Last night was very special for us. As many of you would know, we’re a very small organisation that usually sits in the background as the partnership brokers. To be put into the limelight and recognised as the Not for Profit of...
We love bringing together employers and students. We do it every day in the SWL program. That’s why we have been wanting to engage with the Southern Program Alliance (SPA) team who are doing the local level crossing removals. With the help...
Hey I'm Elisha, I'm a year 12 VCAL student from a bayside school in Melbourne and I would like to share my experiences with VCAL with you all. Going back to year 10, I was pretty stressed about attending school and it was beginning...
What a fantastic day! The BGKLLEN would like to thank you all for turning out and tuning in to our annual At Risk Forum. It gets bigger and better each year. Here are the presentations that we have been given permission to share....
For a while we have been supporting free professional learning sessions for Education Support staff in schools. This group of professionals are at the ‘coal-face’ when working with young people with additional needs and are always interested in new strategies to help...
Through analysis of data collected by BGKLLEN from local schools in the Bayside, Glen Eira and Kingston area, it became significantly apparent that the students going to schools in our region are concerned about their stress and anxiety levels. This finding guided...
It has been another huge year for the team here at the BGKLLEN. We’ve worked with some incredible schools, educators and organisations and presented to over 770 people to promote our mission to deliver equal education and employment outcomes for all young...
Our schools in the Bayside, Glen Eira and Kingston region asked the BGKLLEN SWL team if we could hold a hands-on career expo for their students. Teachers said that there are lots of career expos already, but they are mostly suited to...
At Risk Forum 2018 The BGKLLEN, along with our partners Bayside City Council, Glen Eira City Council, Kingston City Council and Holmesglen Vocational College again held the increasingly popular At Risk Forum recently. We were amazed that the Forum was fully booked out...
I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the Doing School Differently Conference on the Gold Coast last month. I wasn’t just lucky to be escaping the Melbourne winter, I was in for a real treat as an attendee as...