Updates from the Health Gateway to Industry Schools project
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Issue 12
25 November 2022
Gateway-2-Health is a project newsletter providing updates and key information on the Health Gateway to Industry Schools project being delivered by CheckUP. Our project team is working closely with Queensland schools and health industry employers to promote career pathways and support students' understanding of the varied and in-demand roles in the health sector. We will also help to facilitate learning and experiential opportunities for both students and
teachers.
To learn more about the project or to contact the project team, click the button below!
End of year reporting
As you may be aware, the Health Gateway Program is funded by the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT) and as part of this funding, DESBT require the submission of an annual report from CheckUP. As part of this report, DESBT require some basic statistical information from all Gateway Schools participating in the program including enrolments in VET health qualifications, participation in health gateway activities, teacher professional development, students transitioning to further education and engagement with health services providers and tertiary education institutions.
Therefore, we ask all schools participating in the Health Gateway Program to please complete a short (approximately 5 minutes to complete) online survey by Friday 2 December 2022 to assist with this reporting requirement. It would be greatly appreciated if you could coordinate with fellow staff to ensure only one survey is completed and submitted per school. Please complete the questions to the best of your knowledge and don’t hesitate to contact Sabrina Kerr (sabrinakerr@checkup.org.au) or Kat Murray (kmurrray@checkup.org.au) should you have any questions or concerns at all.
Please complete survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HealthGatewaySchoolsSurvey2022
The Health Gateway Yearbook
We are also asking schools to contribute a small article for the first Health Gateway Yearbook! The Health Gateway Team here at CheckUP would love to share and highlight the fantastic work that our Gateway schools have undertaken over this past year. To do this we have decided to pull together a Health Gateway Yearbook and we are asking each school to please contribute a small article for the yearbook. Please email Sabrina Kerr (sabrinakerr@checkup.org.au) or Kat Murray (kmurray@checkup.org.au) through a couple of paragraphs (maximum of 250 words) and any photos you’d like to be included by 2 December 2022.
Below are some examples of what you might like to contribute:
- An outstanding student or achievement
- Opening of or planning of a new health hub
- An overview of your VET health programs
- Experiential learning
- Health related career expos
Feedback - How can we support you in 2023?
We would love to hear from our Health Gateway schools about how best the team can support you in 2023. Please click on the button below to complete the survey.
We want to know what your successes have been with school to work transitions, any challenges you may have experienced, how you think we can raise the profile of VET and how the Health Gateway team can support you in 2023.
Informing young people about post-school pathways survey
The Group of Researchers from Griffith University, funded by the Department of Education have been engaged to undertake research to identify ways in which partnerships amongst schools, workplaces and tertiary education institutions can assist in informing young people about and providing experiences to assist their decision-making about postschool pathways. The survey builds upon interviews and case studies that have already been undertaken by a select number of Health Gateway Schools.
The survey is anonymous, although participants can indicate contact details for a draw prize of gift vouchers.
The online link is as below:
https://prodsurvey.rcs.griffith.edu.au/Partnerships-survey
There are two pathways through the survey, one is for school-age children that requires parental consent, and the other is for adults and this includes stakeholders of various kinds.
That's a wrap for 2022!
Happy Holidays
Finally, from all of the team here at the Health Gateway we would like to wish all of our wonderful schools a happy and safe holidays. We have truly enjoyed visiting and supporting all of the great schools we have on board. We look forward to continuing to work with you in 2023!
Your Health Gateway Coordinator will be in touch with you early in the new year to discuss how best we can support you throughout the year.
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About the Gateway Program
The Health Gateway to Industry Schools program (GISP) is a project being delivered by CheckUP in partnership with Queensland’s Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT). The project aims to develop school students’ knowledge and understanding of the varied roles available in the health workforce and improve their access to learning and experiential opportunities in Queensland’s growing health sector.
The project forms part of a broader Gateway to Industry Schools ("GISP") initiative which currently caters to ten distinct industry sectors. Click here to read more about DESBT's GISP projects.
Want to know more about the work undertaken by CheckUP?
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This Gateway to Industry Schools program is proudly supported and funded
by the Queensland Government.
