Publications Directory
Thu, Feb 10, 2005; by Bill Coppinger.
Publications Directory
From time to time, the Central Ranges LLEN will make publications available to all members and the general public.
The Board of Directors commitment to establish the most detailed and accurate evidence-base for education and training issues in the Shires of Macedon, Mitchell and Murrindindi is paramount.
We hope that these publications can be used across all sectors of our community.
- 2008 Environmental Scan [Our Communities, Our Stories] - Login Required
CRLLEN Environmental Scan 2008-2011 by Bill Coppinger - Central Ranges LLEN is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
Based on a work at www.centralrangesllen.org.au.
This twenty-nine page document outlines the key educational statistics and issues across each of the communities within the CRLLEN region. This data has been made available for education planners and school councils/governing boards.
This is not available for download but an executive summary of the findings can be found here.
The Education Scan Update [ESU] will be the basis of an upcoming Principals Forum to investigate ways of improving student outcomes across the region by developing strategic collaborations.
- A new Signpost at the Crossing Place - Community Based VCAL 2003 - 2005
Strong evidence emerged from the CRLLEN Environmental Scan (2002) that in the Mitchell-North Statistical Local Area [SLA] an alarming number of young people aged fifteen to eighteen, something in the order of 20%, were unemployed and not engaged in education or training. Of immediate concern were the projected fifty-three young people who were neither registered as unemployed nor involved in some form of education.
A similar percentage of dis-engaged young people were also identified within the Kyneton/Macedon area.
These young people were effectively "off-the-radar"when it came to access to support, education or employment services.
It was in this context that a network of concerned education and youth support agencies decided to take action in an attempt to re-engage some of these young people with formal education. The aim of the project was to develop a program delivery model that was flexible and responsive to the needs of these young people, using the resources of the wider community, in partnership with the local school.
Using the newly accredited VCAL as the vehicle, a community-based model of delivery was designed which capitalised upon existing capacities within the community to manage and contribute to the program content.
A full report of the 2003 Community Based VCAL project and on-going work can be found here.
- 2004 update edition of the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network's Environmental Scan [2003-2004]
We commissioned The National Institute of Economic and Industry Research [NIEIR] to complete what we believe to be the most detailed report of its kind to be completed in this region in the last 10 years.
Follow this link to an outline on the Web Site
Download Environmental Scan 2004 [809Kb]
Forms - Please find the forms and links associated with joining or being a part of the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network.
OnTrack Data - On Track also includes a research component to provide a comprehensive picture of what happens to young people after they leave school.
Research and Reports - Post compulsory education and training concerns education and training for all those of 15 years of age and older. Research indicates that if these young people do not make a satisfactory transition from education and training towards sustainable employment by their mid-twenties, they continue to be disadvantaged on many measures, both financial and social .
Online Discussion Forums
Follow this link to gain access to the Online Discussion Forums- Topic: 'The Research Well' - a "well" of information and links to research, reports and other useful, intersting, intriguing or perhaps humorous information. Please feel free to add your own.
