Adopt a School Programme
Through the Adopt a School Programme, businesses are encouraged to adopt a school and give young people hands-on learning experiences in specific industry sectors.
Adopt a School’s objective is to get businesses involved in school-based learning, and students involved in work-based learning. It builds strong and ongoing partnerships between businesses and schools, which benefit all those involved.
Through the programme, students gain real experience, learn about career opportunities and find out about the kinds of skills employers are looking for. Local businesses gain experience in working with today’s young people and have a hand in shaping their future workforce.
Adopt a School also focuses on meeting future skills needs by encouraging learning in new and emerging industry sectors and those with current or predicted skills shortages. It helps participants to develop positive attitudes about local businesses, and aims to dispel negative and outdated perceptions.
A typical Adopt a School project is set within a particular industry sector and runs to a project plan. It gives participating students hands-on learning under the guidance of an industry mentor and produces a defined finished product. When the project is completed, a student awards evening or community-based event is often held to celebrate the project and the cooperation of all involved.
Adopt a School projects can be based in business or industry, in the community or in schools. They include activities such as:
- building a product
- planning an event
- tours, site visits and excursions
- speakers and demonstrations
- student research and enterprise projects
- mentoring by industry specialists and local businesses
- projects with industry specific hands-on learning
- competitions and games.
A good Adopt a School project takes into consideration the needs of young people at all levels of academic achievement, Indigenous young people, young people with a disability, and those young people at risk of not completing school or making a successful transition from school to further education, training or employment.
Project Objectives
- Facilitate engagement between industry and schools
- Assist industry to meet future skills needs through the Adopt a School Program
- Increase student and industry participation in the Adopt a School Program
- Promote career opportunities to students, schools and employers
Project Request Forms
LCP_Project_Request_Information_Package.zip
Under the Career and Transition Support programme, Local Community Partnerships work closely with schools to ensure that young people aged 13 to 19 years have access to a range of quality career development and transition support services. The programme complements state and territory programmes and activities by accessing and building on current local practices. Under the Career and Transition Support programme, Local Community Partnerships do not directly deliver services to young people. Their role is to facilitate organisations to work together to increase the availability of, access to and quality of such services within the region. To support and improve local arrangements, Local Community Partnerships might assist by: The majority of existing state and territory practices originated from the Ministerial Declaration Stepping Forward: Improving Pathways for All Young People, and its accompanying action plan. The concepts behind these documents informed the Footprints to the Future report and the career and transition services framework of the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs. The framework is a tool for planning and providing support services to young people. It is used by many organisations including education and training authorities, schools, community service providers, government agencies and industry bodies. Project Objective
Project Request Forms The following three programs are funded by the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) to provide a strategic approach to the implementation of the three Local Community Partnership career and transition programs below to 13 - 19 year olds in the South West region. The Structured Workplace Learning programme provides students with high quality structured work placements in real or simulated work environments. By being involved in Structured Workplace Learning, young people gain a better understanding of the world of work, and are given a chance to develop their technical and general employability skills. In many circumstances, students are also given the opportunity to gain real qualifications while they train and learn. Often the programme will conclude with a skill assessment which gives students the chance to gain nationally recognised competencies. State and territory policies and practices affect the way the programme is implemented in each area, so various models of Structured Workplace Learning exist. Local Community Partnerships work cooperatively with education authorities and individual schools to determine who is responsible for fulfilling the range of functions necessary to deliver a quality Structured Workplace Learning programme. The Local Community Partnership’s role is to develop and facilitate the implementation of a quality Project Objectives
Project Request Forms Structured Workplace Learning and Adopt a School Form for Employers Real Work, Real Learning
Structured Workplace Learning and Adopt a School Form for Employers
Interested in working together with your local schools? Complete this form and fax or post back to us. A project officer will contact you to gain further information.
Business_Expression_of_Interest_Form.pdf
Career and Transition Support
Local Community Partnerships analyse their service region and then work with schools, industry, business and community groups to identify needs or gaps within existing services.
LCP_Project_Request_Information_Package.zip
Structured Workplace Learning (SWL)
model that takes into account the local situation, builds on current practices and streamlines the coordination of workplace learning.
LCP_Project_Request_Information_Package.zip
Interested in working together with your local schools? Complete this form and fax or post back to us. A project officer will contact you to gain further information.
Business_Expression_of_Interest_Form.pdf
The Promotion of Workplace Learning, SWL, SBS and industry engagement to students, parents and industry with a regional focus.
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