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Career Spotlight screen showing the Expedition Leader pathway profile beside a printed school careers display
Running Ponder Pathways on Screen
Displaying ‘The Wanderers’ themed career display at King’s Christian College on the Gold Coast (from Ponder Pathways by Study Work Grow)
Teaching Resources for New Careers Advisors
Hear how Joanne Gibbs from Richmond High School in New South Wales uses the Career Wall Display, Ponder Program, and CADI Career Clusters to deliver her new Year 10 Careers Program
Student careers poster on display at Hurlstone Agricultural High School Careers Week poster competition
How Hurlstone Agricultural High School ran a Careers Week poster competition and what other schools can learn from it
A Careers Week poster competition with 129 students in Years 7 to 10? Yes please.
Colourful pie chart showing students across the six Cadi Career Clusters
Year 9 Careers Profiles
How Year 9 at St Anthony’s Catholic College Townsville fit into the CADI Career Clusters
Students at Torrens Valley Christian School doing practical career education tasks at their school
How Torrens Valley Christian School connects students to future pathways
How Torrens Valley Christian School in Adelaide did National Careers Week this year.
Image of a student using the CADI Career Cluster quiz in class
Using the CADI Career Clusters
Using the CADI Career Clusters with Year 8 & 9 at Kardinia International College
Image of Career Education materials displayed on a school pinboard during National Careers Week
Pathways Education during National Careers Week
Making Pathways Visible: National Careers Week at Kardinia International College
Image of a school National Careers Week planning document
Programming for National Careers Week
How one Careers Practitioner used Study Work Grow resources to run a whole-school National Careers Week for 1,200 students
Image of a Careers Display at Melville Senior High School
Year 9 Career Conversations with the CADI Career Clusters
See how Melville Senior High School used the CADI Career Clusters in Year 9 Career Conversations
Students from Caroline Chisholm College discussing personal branding at in their careers lesson
Teaching Personal Branding with the Ponder Program
Teaching Personal Branding with the Ponder Program at Caroline Chisholm College
Close up image of Ponder Pathways (The Wanderers) careers display at St Peters Lutheran College Brisbane
Showcasing career ideas with Ponder Pathways
The Wanderers (people who travel for work) Ponder Pathways display at St Peters Lutheran College Brisbane
Picture of a collection of colourful job spotlight posters on a school wall in the UK
Creating a Careers Wall – a UK School Story
Show-stopping Careers Wall at Richmond School and Sixth Form Academy in North Yorkshire, UK
Image of the career display wall of colourful job spotlight posters covering a wall at St Benedict's in Mango Hill Queensland
How to make a Careers Classroom bright and engaging
Futures Hub at St Benedict’s College in Mango Hill, Queensland decorated with Job Spotlight Posters from Study Work Grow
Picture of a blue coloured set of posters on a wall from Ponder Pathways
Making Careers visible with Ponder Pathways
Careers and Pathways Coordinator Jody Yandle shares how her Ponder Pathways display at Cire Community School is making careers visible.
Picture of a colour career education display at Kardinia International College
Showcasing Careers with Colour
Head of Future Pathways & Education Kloe Woods shares how her Ponder Pathways and Career Wall Display posters are creating impact at Kardinia International College.
Image of blue Ponder Pathways posters from the Wanderers themed set on a wall at school
A Job of the Week Program with Ponder Pathways
Job of the Week program at Wellington College, New Zealand
Image of Kara and Adam who are Pathways Coaches at Caroline Chisholm College in Sydney, NSW
Case Study: Using the Cadi Career Clusters in school career coaching
Pathways Coaches Kara Oliver and Adam Mcnamara from Caroline Chisholm College share their experiences of using Study Work Grow’s career education resources
image of the ACCE Journal featuring an article on the CADI Career Clusters from Study Work Grow
Case Study: Using the Career Clusters at School Career Expos
Senior Careers Advisor Claire Hammond has written an extensive article about her use of the CADI Career Clusters for the Australian Centre for Career Education (ACCE) eJournal (Edition 1, 2025).
Job Spotlights being used as a careers wall in a school
Case Study: Using Job Spotlights as Posters
Using Study Work Grow’s collection of Job Spotlights, Careers Counsellor Belinda Sewell created this incredible wall of posters for her students to explore.
Study Work Grow careers program
Case Study: Using Study Work Grow for a successful Careers program
Careers & Pathways Counsellors Wanda Hayes and Lauren Soden from Sunshine Coast Grammar School share their experiences of using Study Work Grow’s career education resources at school
Study Work Grow Case Study with Donna Mason from Roding Valley
Case Study: Using Ponder and the Career Clusters to address the Gatsby Eight
Careers Advisor Donna Mason was one of the first in the UK to see the value in using the new CDI-aligned Ponder Program careers framework in her careers program at school. She shares her wonderful feedback with us below.
Case Study: Using the Ponder Program for weekly Tutor Group
Careers and Pathways Coordinator Joelle McCully joined the Ponder Program when it was first released in early 2022, as she immediately saw the opportunity to use the unique resources in her careers program.
Case Study: Ponder is a ‘grab and go’ resource
Careers Advisor Tanya Allen talks about her use of the Ponder Program resources and Career Clusters to support her cohort of Year 10 students to think more widely about their career options.
Case Study: The ‘Cherry Picking’ Flexibility of the Ponder Program
Careers Advisor Terence Priester talks with Rob Sattler from Study Work Grow about using the Ponder Program & Career Clusters at Newington College
Case Study: Ponder Fridays – the weekly careers lesson for everyone
Careers Advisor Helsa Niranjan talks about her experience of using the Career Clusters and Ponder Program at Greenacre Baptist Community Christian School.
Case Study: Ponder in Year 10, 11, & 12
High School Career Practitioner Kevin McDonald was looking for a way of getting career education into a busy curriculum at his school. By equipping his home room teachers with short Ponder Program lessons that are pre-prepared, he’s gotten important career concepts into Years 10, 11, and 12 with ease this year.
Case Study: Using the Career Clusters in a Boys School
Careers Advisor Susan Draysey talks about her use of the Career Clusters student quiz and resources in her Year 10 careers program at Trinity Grammar School.
Case Study: Using Ponder in Personal Learning Classes
Careers Educators Sandie & Tarree were looking for a structured career education program to run in their Year 9 & 10 Personal Learning classes and they found the Ponder Program (due to its flexibility and ease of delivery for general educators) was perfect for this. Read on to see how they used it in their school setting and what their experience of the program was.
Case Study: Setting up the Ponder Program
Naomi Gill, Careers Counsellor & Pathways Specialist at Carroll College Broulee and Trinity Catholic College Goulburn shares her insights into incorporating the Ponder Program into her schools
Case Study: Using the Ponder Program
The program’s flexibility makes it easy to deliver career education lessons.

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