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BEAM - Learning for Everyday Life

Purpose

This project is intended to provide training for foster and kinship carers to support children's literacy and numeracy through everyday life.

Expenditure guidelines

Courses will be run in clusters of schools, facilitated by a teacher and hosted by a local school. Child minding is provided and a co-facilitator will assist with the delivery of the course. There are 6 modules in a course being presented over 4-6 days.

Schools are expected to:

organise a facilitator (teacher) and co-facilitator to attend training
provide a space for the course to be held
provide a separate space for child minding
line manage the facilitator, co-facilitator and teacher aide (child minder)
organise and implement the Beam: Learning for everyday course with foster and kinship carers in accordance with the course outline
evaluate the course as outlined in the project (including teacher survey)
report the outputs to the Teaching and Learning Branch including the number of carers who attend the course
provide to Teaching and Learning Branch student report card results for children in care whose carers attend the course
agree not to purchase any capital equipment with these funds.

Duration of program

2009-10

Policy reference

Agreement with DEEWR, Canberra, TRIM Ref. No. 09/43276

Eligibility

The Beam project team will be negotiating with clusters of primary schools across the state as the project is rolled out to determine which schools will host the course. That school will then be eligible for the funding.

Form of assistance

Direct cash grant to school

Payment details

Grants will be provided to schools following negotiation of individual funding agreements.

Allocation of funds

Grant amounts will be negotiated with clusters of schools.

Data requirements

Service agreement

Contact

Telephone: (07) 3237 0716 or (07) 3405 6809

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