School students/school leavers
- Promotion of ECEC pathways and careers including information sessions and forums
- School based traineeships
- VET Delivered to Secondary Students (VETDSS)
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
- Comprehensive review of prior education, skills, and knowledge
- Intensive support program to assist students to gather required evidence for RPL process, including workplace observation visits
- Regular progress and support meetings
- Academic study support to ready students for transition into Diploma
- Drop-in sessions/study groups with both online and face-to-face options
- Bursary for financial assistance with travel and study costs
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
- Regular progress and support meetings
- Guest speaker events: topics relevant to building capabilities for a Certificate III level educator
- Allocate a host service work placement to embed theory into practice
- Support for workplace supervisors: evidence-based mentoring program for workplace supervisors to effectively support trainees
- Academic study support to ready students for transition into Diploma
- Support on the job with regular workplace visits from TAFE Trainer to support skill development
- Drop-in sessions/study groups with both online and face-to-face options
- Bursary for financial assistance with travel and study costs
- Regional workshops - Corryong/Tallangatta
Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
- Regular progress and support meetings
- Academic skills to support transition to university, including connecting with La Trobe University representatives on the academic requirements in the second half of the course.
- Guest speaker events, relevant to Diploma level, including Bachelor qualified early childhood teachers who have undertaken a VET to Higher Education pathway to promote the early childhood profession.
- Support on the job with regular workplace visits from TAFE Trainer
- Drop-in sessions/study groups
- Mentoring from industry experts
- Bursary for financial assistance with travel and study costs
- Regional workshops - Corryong/Tallangatta
Industry
- Industry engagement sessions
- Incentives to support staff release (backfill)
- Coaching and mentoring professional development to upskill senior industry staff to provide evidence-based workplace mentoring
- Professional Development opportunities
Community of Practice (CoP)
- Regular Community of Practice (CoP) sessions for students to collaborate with other participants in the program
- Online forums for CoP engagement and collaboration
- CoP would include students, industry and education representatives (Wodonga TAFE & La Trobe University)
- Invitations to key specialists in local community
Student Support Services
Wodonga TAFE offers a dedicated learner support department to support students. Our Student Support team operates all year round to provide a one-stop-shop for students in the following areas:
- Career guidance and counselling
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support
- Access and equity advice/support
- Student welfare service
- Financial assistance
- Generalist counselling
- Disability support
- Links to external health and welfare agencies.
Additional Support
Access the Wodonga Skills and Jobs Centre which provides a range of free services for individuals. Skills and Jobs Centres are based in TAFEs across Victoria, and offer access to expert and impartial advice and guidance on training and employment opportunities including:
- career advice and job searching assistance
- resume writing
- apprenticeship and traineeship advice
- utilising the Victorian Skills Gateway website
- referral to welfare support and financial advice
- recognition of prior learning (RPL) process, career and training plans, and
- training qualifications and opportunities to help with career transition.