This document outlines a learning strategy for "at-risk teenagers" focusing on developing literacy, numeracy, and employment skills. The strategy will be delivered over 10 weeks combining school, workplace, and online learning. It will focus on a retail services certificate and aim to engage students, develop pathways, and evaluate outcomes through feedback from students, employers, educators and parents.

1. Learning Strategy
for
“At Risk Teenagers”
by Andreas Day, Justin Lee Hawkins, Malcolm Stapleton, Paul Rawlinson
Friday, 18 July 2012

2. Who are the stakeholders?
• Students 15-16 yo. Male/Female
• Employers / community organisations
• Educators (VETIS)
• Parents/guardians

3. Who are the stakeholders?
• “at risk” students 15 - 16 year old males &
females
• Parents and guardians
• Institution educators
• Community leadership
• Employers with social policy

4. What are the client needs?
• Student Engagement
• Learning, Literacy & Numeracy
Development
• Employment / education pathways
• Flexible learning strategies for improved
school attendance
• Develop long term goals through strategic
relationships with employers, students and
community leadership

5. What competencies will we be
focusing on?
• This strategy is focused on the:
• Development and use of learning, literacy
and numeracy strategies at work and in
education
• Employment pathways through identifying
and creating achievable results
• Continued study, employment or both.

6. VETIS Competency
SIR10112 Certificate I Retail
Services
• Core
• SIRXCOM101A Communicate in the workplace to support team &
customer outcomes
• SIRXIND101A Work effectively in a customer service environment
• SIRXWHS101A Apply safe work practices
• Electives
• SIRXICT001A Operate Retail Technology
• SIRXIND102A Plan a Career in Retail

7. When will this strategy be
delivered?
• 10 weeks (Term 3 - 2012)
• 300 hours combined time
• Employer - 1 day per week
• School - 3 days per week
• (Situational flexibility negotiable between
stakeholders)

8. Where will this be delivered?
• Victoria University
• 1 day per week (6 hours)
• Employer
• 1 day per week (6 hours)
• School
• 3 days per week (18 hours)

9. How will this be assessed?
• Online (e learning)
• Relative to workplace/industry learning outcomes,
LL&N and VETiS requirements
• Workplace outcomes
• Pre planned education and behaviour objectives
(negotiated with employer and educators)
• Interviews with students, employers and peer’s.
• Observation
• Rubrics
• Self, workplace and class assessment

10. How will this be evaluated?
• Consultation between all stakeholders
• Collaborative strategies
• Student centric relevance
• Communicate with parents or guardians
• Promoting involvement and engagement
• Developing and supporting mentoring and
coaching skills that support long term results.
• Engagement through feedback from all
stakeholders throughout the delivery and after
completion.

11. Overall strategy
• Create achievable outcomes for students at
risk
• Create relevance to real world situations in
the workplace
• Empower students and their support network
through developing there ongoing skills
• Using industry relationships to foster working
outcomes

12. Each of you have your information packs
detailing this strategy and now we would like
to listen to your feedback and your
Questions.
Thank you