Background information, SA panel members

Vocational Education Team

The Vocational Education Team of the Department of Education, Training and Employment is responsible for managing the 'Ready, Set, Go' program in South Australia. 'Ready, Set, Go' is a broadbanded School-to-Work program that aligns several key Commonwealth and State priorities:

• VET in Schools (including School Based Apprenticeships/Traineeships)
• Community Based Learning
• Career Planning and Pathways
• Enterprise Education
• Key Competencies

'Ready, Set, Go'
'Ready Set Go' has provided a framework for school-to-work programs where:

• both primary and secondary schools are involved in comprehensive program aimed at preparing young people for success at school, adult life and the world of work
  
  
• both schools and their local communities are recognised as having a central role to play in this preparation
  
  
• there is a new concept of partnerships extending beyond superficial school-industry links
  
  
• there is a clear direction for action in schools, groups of schools and regions.
  
  Staff:
  The Vocational Education Team consists of:
  

  Jim Syrmas	Manager
  Kim Clayton	Curriculum Officer	Key Competencies/Enterprise Education
  Paul Willis	Curriculum Officer	VET in Schools
  Ian Moody	Curriculum Officer	Career Planning and Pathways
  Colleen Abbott	Curriculum Officer	Students at Risk/Community Based Learning
  Susan Blackley	Curriculum Officer	Key Competencies/School-Industry Links (Years 8-10)
  Kathryn Needs	Curriculum Officer	VET in Schools/School Industry Links (Years 11-12)
  Peter Both	Coordinator	School Based Apprenticeships/Traineeships
  Anna-Maria Zupancic	Curriculum Officer	Professional Development Key Competencies/VET in Schools
  Romaine Dawson	Curriculum Officer	Portfolio/Pathway Planner

  Members from this team will contribute to the guest panel.

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  First published October 12, 1998, last modified October 31, 1999.