Action Teams
Innovations & Partnerships Action Team (IPAT)
Role:
- To facilitate the building of innovative curriculum which engages students, through Vocational Education and Community Partnerships.
Tasks:
- Develop community partnerships with industry and employers for the purpose of having curriculum inclusive of SWL, SBNAs, SSABSA flexible learning, VET, and accredited training.
- Informing curriculum from student ILPs / ITPs, information from employers and the labour market.
- Seeking to access industry support via programs such as the "Adopt a School" program.
Membership:
- School staff responsible for, and/or who can provide leadership in, Senior School Curriculum reform, Vocational Education and Community Partnerships.
- DECS Transition Broker, Quality LinCS Project Officer, DECS District staff, RICA (Regional Industry Careers Advisor), other youth support agency representatives.
Team Leaders:
- Nicole Theodorou
- Hayley de Wolff
Career and Transition Action Team (CATAT)
Role:
- To assist schools to support every student in the transition from secondary schooling to further education, training or employment or a combination of these over time.
Tasks:
- Support the development of structures and practices in every school that enhance students career development and individual planning (structures such as ILPs from Yr 8, Individual Transition Plans and Portfolios, Professional Career Advice and development of Employability skills, student and parent understanding of VET pathways and post school options).
Membership:
- Staff responsible for, and/or who can provide leadership in, student career advice, transitions, portfolios, pathways and ILPs.
- Transition Broker, Quality LinCS Executive Officer, DECS District staff and other youth support agency representatives.
Team Leaders:
- Peter Leolkes
- Lori Hocking
Targeted Intervention Action Team (TIAT)
Role:
- To assist in the provision of targeted programs for particular groups of students and collect data to ensure programs are effective.
Tasks:
- To provide advice on targeted intervention and youth services; strategies for re-engagement, case management and mentoring; tracking students and their outcomes.
Membership:
- School staff responsible for, and/or who can provide leadership in, vocational outcomes for Special Needs Groups (e.g. Students with Disabilities, ATSI, NESB, Students at Risk, ESL).
- LCP Career & Transition Support Coordinator, DECS Transition Broker, Youth Pathways providers, all schooling sectors district staff, agencies such as Personnel Employment and other youth support agencies.
Team Leaders:
- Lori Hocking
- Peter Leolkes
Action Team Minutes
- IPAT Minutes
- CATAT Minutes
- TIAT Minutes
