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SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY REGION Working Together to Achieve Results

SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY REGION Working Together to Achieve Results. SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY REGION. Tom Urry – Regional Director 10 School Education Directors / Groups - Portfolios. Bankstown Rod Leonarder Strategic Initiatives-National Partnerships Campbelltown Robyn Pulbrook* Curriculum

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SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY REGION Working Together to Achieve Results

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  1. SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEYREGIONWorking Together to Achieve Results

  2. SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY REGION Tom Urry – Regional Director 10 School Education Directors / Groups - Portfolios Bankstown Rod Leonarder Strategic Initiatives-National Partnerships Campbelltown Robyn Pulbrook* Curriculum East Hills Cheryl Best Aboriginal Education Fairfield James Coleborne Early Childhood Granville Murat Dizdar ICT Hoxton Ray Palmer Equity Ingleburn Peter Phelps VET - 15 – 19 years Liverpool Kerry Knox Professional Learning Macarthur Peter Smith Student Services Wellbeing Strathfield Angela Lyris* Student Services Disabilities

  3. Student Cultural Backgrounds ATSI 2.3% English Speaking Background 34.1% LBOTE 63.6%

  4. LBOTE Student Enrolment 48 903 K-6 Students (63.4%) 32 851 7-12 Students (60.7%) 63.6 % of Region total 39% of state LBOTE 209 355 LBOTE Students SWS State

  5. Aboriginal Student Enrolment 2 995 Indigenous students 7.5 % of state ATSI enrolment SWS 39 966 Indigenous students…(5% of total state enrolment) State

  6. Current Issues • National Partnerships • Political transparency / accountability • Student learning outcomes - measures • Early Childhood • Raising the school leaving age • Attendance • ‘…education revolutions’

  7. Current Programs…eg • Gateways • Hands On • Taste of TAFE days • Support for TVET / SVET • Year 10 Work Education Courses • Bankstown Senior College • Stage 6 work studies/readiness courses • Careers Advisors – school to work • Personalised Learning

  8. Opportunities • Greater collaboration to support better transitions for re-engaging disengaged youth • Joint Programs – school and TAFE delivered eg get skilled, maths for work… • Better and more flexible approaches to support transition from school to TAFE / employment / further learning

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