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Initiatives targeting Recommendation 21CommonwealthPartnership Outreach Education Model (POEM) The Pilots will provide opportunities for 'disconnected young people' to engage in accredited education and training with the ultimate aim of assisting participants to reengage in mainstream education when they become ready. This pilot initiative was introduced as part of the ongoing response to the Footprints to the Future report and specifically addresses Recommendation 21. The Partnership Outreach Education Model pilots will target young people who have become disconnected from mainstream education (and quite possible the families and communities) and engage them in community learning environments. The pilots will provide governments, schools, youth related service providers, business, communities and young people and their families with an opportunity to share learnings as they test a partnership approach to the delivery of education, life skills and employability skills training for those young people (aged 13 - 19). Target group: 'Disconnected young people' aged 13 - 19 for whom mainstream education is not a viable option Coverage: A national trial is underway Timeframe: 2002 - 2003 Responsible agency: Department of Education, Science and Training Website: www.dest.gov.au National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Programme (NIELNS) The objective of the National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy is to achieve English literacy and numeracy for Indigenous students at levels comparable to those achieved by other young Australians. The strategy acknowledges that extra effort is required by education providers for Indigenous students to be successful and aims to address six key elements:
Under the NIELNS, DEST funds a range of projects that provide personalised support, community learning environments, and vocational learning experiences to young Indigenous people who are at risk of disconnection or who have become disconnected. Some initiatives focus specifically on the issue of literacy and/or numeracy whilst others seek to improve educational outcomes via other means such as increasing attendance rates, involving parents and the community, addressing health issues and mentoring. Target Group: Indigenous Young People Coverage: National Timeframe: 2000 to 2004 Contact: Branch Manager Website: www.dest.gov.au/schools/indigenous/nielns.htm ECEF - WADU Indigenous Youth Partnerships Initiatives The Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) has provided funding to the Enterprise and Career Education Foundation (ECEF) to manage and deliver the Wadu Indigenous Youth Partnership Initiative (IYIP) from June 2000 to the end of 2002. IYPI builds onto ECEF's existing Wadu strategy. Wadu IYPI is addressing young Indigenous people's relative disadvantage in education, training and employment. This involves a 'whole of community' approach to supporting Indigenous youth to remain at or return to school, and provides a reliable pathway from schooling to training and employment and onto independence. IYPI complements and forms part of the broader Federal Government's National Indigenous English Literacy and Numeracy Strategy. To May 2002, twenty IYPI projects had been run nation-wide with the two most recent additions being in the Cape York and Newcastle regions under a model of collaboration between ECEF, DEST, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), Family and Community Services (FaCS) and the Department of Health and Ageing. Target Group: Indigenous Young People Coverage: National Timeframe: June 2000 - December 2002 Contact: Branch Manager Website: http://www.ecef.com.au/web/km/kmgateway.nsf/ECEF/WADU_Resource4ZLA3B Responsible Agency: Department of Education, Science and Training, through the Enterprise and Career Education Foundation Australians Working Together - Indigenous Education and Training Under Australians Working Together, DEST will consult with ECEF regarding the development of projects to encourage increased vocational learning opportunities for Indigenous secondary school students. Target Group: Indigenous Young People Coverage: National Timeframe: Contact: Branch Manager Responsible Agency: Department of Education, Science and Training Website: www.dest.gov.au Australians Working Together - Working Together for Indigenous Youth Under the Commonwealth Government's Australians Working Together package funding has been allocated to the Working Together for Indigenous Youth initiative to provide specific support for Indigenous students to stay on to complete year 12 or move into further education, training or paid employment. Working Together for Indigenous Youth provides a national framework for the promotion and ongoing operations of local partnerships between key stakeholders in Indigenous education. The overarching goals and guiding principles for this initiative are encompassed in the following five key elements:
Target Group: Indigenous people Coverage: National Timeframe: 2002 to 2004 Contact: Branch Manager Website: http://www.together.gov.au/ Responsible Agency: Department of Education, Science and Training Woolaning School Construction of a secondary residential school at Woolaning, to deliver a standard education on a remote community site that will also offer a mix of educational experiences to traditional Indigenous students in a way that supports their culture and involves communities. Target Group: Indigenous Young People Coverage: Northern Territory Timeframe: 2002-2003 Contact: Director Responsible Agency: Department of Education, Science and Training Website: www.dest.gov.au Commonwealth Development and Employment Projects (CDEP) Scheme - Literacy and Numeracy Programme Two CDEP pilot projects commenced in mid 2001 in Broome, Western Australia and Port Lincoln in South Australia to trial innovative, flexible and culturally appropriate delivery of literacy and numeracy training for CDEP participants. Participants enrolled in training in these pilots prior to December 2001 are expected to complete their training in 2002. Target Group: CDEP participants Coverage: Broome, Western Australia and Port Lincoln, South Australia Timeframe: 2001-2002 Contact: Director Responsible Agency: Department of Education, Science and Training Website: www.dest.gov.au |
