The Adopt a School Program is all about giving you a hands-on learning experience in a specific industry sector.

Local Community Partnerships use industry links and local knowledge of their Regional Industry Career Advisers to encourage businesses to adopt a local school.

The program works by connecting young people in schools to the businesses and industries in their local area. By working together, these groups find out more about each other and about how they can help each other in the future.

Businesses gain more experience in working with today’s young people and students get to find out about possible career pathways and the kind of skills their future employers are looking for.

The Adopt a School Program also gives your parents, carers and teachers the opportunity to get involved in activities so they have a better understanding of current career pathways and can assist you in making career decisions.

Adopt a School projects can be based in business or industry, in the community or in schools. They include activities such as:

• building a product
• planning an event
• tours, site visits and excursions
• speakers and demonstrations
• student research and enterprise projects
• mentoring by industry specialists and local businesses
• projects with industry specific hands-on learning
• competitions and games.