The GMLLEN vision is that all youth in our communities are successfully engaged in education, training and employment. GMLLEN operates within the geographical boundaries of the City of Greater Shepparton, Moira and Strathbogie Shires.
There are 31 Local Learning and Employment Networks or LLENs in Victoria, funded by the Victorian Department of Education & Training. The goal of each LLEN is to support young people, 10–19 years old, within its geographical boundaries by improving their participation, engagement, attainment and transition outcomes.
LLENs are made up of a range of groups and organisations including education and training providers, business and industry, community agencies, and parent and family organisations.
LLENs have a particular focus on young people at risk of disengaging, or who have already disengaged, from education and training and are not in meaningful employment.
Each LLEN creates strategic, sustainable partnerships that improve education and transition outcomes for young people, including increasing Year 12 or equivalent vocational attainment rates. LLENs use their knowledge of the region to influence strategic planning and broker partnerships among key stakeholders to support young people to remain engaged, or re-engage, in education or training.
LLENs are incorporated associations run by Boards or Committee of Managements, which each LLEN elects.
BUT WHAT IS A LLEN?
Local Learning and Employment Networks (LLENs) play a central role in implementing the Victorian Government’s post compulsory education and training reform agenda. LLENs will facilitate partnerships and broker initiatives between education and training providers, other local service providers, local communities, industry and other LLENs.
LLENs have operated since 2002 to connect employers, education and training providers, government groups, agencies and individuals to help turn business and community needs and ideas into new and innovative programs for young people.
- LLEN stands for Local Learning and Employment Network
- LLENs are an initiative of the Victorian Government
- There are 31 LLENs covering the whole of Victoria
Every LLEN is different, just as every area in Victoria is different. This ensures that each LLEN is able to assist with your community needs.
LLENs play a central role in implementing the Victorian Government’s post compulsory education and training reform agenda.
LLENs will facilitate partnerships and broker initiatives between education and training providers, other local service providers, local communities, industry and other LLENs.
The primary focus of these partnerships and initiatives is to improve education, training and employment outcomes for all young people 10 to 19 years old, with a particular focus on those young people who are at risk of disengaging, or who have already disengaged from education and training and are not in meaningful employment.
LLENs are expected to support the development and maintenance of increasingly effective partnerships. Ideally this means that the LLEN supports the development and maintenance of collaborative partnerships between the key stakeholders as a non-partner facilitator to the partnership, as a valued source of fairness, encouragement, and as a resource to all partners.
WHAT WE DO
Currently our work is dedicated to two key areas, as outlined below.
The GMLLEN Program has a focus on creating area based strategic, sustainable partnerships that improve education and transition outcomes for young people (aged 10 – 19), including increasing Year 12 or equivalent attainment rates. GMLLEN will broker sustainable partnerships that:
Support schools to:
- identify young people that are at risk of disengaging from education prior to completing Year 12 or a vocational equivalent
- identify and provide the support, education options and pathways to enable those young people to remain in education.
Support the broader community to:
- identify young people who have disengaged from education prior to achieving Year 12 or a vocational equivalent
- provide support, educational options and pathways to enable those young people to re-engage and remain in education.
The Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) program will support efforts to increase access to appropriate structured workplace learning (SWL) placements for Victorian students undertaking vocational education and training (VET) programs as part of their senior secondary certificates. The funding provided to GMLLEN enables the organisation to identify appropriate SWL placements that are tailored to local priorities and employment opportunities to improve education, training and employment options and outcomes for young people within the GMLLEN area.
The SWL program objectives are:
- facilitate access to appropriate SWL placements for students undertaking VET as part of their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) and School Based Apprenticeships and Traineeships (SBATs)
- facilitate engagement between schools and employers, and support schools to work directly with employers to place students into SWL placements
- liaise with employers and maintain information on the online portal to ensure it is current and meaningful
- identify local needs and industry priorities for appropriate SWL placements
- source local SWL placements for difficult to place students
- collaborate with schools and other service providers to provide young people with holistic, integrated support to assist them to engage, and re-engage, in education and training
STRUCTURED WORKPLACE LEARNING PORTAL (SWL)
The Structured Workplace Learning Program is a Department of Education and Training initiative designed to increase the opportunities for young people aged 15 – 19 years of age to improve their skills and workplace knowledge through ‘on the job’ experience via Structured Workplace Learning (SWL) and School Based Apprenticeships/Traineeships (SBATs). GMLLEN will be delivering the Structured Workplace Learning Program across the local government areas of Greater Shepparton, Moira and Strathbogie Shires.
The objectives of the Structured Workplace Learning SWL Program are to:
- Increase the numbers of young people undertaking SWL and SBAT work placement in relevant places of employment, with emphasis on industries that provide strong vocational outcomes
- Increase the alignment between vocational education and training (VET) provision and local industry needs.
The Program will contribute to:
- Improving opportunities for all young people to undertake workplace learning placements
- Improving the quality of VCAL and VETiS programs through increased opportunities for young people to undertake SWL and be assessed in work-based contexts
- Developing a ‘bank’ of ongoing workplace learning placements
- Improving the match between VET provision and effective student learning pathways
- Promoting workplace learning to industry by improving industry understanding of the benefits to them
For all SWL enquiries please contact GMLLEN Engagement & Placement Coordinators:
- Bec Costa-Lowe – bec.costa-lowe@gmllen.com.au
- Alison Nolan – alison.nolan@gmllen.com.au
YOUTH SERVICES DIRECTORY
GMLLEN acknowledges, and values, the many services provided by Youth Organisations in our region – Greater Shepparton, Moira and Strathbogie Shires.
GMLLEN is committed to working with, and assisting, these organisations wherever possible.
As part of this commitment, GMLLEN is in the process of developing and maintaining an online Youth Services Directory. This will provide up to date service information to members of our sector and the public in general.
Watch this space, the updated Youth Services Directory is coming soon!
If you are an authorised representative of an Organisation delivering services to young people in our region, please take a few minutes to complete the Youth Services Directory Registration Form so we can add your details to our Directory.
BECOME A MEMBER OF THE GOULBURN MURRAY LOCAL LEARNING & EMPLOYMENT NETWORK
Become a member of the Goulburn Murray Local Learning and Employment Network and help us to ensure that young people in our communities have all the necessary resources to fully participate in a rapidly changing world.
Members help us realise our mission of leading and supporting the development of local partnerships in education and training that will lead to opportunities for young people, as well as directly supporting the needs of industries, companies or small to medium enterprises important to local or regional prosperity.
APPLY NOW
Apply for membership now – complete either the community (individuals) membership application form, or the organisational/business membership application form if you’re an authorised representative of an organisation.
WHAT YOU GET
Goulburn Murray LLEN membership is free, and entitles you to:
- vote at our annual general meetings
- elect Committee of Management Members
- stand for election as a Committee of Management Member
- receive information and invitations related to our work.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN?
When you complete and submit the application form, we will send you a confirmation email. Our Committee of Management (CoM) will review your application at the next CoM meeting, and we will let you know if your application to be a member has been accepted.
GMLLEN AGM March 2017
A CELEBRATION OF EDUCATIONAL ENGAGEMENT WORK AROUND OUR REGION
The Committee of Management and Staff of GMLLEN are looking forward to welcoming all of our valued Members and Stakeholders to our AGM in March 2017.
The AGM will provide a great opportunity to celebrate GMLLEN’s partnerships, and the work being undertaken to support young people in our communities.
Along with the opportunity to celebrate and network with colleagues, you will hear from fantastic motivational guest speakers who are dedicated to building the capacity of young people and promoting the collaboration communities require to support the aspirations of our youth.
Please ensure you have submitted/updated your membership form online to receive more information about this event later in the year.
Please note – Consumer Affairs Victoria recently approved GMLLEN’s application to change our reporting year from 1 July – 30 June to 1 January – 31 December each year. This change was made primarily to align with Department of Education and Training funding cycles.
As such, we will be required to hold two AGMs in the coming six month period. As mentioned above, our major AGM will be held in March 2017, while the other will be a low key event on September 14th 2016 to present the required reports for compliance purposes.
For further information please contact:
GMLLEN’s CEO – Wendy Shorthouse
wendy.shorthouse@gmllen.com.au
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A: 399 Wyndham Street, Shepparton 3630
Post: PO Box 1213, Shepparton 3632
Email: gmllen@gmllen.com.au
Wendy Shorthouse – CEO
Email: wendy.shorthouse@gmllen.com.au
Mobile:0427 423 259
Bec Costa-Lowe – Engagement & Placement Coordinator
Email: bec.costa-lowe@gmllen.com.au
Mobile:0413 438 289
Alison Nolan – Engagement & Placement Coordinator
Email: alison.nolan@gmllen.com.au
Jamie Lea – Project Consultant
Email: jamie.lea@gmllen.com.au
Jeff Huddle – Financial Controller
Email: gmllen@gmllen.com.au