Illumine
Illumine
Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Illumine for Parents: Navigating the next stage—subject selection, degree choices and ATAR anxiety
30 minutes Posted Nov 10, 2022 at 2:00 am.
Tell us about your role at the School?
At what age or Year level do students and their parents need to start thinking about their daughter’s career choices, and therefore, the subjects that they might want to continue studying in their final years of secondary school?
How do you support students and parents when they are considering which subjects to study in Year 11 and Year 12?
At what point are specific university courses discussed and guidance on applying given?
What happens if a senior student changes their mind about what they have chosen to study?
Can you talk us through some of the interesting findings about Gen Z that the McCrindle Education Future Report uncovered?
Are you already seeing evidence of these findings reflected in our current students?
Can you talk to us about some of these ‘future careers’ that are currently being predicted?
Do you think that these jobs of the future are already influencing our current students’ choices?
While some students may have a clear idea of what they want to pursue post-school, others may still be very unsure. What advice and resources are available for parents navigating these situations?
How can parents suggest alternatives, or gently try to widen their daughters’ prospects if they suspect that she might not get into the course or college that their heart is set on?
How can parents best help their daughters with ATAR anxiety and exams pressures?
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‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ Navigating career choices with your daughter can be an exciting and terrifying experience—for both parents and children. Students today are more aware than ever that the subject selections they make in high school can impact the degrees and courses that they want to study at a tertiary level in their post-schooling lives. Adding to this complexity, the current generation of adolescents do not see themselves as having just one career—recent data has r...