‘Building partnerships that support improved education and transition outcomes for all young people’
The School Business Community Partnership Brokers (Partnership Brokers) program is focused on building partnerships to support young people to attain Year 12 or equivalent qualifications and reach their full educational and social potential.
The program is designed to foster a strategic, whole of community approach to improving education and transition outcomes for all young people. This is achieved through a national network of Partnership Brokers that create new partnerships and enhance existing partnerships between and among four key stakeholder groups:
- Education and training providers
- Business and industry
- Parents and families
- Community groups
Partnership Brokers assist key stakeholders to enter into partnership arrangements that will enrich the learning experience for young people leading to improved levels of participation, engagement and attainment. These partnerships harness resources and build local infrastructure to support communities to share responsibility for young people’s learning and development. Partnership Brokers work with key stakeholders to identify the needs of their region, help partners to agree on how they can work together towards a common purpose, and support partnerships to achieve their goals.
For more information on the Partnership Brokers program, including the benefits of partnering, examples of successful partnerships and to locate a Partnership Broker in your community, visit the Youth Attainment and Transitions website.
The Partnership Brokers Program Guidelines and Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Framework (MERF) are available here:
Youth Attainment and Transitions Service Region Maps
Visit the Service Region Maps page for more information. A list of Partnership Broker providers can be found in the document below:
Partnership Brokers Factsheets
Other Initiatives
Business-School Connections Roundtable
The Government announced the Business-School Connections Roundtable as part of the response to the 2020 Summit. The Roundtable comprised of a small group of leaders from the education, business and community sectors. The Roundtable released the report, Realising Potential: Business Helping Schools to Develop Australia’s Future, which outlines a practical strategy to engage business as a partner in the achievement of improved educational outcomes and highlights the importance of a whole-of-community approach to supporting young people to ensure that all young Australians reach their full potential.
Visit the Business-School Connections Roundtable page for more information.