3.6: Educational Transition
Support for transitions through the education system. Other Information:
Our education system recognises the importance of each student’s unique pathway as they move into adult life and make choices
about their future training, study and employment options. The ACT Government will incorporate a Canberra Institute of Technology
Flexible Learning Centre in the new Gungahlin College, scheduled to open in 2010. The centre will offer increased training
and provide learning options for Gungahlin College students and the broader community, as well as providing seamless transitions
from school to further study. Four new early childhood schools will improve transitions for children and families between
home, early childhood settings and the early school years. In addition, all pre-schools will be amalgamated with a primary
school in 2008, thus strengthening school excellence across the ACT by ensuring every student has the skills and knowledge
for their ongoing engagement in education. The pre-school–Year 10 model adopted by the ACT Government offers middle-school
programs that focus on the specific developmental and learning needs of adolescent students. The model also enables individual
teachers to spend more time and establish close relationships with groups of students, enabling personalised learning and
pastoral care. A Career and Transition Framework will be developed for programs in schools and colleges. The framework will
support teachers to facilitate positive transitions through school and on to further education and training or employment.
Australian School-Based Apprenticeships (ASBAs) will be promoted, with particular emphasis on opportunities for students to
commence Certificate III qualifications while at school. The ACT Government will also encourage its agencies to provide employment
opportunities for ASBAs. Opportunities to broaden and strengthen schools’ links to business and industry will also be identified.
Additional staff in each ACT secondary college will support students as they enter and move through the college sector, with
enhanced access to careers programs and vocational learning. These teachers will work between the college and high schools
in their region to embed transition activities and pathways planning in the college sector. The Beyond Articulation project
between the Canberra Institute of Technology and the University of Canberra provides 170 flexible pathways between the two
institutions, along with improved information resources for students and enhanced resource sharing. The project provides a
nationally recognised model of choice and opportunity for transition from vocational education to university.
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