Te Aratai Careers
Every young person at Te Aratai College knows who they are, what they are doing, why they are doing it, and where they are going. Every young person leaves Te Aratai College at the right time, with the right qualifications, to the right place, for them.
Here at Te Aratai College, Career Development is an important aspect of learners’ holistic education. We offer a range of career services and support students in making informed decisions about their future.
At Te Aratai we use CareerWise to store and share the latest careers information, events and jobs with our students and their parents. To visit our careers page, click the CareerWise button below!
Values
Key Outcomes
Young people at Te Aratai College are:
Individual Services
STAR
Secondary Tertiary Alignment Resource – Te Aratai College receives funding to support students to access programmes, events, courses, experiences and opportunities that help them set goals, make decisions and transition from school to tertiary study and/or employment.
- Short courses
- Taster days
- Experiences
Gateway
The Gateway Programme provides the opportunity for workplace experience and learning, strengthening pathways to further education and training or employment.
- Learners develop employability skills and explore career pathways
- Individualised programmes tailored to suit their needs and interests.
- Real workplace experience – treated like an employee
Pre-Employment Trades/Training
This timetabled course focuses on communication skills for employment and training, giving learners opportunities to build their confidence, literacy, and social skills through experiential learning. Learners will identify their learning goals while developing their CV for the workplace and trades training. Learners will gain their driver’s licence, and develop their research skills to make positive choices about their next steps in their future careers.
Dual Enrolment
Students in years 11-13 are able to access Dual Enrolment courses at several tertiary providers nearby. Students attend Te Aratai College for 3-4 days a week, and attend a local training provider for 1-2 days a week, depending on their course. These are hands-on courses for students who want to try out an industry, and get some credits toward their NCEA also.
School-wide Services
Useful Websites
Staff Contacts
We offer a range of Careers services here at Te Aratai College. We have staff members in the Careers department who can support students and whānau with information, making decisions and transitioning from school.
