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Skills First Checklist for Further Education & Training
Brimbank City Council, in partnership with AMES, commUnity Plus and Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services has created a 'Skills First Checklist', to support adult learners to choose an appropriate vocational education and training provider. The Checklist includes a summary of Skills First and minimum requirements of Registered Training Organisations.
The PDF Checklist has been translated into Arabic and Vietnamese, and can be downloaded from the Brimbank Libraries' online Learning Hub.
The Checklist is an initiative of the Brimbank Learning & Employment Steering Committee. For further information or if you would like to be sent printed copies, please E: learning@brimbank.vic.gov.au
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ARACY Launches MIddle Years Network
The Australian Research Alliance for Children & Young People (ARACY) has launched a new Network: the Middle Years Chapter. The Chapter will be run in partnership with the Smith Family to mobilise, align and enable the efforts of sectors working to improve outcomes by supporting the connection between research and practice across the middle years. It will support and build on investment in the early years; bring policy attention to the importance of the middle years for healthy development towards adulthood; and deepen the focus on transitions from primary to secondary school.
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Futuristic Teaching Equipment Comes to Victoria Polytechnic
Source: Victoria Polytechnic
'Victoria Polytechnic will receive more than $550,000 in state government funding for specialised teaching equipment in 2017.
'Executive Director Grant Dreher said the funding will... allow students to keep up with rapidly changing technology in these sectors. It will also offer opportunities for its health-based students in areas such as nursing, aged care, disability work, and remedial massage to collaborate and play an integrated role in client and patient care.' Read more here.
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Latest Small Area Unemployment Statistics - Brimbank Decembers 2016
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Between September 2016 and December 2016:
- 79 more residents in the labour force
- 37 more residents employed
- 42 more residents unemployed
Prepared by the Brimbank City Council Policy, Advocacy & Research Unit March 2017. Data downloaded from the Department of Employment website on 20 March 2017.
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Open to all children and caregivers. This storytime is especially welcoming for children on the Autism Spectrum and families who are looking for a smaller, adaptive storytime.
Fridays March 31, April 28, May 26, June 30, 11.30am-12.30pm
Deer Park Library - 4 Neale Street, Deer Park
For more information please E: lidijak@brimbank.vic.gov.au or Tel: 9249 4668
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Victorian Tech Savvy Seniors is a Seniors Card Age Friendly partner program with Telstra that delivers free technology training opportunities to seniors in Victoria.
Classes are for four weeks and will will be taught in Macedonian and Arabic. Classes are no charge and open to all seniors of Brimbank. Read more here.
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Macedonian Sessions @ Deer Park Library
Mondays 11am-1pm
Choose either Group 1 (beginning 24 April) or Group 2 (beginning 22 May) to attend.
Participants must have a Seniors Card to attend. Bookings at any Brimbank Library.
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Arabic Sessions @ St Albans Library
Tuesdays 1-3pm
Choose either Group 1 (beginning 2 May) or Group 2 (beginning 16 May to attend.
Participants must have a Seniors Card to attend. Bookings at any Brimbank Library.
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The Keilor Library Has Moved!
Keilor Library has moved from Kennedy Street to new premises at the former Keilor Municipal Offices - 704B Old Calder Highway.
The library is housed in the new Keilor Community Hub, which also includes a Customer Service Centre, community rooms for Neighbourhood House programming and an art space. Read more here.
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EAL Classes in Brimbank
The 2017 English as an Additional Language (EAL) class listing has updated on the Brimbank Libraries' online Learning Hub. The listing includes includes free or low cost accredited and non-accredited English language programs in Brimbank.
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Two Years are Better than One
Access to a high-quality preschool program is one of the few proven strategies for lifting outcomes for all children. Evidence shows that two years of preschool has more impact than one, especially for the children most likely to be developmentally vulnerable. This report is by Stacey Fox and Myra Geddes.
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Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2017
This is a report card on how we, as a nation, are meeting our responsibilities in improving outcomes for our First Australians. This report recognises changes are underway and successes are being achieved, however, progress overall nationally, is too slow.
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Student Research Guides
State Library Victoria's Research Guides cover a range of subjects, including Literature for VCE and 26 guides that cover Australian history. Find books, pictures, maps, documents, newspapers and online tools and resources.
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Learning Potential Resources
This federal government website is for parents to support their children's literacy and numeracy skills according the the Australia curricullum. Browse by children's year level or topic, and the website will suggest ideas, activities, games and videos.
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Homework Clubs in Brimbank
The 2017 Homework Clubs listing has been updated on the Brimbank Libraries' online Learning Hub. The listing includes free or low cost out-of-school learning programs in Brimbank.
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The role of flexible learning options in alternative provision in Australia
Flexible learning options (FLOs) can provide marginalised young people with alternative avenues to re-engage in education. Researchers investigated two key, though not defining, features of FLOS – unconditional acceptance and integrated wellbeing support. Read the abstract by George Myconos, Joseph Thomas, Kimberley Wilson, Kitty te Riele and Luke Swain.
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Settlement in the Digital Age
This policy paper looks at newly arrived young people’s engagement with digital technology and the internet and how this impacts their successful settlement in Australia. The paper provides recommendations for government, generalist and settlement-specific services, and community organisations and focus on addressing barriers to digital inclusion, including access to technology and the skills to use it.
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Spotlight: Youth Underemployment Threat
Young Australians today confront a far harsher job scenario than their parents or grandparents ever did. More than 650,000 young people were unemployed or underemployed – defined as having some work but wanting more hours – in February 2017. Young people now are also far more likely to be in casual and part-time jobs than at the beginning of the millennium. Read the full report.
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Twelve Things Parents Raising Bilingual Children Need to know
This blog post contains twelve brief and accessible tips on the joys and challenges of raising children in bilingual households. The tips are translated into twenty two languages.
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