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 // 'Effective Strategies to Increase School Completion Report’ // released by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 2008 ( State Government of Victoria) describes strategies to support students at risk of leaving school early and increased rates of school completion in Victoria. It acknowledges ‘On Track’ school leaver’s destination Data which indicates that students who leave school early are more likely to become unemployed and have lower earnings which will increase as the work force becomes more skilled. “The connection is simple-retention, engagement and higher levels of education open up broader opportunities that lead to better personal, social and economic outcomes.” //Dr Dahle Suggett- Deputy Secretary Office for Policy Research and Innovation. 2008 //
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The schools which were reported to have success retention rates were those which had at their core a student centered approach to learning, wellbeing and transition. ‘Success was targeted through flexible and responsive program arrangements and responsiveness to student needs’.

‘Your Future is our Future’ puts the belief that to target the needs of Individual student will achieve positive outcomes, central to its vision. By the use of collated school data teacher, students and parents are able to identify a young person’s strengths and areas that need support. The earlier the knowledge of a student at risk, the more potential for success any support program will have. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development’s // ‘Blue Print for Government Schools // (2003) looks at strategic ways a school can achieve positive outcomes for its students. It looked at systemic improvement in schools e.g. improved learning, programs for students at risk of leaving better transition through school and to further studies and the work force. It asks schools to be accountable to the data they collect and to respond to this ensuring the best possible outcomes for young people. In particular the ‘Your future is our Future’ is aimed at working closer with individual students and their families to improve learning and transition by monitoring young people pathways through data available.

The // Australian Blueprint for Career Development // (ABCD, 2006)  looks at the life cycle of skills a person needs to manage their lives in an ever changing world. “Managing life, learning and work has always been important, but it is becoming critical in a turbulent labour market where predicting the jobs or work of the future is more and more difficult”

Managing and regular reviewing of the composite data site will reveal if a student has been has missed skills and programs within the school through their absences and Managed Individual Planning. [|DEEWR Stategic Plan 2008-2011] [|DEECD The Blueprint for Government Schools.] [|DEST The Australian Blueprint for Career Development 2006]