Shaping young careers	2/12 Blueridge Drive Dubbo NSW 2830 PO Box 4939 Dubbo EAST NSW 2830	Phone: 02 6885 6144 Fax: 02 6885 6199 Email: reception@wsc.edu.au
	1a Wentworth Street Broken Hill NSW 2880	Phone: 08 8082 5725
	120 Bentinck Street Bathurst NSW 2795	Phone: 02 6332 3656

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Work Placement Coordination 2021

Work Placement calendar dates are now overdue.
Please return your FORM to your Coordinator as soon as possible.

NEW STUDENT PLACEMENT RECORDS
There are now new SPRs for the three school sectors and EVET, to address COVID-19 Health Orders.
We MUST use these new SPRs for each new placement organised.
Please go to our Work Placement Page to find these.

Work Placement Service Provider	Links to Learning Provider	Creative Kids Provider - Robotics and Coding	Duke of Ed Open Award Centre

Western Student Connections will source work placements from host employer’s and work for schools and EVET providers to match their students with appropriate work placement opportunities. Our target group is students in NSW Schools undertaking HSC VET courses and Board Endorsed Courses within Service Regions J and K. We will: source work placements from host employer’s and work with schools and EVET providers to provide students with appropriate work placement opportunities. consult with schools and EVET providers within Service Regions J and K to ensure they meet work placement requirements for students in each VET course. establish a sustainable relationship with NSW Department of Education (on behalf of the three education sectors and EVET providers) and Work Placement Service Providers in neighbouring service regions. The coordination of work placement is funded by the State of New South Wales through its Department of Education under the Work Placement Coordination Program and in conjunction with schools administered by Catholic Schools NSW and the Association of Independent Schools of NSW	WSC is funded by the NSW Department of Education for three Links to Learning projects: Knowing Me Pathways Gateways Projects target government school students who are at risk of disengaging from education. We work closely with the school's Learning Support Team to ensure participants in our projects gain the resilience and skills to complete their education to Year 12.	As a Creative Kids Provider with Service NSW, we offer 6-hour workshops for young people aged 6 years to 15 years. Parents can register for the $100 Creative Kids Voucher, so their young person can attend a workshop with us Workshops are available using a variety of robots including Bee-bots, Blue-bots, Ozobots, Sphero, Dash & Dot. Participants can learn to code using Scratch, Ozoblockly and Javascript.	Duke of Ed Open Award Centre Western Student Connections is proud to be a Duke of Ed Open Award Centre for young people residing in the Central West, Orana and Far West regions of New South Wales. The Duke of Ed is the leading structured youth development program for young Australians aged 14 to 25. Participants must learn a new skill, volunteer, improve their physical wellbeing and experience a team adventure in a new environment. Our qualified Award Leaders can help guide Participants through all stages of their Award. Participants discover new passions, make a difference in their community and learn important life skills to become #WorldReady. Register Now

Events

Dubbo AECG

3 December 2020
Dubbo North Public School

STEAM Ahead Robotics Workshops

No more this year!
Please book in for 2021 as soon as possible so you don't miss out.

Literacy & Numeracy for Work Workshops

30 November - Peak Hill Central School
1 December - Coonamble High School
2 December - Goodooga Central School
Book in for 2021 NOW

WORK PLACEMENT 2021

Western Student Connections will be coordinating work placement in 2021 across Regions J and K under a new contract. Included in the contract are work placements for VET and eVET courses including VET board endorsed Courses (VETBECs).
2021 Year 12 VET stduents require one 35-hour placement over the two years 2020 - 2021.
2021 Year 11 students will have work placements as normal.
Schools and TAFE Campuses MUST get work placement dates in to WSC as soon as possible to secure positions in the 2021 Work Placement calendar.

Work Placement	Links to Learning	STEAM Ahead Robotics & Coding	Student Wellbeing	Duke of Edinburgh Award	The Real Game Series	Training
Student Registration go2workplacement Pathways Database - Teacher Login Work Placement Information VET BECs	Links to Learning Projects Links to Learning Portal	STEAM Ahead website Robotics & Coding Workshops Service NSW - Creative Kids Creative Kids Workshops	Student Wellbeing and Attendance Student Engagement and Attendance	Duke of Ed Awards Duke of Edinburgh International Award	The Play Real Game The Make It Real Game The Real Game The Be Real Game The Get Real Game	Robotics and Coding for Teachers Robotics and Coding for Students The Real Game Series for Teachers The Real Game Series for Students Literacy and Numeracy for Work CALM C.A.R.E.Suicide Awareness CALM Suicide Prevention

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The coordination of work placements is funded by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education under the Work Placement Service Provider Program

NEW STUDENT PLACEMENT RECORDS

Duke of Ed Open Award Centre

Events

Dubbo AECG

STEAM Ahead Robotics Workshops

Literacy & Numeracy for Work Workshops

WORK PLACEMENT 2021