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 For Education Leaders
Outstanding Education Projects Win 2024 LEAD Awards  Learning Environments Australasia aims to promote intentional practice that is informed by research, embedded in pedagogy and reflective of the local community. Based on this goal and the results of our awards program, we feel that our community of educators, designers and facility planners should be celebrated. Our LEAD Awards celebrate the depth behind this thinking and the rigour our community strives for to create learning environments that enable and empower. Read more Students at Risk Over School Mental Health Policies  While schools across Australia have unfilled vacancies for mental health practitioners, thousands of tertiary-qualified counsellors are available but are being shut out of the system. Youth Dissent as a Catalyst: Sustainable and Regenerative Education  The act of abstaining from traditional schooling can be seen as a form of silent dissent, a tangible expression of the desire for an educational experience that better resonates with the aspirations and the demands of the contemporary world. Young people intuitively sense, even if they cannot explicitly express it, that the current educational offerings fall short in adequately preparing them for the challenges of the future. Read more New Resources Help High Schoolers Get Up to Speed  Currently, 1 in 5 students across Australia starts secondary school at or below the minimum standards for literacy and numeracy and these students often become disengaged and fall further behind their peers, making it difficult for them to catch up. Budget Eases Financial Pain for Trainee Teachers  Many trainee teachers face 'placement poverty' when giving up their own paid work to undertake mandatory placements as part of their degrees. Pathways to Trade Jobs in the Green Economy  The process for getting an apprenticeship used to be somewhat mysterious, but it helped if you knew someone who was in the trade. 
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