My Career Action Plan
Year 7 – I Discover
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School: .........................................
A Career Action Plan helps you to focus on your goals and plans for the future. It helps you to work out how you
are going to achieve what you want relating to school, work and life. A Career Action Plan lets you discover your
strengths and interests.
My Profile
My name My family My community
Include your full name and nickname List your family members This could be your cultural group
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Three positive words that .........................................
describe me
Examples include happy, outgoing,
friendly, sporty, polite, healthy and creative.
My proudest achievement Two people who are important to me
An achievement is something you have done successfully. An important person is someone you can trust.
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My top three interests .........................................
Think about activities you do at school and outside of
school that you enjoy, such as playing football or
babysitting. Interests also include things like music or
gaming.
My top three values .........................................
Values are things that you consider to be important
and explain a lot about who you are. For example,
some people think being honest, hardworking and
caring about the environment are important values.
My top three skills .........................................
Skills are things you can do well. Everybody
has skills. For example, listening, team work,
problem-solving and planning are all skills that
can help you do well at school.
Subjects I am studying this year Things that make learning easier
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How much do you know about careers? Visit the myfuture website (www.myfuture.edu.au) and try the ‘Mini
Career Quiz’ which helps you to understand what a “career” means.
My Goals and Plans
Goals are things that you want to achieve in the future. They are things that will help you to be prepared and
ready for change at school or in your life. It is important that you think about goals early because then you can
work out how to achieve them. Thinking about goals means that you will be prepared to study the subjects you
like, do the types of occupations you prefer, and keep your future options open. If you meet a goal throughout
the year, set another new one for yourself – maybe a more challenging one.
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Think about goals that relate to school and life. For example, a school goal might be to
read 15 books this year, and a life goal might be to go for a bike ride at least 4 times a
week.
Think about why the goals you have made are important. For example, reading 15 books
will help you to do well at school, and riding your bike at least 4 times a week will help you
to stay healthy.
Think about how long it will take you to achieve your goals. Some goals are short-term
which means you can achieve them in a few weeks. Some goals are long-term which
means it might take a year or more before you can achieve them.
My goals Why they are important Achievement date
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You may need some help from allies to achieve your goals. Allies are people who can help you in different
ways, like family members, community members, teachers, friends and other people you trust.
Who can help me How they can help me
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My Review
Throughout the year it is important for you to spend some time thinking about the
goals and plans you set for yourself, and what it was like discovering your strengths
and interests. Reflecting on what you wrote in your Career Action Plan throughout the
year, you might need to include some new things in your next Career Action to help
you to achieve your long-term goals.
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Goals I have achieved so far When I achieved them
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Goals I need to do further work on in order to achieve Who can help me
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New goals I want to achieve Achievement date
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Comments from parents, Date: .........................................
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family members,
community members,
carers, guardians or other
trusted adults
Comments from teachers, Date: .........................................
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careers practitioners or
other school staff
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