Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90Great year for VETiS V ocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS) is an important part of school life at Nyangatjatjara College. It allows senior students to acquire skills and capabilities that can be certified through formal qualifications, and lead to the world of work. The College has a longstanding partnership with Redpath Education to help deliver VETiS.“We have established a very productive connection with Nyangatjatjara College,” says Tony Spencer, Education Director of Redpath Education.“As is so often the case, it’s all about relationship building.This means relationships between Redpath and the College; relationships with employers; relationships between staff and students.” A significant development has been the repositioning of the College kitchen as a professional workplace.The Kitchen Supervisor has completed a Food Safety Supervisors Course, as has one of the senior students.This helps establish correct protocols within the kitchen as well as appropriate hierarchies as can be found in any workplace. “We are currently working through policies and procedures, for example handwashing,” Mr Spencer said.“The students learn about things like work health safety, signage, managing hazards, hierarchies of control, chemical hazards, safety data sheets etc. By having a workplace that is compliant, it means as an RTO we can recognise that they are undertaking activities consistent with the policies and procedures, and they can work towards the relevant certification.As part of the workplace relationships, students need to know who everyone here reports to, so they can build knowledge of appropriate workplace interactions.They learn that here, but it will carry over when they are settled into an external workplace.Working through this leads naturally to conversations about pathways and where they are going with their lives.” A number of senior girls commenced study for Certificate 1 Community Services program which is also being delivered under aVETiS model, and so far three have attained it.“We have MOUs with childcare centres inYulara, Docker River, Mutitjulu plus Alice Springs.This allows the girls to undertake visits and as they become more engaged with the workplace and settled they do workplace activities - nappy changing, cleaning, play sessions, reading sessions.This reinforces the formal learning they do about things like first aid; hand washing; workplace behaviours and expectations; anaphylaxis; terminology; legislation and procedures. “Over time they come to realise that the childcare centre is a learning environment, that play is not just play, and how the early years learning framework helps children transition into school (and ultimately the workplace).We look at differences between the centres, different modes of delivery, and the similarities - for example, every centre requires a Cert 3 First Aid certificate.We use the workers in the centre to talk about their own stories, why they started in childcare, what training they did, what ongoing training they are doing.” Part of this program involved an intensive week in Alice Springs where students makd various site visits including to Alice Springs Hospital where they met with the Aboriginal Liaison Officers.“This will led conversations about communication and how it happens; policies and procedures, signage, all of which links back to what we do at the College,” Mr Spencer said.