Cooperative partnerships between Industry and TAFE

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Bidwill Project

• Cooperative partnerships between Industry and
  TAFE
• Main Project Task
• Cool Girls/Cool Dudes Program for Year Six
  Students at Bidwill Public School.

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Cool Girls/Cool Dudes Project Aims

• Our aims for the Sixth Class Bidwill Young
  People were
• To promote self-esteem and
• self-worth
• To encourage them to dream
• about their future
• To build positive attitudes
• towards life
• Most importantly we aimed to have FUN!!

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Bidwill Project

• Focus groups.
• Careers Expo
• Eight week program at Bidwill that covered topics
  like
• Goal setting
• Overcoming barriers
• Communication skills
• How to get help when you need it.
• Developing healthy positive relationships
• Sex and sexuality
• Dealing with anger
• Creation of an inspirational CD encouraging kids
  to live their dreams.
• Surf Awareness Day

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Advocacy

• We designed an advocacy campaign to
  incorporate the Cool Girls/Cool Dudes Program
  into the
• Department of Education and Training NSW Board
  of Studies PDHPE Stage 3 Curriculum for
  disadvantaged schools.

Let Cool Girls and Cool Dudes In!!
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Benefits to the TAFE Youth Work Learners

• The Bidwill Project gave TAFE
• Youth Work Learners
• Hands on practical experience in running a
  successful group work program.
• Contact with the Community
• Services Industry
• Insight into the issues young people
• from a disadvantaged area face.
• An opportunity to develop many skills including
  their written, computing, organisational and
  communication skills

Problem Solving/Goal Setting Puzzle from
Barriers to My Dreams Session
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Benefits to Nirimba Community Services Section

• The Bidwill Project
• Gave valid and current industry experience to the
  Youth Work Trainers involved in facilitating
  the
• Project.
• Helped to build strong links between Industry and
  Nirimba TAFE
• Helped to raise the profile of Nirimba
• TAFE to the next generation of
• potential TAFE customers (i.e. the
• Young People at Bidwill Primary
• School).

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Evaluation

• The process used to evaluate all our projects
• Project participants evaluations (eg Bidwill
  Young People and Glenwood Residents)
• Learner evaluation sheets at mid point and
  conclusion of Project
• Trainer competency coordination meetings
• Communities of Practice (COPS) Reflection Day
• Peer Reviews
• Consultation with key project stakeholders

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