From the Trainer’s Desk – Janine Maclennan
We recently caught up with Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Trainer Janine in Alice Springs Janine brings a wealth of experience to the STEPS team. She has lived and worked in many diverse regional areas across Australia and worked in various roles including: local council employee in the Mutitjulu Community, as a travelling senior florist all across […]
Our Alice Springs Student Community – ‘Ricky’ Miller
There’s no doubt that it is the people and personalities that are the fabric of our community. Here we get to know one of our students and learn a bit more about his interests and goals. Ricky is well known for putting a smile on people’s faces! Where are you from? Alice Springs What class are […]
Teaching refugees a journey of discovery
Working with refugees and migrants has been the most enriching experience of teacher Jasmine Rahman’s career. Having recently commenced her role as teacher of the Adult Migrant English Program with STEPS Education and Training, Jasmine said that each day was a new day of discovery. “Teaching is like a journey of learning to me. While […]
Nailing it: women build skills and furniture in Hermannsburg
Measuring, sawing and sanding, women in Hermannsburg are picking up skills and power tools, and crafting furniture for their families. STEPS Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) students have been experiencing some hands-on learning in the Tjuwanpa women’s carpentry group, where they have been building their own furniture. After dedicating time to learn and develop […]
Marjorie benefits from combined training effort
Marjorie is a cheerful worker in the aged care facility on the Harts Range (Atitjere) community, 145 km north-east of Alice Springs. Her work at the facility is one more step in a lifetime of achievements for the energetic young woman who speaks English and two Aboriginal languages. Being partially blind since four-years-old, Marjorie also […]
STEPS launches Interactive Art Centre in Alice
Painting toward a new future: Behind every painting there’s an artist. And behind every artist who attends the STEPS Interactive Art Centre in Alice Springs, there’s a brighter future. The 20-odd Indigenous folk regularly attending the centre come from a number of communities around the Alice, but all have a common interest in art. Four days […]