Pilot programs
Bremer
Bremer TAFE's program 'Learning Together' included two sections:
- Bremer Program 1: This five-week training program provided introductory principles and entry level practical skills for young women interested in arts and crafts. The participants undertook a series of practical art and craft projects in a variety of areas including photography, ceramics, card making, beading, acrylic painting, fabric painting, and printing and dying.
- Bremer Program 2: The aim of this nine-week training program was to provide young women interested in the arts with an introduction to a variety of indigenous art and culture. The participants undertook a series of practical art-focused projects including painting, plaster casting, weaving, fabric printing, making grass skirts, music, dancing, food preparation and cultural discussions. The program co-ordinator guided and assisted the elders from Aboriginal, Samoan, Torres Strait Islander, Cook Island and Maori communities to facilitate the workshops using traditional skills and where possible traditional materials.
The young women who participated in the Bremer TAFE 'Learning Together' program described their experience as enjoyable and successful. Many of the participants enjoyed the combination of school and TAFE as a way of maintaining their engagement with education. Generally, these young people felt that their needs were met more successfully in this program than they had been at school and all of them said they would participate again if the opportunity arose.
Kawana
The Kawana Arts Pathway - Young People's Passport to Multi Media Program sponsored by Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE (CSIT) was an eight week program that developed young people's skills in image manipulation using Adobe Photoshop and PowerPoint. Participants designed posters and multi media presentations communicating their thoughts on issues of importance to them. Each young person developed a personalised CDROM Passport containing work that could be used as a portfolio for future studies and employment.
This program successfully demystified TAFE for the young people involved. Young people completing the program were all very positive about their experience and saw TAFE as a viable option for study at some point in the future. This experience had positive effects on the young people's self esteem and development of social and conflict resolution skills. The program exposed the participants to role models, achievements and experiences that rekindled their desire to learn or earn.
Gympie
The Gympie Young People's Arts Showcase Program sponsored by Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE (CSIT) made contact with the participants for three, five-hour sessions per week engaging young people in their artistic areas of interest. Throughout these sessions participants worked toward their overall group goal of producing a short film. Artistic outcomes produced by participants include a short film, 'Hell Town', and a CD containing musical compositions and songs/raps written, performed and recorded by participants. The short film was showcased at the Cooloola Shire Council Mayor Christmas dinner as an example of the talents and activities undertaken by the youth of the Cooloola Shire.
The Gympie Young People's Arts Showcase exposed the core participating young people to role models, achievements and experiences that encouraged interest in future learning or work. The program also developed mentoring relationships between service agencies, artists and technicians and provided a multimedia training experience, building young people's confidence and awareness of technology and its artistic potential.
Brisbane
The Way to Go! 2003 Arts Pathways Program sponsored by Youth Affairs Network Queensland (YANQ) was an eight week program that included the delivery of outreach circus workshops and training in screen printing at SBIT Morningside campus. Each group had contact once a week with training in either circus or screen printing over a two month period. All groups were invited to come together at the Morningside campus to showcase the skills they had developed.
Way to Go! 2003 introduced young people to skills associated with circus and screen printing and exposed them to potential arts-related pathways available at TAFE. By involving a wide range of participants with different needs and degrees of 'readiness' across four sites, the program highlighted many issues that impact on the engagement of young people in learning. The program particularly looked at arts training and educational needs of the most marginalised of young people, the homeless.
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