What should I do and get a grade7 based on this criteria: EDUC7009: Career Guidance – Counselling for Life Planning
Assessment 2: Rationale for Career 
Development Service- task sheet
Length:
3,000 words
Weighting: 60% Due date: Friday 20 October 2023 
at 2p.m. (submitted via Turnitin)
Learning Objectives: 
1. Understand the theory informing career development work 
3. Develop and implement client appropriate interventions such as career education, career programs, career 
counselling, and career assessment 
4. Critically evaluate career development resources 
5. Articulate a personal practice framework for career development work 
6. Demonstrate ethical practice and professional conduct in career development work
Description:
Develop a discussion paper for a school or organisation that provides a rationale for the development and provision 
of a career development service for a particular student/client/employee population. Examples of such a service 
include career development programs or career counselling, underpinned by career theory.
1. Describe the context of your organisation and the intended recipients of your service (i.e. students, clients, 
employees).
2. Explain the career development needs of your intended recipients and describe evidence of those needs. Use 
relevant literature and career theory to support your explanation of the intended recipients' career development 
needs.
3. Develop a rationale for the provision of a career development service for the recipients you have identified.
4. In your paper, describe the benefits and challenges of the development and provision of your proposed career 
development service for the recipients and also other students/staff/administration/management.
5. Use significant Australian and international literature, career theory, reports and policy to support your paper. Your 
reference list should contain at least 20 references including books, book chapters and journal articles. You must 
use APA 7
th edition referencing.
Submitting your work via Turnitin
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Advice and guidance: 
Format/Structure: 
• Follow the marking grid/criteria sheet/rubric to ensure you include all necessary parts of the paper. 
• Use sub-headings to make your paper easy to follow. 
• Assignments must adhere to the word length. Any text written after the 3000 (plus 10%) word limit will not be read 
by the marker. 
Very good attempts: 
• Demonstrate an excellent understanding of evidence-based career development programs. 
• Most likely be a result of wide reading and a clear rationale for the service they are proposing. 
• Contain clear and concise writing and have been thoroughly proof-read, such that spelling and grammar errors 
have been removed. 
• Strict adherence to APA style
Important note: 
• Your report must be uploaded to Blackboard using Turnitin by 2pm on Friday 20 October 2023
The following applies to all assessments in this course: 
Use of generative AI to support or inform assessment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides emerging tools that may support students in completing this assessment task. 
Students may appropriately use AI in completing this assessment task. Students must clearly reference any use of AI 
in each instance. 
A failure to reference AI use may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.
Further support: 
Please refer to forum in the Assessment folder in Blackboard. If you require further support, email the course coordinator to
arrange a Zoom meeting to discuss your questions.
EDUC 7009 Criteria Sheet – Assessment 2: Rationale for Career Development Service
Name:
Criteria 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Analyse and 
critique 
relevant theory, 
research and/or 
policy, and 
apply theory to 
practice
Exceptional ability 
to analyse/critique
concepts. 
Consistent evidence 
of understanding 
the relationship 
between theory and 
practice. 
Exceptional 
originality and 
insightful 
commentary
Advanced ability to 
analyse/critique
concepts. Frequent 
evidence of 
understanding the 
relationship 
between theory 
and practice. 
Advanced 
originality 
commentary
Proficient ability to 
analyse/critique 
concepts. Some 
evidence of 
understanding the 
relationship 
between theory 
and practice and 
originality of 
commentary
Functional ability to 
analyse/critique 
concepts. Some 
evidence of 
understanding the 
relationship 
between theory 
and practice. 
Functional ability to 
develop and 
support arguments
Developing ability 
to analyse/critique 
concepts.
Developing ability 
to apply theory to 
practice and 
support arguments
Minimal ability
to analyse/critique 
concepts. Minimal 
ability to apply 
theory to practice 
and support 
arguments
Absence of ability 
to analyse/critique 
concepts or apply 
theory to practice 
and support 
arguments
Identify and
articulate need
for career
services
Exceptional, 
insightful evidence 
and well-argued 
explanation of
the need for 
proposed career 
services
Advanced, 
insightful evidence 
and well-argued 
explanation of
the need for 
proposed career 
services
Proficient evidence 
and well-argued 
explanation of
the need for 
proposed career 
services
Functional ability to 
articulate need for 
and explanation of 
proposed career 
services
Developing ability to 
articulate need for 
and explanation of 
proposed career 
services
Minimal ability to 
articulate need for 
and explanation of 
proposed
career services
Absence of ability to 
articulate need for 
and explanation of 
proposed career 
services
Develop a 
rationale and 
describe 
benefits and 
challenges of 
the service you 
are proposing
Exceptional 
development of a 
logical rationale 
that is well￾substantiated and
sustained 
throughout. 
Exceptional 
articulation of 
benefits/challenges 
of proposed career
service
Advanced 
development of a 
logical rationale that 
is mostly
substantiated and 
sustained 
throughout. 
Advanced 
articulation of 
benefits/challenges 
of proposed career 
service
Proficient 
development of a 
rationale that is 
somewhat 
substantiated and 
informative. 
Proficient 
articulation of 
benefits/challenges 
of proposed career 
service
Functional 
development of a 
rationale but not 
always logical or 
substantiated. 
Some description of 
benefits/challenges 
of proposed career 
service
Rationale 
somewhat 
developed, however 
little substantiation. 
Limited description 
of benefits/
challenges of 
proposed career 
service
Minimal 
development of a 
clear rationale and 
no substantiation. 
Minimal description 
of benefits/
challenges of 
proposed career 
service
Absence of 
development of a 
clear rationale, and 
no description of 
benefits/challenges 
of proposed career 
service
Demonstrate 
clear, coherent 
written 
communication 
consistent with 
conventions of 
APA 7th edition
Exceptional, clear, 
coherent academic 
error-free writing, 
and strict 
adherence to APA 
style
Advanced, clear, 
coherent academic 
writing with 
minimal errors and 
mostly adherence 
to APA style
Proficient, mostly￾academic writing 
with few errors and 
reasonable 
adherence to APA 
style
Functional mostly￾academic writing 
with minimal errors 
and strict 
adherence to APA 
style
Developing ability 
to write 
academically and 
frequent textual 
and APA errors
Minimal use of 
academic writing 
style and frequent 
errors of 
sense/tense and 
APA convention
Absence of 
academic writing 
and limited use of 
APA conventions