iKINNECT is a four-year pilot program run through our Airds Connect Centre, and aims to improve education and employment outcomes for indigenous youth in the area.
This non-school-based program focuses on engaging students to learn, intensive literacy and numeracy, development of life skills, and cultural relevance. Students are supported by their family, the community and their school.
Family members are encouraged through participation and involvement in learning activities, cultural development and rewards, with the aim of increasing their support for their children’s education.
The indigenous community is engaged to support the youth through cultural development programs and camps, and by creating opportunities for greater exposure to work experience and career options, in particular for Year 9 and 10 students.
Finally, the school is involved, aiming to improve attendance, retention rates, and student performance and to support existing school-based education programs through holistic support of non-school-based programs.
With this ambitious program in its second year of implementation, WorkVentures remains committed to developing and implementing an overarching program that is fun, interactive and culturally relevant for participants with a focus on literacy and numeracy support, computer technology skills advancement, life skills enhancement and peer leadership.
This program is supported by the AMP Foundation.
