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Schools In Their Communities, Robert Simons
Schools In Their Communities, Robert Simons
Dr Robert Simons
The idea of school-community partnerships is intuitively attractive because of the benefits they can facilitate. These benefits include availability and access to complementary services to strengthen the focus on learning for students and teachers, and opportunities for continuing learning and skill development for parents and others in the community.1 However, there are also a number of practical challenges with the development of effective and sustainable school-community partnerships. This Policy Brief considers three models of partnerships in schools and communities that have been developed during the last fifteen years in Australia in response to a variety of national, regional, local and …
Evaluation Of The Sporting Chance Program, Michele Lonsdale, Jenny Wilkinson, Stephanie Armstrong, David Mcclay, Sharon Clerke, Jocelyn Cook, Kanat Wano, Robert Simons, Gina Milgate, Meredith Bramich
Evaluation Of The Sporting Chance Program, Michele Lonsdale, Jenny Wilkinson, Stephanie Armstrong, David Mcclay, Sharon Clerke, Jocelyn Cook, Kanat Wano, Robert Simons, Gina Milgate, Meredith Bramich
Dr Robert Simons
The objective of the Sporting Chance Program is to encourage improved educational outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students (boys and girls) using sport and recreation. Such outcomes may include an increase in school attendance, strengthened engagement with school and improved attitudes to schooling, improved achievement in learning, increased retention to Year 12 or its vocational equivalent and greater parental and community involvement with the school and students’ schooling. The program comprises two elements: • School-based Sports Academies (Academies) for secondary school students; and • Education Engagement Strategies (EES) for both primary and secondary school students. The purpose of …
First Interim Report Of Schools First: Evaluation Of The 2009 Awards, Robert Simons
First Interim Report Of Schools First: Evaluation Of The 2009 Awards, Robert Simons
Dr Robert Simons
Schools First is a national awards program initiated by the National Australia Bank (NAB) in partnership with the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). NAB has committed $15 million in awards funding over three years to recognise and encourage excellence in school-community partnerships. The program was launched in October 2008 by the then Hon Julia Gillard, MP, and is being implemented from 2009-2011 inclusive. Schools First builds on the growing recognition that the task of raising young people who are resilient, adaptable and well-adjusted, rests on the shoulders of the entire community. It …
Final Report Of Nab Schools First Awards 2009-2011, Robert Simons
Final Report Of Nab Schools First Awards 2009-2011, Robert Simons
Dr Robert Simons
NAB Schools First Awards (Schools First) is a national awards program initiated by the National Australia Bank (NAB) in partnership with the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) and the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). NAB committed $15 million in awards funding over 2009-2011 to recognise and encourage excellence in school-community partnerships. This Final Report of NAB Schools First Awards: 2009 – 2011 is the third and final of a series of evaluation reports describing the national impact and the processes supported by Schools First for the period 2009 -11. This final Report looks especially at the contribution of community …