Partnership Brokers are funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations [DEEWR] and aim to improve young people’s aspirations, education and transition outcomes through the National Partnerships on Youth Attainment and Transitions.
Partnership Brokers:
- Increase the educational engagement and attainment of young people [15 – 24]
- Improve young people’s transition to post school education, training and employment
- Focus on concerted action supported by broader long term reform
Northern Futures Partnership Brokers will work to build strategic partnerships to improve education and transition outcomes and support young people to remain engaged, or reengage, in education or training and realise their full social and economic potential by:
- Establishing high quality partnerships to improve young people’s education and transition outcomes;
- Enhancing partnerships between education and training providers to assist young people to participate in challenging, relevant and engaging learning that broadens personal aspirations, improving education and transition outcomes;
- Creating sustainable partnerships, engaging business and industry, that actively support the development of young people and contribute to the skills and knowledge of the future workforce;
- Supporting parents and families capacity to participate in partnerships that provide an informed and supportive environment for all young people to enable lifelong learning, career and pathway planning; and
- Building the capacity for community groups to participate in partnerships that harness resources and build social capital to support young people to identify and achieve their goals
Partnerships are developed that support:
- Making classroom learning more meaningful for students by connecting learning to real life;
- Broadening and deepening learning experiences by creating opportunities for learning beyond the “classroom”;
- Expanding awareness of linkages between education and career opportunities;
- Improving young people’s employability, career development and life skills; and
- Recognising and accredit the learning that students do outside the classroom
For further information please contact:
Northern Adelaide Metro Region Gail Sulicich
Phone: 1800 619 933Email: gsulicich@northernfutures.org.au
Barossa Region - Yvonne Cloke - Executive Officer - Barossa Lower North Futures
Mobile: 0448 824 367Email: yvonne@blnfutures.com
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