SEE Cairns: Language Learning Empowered through Teamwork
Cairns’ SEE participants at STEPS recently enjoyed an educational excursion with their lower language class trainer Justyna. The group went to Cairns Central Shopping Centre to do a team scavenger hunt. Justyna gave her students a worksheet with a list of tasks to complete in small teams. The aim of the exercise was to practice […]
Teaching is a two-way street for Anne in Alice Springs
Three times a week, Anne welcomes a group of students to STEPS Education and Training in Alice Springs. The students travel from the outskirts of Alice Springs, from a quiet property that stretches out for five hectares, for many years the property has been “a place of health, hope and healing” for Indigenous people. The Central […]
Why care? Here’s why you should take the leap and study care
Considering a career in care? Trainer Tanya Mathews from STEPS Education and Training College shares why starting a career in care is a good move. Tanya has been helping students gain qualifications in care online for a long time. While Tanya lives in Alice Springs, her students are scattered across Australia. She’s passionate about providing […]
Meet Katherine’s new trainer, Jasmine
Jasmine helps adults further build skills in language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy in the Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) program. More than three hours’ drive from Darwin, in the small community of Katherine, STEPS’ new Language, Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Trainer Jasmine is loving her new role. She said she had previously been […]
“I applied so many times”: Online learning ended Lina’s long job search.
After three years of unsuccessful job searching, Lina Stiller studied online and has started a career she cares about. In her home country, Papua New Guinea, Lina worked in retail for many years. When she moved to Darwin in 2017, she began searching for a job in the industry but had no luck. “I have […]
Finding the Right Fit is Key in Bringing Employers and Jobseekers with a Disability Together
Across Australia, during the week of November 25 – 29, jobseekers with a disability and employers are coming together for one day to connect, explore each other’s potential and find mutual opportunities. This is the aim of AccessAbility Day, a government initiative now in its third year. It’s an obligation-free day for employers to experience […]
