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WELCOME TO THE VCE VOCATIONAL MAJOR
Get a Start on Your Applied Journey
Get a Start on Your Applied Journey
The Head Start Program introduces students to the values and structure of applied learning while setting the tone for the next two years. Over two to three weeks, students explore who they are, how they learn, and what motivates them.
They begin with self-awareness and personal storytelling (linked with Literacy), start mapping career and pathway goals (Work Related Skills), identify personal strengths and wellbeing priorities (Personal Development Skills), and explore the Quantified Self to see how data can help track habits, time, and growth (Numeracy).
This program builds a shared foundation between teachers and students, showing that every domain connects to real experiences and future goals. It’s not just an introduction, it’s the launchpad for a confident and purposeful VM journey.
"[Head Start is] the launchpad for a confident and purposeful VM journey"
Getting Aquanted
Getting Aquanted
Before jumping into the program, it's a good idea to learn something about the people around you. In the Vocational Major program you will find that your peers become more than just the student sitting next to you, more than your friends. This program is designed to help you understand the workplace and to help simulate that, many tasks ask that you work as colleagues. Coworders with equal responsibility but different roles and skills.
These activities can also serve as ideas or inspiration for students if you choose to have senior students facilitate inductions as part of Personal Development Skills.
Some options are:
Step Forward Exercise (can help students understand differentiation, and a colearning structure)
Music bingo (can be run in the background of other tasks)
Two truths and a lie (leads to discussion of genre)
Would you rather (leads to debate and/or statistics)
Personal Storytelling
Personal Storytelling
In this module, you will start by defining different areas of your own character, understanding a little bit more about yourself and then using that understanding to tell a non-fiction story. In completing this module, you'll come yo understand a little bit more about how psychology helps label and discuss strengths and challenges (Personal Development Skills), and practice understandings of genre, character and narrative (Literacy).
The Quantified Self
The Quantified Self
Exploring ideas of quantitative and qualitative data, students will look at aspects of their self, health and society to develop an inherent understanding of how data plays an increasingly important role in our lives.
Students will also reflect on the benefits and challenges surrounding data collection and security.
Dont forget the folio, now's a great time to get a start on it.
Dont forget the folio, now's a great time to get a start on it.
Unit 4 might seem like a long way away rigth now, but to help you stay on top of things, working on your folio as you go is an easy way to maintain organsiation in your work and really take the stress off the final term of this course.
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