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Career Guidance

Deciding on what career path to pursue and choosing the appropriate 3rd Level course can be a daunting experience for students. A significant part of the service at the Academy is the provision of Career Guidance and CAO advice. Our Career Guidance team is available to provide advice and information on choosing college courses and potential career options on a one-to-one basis to all our 5th and 6th Year students. We are also available to assist with college applications and references as required. Parents are also invited to take part in the Career Guidance process if they so wish.

Kay Lynch - Guidance Counsellor

Kay has a BA in Communication Studies (DCU), an a MSc in Guidance Counselling (first class honours, DCU), and over twenty years experience supporting teenagers and young adults as a guidance counsellor and performance coach.

With a background in communications, journalism and cross-over classical singing, Kay brings a wealth of real world experience to her passion for guidance counselling. 

Her professional practice is underpinned by her belief in the importance of taking an holistic approach with each student. Kay strives to create a rapport with everyone she supports and wants her students to feel they can approach her and ask for help with anything that concerns them be that a personal or educational issue. Kay encourages students to engage in self-reflection and work towards self-knowledge, assisting them to come to understand their strengths, talents, aptitudes and passions so that they are equipped to make informed choices about Leaving Cert subjects, college courses and the best first step on their career journey.  Believing that detailed research is vital, Kay helps her students to take ownership of the research process, giving them the tools they need to make sound decisions. 

Kay understands the importance of providing her students with accurate information and guidance regarding course content, scholarships, and college application processes in Ireland, the UK, Europe and  America and as such maintains membership of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors (IGC) and regularly engages in CPD to maintain cutting edge guidance knowledge and to stay informed about current developments in the educational sector and the future of the world of work.