A path to re-engagement: evaluating the first year of a Community VCAL education program for young people

The Brotherhood of St Laurence’s 2010 Community VCAL (CVCAL) program was tailored for young people aged 15 to 18 who had experienced barriers to education, often leading to expulsion or ‘exiting’ from mainstream schools. Located in Frankston, the program delivered the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning [VCAL] - a Years 11-12 certificate course which combines classroom tuition with vocational training and work placements - in a community setting rather than a school. The evaluation of its inaugural year found that, notwithstanding some challenges, the 2010 BSL-CVCAL program made a signif ... Show more

Authors: Myconos, George

Corporate authors: Brotherhood of St Laurence

Published: Fitzroy, Victoria, Brotherhood of St Laurence, 2011

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: viii, 47 p.

Access item: http://www.bsl.org.au/pdfs/Myconos_Path_to_re-engagement_CommunityVCAL_evaluation_2011.pdf

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Subjects: DisadvantagedEvaluationVocational education and trainingYouthOutcomesTeaching and learning

Keywords: Program evaluationYouth at riskOutcomes of education and trainingEducational programEducational alternativePostcompulsory educationVocational preparation

Geographic subjects: OceaniaAustraliaVictoria

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