Bookroom

CB waitressTo order items from the bookroom contact Lee Ponsioen via telephone or email (see Contact Us), or you can place an order via our Online Form.

Members of the CEAV pay the CEAV price, non-members pay the RRP for items (unless there is no RRP). Postage and handling is $12.50 per order form. All prices listed include GST.

 

 

Bookroom Catalogue
 

Counselling Notes

CEAV Counselling Note folderTitle: CEAV Counselling Notes Starter Kit

Summary: The CEAV Counselling Notes notepads have been specifically designed for school practitioners to help them take notes during their interviews with students. This starter pack includes a folder to store the notepads as well as one notepad. There are 25 carbon backed sheet Interview Records per pad. The white copy reamins with the counsellor and the blue copy is for the student.

RRP: N/A
CEAV Price: $33:00 ($22:00 for just the folder)
 

 

CEAV Counselling notes first interview padsTitle: Counselling notes refill packs - first and second interview

Summary: The notepads contain 25 blue carbon backed interview records, it does not contain the folder. Order these if you have run out of counselling notes. These notepads have been designed specifically for a first interview, and contains specific first interview questions. The second interview notepads are now available and come with a green carbon backing and more interview recording space.

RRP: N/A
CEAV Price: $15:00 per pad
 

 

Journal Catalogue

2007 Journal CoversTitle: CEAV Journal previous editions

Summary: The Journal is the major publication of the CEAV. Copies of selected past editions of the jounral are available for sale. Stocks are limited and available editions are subject to change.

As of the time of writing the following past editions are available for purchase:

  • Volume 34 Number 2 (May 2007). Stocks are limited
  • Volume 34 Number 3 (August 2007). Stocks are limited
  • Volume 35 Number 1 (February 2008)
  • Volume 35 Number 2 (August 2008)
  • Volume 35 Number 3 (November 2008)

RRP: N/A

CEAV Price: $18.00


Book Catalogue

 

A+ Apprentice AutomoticeA+ Apprentice BuildingA+ Apprentice Electrical
A+ Apprentice HospitalityA+ Apprentice PlumbingA+ Apprentice Retail
A+ Pre-Apprenticeship Mathematics and Literacy Series

NEW ITEM!

Title: A+ Pre-Apprenticeship Mathematics and Literacy Series

Summary: The A+ Pre-apprenticeship Maths and Literacy resources help prepare studnets seeking to gain a variety of apprenticeships and traineeships. These write-in-workbooks combine practical, real-world scenarios and terminology specifically relevant to their chosen industry, and provides students with the mathematical and literacy skills they need to pursue a career within that trade confidently.

 

 

There are six books in this series:

  • Plumbing
  • Hospitality
  • Retail
  • Automotive
  • Electrical
  • Building and Carpentry
  • Automotive

RRP: $20:95 per book
CEAV Price: $17:60 per book, $101:22 for one set of six


Public Relations cover

Title: Career FAQs series
Author: Melanie James
Publisher: Career FAQs Pty Ltd

Summary: Career FAQs gives you the inside scoop from real-world people in real-world employment. Find out what's happening in industry right now, what employers are looking for, and how best to get your foot in the door.

The titles in this series that are availiable from the bookroom are:

  • Public Relations
  • Medicine
  • Extreme
  • Allied HealthNe
  • Design Professionals
  • Nursing
  • Going Global
  • Entertainment
  • Advertising
  • Psychology
  • Fashion
  • Information Technology
  • Financial Planning
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Weird & Wonderful
  • Save the World
  • Hospitality
  • Investment Banking
  • Marketing
  • Building & Construction
  • Engineering

Limited stock available.

RRP: $29.95 per item
CEAV price: $9.95 per item


 

A Head Start coverTitle: A Head Start - A Young Person's Guide to Success in the Workforce
Author: Gina Gray
Publisher: Insight Publications Pty Ltd

Summary: A Head Start offers advice and approaches based on feedback from employers and from young people who have wanted guidelines and key information about starting work and succeeding in the workplace.

RRP: $19.95
CEAV price: $16.50


 

Professional Development coverTitle: Cambridge Personal Development Workbook for VCAL
Author: Carol Macreadie and Adi Perry
Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Summary: The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a practical alternative to the VCE for senior students, dridging school and the workforce. The Personal Development strand is designed to help students master the social, organisational and communication skills that they will uwe in the personal lives. The Cambridge Personal Development Workbook for VCAL offers teachers a cource book for intermediate level study. This relevant, engaging yet rigorous text:

  • uses a cast of student characters and interesting real-life examples, while methodically covering all Learning Outcomes
  • includes checklists, self tests and detailed 'how to' guides to aid mastery
  • thoroughly prepares students to successfully complete Independent Projects.

The Cambridge Personal Development Workbook for VCAL is a practical approach to throroughly covering all the VCAL course outcomes in a way that is fun for students.

RRP: $22.95
CEAV price: $18.50


 

Numeracy coverTitle: Cambridge Numeracy Workbook for VCAL
Author: Sue Gunningham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary: The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a practical alternative to the VCE for senior students, dridging school and the workforce. The Numeracy Skills strand is designed to give students competency in numerical processes that they will use daily in their personal lives. The Cambridge Numeracy Workbook for VCAL offers teachers a cource book for intermediate level study. This relevant, engaging yet rigorous text:

  • uses hypothetical scenarios based on everyday challenges faced by most VCAL students, such as getting a job, going for a licence and organising a party, to engage every student while methodically covering all LEarning Outcomes
  • provides a multiple-pass and multi-level learning model, wth the outcomes taught, then tested, then retaught at a higher level, to ensure full mastery of mathematical functions processes
  • includes two units dedicated to assessment, as well as a wide reange of project options for student to follow.

The Cambridge Numeracy Workbook for VCAL is a practical approach to covering all numeracy outcomes in a way that balances theory and practice.

RRP: $22.95
CEAV price: $18.50


 

Literacy coverTitle: Cambridge Literacy Workbook for VCAL
Author: Robyn Hodge and Corinna Ridley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary: The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a practical alternative to the VCE for senior students, dridging school and the workforce. The Literacy strand is designed to help students master reading, writing and speaking skills that they will use daily in their personal lives. The Cambridge Numeracy Workbook for VCAL offers teachers a course book for intermediate level study. This relevant, engaging and yet rigorous text:

  • uses high-interest, real-life reading and writing challenges with topics such as body piercing, buying a car, and music to maintain student motivation while methodically covering all VCAL Learning Outcomes
  • gives detailed advice on how to prepare a range of types of writing and presentations
  • includes 'Skill Up' features that highlight key elements of language use and provide useful tips on writing and comprehension
  • includes Independent Project case studies, and detailed breakdowns of processes and skills required for students' own work.

The Cambridge Numeracy Workbook for VCAL is a practical approach to throrughly covering all language outcomes in a way that is fun for students.

RRP: $22.95
CEAV price: $18.50



Future Choices coverTitle: Future Choices - Career Education
Author: Bernadette Gigliotti
Publisher: Heinemann Work

Summary: Future Choices is a practical, student-friendly text aimed at Year 9 and 10 students studying Career Education throughout Australia. Students will find the approach of teh text stimulating as the theory and practical nature of the sources has been interwoven and supported by case studies exploring workplace issues and the decisions involved in choosing a career path. The text will assist students in planning and preparing for Work Experience, and serve as a useful resource for teachers and students both in and out of the classroom. The text has been written to address the requirements of the NSW Stage 5 Work Education course and the work education requirements of courses in Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania.

RRP: $33.00 (wth CD), $27.50 (without CD)
CEAV price: $20.00 (with CD), $24.00 (without CD)


 

Brilliant Job coverTitle: Getting a Brilliant Job - the student's guide
Author: Karen Bright and Jim Bright
Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary: Getting a Brilliant Job is a straightfoward guide to preparing a successful resume or job application for an entry-level position. Career experts Karen Bright and Jim Bright take you through what employers are looking for in junior level jobs and guide you through the application process. Along the way, they take a look at the ype of experience you may have gained while studying and help you to present yourself and draw on your skills in a resume that will effectively sell you to any future employer.

RRP: $19.95
CEAV price: $18.65


 

Nature coverTitle: Cambridge Student Career Guides
Author: Nola Errey et al.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary: Finding a satisfying job is a key challenge for every student. Work is central to lives, and being paid to do what we enjoy is everyone's goal in life. The Cambridge Student Career Guides offer a unique glimpse into the real world of work. They profile a wide range of jobs that students might wish to choose, and give them the inside story on what those jobs are actually like. Titles in this series that the CEAV provides for purchase include:

  • How to get that job
  • Choosing the Right Career
  • Business and Administrative Careers
  • Creative and Artistic Careers
  • Helping and Advising Careers
  • Nature and Recreational Careers
  • Practical and Mechanical Careers
  • Scientific and Analytical Careers

RRP: $14.95 per item (set of eight $119.60)
CEAV price: $12.65 per item (set of eight: $101.20)


 

Tales from the Shop Floor coverTitle: Tales from the New Shop Floor - Inside the Real Jobs of the Information Economy
Author: Peter Lewis
Publisher: Pluto Press

Summary: Tales from the New Shop Floor looks at life in the Information Age through the eyes of real workers. They dynamics of employment are today more fluid than ever, and this book shows that the death of job security can create opportunities for young workers to follow their interests and dreams.

RRP:$28.85
CEAV price:$13.20


 New Edition will be availabe at the Biennial Conference. Current edition no longer available

Career Development coverTitle: Career Development - A CEAV resource guide for school based career practitioners
Author:Bernadette Gigliotti
PublisherThe Career Education Association of Victoria - CEAV

Summary:There is growing recognition at both the Federal and State Government levels that career development skills can help individuals to meet the constantly changing nature of their life, their learning and their work. This recognition has accelerate over recent years and we have seen a new framework for career education take shape. The National Standards for CAreer Practitioners launched in January 2006 by the Career Industry Council of Australia (CICA) now gives the career practitioner in schools a basis from which to explore the career development agenda as it unfolds in the education sector.

This resource tries brings together the significant changes that have taken place at both the Federal and State Government levels and across education sectors in response to the career education agenda. As well as providing definitions and a common understanding of career development in schools, the resource provides a brief 'how to' guide for school based career practitioners both old and new to their positions, to help them consider the trends in career development and provide some guidelines for establishing a quality career development culture.

Not Available

RRP:N/A
CEAV price:$60.00


 

Work Studies 1 coverWork Studies 2 coverTitle:Work Studies - A Career Education Approach volumes 1 & 2
Author: S Boyd, J Maguire & D Sanders
Publisher: Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd

Summary: A manual for students undertaking Work Studies. Volume 1 is structured to meet each of the outcomes of the Western Australian Year 11 syllabus, while volume 2 is structured to meet each of teh outcomes of the Western Australian Year 12 syllabus. It deals fully with the in-class requirements of the course, and offers a structure for the student's study of one or more actual workplaces.

RRP: $43.95 per volume
CEAV price:$35.20 per volume