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Improving Youth Attainment: Strategies and Partnerships for Educational Success

This document outlines initiatives from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) aimed at enhancing educational outcomes for young Australians. Key targets include a 90% Year 12 attainment rate, halving the attainment gap for Indigenous students, and ensuring access to education and training for all youth aged 15-24. It emphasizes collaboration between states and territories, fostering community partnerships, and creating tailored programs for at-risk youth. The Youth Connections initiative focuses on flexible services and building relationships to facilitate positive transitions for young people.

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Improving Youth Attainment: Strategies and Partnerships for Educational Success

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  1. Welcome

  2. COAG • COAG Targets • 90 per cent Year 12 or equivalent attainment rate target brought forward from 2020 to 2015 • Halving the Year 12 or equivalent attainment gap for Indigenous students • Halving the proportion of the population (20-64) without qualifications at the Certificate III level or above by 2020. • COAG Initiatives • Youth Compact • National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions

  3. Compact with Young Australians • National Youth Participation Requirement • Completion of Year 10 • Learn or earn to age 17 • Education or Training Entitlement • 15-19 year olds are entitled to an education or training place • 20-24 year olds will be entitled to an education or training place for qualification resulting in attaining a higher qualification • Changes to Youth Allowance (Other) and Family Tax Benefit • Education or training will be a pre-condition for income support

  4. National Partnership on Youth Attainment and Transitions • Length of agreement: July 2009 – 31 December 2013 • Agreement to immediate and longer term reforms • $100 million in reward funding for States and Territories • Agreement to reform existing Commonwealth youth, career and transitions programs in preparation for a progressive shift of responsibility and funding to States and Territories • http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-07-02/docs/NP_youth_attainment_transitions.pdf

  5. Collaboration with States and Territories • New elements will be put in place in collaboration with each State and Territory • Clarify roles and responsibilities • Reduce duplication and overlap • Align regional boundaries • Joint program development and provider selection • Possible joint program management • Determine outcomes required for progressive shift of responsibility to the States and Territories • Different program arrangements in each State and Territory

  6. School Business Community Partnership Brokers • Strategic, whole of community approach to improving education and transition outcomes for all young people • Broker sustainable partnerships between key stakeholder groups: • Education and training provider • Business/industry • Parents and families • Community groups • Build community capacity and infrastructure • State, Territory and national networks

  7. School Business Community Partnership Brokers • What does a good Partnership Broker look like? • Foster strategic, whole of community approach to improve education and transition outcomes for all young people • Broker sustainable partnerships between schools, education providers, business/industry, community groups, and parents and families • Build community capacity and infrastructure

  8. Outcomes & Performance Measurement • Providers assessed against performance in delivering regional and stakeholder level outcomes: • Regional solutions • Education and training providers • Business and industry • Parents and families • Community groups

  9. Youth Connections Principles of Youth Connections: • National, flexible and individualised services for at risk young people • Service delivery is flexible and seamless, reflecting the young person’s personal situation and circumstances • Providers will work closely with the Partnership Broker • Providers will be assessed according to outcomes they meet • Tailored to each State/Territory to reduce duplication and overlap of services

  10. Service Model

  11. Youth Connections Program Outcomes • Personal Development (develop skills to support positive life choices) • Connection and Progression (connect to education, family and community) • Relationships (collaborate and strengthen to improve service delivery)

  12. Relationships & Partnerships with schools • Youth Connections Providers will: • build effective relationships with all schools in the region • ensure all schools in the region are aware of the program • promote Youth Connections services to schools • work closely with relevant school staff • Youth Connections Providers must not: • deliver any services that are part of the school’s normal program and that are the responsibility of the school

  13. Youth Connections: WA Specific Information WA regions based on Department of Education regions – 12 regions Focus on the whole continuum of at risk young people 13-19 years Effective and collaborative relationships with other providers of services to young people in WA – including schools Support Indigenous young people and young humanitarian refugees

  14. Further Information • Website: www.deewr.gov.au/Youth/YouthAttainmentandTransitions • Email: • yatwa@deewr.gov.au

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