Post Compulsory Education: Meeting the Challenge through Secondary School Transformation

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Post Compulsory Education Meeting the Challenge
through Secondary School Transformation

• Post Compulsory Change Project
• (PCCP)
• VISTA-VALA
• Post Compulsory Day Conference
• 23 August 2007

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PCCP Background

• Youth Retention Youth Labour Market
• Emerging Post Compulsory Education Training
  SECTOR
• Education Training Pathways - PC Sector
  beyond
• Smart Geelong Region Local Learning Employment
  Network (SGR LLEN)
• Vocational Education Inquiry in Geelong

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PCCP Background

• Vocational Education Inquiry in Geelong
• Data (2005)
• VETiS Participation
• Nationally 49, Victoria 32, Geelong 29
• Geelong VETiS Detail
• VCE VET 26, VCAL VET 3
• School Sectors
• Government (E55 - VCE VET 33, VCAL VET 8)
• Catholic (E24 - 27, 3.5)
• Independent (E21 - 6.5, 0)
• VCAL Enrolments 5.2 overall (Gov 8, Cat 3.4,
  Ind 0)
• SWLs 479, ASbAs 413 (55 integrated)

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PCCP Background

• Consultations leading to the VET Inquiry Paper
• Geelong Employers Reference Group, BSW Region DoE
  Senior staff
• Jobs for Kids Strategy Group, Geelong Govt School
  Principals
• Middle Years Govt School Teachers, Geelong Post
  Compulsory Network (PCN)
• Focus Question
• The Greater Geelong Region is experiencing major
  skill shortages AND high youth unemployment. WHY
  arent 50 of our young people involved in
  vocational pathways leading to jobs in our Region?

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The PCCP Project

• VET Participation Issue taken up by PCN
  Employers Reference Group
• Improving outcomes and destinations for young
  people through expanded pathways and transition
  support in selected schools in the Geelong LLEN
  Region 2007 - 2008
• Project Brief developed and EOIs invited from all
  Secondary Schools - December 2006

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PCCP Key Questions

• How to accommodate the range of VET interests of
  students through a range of pathway options?
• ASbNAs a central component of pathways provided?
• Potential of Themed VCALs?
• Who are our partners re offering choice of
  pathways?
• How to promote PCCP to your School Council?
• Right data sets to support this change
  intervention?
• Structural (organisational) changes to better
  enable industry engagement?

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PCCP Underway

• 7 Secondary Schools volunteer
• Bellarine SC, Clonard College
• Geelong HS, Newcomb SC
• North Geelong SC, Oberon HS
• St. Josephs College
• Sign PCCP Charter - February 2007
• PCN PCCP Planning Group - critical friends
  designated to each school
• Stakeholder Resource Organisations identified
  sign PCCP Charter
• PCCP Project Officer employed by LLEN

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PCCP February-June 2007

• Individual Schools
• Data Presentations
• Pilot Projects Development
• Within School Dialogue
• Overall Project Events
• Project Launch Presentations
• PCN Presentations
• June PCCP Forum

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PCCP Sample Destination Data 1
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PCCP Sample Destination Data 2
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PCCP Sample Destination Data 3
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PCCP

• VCE VET Data
• Sample (College D)

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VCAL Enrolments Sample 1
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VCAL Enrolments Sample 2
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VCAL Enrolments Sample 3
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PCCP Other Activities

• Pilot Projects Development
• Focus on Middle Years
• Move to PC Years Focus - critical friends
• Within School Dialogue
• Across PCCP Events
• Sharing of ideas experiences
• Talking up Pilot Projects

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PCCP Next Steps

• July- December 2007
• Implementation of Pilot Projects
• Planning 2008 Projects
• School community Presentations
• Forum
• 2008
• Implementation of larger scale change projects
• Forums
• Planning for 2009