Happy Birthday AMEP!
Last week we celebrated our first successful year of AMEP 70 years of AMEP across Australia. Some of our current AMEP students spoke about their experiences in AMEP and entertained us with singing and dancing.
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News
AMEP student on to new career in Australia
We’re sad to see him go, but pleased to farewell Johnny from AMEP into a full time job as a financial sales consultant.
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Volunteer Week – former refugee now volunteer English tutor
Jacqueline Aungminn arrived in Australia in 2015 from Burma and she learned English through the Adult Migrant English program (AMEP). Now she helps other people learn English and settle in Australia through the same AMEP program – but as a volunteer tutor.
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Article in Fine Print – adult education publication
The Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC) publishes its journal, Fine Print, three times a year. Two of our teachers, Natalie Nawrocki and Marcella O’Conner, recently had an article published in Fine Print about our ‘Welcome to the Library’ project.
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Innovative Projects funding announcement
Learning for Employment has received funding as a part of AMEP’s inaugural Innovative Projects initiative. Karen Andrews, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills recently announced all of the projects being funded as a part of this initiative.
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Volunteer Home Tutor – Teaches to Student Needs
Christine Sullivan is a volunteer home tutor in the Learning for Employment (LfE) Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP). Christine’s student Maha Saleh wanted to learn to drive so she could be independent.
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More than just English – Teaching students about responsible gambling
According to the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, the City of Brimbank is ranked number 1 of 70 Local Government Areas for poker machine losses in Victoria. In light of this, today we hosted a speaker from Gambler’s Help. Ian talked to all of our SEE students about responsible gambling.
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From SEE to university degree
Maria has only been in Djerriwarrh’s SEE program since March and is already moving on to bigger opportunities. After just five months in SEE, Maria has made an amazing leap to a Bachelor degree in Criminal Justice at Victoria University. Maria arrived in Australia from Greece with her Greek-Australian husband seven months ago. She was […]
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More than just English – AFL multicultural round
On Sunday 30 July an excited group of students and staff from Djerriwarrh met at Etihad Stadium. We were there as guests of the Western Bulldogs to watch the Doggies play Essendon and celebrate the AFL’s multicultural round. A volunteer from the Western Bulldogs met our group at the ground and we were very pleased […]
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Learning for Employment to offer AMEP
We are excited to announce that from July 1st, Djerriwarrh Community & Education Services, trading as Learning for Employment, will be offering the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP).
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