Media Centre Hunter TAFE

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• Media Centre Hunter TAFE
• Shootout Film Festival

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• How it Developed

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Shootout Film Festival

• Shootout approached Media Centre to conceptualise
  and produce a television advertisement for the
  festival.
  
• After discussion, staff guide the students
  through the process

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Shootout Film Festival

• Aim of the Relationship

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Shootout Film Festival

• To give students hands on experience and
  opportunity to work with a real client with a
  real brief.
  
• Network students with professionals in the film
  and television industry

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Shootout Film Festival

• Why the Relationship Worked

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Shootout Film Festival

• Dedication of the teachers
• Cooperation of the client
• Enthusiastic students
• Availability of equipment

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Shootout Film Festival

• Result

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• Wesley Mission

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• How it Developed

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Wesley Mission

• Advanced Diploma Music Business students at
  Hunter Institute develop a song writing workshop
  as part of their studies. The following year a
  student from the class is employed as a Youth
  Worker 
• for
• Wesley Newcastle Youth Service

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Wesley Mission

• Aim of the relationship

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Wesley Mission

• To run a song writing workshop for
  disadvantaged youth to give them an outlet for
  self expression.
  
• To provide Music students with opportunities to
  work in the community through teaching song
  writing workshops and assisting in the
  performance and recording of the songs

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Wesley Mission

• Why the relationship
• worked

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Wesley Mission

• Tuition and teaching by peers
• Ability of teachers to relate to students and
  students to relate to teachers
  
• Peer pressure to finish projects and succeed

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Wesley Mission

• Result

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Wesley Mission

• Students create tangible product from their own
  intellectual property
  
• Validation of artistic drive and self belief
• Motivation to continue in the Creative
  Industries
  

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• Access and Equity Hunter Institute Maitland
  Campus for
  
• Morisset
• Hospital

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• How it Developed

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Morisset Hospital

• Access and Equity at Maitland contact the
  Hunter Institute re conducting classes at
  Morisset Hospital as a creative outlet and
  diversion for
• clients who were about to assimilate back into
  society.

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Morisset Hospital

• Clients at that time were not interested in the
  horticulture programs and we discovered there
  were at least 6 patients who played musical
  instruments either as previously payed work or as
  a main interest

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Morisset Hospital

• Aim of the relationship

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Morisset Hospital

• Provide a combination of tuition and music
  therapy
  
• Embed literacy components in song writing
  classes
  
• Delivery appropriate for beginners and those with
  some musical ability
  
• Focus toward group activities as opposed to
  individual
  
• Occupational Therapist assisted teacher

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Morisset Hospital

• Why the relationship
• (nearly)
• Worked
• The learning curve.

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Morisset Hospital

• Class times organised
• Teaching space organised
• Timetable organised
• Equipment purchased
• Teacher assigned

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Morisset Hospital

• Where did we go wrong?

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Morisset Hospital

• Matching the facilitator to the facility
• Balance of
• knowledge, skills, demeanour, personality,
  approachability, willingness, openness,
  sensitivity, connectivity, receptivity,
  perceptiveness, intuition, humility, etc. etc.
  etc. etc.

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Morisset Hospital

• Result

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Morisset Hospital

• The hospital staff have reported that despite the
  ongoing challenges that individuals have to
  manage with mental health, they have been most
  enthusiastic about their music program each
  week.
• They have produced a CD with 4 individual tracks
  and 2 group works.
  
• This result should not be undervalued as merely a
  few tracks in 1 semester.
  
• The qualitative outcomes of the patients is
  measurable in their daily medical reports from
  staff observation.
  
• New Teacher Assigned

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• Access and Equity Hunter Institute Maitland
  Campus as HYPAR program conducted
  
• at
• Raymond Terrace

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• How it Developed

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Port Stevens

• Access and Equity at Maitland contact the
  Hunter Institute re conducting classes at venues
  around the Port Stephens area

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Port Stephens

• Aim of the relationship

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Port Stephens

• To assist disadvantaged students in learning
  basic PA operations, song writing and performance
  skills while gaining entry requirements for TAFE
  Cert 3 Music Courses.

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Port Stephens

• Why the Relationship
• Worked

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Port Stephens

• Subjects tailored to interests of students
• Course conducted in cooperation with existing
  community groups with whom students were already
  associated
  
• Training utilised in end of year concert

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Port Stephens
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Port Stephens

• Result

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Port Stephens

• Out of 11 students
• 2 Employed full time
• 3 Employed part time
• 3 Returned to school
• 1 Participated in community work

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• Outreach provide a program for Dept of
  Corrective Services called
  
• Pathway to Education Employment Training.
  
  
• Probation and Parole

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• How it Developed

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Probation and Parole

• The Music department were asked to provide
  training that could lead to employment. It was
  decided to run classes teaching students to set
  up and run a musical gig.

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Probation and Parole

• Aim of the relationship

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Probation and Parole

• To run 6 sessions consisting of industry
  technical skills, working in a team, OHS off
  site and communication presentation on an
  industry worksite.

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Probation and Parole

• Result

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Probation and Parole

• The clients were enthusiastic and although
  they have not worked in a related industry area
  yet, 1 has gained full-time work and the majority
  have gone onto part-time employment or further
  TAFE training.

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Probation and Parole

• The Outreach coordinators reported an increase in
  self esteem in clients and a realisation that
  there were avenues of hope open to them.

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6Production House

• Hunter Institute Awards

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Other Projects

• Pasha Bulker
• HMA Awards
• Thankyou Concert
• Video Clip Gig
• Gigs at the Tighes Hill Social Club

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• Newcastle
• Music Week
• www.newcastlemusicweek.com.au

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Newcastle Music Week

• How It Developed
• www.newcastlemusicweek.com.au

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Newcastle Music Week

• During a brainstorming workshop, Newcastle Music
  Week was conceived to reignite appreciation of
  Live Music as a universal form of entertainment.
  
• To give our students an
• edge and an in into the
• Music Business Industry

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Newcastle Music Week

• Why it Works
• www.newcastlemusicweek.com.au

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Newcastle Music Week

• Dedicated Staff
• Creative timetabling and use of resources
• Contacts with industry
• Real outcomes from a real event for the students
• Shameless Promotion
• Dedicated Staff

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Newcastle Music Week

• Results
• www.newcastlemusicweek.com.au

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Newcastle Music Week

• Employment of students at Michael Chugg
  Entertainment, APRA, EAO, as Sound technicians,
  Entertaunment coordinators, agents, management,
  retail, music education

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• October 26 November 2
• www.newcastlemusicweek.com.au