Department of Education and Training TRIENNIAL FUNDING PROGRAM 20062008 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS PROGR

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Department of Education and TrainingTRIENNIAL
FUNDING PROGRAM 20062008STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM(SPP)
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• In this session
• To provide a comprehensive understanding of
  the Strategic Partnerships Program 2006-
  2008 funding guidelines.
• To provide details of the selection process
  and timeline for decision making
• Questions Answers

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Strategic Partnerships Program

• provides funding to organisations/associations
• facilitates dynamic partnerships with schools
• connects learning and teaching with communities
  and practice beyond the classroom

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Funding guidelines

• available on-line
• PDF file
• Word document
• PowerPoint presentations Briefings
• http//www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/spp/about.asp

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Scope

• student learning programs
• professional learning programs for teachers
• learning and teaching resources
• See SCHEDULE 1

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Service Agreements

• triennial funding (three-year period)
• commencing 1 January 2006
• ending 31 December 2008

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Background

• BLUEPRINT for GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
• seven flagship strategies
• recognising and responding to diverselearning
  needs of all students

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Aim

• To support schools to specifically address
• Flagship Strategy 1 Student Learning.

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Flagship Strategy 1 Student Learning

• Victorian Essential Learning Standards
• Post Compulsory Education and Training
• Curriculum Planning Guidelines
• Principles of Learning and Teaching
• Assessment and Reporting advice
• Knowledge Bank

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SPP principles

• selection criteria align to the current reform in
  education (FS1 Student learning)
• a program-based focus
• enhancement of explicit partnerships
• funding linked to clearly identified learning and
  teaching programs
• quantitative and qualitative accountability
  requirements
• responsive Service Agreements

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Program support

• Department of Education and Training
• Funded organisations/associations
• Non-funded organisations/associations
• SPP Reference Group
• SPP Networks these included in 2003-2005
• - Council of Professional Teaching Associations
  of Victoria
• - Environmental Education Network
• - Performing Arts Network
• - Rural and Regional Network
• - Science Society Network
• - Visual Arts, Design and Media Network

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SPP Networks

• new SPP Networks to be formed for 2006-2008
• all funded organisations required to
  becomeactive members of at least one SPP Network

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Funding eligibility

• not-for-profit organisation (including the
  Victorian branch of a national body)
• and
• other government departments (including agencies)
• tertiary institutions

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Funding

• grant allocation
• grants linked to clearly identified programs
• no provision for secondment of teachers

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Program parameters

• Programs must include student learning programs,
  professional learning programs for teachers and
  learning and teaching resources.
• Proportion of each of the categories listed
  aboveto be determined by the organisation.

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Programs

• Funding linked to clearly identified learning
  and teaching programs
• Consideration should be given to chunking
  activities into major program areas

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Statement of Requirements

• Programs must address one or more of the
  following learning outcomes
• Victorian Essential Learning Standards
• Post Compulsory Education and Training pathways
• Student diversity
• DET initiatives
• Principles of Learning and Teaching, Assessment
  Advice and/or the Curriculum Planning Guidelines
• Sustained partnerships

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Victorian Essential Learning Standards

• INTERRELATED STRANDS
• Incorporate the interdisciplinary and physical,
  personal and social strands of the Standards into
  existing discipline-based subjects and broaden
  their focus in this way
• One or more disciplines and other relevant
  domains are combined and addressed through key
  questions or themes.
• Combine all three strands in the context of
  extended projects that students can complete.
• Other

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Post Compulsory Education and Training pathways

• VCE
• Vocational Education and Training (VET in
  Schools)
• Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL)
• Vocational Education and Training (VET in
  Schools)

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Post Compulsory Education and Training pathways

• Local Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs)
• provide the foundation for community building
  through enhancing networks and partnerships
• based largely on local government area boundaries
  
• membership is drawn from any individual or
  organisation with an interest in post compulsory
  education, training and employment within the
  area covered by that LLEN
• three key themes community building innovation
  and development of infrastructure.

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Post Compulsory Education and Training pathways

• Managed Individual Pathways (MIPs)
• develop skills to manage their pathways
  throughout their working lives
• develop their knowledge, understanding and
  experience of opportunitiesin education,
  training and employment
• move through the transition phase from compulsory
  schooling to further
• education, training and employment.

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Student diversity

• GENDER EDUCATION
• developing gender inclusive programs and
  resources
• ensuring that equity considerations are embedded
  in programs
• programs that reflect gender issues relevant to
  all students
• programs that address gender issues for
  particular groups of boys
• programs that address gender issues for
  particular groups of girls

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Student diversity

• MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
• multicultural education is not a discreet
  learning area, or simply the
• provision of languages other than English
  and English as a second
• language programs although these are
  certainly part of the picture
• programs that consciously foster an awareness and
  appreciationof cultural and linguistic diversity
  
• programs should reflect a holistic approach to
  this awareness and
• appreciation

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Student diversity

• KOORIE EDUCATION
• Koorie Literacy Early and Middle Years
• Koorie Numeracy Early and Middle Years
• Koorie Pathways
• Underachieving and Gifted Koorie Students
• Koorie Open Door Education Campuses (KODE
  schools)
• Koorie Educators

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Student diversity

• ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
• either the student or one or both parents was
  born in a non-English
• speaking country
• speaks a language other than English at home as
  their main language
• has been enrolled in an Australian school for
  less than five years
• newly arrived students from language
  backgrounds other than English
• NB New Arrivals Program is delivered to
  students principally through
• English language schools and
  centres, Outposting, the Geelong English
• Language Program and the Shepparton
  New Arrivals

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Student diversity

• GIFTED STRATEGY
• selective entry accelerated learning programs
• gifted koorie project
• gifted advice on the curriculum planning
  guidelines
• professional learning programs Australian
  Government QualityTeacher Programme (AGQTP)

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Student diversity
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND
IMPAIRMENTS educational programs provided by
schools will seek to ensure full acceptance
and participation of all students in the life of
the community all students with special
educational needs should have access to
supportive learning environments, appropriate
program goals and targets as well as timely
support from specialist professionals
parent/guardian/carer(s) are valued partners in
the educational process and play a vital role
in setting learning goals for their children
the views of the student should be sought and
reflected in learning and teaching
arrangements.
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Student diversity

• SOCIO-ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE
• targeting cohorts of students whose
  socio-economic situation is disadvantaging them
  from realising their potential
• more information and guidelines will be
  forthcoming from theDepartment of Education and
  Training later in the year

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DET initiatives

• LITERACY
• improvement of literacy levels is a high priority
• Early Years Literacy Program
• Secondary Literacy Initiative
• Restart the aim of this initiative was to
  improve the literacy levels of identified Year 7
  students most at risk of not achieving
  satisfactory literacy levels
• Making a Difference A literacy development
  program for middle years students

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DET initiatives

• NUMERACY
• the improvement of numeracy levels is a high
  priority
• Early Years Numeracy Program
• Middle Years Numeracy Research Project
• assessment for numeracy learning (focus on
  formative assessment)
• introducing learning study as a professional
  learning model

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DET initiatives

• READING RECOVERY
• training tutors
• revision of text level guide
• introduction of the new guidebook for teacher in
  training
• longitudinal study to commence

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DET initiatives

• HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
• increase the engagement and participation of all
  students in comprehensive inclusive health and
  physical education
• increase the capacity of teachers and schools to
  implement inclusive, effective health and
  physical education curriculum
• support whole of community response to health
  promoting initiatives

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DET initiatives

• MIDDLE YEARS
• Engagement
• Student Action Teams (Years 5-9)
• Connecting Through the Middle Years (Years 5-9)
• The Real Game Series
• Schools for Innovation and Excellence
• Access to Excellence
• Thinking Oriented Curriculum

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DET initiatives

• LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
• Languages Online is targeted at students in years
  3 - 6 learning French, German, Indonesian or
  Italian
• Language specific advisers for Chinese, French,
  German, Greek, Italian, Japanese and Spanish, to
  support schools through professional development
  activities and advice about program
  implementation and development.
• Multimedia Resources
• Eighteen languages are offered in government
  primary schools, seventeen in secondary colleges
  and forty-four by the Victorian School of
  Languages
• The Bilingual Schools Project involves 12 primary
  schools and 3 secondary colleges where students
  learn aspects of the curriculum through both
  English and a language other than English.

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DET initiatives

• eLearning
• aims to harness the potential of ICT to
  support the reform agenda
• supports a culture of eLearning across
  Victorian Government Schools
• provides a multifaceted ICT Professional
  Learning support for
• teachers, e.g. creating eLearning Leaders
  (CeLL), Intel Teach to the
• Future, multiliteracies Professional
  learning
• provides teaching and learning resources
  including digital content and
• creation resources for teachers e.g. The Learning
  Federation, Kahootz
• identifies and evaluates new and emerging
  technologies to enhance
• teaching and learning, e.g. interactive
  whiteboards, PDAs.

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DET initiatives

• SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION
• improving delivery of sustainability education to
  schools within Victoria
• initiatives include Air Watch Victoria
  Australian Greenhouse Calculator
• Cleanup Kids Landlearn National Water Week
  Victoria Saltwatch
• Schools for a Sustainable Future
  Sustainable Schools Program Waste Wise Schools
  Program Waterwatch, Victoria Saltwatch Week
• Salinity Sampling Macro-invertebrate
  Sampling National Water Week
• Turbidity Sampling and so on

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DET initiatives

• ANIMAL ETHICS
• approved processes for the use of and
  experimentation on animalsin Victorian
  classrooms
• supporting the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  Act 1986

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DET initiatives

• BEST START / EARLY YEARS STRATEGY
• Department of Human Services funded project which
  supports families
• of children 0-8 years. The project links
  with Early Years strategies
• supporting mainstream services for more effective
  outcomes andtargets disadvantaged and vulnerable
  groups of students

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DET initiatives

• DRUG EDUCATION
• Parent involvement in the Later Years of
  Schooling
• Parent engagement
• School retention
• Truancy as a risk factor for substance misuse
• National schools drug education strategy
• Students participating in drug education
• Indigenous, rural and remote initiative
• Individual school drug education strategy
• Drug education middle years
• Peer support foundation and life education
• Connections project

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DET initiatives

• PROJECTS
• Commonwealth History Project professional
  learning program for teachers of History
  extending on the work started under the
  Discovering Democracy and Civic and Citizenship
  project.
• Schools Constitutional Conventions hosted by
  individual schoolsand comprise regional, state
  and national representation at state and national
  conventions.

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DET initiatives

• SCHOOL INNOVATION IN TEACHING PROJECT
• skill teachers to substantially improve the
  teaching and learningof Science, Mathematics and
  Technology
• five key elements research and development
  leading change professional development
  curriculum resources and community partnerships

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Student diversity

• SEXUALITY EDUCATION
• primary school sexuality education program to
  enhance teacher skills, confidence and community
  partnerships
• STI/HIV prevention education for Years 9 and 10
• development of whole school models for sexuality
  education for useby schools

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DET initiatives

• TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION
• curriculum and professional development support
  for schools,involving participation in the
  Whole-of-Government road safetystrategy.

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DET initiatives

• VALUES EDUCATION
• aimed at assisting schools to run values-related
  activities

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Principles of Learning and Teaching, Assessment
Advice and/or Curriculum Planning Guidelines

• The Principles of Learning and Teaching P-12
  initiative aim to
• build consistent, comprehensive and improved
  pedagogical approaches within and across
  schools, while still allowing flexibility,
  innovation and local decision
• making at the school level
• focus teaching to meet the diverse needs of
  students
• strengthen learning communities within and
  beyond the school.
• Characteristics of effective assessment feature
• Assessment for learning
• Assessment as learning
• Assessment of learning.

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Sustained partnerships

• Individual schools
• Clusters
• Regions
• Other education networks

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Mandatory requirement

• One exemplary program per year for
  inclusion on the Curriculum Planning
• Guidelines and/or the Knowledge Bank.

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Desirable requirement

• Collaborative program design,
• development and implementation
• between organisations/associations.
• See SCHEDULE 2

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Program budgets

• required for each identified program
• all associated program costs outlined
• budget lines capturing how monies are to be
  expended
• costs related to personnel should be incorporated
  within budget lines as appropriate as a
  proportional EFT calculation
• no requirement to outline for or in-kind
  support
• Are funding levels capped?

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Accountability

• two half-yearly reports (by 31 July and 31
  December)
• quantitative data
• qualitative information
• only on templates provide by DET (attached to
  Service Agreements)
• See SCHEDULE 4

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Quantitative data

• number of students or teachers accessing the
  program
• regional breakdown of government school
  students or teachers
• accessing the program (according to the
  nine Department of Education and Training
  regions)
• sectoral breakdown of students or teachers
  accessing the program
• stages of schooling of students accessing the
  program (Level 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or Post
  Compulsory)

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Service Agreements

• Letter of offer
• Service Agreement prepared after letter of
  offer accepted
• Contact person must be nominated
• Grants paid in two equal half-yearly payments
  in first weeks of Term 1 and Term 3

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Enquiries
Vic Pappas Senior Policy Officer Learning
Policies Branch Telephone [phone]
Email pappas.vic.j_at_edumail.vic.gov.au
NB Unauthorised communication with other DET
staff may lead to
ineligibility of application.
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Lodgement of Applications
- applications should be sealed, clearly
stating "Strategic Partnerships
Program Application for funding" -
delivered by mail or courier directly to the
chair of the selection panel and
marked Attention
Vic Pappas Student
Learning Division
Office of Learning and Teaching
Department of Education and Training
Level 3, 33 St Andrews
Place East Melbourne
3002 - by 200 p.m. on Monday, 3 October
2005 - one original plus two copies on
A4 paper, single sided (marked as such).
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SCHEDULE 3 a closer look Are there constraints
on the length of an application? Do we include
support material? What about my track
record? Do I prioritise my programs?
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Selection process

• Applications close 3 October 2005
• Selection panel October 2005
• Letters of offer mid-November 2005
• New SPP Networks mid-November 2005
• SPP Network conveners selected early December
  2005
• Service Agreements December 2005
• SPP website redevelopment January 2006
• New SPP Reference Group February 2006
• First grant paid February 2006

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Selection panel
Chairperson Learning Policies Branch 2
x representatives Learning Policies Branch 1
x representative Learning Programs Branch 1 x
representative Teacher Development Unit 1 x
representative Regional Office (country region)
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
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GOOD LUCK!