Catherine is Deputy Principal, Goondiwindi State High School in Queensland and has been involved in setting up this exciting program which is one of the rural industry SILO model projects.

The Rural Industry Schools Industry Links Outreach (SILO) Project, is funded by the ASTF through its industry partnership arrangements with the National Farmers' Federation.

Rural industry school to work programs, particularly in rural and remote communities where the industry is predominantly based, face problems associated with distance, seasonality and weather conditions, accessing accredited training, limited teaching resources, lack of employers, and the problems associated with accessing current information.

Gary Clark is the National Coordinator of the Rural industry SILO program and he will introduce Catherine.

Catherine has prepared some background information on the Goondiwindi "Our Youth, Our Farms, Our Future" project and is really looking forward to being a VECO online guest.

Event Schedule:

Postings to voced-coord list:

Monday March 17 - Friday March 26

VECOCafe Chat sessions:

(VECOCafe practice session: Wednesday March 17 at 11.30, ESST)

- Friday March 19 at 11.30 - 12.30 ESST

- Friday March 26 at 11.30 - 12.30 ESST

Please email the VECO Project Coordinator if you intend to participate in any of the VECOCafe sessions.

Participating in the event:
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Guest Contributions:
These will be published here after the online guest session has concluded.


Links To Relevant Resources:

Rural Industries SILO project

http://www.rsa.farmwide.com.au/astfrural/model.asp

Rural Skills Australia

http://www.rsa.farmwide.com.au

National Farmer's Federation

http://www.nff.org.au

Farmwide Australia

http://www.farmwide.com.au