Jacqueline Aungminn arrived in Australia in 2015 as a refugee. She grew up in Burma and has also lived in Thailand. When she arrived in Australia 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 […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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One of our SEE classes recently visited the Koorie Heritage Trust at Federation Square. The students travelled to Federation Square from Sunshine by train. They were taken on a tour by Koorie Heritage Trust staff member Steven. The students learned about bush foods, the history of Melbourne and about indigenous life before and […]
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How long have you been teaching here? 17 years How did you come to be here teaching in Djerriwarrh’s SEE program? I taught languages in England for a short time before emigrating to Australia with my family. I didn’t think I could teach French and German in Australia so thought that English was the way to […]
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