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Single Gender Project

The State Government, through the Department of Education and Training is committed to evidence-based approaches to improving learning for students. In response to a Ministerial request during 2005 that further research be undertaken within Western Australian public schools, five secondary schools are trialling single gender classes across a range of learning areas.

The trial which commenced in 2006 aims to:

provide an evidence base to inform the Department in relation to the conditions that support improved student learning in single gender classes;
explore school-level issues relating to single gender classes as an educational option for students; and
contribute to advice to the Minister for Education and Training for possible future policy development in relation to single gender classes.

Traineeships

This program has five objectives:

Help more young Aboriginal students get jobs.
Encourage more Aboriginal students to stay at school during Year 11 and 12.
Make a wide range of vocational training available to Aboriginal students.
Make education and training more meaningful for Aboriginal students.
Develop a program where Government Departments work together in a coordinated way. Read More

Single Gender

The trial which commenced in 2006 aims to:

provide an evidence base to inform the Department in relation to the conditions that support improved student learning in single gender classes;
explore school-level issues relating to single gender classes as an educational option for students; and
contribute to advice to the Minister for Education and Training for possible future policy development in relation to single gender classes. Read More

Family Links

The Family Links Program supports schools to work collaboratively with parents, caregivers and the school community. This is an important program initiated by the Government to:

establish projects to improve partnerships with parents/caregivers
encourage involvement of community groups in the formation and strengthening of local school/community partnerships
encourage involvement of extended family members in the school community. Read More

Voc Ed

Implementation of VET is in accordance with the nationally agreed principles from Principles and Guidelines for Improving Outcomes for Vocational and Technical Education and Training in Schools (2005 - 2008). Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Schools programs are delivered as part of a broad, general education that combines study towards a senior secondary certificate (i.e. the Western Australian Certificate of Education - the WACE) with a nationally recognised VET qualification within the Australian Qualification Framework. Read More

Literacy & Numeracy

Through the Commonwealth Literacy and Numeracy Program (CLNP), the Department directs supplementary literacy and numeracy funding to schools with a high proportion of educationally disadvantaged students. The aim of this program is to measurably improve literacy and numeracy among disadvantaged students and to support the National Literacy and Numeracy Plan.

YBC Programs

Dare To Lead

Yule Brook College Wins:
High Achievement Award

The 2007 Dare to Lead Excellence in Leadership in Indigenous Education Awards were announced by the Hon. Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, at a ceremony in Parliament House, Canberra on 14 March 2008.

YBC showed "...significant improvements in school enrolments and graduation rates plus a reduction in suspension rates over the past five years. There is evidence that both the student and community voice within the school is strong."