{"id":13374,"date":"2016-10-11T11:08:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T11:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/?p=13374"},"modified":"2019-11-15T00:06:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T00:06:04","slug":"champions-lifelong-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/champions-lifelong-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions for lifelong learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13383\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13383\" src=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/No-caption-page-1-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"No-caption-page-1 copy\" width=\"430\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/No-caption-page-1-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/No-caption-page-1-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/No-caption-page-1-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elma Khan, Community Learning Champion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Community Learning Champions in inner\u00a0Melbourne\u2019s culturally and ethnically diverse\u00a0neighbourhoods support and encourage friends,\u00a0neighbours and peers to take up quality learning\u00a0and employment opportunities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea for a peer support program to encourage lifelong\u00a0learning came about because of unscrupulous marketing practices by private Registered Training Organisations\u00a0(RTOs) and resulting community disenchantment, Tara Willersdorf, Community Programs &amp; Marketing Coordinator\u00a0at North Melbourne Language and Learning (NMLL) says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A lot of RTOs were popping up and local people were being\u00a0signed up for courses that they didn\u2019t have the English\u00a0language and literacy skills for, so many were left with a piece of paper but no job prospects. That led to a lot of\u00a0disappointment in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We wanted to provide the community with information\u00a0on how to choose a reputable RTO and how to identify\u00a0pathways so they could make informed choices about their\u00a0education.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But most people in our community speak English as an\u00a0Additional Language so traditional media and ways of\u00a0communicating like flyers or posters don\u2019t work.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by UK peer education models, NMLL selected and\u00a0trained 10 Community Learning Champions in December\u00a02013 who were given ongoing support and mentoring\u00a0during an 8-month pilot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The work Champions do with communities includes\u00a0providing information about good quality courses to\u00a0working one-on-one with people to help them identify their\u00a0interests, priorities and long-term barriers to learning or\u00a0work.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They are often talking to people with negative experiences\u00a0of learning or who regard themselves as too old, or who say\u00a0\u201clearning\u2019s not for me\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Selecting Champions<\/h3>\n<p>Tara says that in selecting Champions, NMLL looked for\u00a0people with an interest in and love of learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the interview we ask \u201cWhy do you think learning is\u00a0important?\u201d. People often say learning equals freedom.They say, \u201cYou are free to go and do your shopping, visit\u00a0your child\u2019s school, it benefits the whole family and the\u00a0community\u201d.\u2018<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13390\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13390\" src=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Tara-Willersdorf-L-with-Elma-Khan-and-Duot-Yong-R-copy-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"web-Tara Willersdorf (L) with Elma Khan and Duot Yong (R) copy\" width=\"456\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Tara-Willersdorf-L-with-Elma-Khan-and-Duot-Yong-R-copy-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Tara-Willersdorf-L-with-Elma-Khan-and-Duot-Yong-R-copy-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Tara-Willersdorf-L-with-Elma-Khan-and-Duot-Yong-R-copy-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tara Willersdorf (L) with Elma Khan and Duot Yong (R)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>People who make ideal Champions are good communicators.\u00a0\u2018We are looking for people who are willing to go out and\u00a0talk up the program \u2013 they need the ability to talk to people\u00a0of different ages and people in their social circle. It\u2019s a huge\u00a0benefit being able to speak the same language.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>During the pilot, NMLL ran an event to support the\u00a0Champions\u2019 work. \u2018We ran a Community Learning Festival\u00a0to demonstrate how learning doesn\u2019t just happen in\u00a0a classroom. A festival was a great way to offer non-threatening\u00a0opportunities for informal learning and to\u00a0influence how we interacted with prospective learners.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Festival included activities for kids, music, healthy\u00a0cooking demonstrations, soccer clinic, legal information and\u00a0adult learning taster sessions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A range of community organisations from legal services to\u00a0libraries, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the YMCA ran\u00a0activities at the festival to show a whole range of informal\u00a0learning opportunities that people can access in their\u00a0neighbourhood and beyond.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>Success of pilot<\/h3>\n<p>Tara says the pilot was very successful not just for the\u00a0community but also for the people who had volunteered to\u00a0be Champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our Champions developed confidence, learned new\u00a0skills, improved their standing in the community and\u00a0looked at their own pathways to further education. Two\u00a0of our Champions have been admitted to the prestigious\u00a0Leadership Victoria African Leadership Development\u00a0Program.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The successful pilot saw the CLC program funded from\u00a0Helen MacPherson Smith Trust for a further three years and\u00a0extended to run both at NMLL and Carlton Neighbourhood\u00a0Learning Centres. Last year, the Centres recruited and\u00a0trained 17 Community Learning Champions who spoke\u00a011 different languages and engaged over 175 community\u00a0members.<\/p>\n<p>That program is really making a difference, Tara says,\u00a0particularly when it comes to choosing a reputable RTO.<\/p>\n<p>Champions use the \u2018Choosing an RTO checklist\u2019 to help\u00a0people who are thinking about enrolling in a course\u00a0to identify what\u2019s important to them, to ask the right\u00a0questions, to visit the RTO and to make their own decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One of our Champions was talking to a woman interested\u00a0in working in aged care who had a young child. She wanted\u00a0somewhere local, where training hours were child-friendly\u00a0and where she could get English as an Additional Language\u00a0support.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Together the woman and the Champion went along to an\u00a0information session and now she\u2019s enrolled and studying\u00a0aged care at the Brotherhood of St. Laurence.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Elma&#8217;s story<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">ELMA KHAN<\/span><\/strong> was selected and trained as a Community\u00a0Learning Champion in February 2016. It was a trip back to\u00a0Bangladesh with her mother that ignited Elma\u2019s love of\u00a0learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In Bangladesh I saw young children on the street working,\u00a0which really shocked me. I found it amazing to see children\u00a0who really had to struggle if they wanted to go to school. I\u00a0volunteered to teach English at a local orphanage where the\u00a0children didn\u2019t speak any English.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was while I was working there that I discovered\u00a0learning doesn\u2019t have to be teaching with a whiteboard,\u00a0or structured, you learn in all sorts of different ways. As\u00a0a teacher you learn from your students. For example,\u00a0the children I taught knew so much about farming and\u00a0agricultural life. I decided when I got back that I would do my\u00a0Masters in Teaching and learn as much as I can.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I decided to volunteer as a Community Learning Champion\u00a0because I wanted to share my love of learning with my\u00a0community. Being a Champion I am learning and growing as\u00a0a person.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In my community, I use different ways of promoting\u00a0and connecting people up with information and learning\u00a0opportunities. I use word of mouth, Facebook, all sorts of\u00a0methods to invite people I know to come along to events\u00a0that I think they will be interested in.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For people my age I let people know about lectures or talks\u00a0related to things like mental health. For older people, I let\u00a0them know about opportunities to learn more about what\u00a0they\u2019re interested in which is usually healthcare, nutrition\u00a0and dealing with physical problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One of my mum\u2019s friends asked her to ask me to find out\u00a0about swimming lessons. She\u2019s just had a knee operation so\u00a0she had mobility problems. As a Muslim woman, she needed\u00a0women\u2019s only lessons so I found her classes at Collingwood\u00a0Leisure Centre and she\u2019s loving it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13384 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Duot-Yongs-own-experiences-of-education-have-taught-him-how-important-informal-learning-is-in-our-lives.-copy-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"web-Duot Yong's own experiences of education have taught him how important informal learning is in our lives. copy\" width=\"453\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Duot-Yongs-own-experiences-of-education-have-taught-him-how-important-informal-learning-is-in-our-lives.-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Duot-Yongs-own-experiences-of-education-have-taught-him-how-important-informal-learning-is-in-our-lives.-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ala.asn.au\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/web-Duot-Yongs-own-experiences-of-education-have-taught-him-how-important-informal-learning-is-in-our-lives.-copy-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Duot&#8217;s story<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">DUOT YONG<\/span><\/strong> volunteered to be a Community Learning\u00a0Champion because he wanted to improve awareness in the\u00a0South Sudanese community about the range of services and\u00a0training to help people find good jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Since I started in February I\u2019ve connected two ladies up to\u00a0one-to-one English classes. I\u2019ve also referred people to our\u00a0local council employment support officer who helps people\u00a0apply for work. A woman I know had a problem with the law\u00a0and I was able to refer her to the Community Legal Centre\u00a0in Dandenong so now she is more confident with getting\u00a0help. She\u2019s also interested in being involved as a Community\u00a0Learning Champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Before I became a CLC I didn\u2019t know the difference between\u00a0informal and formal learning but now I understand how\u00a0important informal learning is throughout life.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Duot\u2019s formal qualifications include a Bachelor and Masters\u00a0Degree in Business and Project Management.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I noticed a big difference between studying in Africa and\u00a0studying in Australia. At university in Africa when you\u2019re\u00a0given an essay topic you use your books and what you\u2019ve\u00a0been taught to write the essay. A big change for me studying\u00a0in an Australian university was the amount of informal\u00a0learning involved. When you get an essay topic you are\u00a0expected to go away and do your own research.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Learning doesn\u2019t just happen in a classroom. Whenever you\u00a0encounter a new situation, experience a challenge or have\u00a0an interaction with someone new you are learning. And it\u2019s\u00a0your approach and attitude that determines how much you\u00a0learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But many people think only about formal education when\u00a0they think about learning. I realised how much attention we\u00a0pay to formal learning and the benefits of it but informal\u00a0learning takes up an equally big part of our lives and is just as\u00a0important.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Learning Champions in inner\u00a0Melbourne\u2019s culturally and ethnically diverse\u00a0neighbourhoods support and encourage friends,\u00a0neighbours and peers to take up quality learning\u00a0and employment opportunities. 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