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North Coast Region Collaborative
Approach
Key Challenges PB was facing
• The role and value of PB was not well understood or appreciated
• Jurisdictional support for the PB model is critical to success, but
was lacking
• A number of jurisdictional stakeholders expressed scepticism
about the value and impact of the Partnership Broker model
• A perceived reluctance by some education authorities to
encourage schools to actively participate in the program
• Some school leaders still don’t understand the role of the
Partnership Broker as a facilitator, rather than a service delivery
provider
Key Challenges PB was facing
• Challenges connecting with education authorities in a way that
enables Partnership Brokers to align their priorities for
partnership development with the priorities for schooling at a
systemic level (Principals)
• Managing expectations and educating stakeholders about the
intent of the Partnership Brokers program remains a challenge
(Operational vs Strategic)
• Challenges in achieving a high level of engagement and
commitment with all levels of government and non-government
school systems (Executives)
During August and October 2011, seven regional engagement
workshops were convened in Queensland, in alignment with each
of the State’s education regions
The aim of each workshop was to improve the level of collaboration between
stakeholders to support:
• The benefits of connectivity and alignment of effort among youth services
• Improved awareness and understanding of the partnership broker role
• The importance of effective collaboration, communication and strong working
relationships among stakeholders
Regional Director attended and saw the benefit of engaging with P B
January 2012 DETE facilitated North Coast Region Workshop
• RYSC confirmed as the point of contact to regional office
• Agencies agreed to work in a regionally directed, collaborative approach to
enhance their programs service delivery
• Commitment to identify gaps in services, create a regional collaborative
approach and enhance the service delivery for schools, young people and
their families within the North Coast Region
• An agreed Youth Attainment & Transitions (YAT) Model of Response was
developed
• Clarity around the role of a Partnership Broker
RD Concluding Statement: “The service you offer is too valuable to waste – if
we collaborate and work at our fields of expertise - we should be able to
achieve the goals as outlined today”
Changes experienced for Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay
• Early challenges in engaging with the jurisdiction have been diminished by
gaining buy-in from our Regional Director
• Regional Director encouraged school principals to engage in the process
• A general realisation that the PB program can deliver real value for schools
School Business Community Partnership Brokers Program Report
Queensland, National Summary – Challenges, 3 September 2012
“There are emerging examples of senior managers within the
education sector embracing cross-sector collaboration as the way to
succeed, and enlisting the support of Partnership Brokers to make it
happen”
PB National Network Futures Paper
The Education Reform Challenge February 2013 and
Quality Education for Young Australians June 2013
• State Networks report that where engagement with key government officers
at the Regional Director level have been successful, the critical difference has
been that these officers have engaged with the program and directly
influenced their key staff and principals to do the same.
• This has made an enormous difference to the level of engagement between
local schools and other community and business partners.
North Coast Region Collaborative Approach
The agreed expectations of participating service providers include collaboration
to improve regional:
• Alignment of effort to increase youth attainment and transition
• Early intervention for young people at risk of disengaging from education
• Mapping & identifying service gaps
• Place-based solutions (localised)
• Awareness of regional services
• Understanding of service provider opportunities
• Enhanced connectivity and relationships between key stakeholders
• Enhanced communications between school and community / industry sectors
• Regional networks to maximise the utilisation of resources
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Collaborative Partnerships
• Ten partnerships have been brokered
• Linkages to North Coast Region Student Management Review
priorities
1. Pre-prep and prep engagement
2. Community partnerships
3. Years 7, 8 and 9 engagement
• Discussions continue regarding actions towards “P 12 ness”
Outcomes of a regional collaborative approach have included:
• Response to identified needs of individual schools
• Enhancing responses to the needs of young people at risk
• Increasing retention rates
• Augmenting service delivery to young people who have disengaged or are at
risk of disengaging from education
• Formation of new community partnerships that address support needs in
geographical areas
• Direct input from schools to program service delivery
• Localised directories of available supports/services
Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service
Education, Training and Employment Consortium
The Sunshine Coast Private Hospital
Sunshine Coast Medicare Local
• Chaired by Regional Director, DETE
Mathew Flinders Anglican College
(Representing Independent schooling)
University of the Sunshine Coast
• Decision makers from Consortium member organisations
University of Queensland
• Strategic Plans and documents are discussed from perspective of Consortium
Stockland
Partnership Brokers
Department of Employment
terms of reference and directions provided to key partnerships and networks
Lend Lease
Regional
Development and
Australia
Sunshine
Coastquarterly, six monthly, and annual
• Key partnerships
networks
provide
Regional Council
activity
reports based around achievements againstSunshine
terms ofCoast
reference
DETE Regional staff
Sunshine Queensland
Coast InstituteSenior
of TAFE
• DETE allocation of RYSC and Training
Field Officer to drive
the initiative
Central Queensland University
Kawana Waters State College
Queensland University of Technology
Education, Training and Employment Consortium TOR
• Undertakes strategic workforce development and employment pathway
planning by increasing alignment between education and training, business
and industry
• Identify, communicate and publish clearly articulated pathways that support
industry valued education, training and employment opportunities
• Alignment of certificate delivery within schools and RTOs to industry
preferred models that link directly to employment and/or further training
opportunities
• Identification and scheduling of approved annual Career Forums and Career
Awareness events
Youth Sector Change Drivers Group
Senior Phase Network
Alignment of career awareness,
A collaborative approach, that
Education,
Training
and
Employment
education and training delivery within
providesConsortium
local, professional
schools to the needs of Industry for
development in the
Key Partnerships
enhanced employment, further
areas of vocational education,
training opportunities and career
training and careers
pathways
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Youth Sector Change Drivers Group
Youth Health
PathwaysCoast
Partnership
Sunshine
Education, Training and
Senior Phase Network
Employment Consortium
School Based Apprenticeship and Traineeship (SAT) Coordinator Network
Initial discussions around the proposed regional Career Planning and
Development Framework
Youth Health Pathways Partnership
A formalised partnership to develop
and promote career awareness and
pathways for youth into
the health sector
School Based Apprenticeship and
Traineeship Coordinator Network
Forum provides the opportunity for
SAT coordinators across all 3
schooling sectors to share
information and ideas, get the latest
updates on SAT policies and
procedures and provides a platform
for industry to engage with all schools
The Regional Approach
• Meet with the DETE Regional Director to ascertain their level of interest
• Their endorsement is vital
Know and understand:
• The Strategic Plan for your Education Region
• Existing school, business community/industry partnerships in the region
• The potential of aligning regional community resources to educational needs
• Industry Skill Bodies, business and industry groups and their capacity to
support schools
• SROI outcomes that will support schools
• Key strategic documents
The Regional Approach
If the Regional Director commits to the collaborative approach:
• Request the identification of a regional staff member as a single point of
contact (SPC) for DETE Regional Office
• Facilitate a regional engagement workshop to commence the development of
a collaborative approach between the education regional office and a wide
range of service providers
• Identify a pilot program to commence collaboration
• Meet with the school Principal/s to commence pilot partnership discussions
• Complete a needs analysis and develop an Action Plan with three priorities
Relationship Management
• The DETE RYSC and PB Manager meet monthly and use their knowledge of
the region and the information from the pilot partnership to continue to
identify partnership opportunities and regional collaboration activities
• All collaborative activities are reviewed and monitored
• The DETE RYSC, PB Manager and Partnership Brokers that are brokering
collaborative partnerships meet once per term to discuss each partnership
and evaluate progress.
Critical Success Factors
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Regional Director endorsement
Designated single point of contact into DETE regional office
Understanding of individual roles
Willingness to understand each others strengths and limitations
Leveraging from each others strengths
True collaboration on partnerships
Willingness to see practical changes implemented across the
region
• Structured communication
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