BROADMEADOWS

Broadmeadows contains high levels of rel-ative poverty.

“Broadmeadows is one of the most disadvantaged suburbs in Australia, with more than 10% unemployment.”2006 ABS census

Just over one third of the population of Broadmeadows was born overseas, with a majority of this number being born in an non-english speaking country.

Baby overseas stats : Persons born over-seas 39.1%

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EDUCATION

All of the seventeen government schools are in the ‘like schools’ group category 9, the highest category of disadvantage for Victorian government schools.

• Existingfacilitiesareoutdated • Onaverage,85%ofstudentsatBroad- meadows high schools are in the bottom quarter of grade averages.

• BroadmeadowsSchoolenrolments have been rapidly decreasing since 2000.

• Limitedpathwaysarecreated.

• VCEstats:keyVCEsubjectssuchasMusic,Art,Accounting,Economics,and Politics are not taught.

SCHOOL PERFORMANCE

TEENAGERS

• LowVCE/VCAL/VETresults.

• 41%ofteenagersinBroadmeadowsare developmentally vulnerable compared to the Australian wide average of 22.2%

• Higherratesofabsenteeismcompared to state wide average.

• Absenteeismstats:Inprimaryschoolsin Broadmeadows the average student absenteeismisapproximately22.4days

• Inyears9and10theaverageamount ofdaysabsentis35days.Thatis essentially 7 school weeks out of a year; almost an entire term.

•Only30percentofstudentswho began at Year 7 complete Year 12.

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WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE?

• Facilitiesneedtobeprovidedoutsideof schools

• Thesefacilitiesneedtocreateastronger link with the local community, local governments, tertiary institutions, businesses and employers.

• Avariousarrayofclassesandprograms need to be establised that can allow teenagers to channel their interests.

• Themotiv8centrecanbeaonestop link to all these options.

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THE MOTIV8 MISSION

• CreateaPositiveexperience

• Amotivationalenvironment

• Bea“Cool”andSafeplaceforall

• Encourageculturalintegration

• Givenewexperiences

• Beasafeplacetolearnandgrow

THE MOTIV8 EXPERIENCE

• Seeanoutcomeforyourefforts

• Individualinterestsareencouraged

• Surroundedbyrolemodels

• Achancetohelpyourandother cultures thrive

• Valuewhereyourfrom,butvalue where you are

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MOTIV8 ELEMENTS

• Freetransporttocentrebybuses

• Classessuchasmusic,art,sportsteams, dance.

• Competitionforsportsteams

• GuestSpeakers

• Councillorsforchildrenfromwartorn countries

• Takeona“BigBrotherBigSister” approach

• Learnbasicmoney/businessskills

• Culturaldays/nightsforfood,dancing, customs.

• HaveanEducationalofficerNotand Careersofficer.

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CONCLUSION

• Installasenseofcompetence, usefulness,belongingandInfluence

• Becomeaintegralpartofthe Broadmeadows community