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Pat Mills and Adelaide 36ers initiative: Patty's All-Stars
The Patty's All-Stars program has been developed to acknowledge the outstanding efforts by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in their high achievements in academics as well as their continual high attendance records at school.
The Patty's All-Stars program has been specifically developed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and will offer many opportunities for students to have an inside look at being a professional athlete.
Students accepted and involved in this program will also receive;
- Mentoring advice and coaching from 36ers players and other professional athletes
- Basketball clinic being conducted by Adelaide 36ers coach Marty Clark
- Tour of Adelaide 36ers facilities
- Access to pre game routine and program for players and coaches
- Patty Mills designed t-shirt
- Regular updates from my web blogs
We will be working in partnership with the Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) and schools to nominate students and/or select students based on the following;
- academic achievements, and
- Excellent attendance records
KOKODA TREK COMPLETED!
Read more about it and see photos in this article from the DFC publication Buzz: DFC staff conquer the Kokoda Trail.
KOKODA TREK PROGRAM
Paul Vandenbergh has been selected by Jobs Australia Foundation to participate in the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP).
The IYLP will support 16 Indigenous young people and 9 Indigenous mentors from around Australia to participate in a 10 month long leadership program. Paul has been selected as a mentor and will be mentoring two young people Kelly Sambo and Tyronne Roderick from South Australia.
The aim of the program is to provide Indigenous young people and their mentors with support and accredited Indigenous leadership training that will build and nourish their leadership potential and ability to act as positive role models and create change within their communities.
The key elements of the IYLP model include:
- Allocation of mentors to groups of 2-3 young people over the 10 months
- Delivery of Certificate II in Indigenous Leadership to all participants in May, August and October, 2010
- Trekking the Kokoda Trail in August, 2010
- Evaluation of the journey of the participants for the duration of the program and the program model.
LEADERSHIP TREK
INDIGENOUS YOUTH LEADERSHIP OF THE KOKODA TRAIL - 1-10 AUGUST 2010
In 2009-10, the Jobs Australia Foundation will expand its investment in Indigenous leadership. In addition to its ongoing partnerships with the Stronger Smarter Institute and the Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre, the Foundation will co-ordinate a leadership trek on the Kokoda Trail for around sixteen young Indigenous leaders and their mentors from across the country.
This life-changing experience is designed to build on the leadership skills of a hand-picked group of participants and to nourish their potential as role models in their communities.
For many of the young participants, the trek will be the first trip outside of their community; for all of them:
- First-hand experience of the Trail
- The opportunity to meet with local Indigenous Papuan groups, and
- Completing components of a Cert II in Indigenous Leadership
This will be a chance to challenge their thinking and grow into a role model. There will be many months of preparation, including
- Training sessions
- Practice hikes
- Phone hook ups with fellow participants
- Preparation work for their certificate ii components
- Providing their school and/or community with updates
- Progress reports, and
- Begin to build relationships with fellow mentors and participant from within their local area
PURPOSE OF TREK
- Build leadership capacity of participants and mentors
- Experience and share Indigenous culture with local Papuan groups
- Encourage young participants to become positive leaders and role models within their communities to lead positive change
- Partner with each participant's school and/or family and community to encourage and support participants in their current activities with clear milestones and goals pre and post leadership trek project
- Seek to extend and challenge participants
- Improve participants' capacity to engage with peers
- Become part of a team with other young Indigenous leaders with diverse interests, strengths and passions.
- Share experiences and learnings with their community throughout the project and following the trek
For more information, please visit www.jafoundation.com.au for further details.