Peninsula Education Precinct

A number of educational providers have joined together to develop the Peninsula Education Precinct, which aims to provide enhanced educational opportunities for students in the southern and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne, the Frankston region and the Mornington Peninsula.

The precinct will explore new and exciting ways of establishing links between secondary schools, TAFE and university. Precinct partners retain their own educational identity and focus, but collaborate closely with each other to break down institutional and sectoral barriers. It is hoped that the Peninsula Education Precinct will prove to be a showcase for multi-sectoral educational collaboration.

Precinct Objectives

• Create a framework for the identification and management of innovative, regionally specific, educational programs and pathways designed to maximise learning opportunities and outcomes.

• Identify and promote educational initiatives that facilitate improved aspirations and access to higher education by young people across the Peninsula.
  
  
• Contribute to the intellectual, economic and cultural development of the region by collaborative arrangements between the educational providers, industry and relevant communities.
  
  
• Improve the relevance and effectiveness of education provision within the region.
  
  
• Maximise the opportunity for sharing and developing resources across the sectors to support educational provision in the region.
  
  
• Provision of professional network opportunities to advantage students in the region.

Precinct Partners

Current membership includes:

• Monash University Peninsula Campus
  
  
• Chisholm Institute of TAFE
  
  
• Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
  
  
• Frankston City Council
  
  
• Mornington Peninsula Shire Council
  
  
• Frankston and Mornington Peninsula Local Learning and Employment Network
  
  
• Secondary School Principals from the region
  
  
• Adult and Community Further Education

Precinct Initiatives

• VCE revision lectures

• new entry and exit pathways between different parties that provide students with more options and greater flexibility

• the offering of enhancement/extension study options and pathways to capable secondary students wishing to extend their studies

• the offering of special study options and pathways to assist those students from disadvantaged educational backgrounds to achieve their full potential.

• cross-campus/organisation learning and teaching activities.

• establishment of a program of student placements to support local industries and to provide students with enhanced opportunities to engage within the region.

Meetings

The Peninsula Education Precinct convenes three times a year.