Promoting Pasifika achievement to higher education that support social mobility & inclusion in Australia Dr. Jioji Ravulo Senior Lecturer (Social Work) of Social Sciences and Psychology WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY
PATHE Overview Pasifika Achievement To Higher Education (PATHE) DEVELOPING VOCATIONAL AND CAREER ASPIRATIONS IN PACIFIC COMMUNITIES Student Support Outreach Workshops Project Innovation
PATHE Student Support FOCUS ON RETENTION, PROGRESSION, COMPLETION & TRANSITION Students on campus Weekly workshops Inclusive conversations about retention
Pacific Enrolments Year Number Growth % of student popn 2014 400-1.0% 2015 900 125% 2.0% 2016 1200 33% 2.7% 2017 1600 33% 3.6%
PATHE Outreach Workshops WORKING WITH PRIMARY & HIGH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY & BEYOND Learner Progression Framework (LPF) Education, Aspiration, Training (EAT) PATHE Member participation & student ambassadors Inclusive conversation with educators
PATHE Partners WESTERN SYDNEY Bidwill Public Blackett Public Blacktown Boys High Blacktown Girls High Cambridge Park High Chifley College Bidwill Campus Chifley College Dunheved Campus Chifley College Mount Druitt Campus Chifley College Senior Campus Chifley College Shalvey Campus Colyton High Crawford Public Dawon Public Doonside High Emerton Public Evans High Hassall Grove High Hebersham Public The Hills Sports High Layola College Lethbridge Park Public Mitchell High Mountain View College - K- 12 Noumea Public Oxley Park Public Patrician Brothers College Pendle Hill High Penrith High Plumpton High Plumpton Public Quakers Hill High Rooty Hill High Shalvey Public St Clair High St Clair Catholic High St Marys High St Mary McKillop Public St Marys North Public Tregear Public The Meadows Whalan Public Willmot Public Wyndham College
PATHE Partners SOUTH WEST SYDNEY Airds High Ashcroft High Auburn Girls High Bankstown Girls High Bankstown Public Bankstown Senior College Bass High Belmore Boys High Birrong Boys High Bonnyrigg High Bonnyrigg Public Briar Road Public Cabramatta High Campbelltown Performing Arts High Campbelltown Public Canley Vale High Canterbury Girls High Chester Hill High Claymore Public Condell Park High Eagle Vale High Fairfield High Fairvale High Granville Boys High Granville South High Guise Road Public Holy Spirit Catholic College James Busby High Juniperina Juvenile Justice Centre Lakemba Public Liverpool Girls High Lurnea High Macarthur Adventist College Merrylands High Miller High Prairewood Boys High Punchbowl Boys High Punchbowl Pubic Sir Joseph Banks High St Johns Park High Wiley Park Girls High Wiley Park Public Canterbury Girls High
PATHE Community Groups LOCAL COUNCILS Bankstown City Council Fairfield City Council COMMUNITY GROUPS Fijian Youth Initiative New South Wales Pacific Council TAFE - South Western Sydney Institute TAFE - Western Sydney Institute Street University Liverpool Street University Mt Druitt PCYC Blacktown Boystown Blacktown Bankstown Police PICSS (Pacific Islander Casework Support Service) Save the Children Pacific Mentor Project Miranda Police South West Sydney Regional Advisory Council Blacktown Juvinille Justice Office PIMDAN BREED Community Brokers SPORTING GROUPS NSW Rugby League NRL One Community Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Club Penrith Rugby Club Blacktown United Rugby Union Club SCHOOLS Hoxton Park High Mary Mckillop College Brookvale Public Westfields Sports High Endeavour Sports High Canturbury Boys High Kogarah High RELIGIOUS GROUPS LDS Liverpool Stake
PATHE Outreach Year s Community 2012 1,269 students 6 community events 2013 5,600 students 12 community events 2014 6,000 students 10 community events 2015 6,500 students 10 community events 2016 3,500 students 30 community events
PATHE Project Innovations CREATING SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES Innovative Resources Innovative activities (CIOCT / BTF2UNI / CP) Innovative conversations with community (including parents)
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Additional Projects Parents Workshops Community Events PATHE Annual Awards Second Yr 12 Workshop MY (Middle Years) Conference Juvenile Justice Workshops PATHE Quarterly Newsletter PATHE@MASSEY PATHE@NRL International Networking Kings College London Winchester University
Research Projects PATHE Community Research 1403 responses; 1337 Pacific responses 205 Primary Students 940 High Students 123 University Students 16 Parents 7 Teachers (35 Non Pacific) [42] 15 Community Support Workers 31 Community members Report & 2 Articles Pacific Communities in Australia Report (2011 / 2016) PATHE Vocational Videos PATHE@RUPA OWP Social Return On Investment (SROI)
Promoting Pasifika achievement to higher education that support social mobility & inclusion in Australia Dr. Jioji Ravulo Senior Lecturer (Social Work) of Social Sciences and Psychology WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY