharing strategies to support the lone practitioner - Tuesday 26 April 2011(1.00pm-4.00pm)
Chairs: Wanda Hayes and Shauna Quinlivan
Working as a private practitioner in your own business or as a sole provider within an organisation or corporation creates a unique set of personal and professional challenges. We invite private practice and corporate career practitioners to join this session and discuss issues such as the role of the private practitioner, the role of the practitioner in the corporate setting, establishing and building relationships between private and corporate practice, identifying the challenges facing career practitioners and the true value of professional collegiality across the sectors. During the session strategies will be identified that help maximise the rewards and address the challenges that come from working as an independent practitioner.
Research Forum - Tuesday 26 April 2011(1.00pm-4.00pm)
Chair: Professor Spencer Niles
The Research Forum will be structured around the conference questions and themes. Following stimulus presentations by international researchers, participants will engage in small group discussions to consider strengths of career research, the challenges it faces, and recommendations for future collaborative efforts. A rapporteur presentation will conclude the Forum. A summary and recommendations for action will be delivered to the main conference.
Schools Best Practice Showcase - Tuesday 26 April 2011(1.00pm-4.00pm
Chair: Suzanne Curyer
Blend, Create, Innovate and Share Your Career Practices
Be inspired by the finalists in the ACS Judith Leeson Awards for Excellence in Career Teaching as they present an overview of their innovative and engaging career education initiatives. Find out about the latest developments in the Australian Blueprint for Career Development, myfuture.edu.au and The Real Game and how to blend them to create engaging activities for your students. Work with other participants to create an innovative career education activity using the services demonstrated in the session and others that you use in your setting. Share these ideas with the rest of the group and take home lots of ideas to practice!
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