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Enhancing Work Readiness & Industry Engagement: Structured Workplace Learning Forum

The Western Local Community Partnership focuses on facilitating quality Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) by providing resources for teachers, access to industry, and forums for sharing work readiness activities. Project officers support professional development, industry partnerships, and teacher training to enhance student work readiness. New criteria for accessing SWL help maintain quality placements and partnerships in the Western Region.

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Enhancing Work Readiness & Industry Engagement: Structured Workplace Learning Forum

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  1. Structured Workplace Learning Forum Western Local Community Partnership “Facilitation of SWL”

  2. Why a Structured Workplace Learning Forum • Western Local Community Partnership (Western LCP) is funded to facilitate quality Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) • Based on Western LCP’s Structured Workplace Learning survey (2006) schools requested professional development on work readiness and industry engagement

  3. Western LCP is focusing on: a) Providing resources for co-ordinators and teachers in preparing students for workplacement

  4. Resources & preparation • A project officer for the following Local Government Areas: - Mooney Valley (Maria Cox) - Hobsons Bay (Greg Young) - Maribyrnong (Tricia Fidler) - Wyndham (Boyd Maplestone) - Brimbank (Dave Collett) - Melton Shire (Tania Sacco)

  5. Resources & preparation • Classroom activities assisting students work readiness • Log books (VET subjects) • Websites • Act as a bank of information on workreadiness resources

  6. Resources & preparation • Access to industry via Western LCP’s SWL website • Project officers can facilitate guest speakers • Project officers can facilitate industry visits • Regular electronic updates on employers wanting to engage with schools in relation to workplacement, guest speaking, site visits, apprenticeships/traineeships and industry-school projects

  7. Western LCP is focusing on: b) Working with industry/employers to support quality SWL

  8. Working with industry to support quality SWL • RICA - developing partnerships with large businesses and industry across the west metropolitan area • LCP – continuing to develop partnerships with local and medium sized businesses to support SWL and other school-industry engagement opportunities

  9. Western LCP is focusing on: c) Facilitating training to groups of teachers on websites supporting workreadiness or industry engagement

  10. Training for teachers • Western LCP project officers can provide training to groups of teachers on the following: • Western LCP’s SWL website – access, navigation and administration roles • Careers & work readiness websites (e.g. My Future etc.) • Workreadiness activities and resources for the classroom

  11. Western LCP is focusing on: d) Providing forums for sharing work readiness activities from teachers across the Western Region

  12. Forum & Workshops • Sunshine – 3 workshops at Western LCP office • Wyndham – 1 workshop in VCAL co-ordinators network meeting • Melton – 1 workshop in VET co-ordinators network meeting or earlier if requested

  13. New criteria – what does this mean? • 8 weeks notice after teacher approves on website • 1 placement per student, per year • Workplacements can only be 1 week, 2 week blocks or one day a week for 8 weeks • Students can have up to 5 requests for placements • Year 10 & 11 only, no Year 12 students

  14. Summary & Questions • Emphasis on quality SWL and partnerships • Western LCP focus on facilitating workreadiness and workplacement • New criteria for accessing Western LCP SWL

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