• Embedding the underlying philosophy into the planning, implementation and practice
  
• Embedding the project into curriculum and encouraging innovation
  

Pilot projects need agency support, strong partnerships and strong networks:

• Local community support especially in terms of attitude
  
• Community partnership should have multiple relationships so that the project does not depend on one particular relationship
  
• for the operational side of the project support within the school should be such that 'value' is recognised by school, industry, community students
  
• use VECO as a networking tool - to access up to date information
  

• Plan to use funding for start up aspects eg. Establishing documents, staff in-service
  
• Two year funding minimum to establish critical mass and achieve realistic outcomes
  
• budgeting should be with thoughts of sustainability from the outset
  
• Seek multiple funding sources- Corporate Sponsorship, Partnerships, Government
  
• May have to become 'user pays'
  
• ASTF contract could allow time for seeking ongoing funding (have this as a formal action in the contract with timeframes)
  
• Alternative funding sources could include: industry levies, corporate sponsorship, funding 'in-kind', trust funds, lamington drives, community groups
  
• ASTF could run 'how to seek alternative funding' workshops or use Australian Philanthropy Association
  
• Have income generating business, which fund us eg. Sugar cane farm: All school grounds become Sugar cane plantations (Qld), Poppy fields (Tassie), Hemp farms (Kemp's Hemp??)!!!!
  
• Initial funding should be seen as a springboard only/ every school deserves a "bite of the cherry"
  
• Once run and proven, must look to community for support or find ways to link it into existing systems with schools
  
• Demonstrated outcomes promote and prolong life of such trial programs
  

• workplace/employment groups
• students/staff
• Community representatives
• Parents/School Councils
• Needs to be promoted to others to help avoid reinventing wheels
• Use variety of promotion vehicles – VECO, Cluster, networks, stakeholders, STUDENTS

• Collaboration
• Shared leadership from a dedicated management committee who lead activity
• Communication/support
• Robust documentation
• Independent of personality

• Critical Friend,
• Effective ongoing Evaluation eg using IDEA principle (Initiate, Develop, Evaluate, Adapt)
• Marketing
• Promotion of outcomes & benefit