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Course Description

This course will teach you how to manifest your career vision into reality with a strategic approach to manage your career change and ensure you are moving forward. Nobody likes career changes - but did you know that the average person changes their career more than seven times in their lifetime? 


Changes are inevitable

As your work and personal circumstances change, you may self-reflect, assess the situation, and make course corrections. You might want to switch lanes to a job that better suits your skill sets or because of challenges like moving to a new place, or health issues. While at times unpleasant, these changes are the basis for career and personal progression.

Transitions are personal

For some individuals, the transition may be voluntary as they consciously make the decision to make a change. The mental preparation for a change may start years before taking the first step. For others, a transition can be involuntary as organisations downsize or move jobs overseas, seeing employee retrenchment. The latter is often difficult for individuals and their families. If left unchecked, the stress can have an adverse impact on an individual’s psychological well-being, resulting in a loss of confidence and self-esteem.

What this course offers

This PD offers a strategic way for you to manage your career change while minimising stress, maximising your organisational skills, and making sure you inch closer to your career goals throughout the process. Offering insights from a career coach with decades of experience, this course will teach you how to: 

  • Undertake informed career decisions 
  • Create a career makeover that meets your career goals, identity and lifestyle
  • Tackle challenges in a strategic way
  • Set your professional development imperatives straight
  • Streamline your career transition
  • Design an action plan to action your professional development


It’s time to navigate your career changes, instead of being defeated by them!

Audience

All teachers who are seeking a career transition and who require practical tips and strategies to devise a practical action plan.

Teaching Standards

6.2.2 Proficient Level - Engage in Professional Learning - Engage in professional learning and improve practice: Participate in learning to update knowledge and practice targeted to professional needs and school and/or system priorities

 6.3.2 Proficient Level - Engage in Professional Learning - Engage with colleagues and improve practice: Contribute to collegial discussions and apply constructive feedback from colleagues to improve professional knowledge and practice




$329 + GST - Individual Enrolment


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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome

    • About Course Author

    • Our Approach to Learning

    • The Path to Future Success™

    • About the Course

    • Activity — Goals and Program Survey

  • 2

    Your Career Responsibility

    • Making a Career Transition

    • Your Career Responsibility

    • When to Make a Career Transition

    • 1. Industry is in a Decline

    • 2. You are Not Being Challenged!

    • 3. The Thought of Work Fills You with Dread

    • 4. You Calculate Your Personal Leave Entitlements

    • 5. You are on the Hunt for New Opportunities

    • 6. Financial Reasons

    • 7. Realignment of Personal Skills and/or Spiritual Values

    • 8. Your Job is Impacting Your Personal Life

    • Activity — View a Video — If it is Time to Change Careers

    • Advantages and Disadvantages of a Career Change

    • A Time of Transition to Reach New Career Goals

    • 1. Ending, Losing, and Letting Go

    • 2. The Neutral Zone

    • 3. The New Beginning

    • The Stages of Career Redundancy and Retrenchment

    • The Realization of a New Stage

    • Activity — Where are You in Your Career Transformation?

    • Activity — View a Video — Case Study of Career Change and Reflective Questions

    • Activity — Confronting Challenges

    • Activity — View a Video — How to Cope During a Career Redundancy and Retrenchment

  • 3

    Factors that Influence Careers

    • Activity — View a Video — Factors that Influence Career Decision-Making

    • Decision-Making Style

  • 4

    Strategies to Support a Career Decision

    • Strategies to Support a Career Decision

    • Speak with Individuals and those Working in the Industry

    • Research Information

    • Undertake Professional Reflection

    • Develop a Strategy to Address Needs and Interests

    • Creative Problem-Solving Model

    • Activity — Apply a Decision-Making Process

    • Networking to Reach Your Career Aspirations

    • 1. Review your Current Role

    • 2. Identify Your Career Goals

    • 3. Review Your Strengths and Skills Gap

    • 4. Research the Labor Market for Suitable Jobs

    • 5. Plan Your Career Change and Design an Action Plan

  • 5

    Your Career Makeover to Reinvent Yourself

    • Career Plateau

    • Activity — View a Video — What is a Portfolio Career?

    • Activity — View a Video — Tips to Move Your Career into 'Drive'

  • 6

    Pathways to Occupational Areas

    • Pathways to Occupational Areas

    • 1. Return to Tertiary Study or Vocational Training to Upgrade Qualifications

    • 2. Transfer Skills and Knowledge to a New Industry or Job Role

    • 3. Undertake Voluntary Work or Work Experience

    • 4. Undertake an Apprenticeship, Traineeship, or Internship

    • 5. Find Employment

    • 6. Start a Small Business

    • Activity — Review Your Career Pathway

  • 7

    How to Face a Challenge for a Positive Outcome

    • Attitude

    • Attitude 1 — Displays Self-pity and a ‘Victim’ Mentality

    • Attitude 2 — Displays a Reflective Learning Approach

    • Activity — View a Video — Strategies to Face a Challenge for a Positive Outcome

  • 8

    Topic 2 — The Modern Workplace

    • Introduction to the Modern Workplace

  • 9

    Careers in the 21st Century

    • Careers in the 21st Century

    • Concurrent Multiple Careers

    • Sequential Multiple Careers

    • Employment Patterns

    • Activity — View a Video — Employment Patterns have Changed in the Past Decade

  • 10

    What Skills do Employers Seek? How Do You Measure Up?

    • Work Skills and Employability

    • Personal Skills

    • Generic or Transferable Skills

    • Technical Skills

    • How can Employability Skills be Developed?

    • Activity — Assess Your Skills

  • 11

    A Career Journey in the Workplace — Horizontal and Vertical Progression

    • A Career Journey in the Workplace

    • Impact of Organizational Forces: Internal and External

    • Impact of Personal, Social, and Environmental Factors

    • Activity — Reflect on Your Career Progress

    • Activity — Complete the Case Study

  • 12

    Building Your Professional Relationships

    • Building Your Professional Relationships

    • How to Build Relationships with People

    • Activity — Develop Your Professional Relationships

  • 13

    Your Work Ethic

    • Your Work Ethic

    • Activity — View a Video — Elements of a Strong Work Ethic

    • Activity — Review Your Work Ethic

  • 14

    Emotional Intelligence

    • Emotional Intelligence

    • 1. Self-Awareness

    • 2. Self-Regulation

    • 3. Motivation

    • 4. Empathy

    • 5. Social Skills

    • Activity — Questionnaire — How Emotionally Intelligent are You?

    • Activity — How Emotionally Intelligent are You?

    • Activity — View Videos on Emotional Intelligence

    • Six Steps to Increase Your Emotional Intelligence

    • 2. The Ability to Manage Stress

    • 3. The Ability to Be Assertive and Express Difficult Emotions when Necessary

    • 4. The Ability to Stay Proactive, Not Reactive in the Face of a Difficult Person

    • 5. The Ability to Bounce Back from Adversity

    • 6. The Ability to Express Intimate Emotions in Close, Personal Relationships

    • Activity — Develop an Emotionally Intelligent Self

    • Activity — Improve each Key Area of Emotional Intelligence

  • 15

    Professional Networking

    • Professional Networking

    • Benefits of Networking

    • Networking Opportunities

    • Practices to Support Networking Opportunities

    • Tips to Network Effectively

    • Activity — Identify Your Network

    • Discover Career Opportunities

    • Identify Career Options

  • 16

    Lifelong learning — Learning Across the Lifespan

    • What is Long Learning?

    • Your Professional Self

    • Activity — Identify Your Learning and Development Needs

  • 17

    Learning Styles

    • Learning Styles

    • Visual Learners

    • Auditory Learners

    • Kinaesthetic Learners

    • Activity — Identify Your Learning Style — Questionnaire

  • 18

    Your Professional Reflection

    • Your Professional Reflection

    • Activity — Progress Your Professional Development

    • Your Career Development Strategies

    • Strategies to Foster Learning and Movement within Organizations

    • Action Plans to Implement Visions, Goals, and Objectives

    • Activity — Envision your Future Self

  • 19

    Topic 4 — Your Professional Development for the Next Step to Achieve Your Potential

    • The Last Stage of Your Program

    • 1. Appreciate Your Gifts

    • 2. Appreciate Your Unique Self

    • 3. Find Meaning and Purpose

    • 4. Do Things for Others

    • 5. Aim to Be Positive, Reframe Situation

    • 6. Do Some Exercise, Go For a Walk

    • 7. Meet with a Special Person or Group of Friends

    • 8. Focus on the Beauty in the World

    • 9. Be Creative — Listen to Music, See Art

    • 10. Say Affirmations

  • 20

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion

    • Activity — Write Your Action Plan

  • 21

    Course Feedback

    • Please take few minutes to give us your feedback

Do you teach in NSW? If so, this is relevant to you:

This course may contribute towards Elective PD hours. Visit https://educationstandards.nsw.edu.au for more details.

 

Presenter

Leah  Shmerling

Leah Shmerling

Leah is a specialist in career coaching, corporate training, academic teaching, vocational training, and retirement planning, with numerous books, articles and accredited courses to her name. As a freelance journalist, she has written for 'The Age' and she is a former columnist for 'The Herald Sun'.

Leah holds a Master in Professional Education and Training, Graduate Diploma in Career Development, several Diploma qualifications in Vocational Educational Training, and Certificates in Life Coaching, Mediation Skills, and Psychodrama. She has international accreditation and is Board Certified as a Career Management Fellow with the Institute of Career Certification, a Certified Retirement Coach with Retirement Options, and a professional member of the Career Development Association Australia (CDAA).

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