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| Aboriginal School Based TraineeshipsThis program has five objectives:
If you enter the program and successfuly complete it you will obtain a Western Australia Certificate of Education (WACE), a VET qualification, and you will receive wages while you are employed as a trainee. The Aboriginal School Based Traineeship program involves: You, the student You will also fill out forms with the Australian Apprenticeships Centre (AAC).Up until December 2005, over 2,000 students have commenced an Aboriginal School Based Traineeship. Please ask a teacher at your school who will put you in contact with your school's Vocational Education and Training (VET) Coordinator. The VET Coordinator can help you through the process. Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy ProgramThrough the Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy Program (CLNP), the Department directs supplementary literacy and numeracy funding to schools with a high proportion of educationally disadvantaged students. The aim of this program is to measurably improve literacy and numeracy among disadvantaged students and to support the National Literacy and Numeracy Plan.Schools that receive CLNP funding are accountable to their District Directors for planning effective expenditure of these funds and demonstrating improvements in literacy and numeracy as a result of the programs they had put in place. Follow the Dream - Tertiary Aspirations ProgramThe program focuses on Aboriginal students in secondary school who have previously attained success at primary school and wish to complete Year 12 with a Tertiary Education Ranking (TER) for direct entry into university or further education (TAFE) and a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE).The program links to the Strategic Direction of the Department of Education and Training by addressing the following: Aboriginal Education and Training Operation Plan 2005-2008 School Priority 4 - Improving educational outcomes for Aboriginal students; Aboriginal Education and Training Operation Plan 2005-2008 School Priority 5 - Increasing Aboriginal enrolments with particular emphasis on attendance and retention; and Responds to the recommendations of the Gordon Inquiry that calls for direct support to Aboriginal students. The Outcome Approximately 70 schools have access to the 'Follow the Dream' program with a minimum enrolment of 600 students. To seek a graduation profile of at least 100 Aboriginal students per year by 2008 with a Tertiary Entrance Rank that will allow their entry to University, TAFE or employment. Getting it Right - Literacy
WA Getting it Right - Literacy and Numeracy Strategy The Getting it Right - Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (GiR-LNS) is a targeted and coordinated program of additional support for public primary, District High schools and Secondary High Schools in Western Australia. The program provides additional specialist teaching personnel, professional development and support to selected schools across the public school system. The key purposes of the strategy are to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes across public schools, and to achieve greater parity of outcomes for all groups of students. The strategy is designed to significantly improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for Aboriginal students, boys, students with a language background other than English, and students attending schools in rural or remote locations. Specialist Teachers are appointed, for two-year periods, to schools with greatest needs. They work 'shoulder to shoulder' with colleagues in mainstream classroom contexts to extend and consolidate teacher understandings about literacy and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy. In particular, Specialist Teachers model teaching strategies that will lead to literacy or numeracy improvements and assist teachers with diagnosing student needs and planning interventions for individuals and groups. All Specialist Teachers participate in 21 days of professional learning over the two years of their appointment. In addition the Specialist Teachers receive ongoing support between the workshops from members of the central team who make regular site visits to meet with Specialist Teachers and Principals. Principals of participating schools attend a one-day induction program. Schools Learning with ICT Project(Amalgamated into the Schools Online Curriculum Services Project) In 2008, the Schools Learning with ICT Project will amalgamate with the Schools Online Curriculum Services (SOCS) Project. Throughout 2008, trained school-based Curriculum ICT Coordinators will support school staff to use information and communications technology effectively in classroom practice. SOCS Project schools will develop the technical and curriculum readiness to engage in the Online Teaching and Learning System (OTLS), which will provide schools with the means to:
The OTLS will continue to develop over further releases into a complete learning management system to plan, create, deliver and monitor interactive learning programs for individuals or groups of students and provide continuous feedback. Parents will be able to access and view their child's progress and communicate with teachers. Progressive expansion in schools will continue each year with a target of all schools given the option to take on OTLS by 2012. Vocational Education and Training in Schools ProgramImplementation of VET across Australia is in accordance with the set of nationally agreed principles from Principles and Guidelines for Improving Outcomes for Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VTE) in Schools (2005 - 2008). Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Schools programs are delivered as part of a broad, general education that combines study towards a senior secondary certificate (i.e. the Western Australian Certificate of Education - the WACE) with a nationally recognised VET qualification within the Australian Qualification Framework. The specific areas identified as priority areas for VET in Schools for action in the Principles and Guidelines include:
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