APM Welcome, APM North West Network Conference, Synergies Across Sectors
NTLT 2012 - Where am I now? Amanda Kerr, NMIT
1. Know Your Self
Sort it Out
Self Management
Get Outside
Hand Tools and Small Machinery
ATV Use
Practical Carpentry Skills
Practical Automotive and Engineering Skills
STCW95 Basic Training
Chainsaw Skills
4. “One of my life time goals is to build my own house just so
at the end of my life I can sit back and say my life wasn’t a
waste and I did accomplish things in my life.
My second goal is to become a child care teacher or
social worker I just enjoy making kids laugh and happy they
make me happy just cause not all of my child hood was
that great and I’d not wish any other kid to be unhappy
and not have to experience the bad stuff in life, The youth
years I think is where most memories are made so I want to
make other feel good and happy so they can see that it’s
not always bad and it does end. Just to make life for them
better and enjoyable.
But I thought I’d update you with my goals and how I feel
still about my future it has changed a bit but still have a
vision and a path that I do plan on sticking with no matter
what. And just thought you’d like to know where my
thinking is for the future is”.
5. • Every student is unique
• New challenges
• Disengagement from education and society
• Many young males feel undermined by adults
• FaceBook – Friend and Foe
• Confidence
• Enthusiasm to keep learning
• Importance of pastoral with youth
• Saying GROW UP doesn’t help
Unique – not to judge the students on what happened last year, that what worked before may or may not work Different levels of engagement Challenges - different challengesDisengagement – I have realised that many of this years students are not only disengaged from education, but from society. When pushed, flight or fight mode, old behaviours. So we are trying to change years of disengagement. This is where the pastoral care is so important, my office Troll hole, but the boys are always welcome, and whether it is a girl friend issue, a family issue, a drug issue they all know my door is open and they can trust me. Friend and foe -
30% progress onto further study Automotive x 4 Adventure Tourism x 1Certificate in IT services 55% Progress onto work Building apprenticeship Eve’s Valley Mill Dairy farmingOlive groveLandscapingWorking on the boats Farming 15% No formal activity
