Young People : Enhancing our Capability

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Young People Enhancing our Capability

• ADAM SMITH
• Youth Advocate
• Directing Potential

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Journey Through Communities
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Session Objectives

• A thought provoking session, challenging
  participants to undertake the following
• Recognize the value in student engagement
• Create a context for learning
• Explore the four worlds of young people
• Enhance Community Partnerships

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Definition of Engagement

• To intensely involve a person or their attention
• To attract a person
• To draw somebody in
• To take part
• To actively participate
• (Angus Robertson Dictionary 1992)

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Preventing Potential

• Isolation from the community
• Media and Societal influences
• Expectations
• Increased reliance on external stimuli
• Changing role of family.

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Strategies for Enhancing Engagement
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Creating A Context

• Teaching to be directly related to experience
• Provide the skills to transfer experience into
  learning
• Transfer between learning environments
• Learners to understand purpose and relevance of
  task
• Develop skills of reflection

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4 Worlds

• SCHOOL
• FAMILY
• SELF
• PEER

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Enhancing Partnerships

• Recognition of the Community Partnership
  Triad
• COMMUNITY
• TAFE YOUNG PEOPLE

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Enhancing Partnerships

• Creation of Diverse Partnerships with a range of
  stakeholders from community, education and
  corporate sectors
• Opportunity to share resources, funding, ideas,
  with the objective of creating positive futures
  for all young people
• Provide community with a sense of ownership and
  responsibility

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Enhancing Partnerships

• Identify and enhance existing partnerships
• Adopt a proactive approach in engaging young
  people
• Work extensively with Local Learning and
  Employment Networks (LLENs)
• Success of LLENs will be determined by
  collaborative information sharing and the
  formation of strategic partnerships.

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Enhancing our Capability Discussion
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Contact Information

• Adam Smith
• Youth Advocate
• Ph. 0417 053 919
• amsmith_at_mesc.vic.edu.au