Brophy Family and Youth Services
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
ProjectScaling ‘Social Enterprise Schools’ across Victoria
Amount$200,000 over two years
Date2018
ProgramEducation
TRUST OBJECTIVES | PROJECT OBJECTIVES |
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Rural and regional Victoria | Delivering an internationally renowned program in regional Victoria; developing the job creator mindset, skills and behaviours in the next generation |
Enabling financial sustainability | Achieving scale will build the program and realise income targets required for financial sustainability |
Collaboration and partnership | Social Enterprise Academy (Scotland), regional Victorian schools and communities, Goulburn Ovens TAFE, Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority, The William Buckland Foundation |
Developing 21st century enterprise and employability skills in young people
In a rapidly declining traditional job marketplace, young people, particularly those in rural and regional Victoria, need to develop new employability skills. Often referred to as ‘Enterprise Skills’, they include leadership, critical and creative thinking, collaboration and problem solving. The Social Enterprise Schools program aims to teach students these capabilities.
In 2015, HMSTrust funded the highly successful, independently evaluated pilot of the Social Enterprise Schools (SES) program into 13 schools in Victoria’s north east. This current project will strengthen and grow the program’s delivery into regional Victorian schools, implementing the key findings of the evaluation to provide strong and more targeted teacher resources and linkages to the Victorian Curriculum capabilities, stronger teacher networks and an evaluation framework that can be scaled. The aim is to reach 300 schools and 18,000 students by 2020.
Snapshot:
"The Social Enterprise Schools program provides students with a unique opportunity to learn by doing. It ignites hidden talents and generates a huge sense of achievement in students over the school year." Participating teacher.
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
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