Friday, 28 September 2018

GUIDANCE SCHEDULE

DATS testing with the fourth years will be held on October 4th.
Following this, one to one meetings will be set up for all the fourth year students. Results of the DATS are just one part of the jigsaw of information used to support students when choosing their Leaving Certificate subjects. Students will get a report showing the strongest areas and parents receive the actual scores in the post.  We look at the subjects students enjoy, do well in and also the requirements for courses they may be interested in. Students get the opportunity to do taster modules in most subjects during transition year. We do the REACH online career program with our students and this helps our students to gain an insight into careers available as well as completing a variety of interest, personality and values tests. Work experience is the perfect opportunity to gain further insight into careers that they may be interested in.


CAREER FAIR AND MOCK INTERVIEW NIGHT FOR SENIOR STUDENTS TAKES PLACE ON MONDAY 26TH NOVEMBER.

The past pupils set up advice clinics to give information about the courses that they are doing. Many Colleges will attend and set up stands and be available for questions.The Parents' Association organise Mock Interviews for our senior students. This helps our students improve their interview skills which is really important if applying for jobs, UCAS, EUNICAS, PLCs or restricted entry courses.

2018-2019 TERM ONE!!! RESEARCH TIME!


CAREER NOTICEBOARD!
Saturday Open Days 2018

3rd November …UCD Open Day
10th November… LIR Academy of Acting Open Day
10th November…IT Tallaght Open Day
10TH November…Trinity Open Day
17th November…DCU Open Day
17th November…Marino Open Day
24th November...NUI Maynooth Open Day
24th November…IADT Open Day
1st December… DIT Open Day

Look up the schedule of events and plan your day well in advance! The schedule should be available on the College website a week before the Open Day takes place. Keep your eye on the website!


ADDITIONAL ART INFORMATION

10th/ 13th /14th  November NCAD Portfolio Information Session
17th November Crawford Art College, Cork, Open Day
18th November NCAD Open Day
22nd November DIT Portfolio Clinic

If you are doing a portfolio, you need to get an outline of the requirements. These days are additional support days. You should speak to your Art teacher and ask their advice about attending.

Further Information on UCD Talks
You need to register online for these talks on www.myucd.ie
09 October 2018 
05:30 PM  to 08:15 PM
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15 October 2018 
06:00 PM  to 08:00 PM
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23 October 2018 
05:15 PM  to 07:45 PM
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03 November 2018 
10:00 AM  to 04:00 PM
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06 November 2018 
05:30 PM  to 07:15
13 November 2018 
06:00 PM  to 07:30 PM
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16 November 2018 
05:00 PM  to 07:30 PM
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20 November 2018 
05:30 PM  to 07:30 PM
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20 November 2018 
05:30 PM  to 08:00 PM
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21 November 2018 
07:00 PM  to 09:00 PM
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22 November 2018 
05:00 PM  to 07:30 PM
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24 November 2018 
06:00 PM  to 07:30
27 November 2018 
06:00 PM  to 08:30 PM
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03 December 2018  - 07 December 2018
09:00 AM  to 05:00

Look up other College websites for additional evening talks. Trinity College have information days on engineering, science and computing. Career trips should be carried out during weekends and evenings.

Good luck with all your research. The more talks you attend and career research you carry out, the better equipped you are to make an educated decision about the career/ course you want to pursue!
Happy researching!

Guidance Team