Promoting Pasifika achievement to higher education that support social mobility & inclusion in Australia Dr. Jioji Ravulo Senior Lecturer (Social Work) School of Social Sciences and Psychology WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PATHE Overview Pasifika Achievement To Higher Education (PATHE) DEVELOPING VOCATIONAL AND CAREER ASPIRATIONS IN PACIFIC COMMUNITIES • Student Support • Outreach Workshops • Project Innovation PATHE Student Support FOCUS ON RETENTION, PROGRESSION, COMPLETION & TRANSITION • Students on campus • Weekly workshops • Inclusive conversations about retention Pacific Enrolments Year Number Growth % of student popn 2014 400 - 1.0% 2015 900 125% 2.0% 2016 1200 33% 2.7% 2017 1600 33% 3.6% PATHE Outreach Workshops WORKING WITH PRIMARY & HIGH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY & BEYOND • Learner Progression Framework (LPF) • Education, Aspiration, Training (EAT) • PATHE Member participation & student ambassadors • Inclusive conversation with educators PATHE School Partners WESTERN SYDNEY • Dawon Public School • Quakers Hill High School • Bidwill Public School • Doonside High School • Rooty Hill High School • Blackett Public School • Emerton Public School • Shalvey Public School • Blacktown Boys High • Evans High School • St Clair High School School • Hassall Grove High School • St Clair Catholic High • Blacktown Girls High • Hebersham Public School School School • The Hills SPorts High School • St Marys High School • Cambridge Park High • • St Mary McKilloP Public School Layola College • Lethbridge Park Public School • Chifley College Bidwill • St Marys North Public Campus School • Mitchell High School School • Chifley College Dunheved • Tregear Public School Campus • Mountain View College - K- 12 • The Meadows • Chifley College Mount • Druitt CamPus • Noumea Public School Whalan Public School • • Chifley College Senior • Oxley Park Public School Willmot Public School Campus • Patrician Brothers College • Wyndham College • Chifley College Shalvey • Pendle Hill High School Campus • Penrith High School • Colyton High School • PlumPton High School • Crawford Public School • PlumPton Public School PATHE School Partners SOUTH WEST SYDNEY • Canterbury Girls High • Merrylands High School • Airds High School School • Miller High School • Ashcroft High School • Chester Hill High School • Prairewood Boys High • Auburn Girls High School • Claymore Public School School • Bankstown Girls High • Condell Park High School • Punchbowl Boys High School • Eagle Vale High School School • Bankstown Public School • Fairfield High School • Punchbowl Pubic School • Bankstown Senior College • Fairvale High School • Sir JosePh Banks High • Bass High School • Granville Boys High School School • • Belmore Boys High School • Granville South High School St Johns Park High School • • • Wiley Park Girls High Birrong Boys High School Guise Road Public School School • • Bonnyrigg High School Holy SPirit Catholic College • Wiley Park Public School • • Bonnyrigg Public School James Busby High School • Canterbury Girls High • Briar Road Public School • JuniPerina Juvenile Justice School • Cabramatta High School Centre • Campbelltown Performing • Lakemba Public School Arts High School • LiverPool Girls High School • Campbelltown Public • Lurnea High School School • Macarthur Adventist • Canley Vale High School College PATHE Community Groups LOCAL COUNCILS PICSS (Pacific Islander Penrith Rugby Club Bankstown City Council Casework Support Service) Blacktown United Rugby Fairfield City Council Save the Children Union Club Pacific Mentor Project COMMUNITY GROUPS Miranda Police SCHOOLS Fijian Youth Initiative South West Sydney Regional Hoxton Park High School New South Wales Pacific Advisory Council Mary MckilloP College Council Blacktown Juvinille Justice Brookvale Public School TAFE - South Western Sydney Office Westfields Sports High School Institute PIMDAN Endeavour SPorts High School TAFE - Western Sydney BREED Community Brokers Canturbury Boys High School Institute Kogarah High School Street University LiverPool SPORTING GROUPS Street University Mt Druitt NSW Rugby League RELIGIOUS GROUPS PCYC Blacktown NRL One Community LDS LiverPool Stake Boystown Blacktown Parramatta Two Blues Rugby Bankstown Police Club PATHE Outreach Year Schools Community 2012 1,269 students 6 community events 2013 5,600 students 12 community events 2014 6,000 students 10 community events 2015 6,500 students 10 community events 2016 3,500 students 30 community events PATHE Project Innovations CREATING SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND INCLUSIVE PRACTICES • Innovative Resources • Innovative activities (CIOCT / BTF2UNI / CP) • Innovative conversations with community (including parents) www.westernsydney.edu.au/pathe Additional Projects • Parents Workshops • Community Events • PATHE Annual Awards • Second Yr 12 Workshop • MY (Middle Years) Conference • Juvenile Justice Workshops • PATHE Quarterly Newsletter • PATHE@MASSEY • PATHE@NRL • International Networking • Kings College London • Winchester University Research Projects • PATHE Community Research • 1403 responses; 1337 Pacific responses • 205 Primary School Students • 940 High School Students • 123 University Students • 16 Parents • 7 Teachers (35 Non Pacific) [42] • 15 Community Support Workers • 31 Community members • Report & 2 Articles • Pacific Communities in Australia Report (2011 / 2016) • PATHE Vocational Videos • PATHE@RUPA • OWP Social Return On Investment (SROI) Promoting Pasifika achievement to higher education that support social mobility & inclusion in Australia Dr. Jioji Ravulo Senior Lecturer (Social Work) School of Social Sciences and Psychology WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY.