college Course & Career guidance
During TY and over the next few years students will gain experiences that will shape their career direction. TYs will have to choose what to study for the Leaving Cert, and at what level. They will then have to choose how they will continue their education after school, and what to study. Everybody will make choices based on their circumstances, the opportunities that present themselves, their ambition and their goals.
careers portal
All TYs will sign up to CareersPortal where they will be engaged in a wide range of career guidance material: careers research and subject choice options. This material is covered throughout the year in a timetabled Guidance class once a week.
Differential Aptitude Testing are a series of tests designed to measure one's abilities in different fields, such as verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, mechanical reasoning, and space relations. These will be cross referenced with the Indigo Personal Assessment to assist students in considering subject choices based on their interests and abilities.
Dats
Throughout the year, once a fortnight, past pupils and parents talk to the TYs about their college and career choices, the paths that they have taken and why…not to mention the secrets of their successes and the reasons for their set backs (and how to overcome these obstacles with the right frame of mind!).
Morning Career talks
St Michael’s College Past Pupils Union kindly offer this evening to the school once a year. Mock job interviews are conducted by established professionals from fields such as medicine, finance, media, architecture etc. and have proven to be enormously helpful to all the students who take part in this opportunity to discuss their TY experience in this context. Please note that a provisional date has been arranged with the PPU but this is subject to change.
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Date TBC