CLASH OF CUISINES OR THRIVING CANTEEN

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CLASH OF CUISINES OR THRIVING CANTEEN? WOR
K INTEGRATED LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY
ARTS, EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Frances Newell Date August 2008
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PARTNERSHIP BASED ON RECIPROCAL BENEFIT

• HEALTHY MULTI CULTURAL SCHOOL CANTEEN
• PARTNERS
• Victoria University (VU)
• Department of Human Services, Neighbourhood
  Renewal
• Local Government
• Local Primary School
• GOALS
• To provide supportive workplace training to 11
  unemployed people
• To place a group of trainees in one Work
  Integrated Learning (WIL) setting
• To provide a healthy multicultural canteen
  service for a Primary School

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WIL MODEL

• DELIVER CERTIFICATE II IN HOSPITALITY IN THE
  CONTEXT OF PROVIDING A SCHOOL CANTEEN SERVICE
• Trainees were enrolled at VU in Certificate II in
  Hospitality
• Primary School accepted trainees on Practical
  Placement in the school canteen
• Training Package units were mapped against the
  activities involved in operating the school
  canteen
• VU trainer conducted all training and supervised
  and assessed trainees in school canteen
• DELIVERY
• One day a week in training kitchen
• Two days a week in school canteen
• Semester length course

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LEARNING OPPORTUNITIESand PEDAGOGY

• EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
• Literacy Numeracy
• Planning time management
• Team work communication
• VOCATIONAL SKILLS
• Core Hospitality skills and basic methods of
  cookery
• Real - world context
• Engaged trainees in active constructive process
  of learning
• ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• Reading, writing oral skills
• Visual clues
• SOCIAL INCLUSION
• Learning is applicable to the workplace and to
  family and community life

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OUTCOMES

• TRAINEE LEARNING
• 100 trainee retention
• 85 achieved competency at Certificate II level
• EMPLOYMENT
• 5 trainees gained employment after graduation
• SOCIAL INCLUSION
• Cultural issues were successfully addressed
• RECIPROCAL BENEFIT
• All partners achieved their goals

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CONTACT DETAILS

• NAME Frances Newell
• FACULTY ARTS, EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
• SCHOOL Education
• PHONE [phone]
• FAX [phone]
• EMAIL frances.newell_at_vu.edu.au

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