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| Hervey Bay Student Industry Training
Experience |
sharlene.smith@eq.edu.au |
| Sharlene Smith |
• Baycancy – Employ! Engage! Enrich! – An employment
orientation linking employers who are looking for school leavers at the end of
each year with interested year 12’s looking at working in the region.
• Indigenous Employment Orientation – Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander students from local high schools listen to a motivational guest speaker
and have TAFE and USQ advise of future learning options.
• Job Search Training for non-university bound year 12 students – A
two day training program for all year 12 students not intending to go to university – this
is held during the university entrance testing period. |
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Choices for Indigenous Secondary Students
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dina.calbert@ceo.adl.catholic.edu.au
sharon.duong@ceo.adl.catholic.edu.au |
| Dina Calbert & Sharon Duong |
| The Indigenous Education Team, Catholic Education SA, has established
partnerships that lead to successful outcomes for indigenous secondary students.
Case management by the CISS Project Officer and Learning Support Consultant,
combined with programmes that focus on leadership, and identity future pathways
are features of approach. |
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| Get it on the Couch |
adeller@latrobe.tas.gov.au |
| Adelle Rist |
The Couch roves around the local turf and at community events
offering young people a place to hang out, have a cuppa and a snack, listen to
some tunes with a chance to grab some health information and resources.
The Couch provides young people the opportunity to access information without
having to move “off the couch”. Adolescent issues – emotional,
physical and psychological changes, sexual health information and resources are
all available on the couch. |
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| Pathway Planning and Transition Support |
christine.storey@education.tas.gov.au |
| Christine Storey |
| All grade 8 and 9 students in Tasmanian Govt Secondary school
now have access to a Pathways Planning Officer. This is a non-teaching position
where each student works on an individualised plan with the officer. To
support this initiative classroom teachers are working with students to support
the learning plan. |
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| Reach Out! Central! |
Carolyn@inspire.org.au |
| Carolyn Sullivan |
| Reach Out! Central! demonstrates how online interactive environments
can be used to engage students in a classroom environment, learning skills to
increase their mental health and wellbeing. |
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| SE QLD Flexible Learning Programs Network |
cherylwhite@bmail.com.au |
| Cheryl White |
| The SE QLD Flexible Learning Programs Network aims to support
staff working with young people, usually based in the community sector, who have
disengaged with mainstream education systems. The FLPN provides a forum to share
information, discuss common issues, facilitate communication between the community
sector and education systems, explore best practice, develop resources and encourage
innovation. |
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Edmund Rice Education Flexible Learning Centre |
dbm00@powerup.com.au |
| Dale Murray |
| The success of the Edmund Rice Flexible Learning Centre in Brisbane
has resulted in the development of a network of Centres across QLD. The centres
support young people who are at-risk of disengaging from education. Currently
five centres and two outreach services have been established with potentially
another two centres. A feature of each Centre is the partnership agreements
that have been established with local & state govt and other agencies to
support staffing and strategic policy implementation. |
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| Smart POEMS Program |
f.ware@wmb.org.au |
| Fiona Ware |
| What makes ‘Smart’ unique and why our ‘Smarties’ keep
coming back for more. Highlights of the program include a reward system designed
by the young people themselves, helping to motivate them and keep them on track;
and a youth steering committee responsible for designing the learning content
and excursions for each semester. |
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| Youth Support Coordinator Initiative |
nqyschub@qyhc.org.au |
| Kristy Carr, Louise Villanova & Mary Barram |
| The Youth Support Coordinator (YSC) Initiative is a community-based
program funded by the Qld Department of Communities. YSCs work with learning
communities to support young people who are at risk of early school leaving. YSCs
use a mix of approaches including individual case work, group work and community
work. Launched in 1997, the initiative recently expanded to become the ‘more
support for young people’ component of Queensland’s Education and
Training Reforms for the Future. There are now 113 full-time positions across
Queensland. This session will focus on how YSCs work with and support independent
students who are living out of home to stay engaged with education. |
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| Go for VCAL |
jbarr@berrystreet.gov.au |
| Jane Barr |
| This program focuses on self-developed learning projects providing
opportunities for students to engage in real work projects such woodwork & automotive.
Students also participate in work placements linked to careers. |
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Red Cross Community Challenge (RCCC)
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jmcnally@redcross.org.au |
| Jane McNally |
| RCCC provides a structured approach for young people to gain
a range of skills through a four to six week project. Its flexible delivery means
it’s suitable for a range of student abilities. Students research their
local community and then design, plan and implement their projects, completing
it with an evaluation. |
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| Real Enterprise Vocational Opportunities & Leadership
Training |
haskett.jason@saugov.sa.gov.au |
| Jason Haskett |
The ICAN program supports a semi-rural community to develop an
alternative education model (the REVOLT Model) for young people who have, or
are at risk of disengaging from the mainstream learning environment.
The REVOLT model integrates existing school-based resources, including counselling
services and wellbeing initiatives with a shared community youth and social worker
service. The service fosters a collaborative effort between young people, their
families, Willunga & Seaford High School’s, Mission Australia, The
City of Onkaparinga, the Aldinga Bay Traders Association and other agencies and
networks within the City of Onkaparinga (Aldinga) community. |
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| Vocational Learning in NSW Schools |
julie.bell@det.nsw.edu.au |
| Julie Bell |
A tool has been developed by NSW Department of Education and
Training (DET) as an online survey, providing students with the opportunity to
measure their level of confidence in career decision making.
It aims to encourage individual students to think more constructively about their
career planning by providing immediate online feedback as well as informing regions
and schools for future strategic planning and local initiatives. In 2004 a pilot
was conducted involving 108 schools and 18302 students in years 9 and 11. Preliminary
analysis indicates this is a robust instrument that provided helpful advice to
students, career advisers and principals. |
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| School Support Program, BAYSA Youth Services |
kwoolley@baysa.org.au |
| Kristy Woolley |
| BAYSA MIPS Program is a partnership between Newcomb Secondary
College and BAYSA Youth Services. The Program aims to support students to remain
engaged in their education and to assist in their transition to adulthood. The
program has developed a framework for partnership and service delivery by community
based agencies in schools. |
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| Guiding Circles |
lee.lwl@hotkey.net.au |
| Lee Mallyon |
Guiding Circles is a self-exploration package that combines traditional
teachings with career development exercises to develop an understanding of possible
career goals. The series of activities develops a personalized career circle
by incorporating personal interests, skills, values, style, spirit, learning
patterns and work/life balance.
The activities make young people think about themselves and how they may fit
into their community. |
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| Small Bites! (Delivered through metro and regional
areas) |
Lynda.smerdon@theartscentre.net.au |
| Lynda Smerdon |
Small Bites! is a learning exploration program for students,
teachers and professional artists, delivered throughout metropolitan and regional
areas.
By creating common starting points Small Bites! explores relevant social and
personal issues. Using a combination of solo performances and workshops, participants
gain a unique insight into performance, process and content. |
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| CAFÉ SACE |
nigel.howard@enfields.sa.edu.au |
| Nigel Howard |
Café SACE is a totally flexible program for young parents
delivered off campus at a community managed family support centre - Children
and Families are Everywhere (CAFE).
The Learning Together program that is the foundation of the program has childhood
literacy at its core. The young parents are involved in a range of formal and
informal learning throughout the year. They document their learning in a variety
of ways including developing learning stories, using video and video editing
software, photography as well as various forms of written work. The literacy
needed to access TAFE and pre University study is explicitly taught. |
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| BAYSA Education and Training Program |
rrees@baysa.org.au |
| Ruth Rees |
| The BAYSA Alternative Education & Training program has conducted
research into “What’s Stopping Young People” from moving onto
other programs. The project provides strategies to effectively engage young people
and provides a “model” of delivery that can be adapted to any youth
program. |
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| Young Mums VCAL |
traceyt@gippstafe.vic.edu.au |
| Tracey Taylor |
| The Young Mums Group are currently completing VCAL Intermediate
Certificate. The program allows the mothers to bring their children to classes
and to take care of their children while they are learning. There are currently
8 mothers and their babies in the class. The mothers range in age from 15 to
21 and the babies range in age from 4 weeks through to 10 months. All activities
are inclusive of the children and include things like swimming, trips to the
park etc as well as lots of socialisation with the other babies in the group. |
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| The Flip Side |
barker.Yvonne@saugov.sa.edu.au |
| Yvonne Barker |
The ICAN Program supports a whole community approach (the Flip
Side Model) to the coordination of new and existing social inclusion and wellbeing
programs for young people.
The Flip Side Model integrates existing school based initiatives with a shared
community youth/social worker service. The service fosters a collaborative effort
between young people and their families, John Pirie Secondary, BoysTown, Wesley
Uniting Care, Centacare and other agencies and networks within the Pt. Pirie
community. |
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