School Business Community Partnership Brokers
About Partnership Brokers
Partnership Brokers 2010 - 2013
School Business Community Partnership Brokers (Partnership Brokers) will broker sustainable partnerships between schools, business, community groups and parents to improve education outcomes. Partnership Brokers will work with stakeholder groups to foster a strategic, whole of community approach that supports young people to stay engaged in education and realise their full social and economic potential.
A national network of Partnership Brokers will support the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) reform agenda to ensure all students benefit from schooling through strategies based on high expectations of attainment, engagement and transitions for every student, especially in disadvantaged school communities.
http://www.deewr.gov.au/Youth/YouthAttainmentandTransitions/Pages/Home.aspx
Local leadership provided by Partnership Brokers will contribute to broader Australian Government policy objectives, including:
• Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence
• All young Australians become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens
• All young people gain the skills, understandings and connections, and have health and wellbeing outcomes to make successful life choices
• Improved education and transition outcomes for young people experiencing high levels of disadvantage including those from low SES backgrounds and indigenous Australians
• Lifting Year 12 or equivalent attainment rates to 90% by 2015.
Outcomes:
The national network of Partnership Brokers will facilitate stakeholder engagement in their region, build community capacity and infrastructure and drive the Australian Government’s education reform and social inclusion agendas to improve education and transition outcomes for all young people. This will be achieved through:
Education providers partnering with stakeholders in their community to ensure all young people participate in challenging, relevant and engaging learning that broadens personal aspirations and improves education and transition outcomes.
Partnership Brokers will build partnerships that support education providers to:
• make classroom learning more meaningful to their students by connecting this learning to real life applications
• share responsibility for learning
• create opportunities for learning beyond the ‘classroom’
• create opportunities to bring expertise into the ‘classroom’
• cater for different learning styles, preferences and life circumstances
• broaden and deepen learning experiences
• expand awareness of linkages between education and career opportunities
• improve young people’s employability, career development and life skills
• engage or reengage all young people in education through to Yr 12 or equivalent attainment.
• recognise and accredit community learning
Business and industry participating in sustainable partnerships that develop the skills and knowledge of the future workforce and improve young people’s education and transition outcomes.
Partnership Brokers will build partnerships that support business and industry to:
• influence the skills and knowledge of the future workforce
• address skills shortages and meet future skills needs
• support education leaders to make classroom learning more meaningful for young people by connecting this learning to real life applications
• provide opportunities for young people to participate in workplace and community learning
• provide mentoring resources and opportunities
• engage their current workforce in young people’s learning
• provide opportunities for teachers to improve their understanding of the workplace
• contribute to quality career information and advice
Parents and families participating in partnerships that provide an informed and supportive environment for all young people to enable lifelong learning and career and pathway planning, and improve their education and transition outcomes.
Partnership Brokers will build partnerships that support parents and families to:
• make links between learning and career aspirations
• be better informed about a diverse range of education, training and employment options
• enhance their capacity to confidently and effectively engage in education and career decision making
• support learning inside and outside the ‘classroom’
• access supportive networks and services to help their children pursue chosen directions
Community groups engaging with key stakeholders in partnerships that harness resources and build social capital to support young people to identify and achieve their goals and improve their education and transition outcomes.
Partnership Brokers will build partnerships that support community groups to:
• share knowledge about learning and engagement needs of all young people
• leverage resources to support engagement and learning
• plan for development of skills and knowledge to address community and workforce needs
• align effort to increase young people’s participation and engagement in learning
• align effort to increase young people’s employability and life skills
• provide mentoring resources and opportunities
• provide opportunities for all young people to be connected with the community
YouthWorX NT has been contracted by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to facilitate the delivery of the Partnership Brokers program within the Arnhem (NT02), Victoria - Daly, Katherine and Roper Gulf (NT03) regions. Please refer to the regional maps.
Regional Maps
NT03: Victoria-Daly, Katherine and Roper Gulf
