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2019 Pathways Snapshot Year 12 Pathways Workshop Held over three days in May, the annual Year 12 Pathways Workshop was hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills in their Brisbane office.
WILL MUNRO A MEMBER OF THE YALARI ALUMNI HAVING GRADUATED FROM ANGLICAN CHURCH GRAMMAR SCHOOL (CHURCHIE) IN 2012.
The purpose of the workshop is to help students prepare for life beyond boarding school. We aim to complement the great work already undertaken by our partner schools as we all support our students to achieve their goals. Key focus areas included career foundations (resume and cover letter writing sessions, job interview skills and preparedness), goal setting, post-school tertiary options, team building and leadership skills, Indigenous pathways and health, wellbeing and cultural identity for Year 12 and beyond.
Indigenous Internship Program Yalari continues to support its alumni through further development and employment opportunities as well as personal, career and leadership development, including an Internship Program and Gap Year Program. Yalari has partnered with organisations and businesses who share a commitment to providing high quality employment opportunities to Indigenous youth.
University Partnerships Many of the Yalari university students are residing in university colleges through partnerships formed with King’s College, Women’s College and Emmanuel College at the University of Queensland, St Andrew’s College at the University of Sydney, St Anne’s College at the University of Sunshine Coast, and Trinity College, Ormond College and Queen’s College at the University of Melbourne. Yalari is developing partnerships with more university colleges to cater for the ever increasing demand.
The best part of Yalari without a doubt was the people I met in and out of the program, as well as finally feeling like I belonged. Before Yalari I attended Toowoomba Preparatory School originally as its sole Aboriginal student and it wasn’t easy. I’m currently studying a Bachelor of Psychological Science, aiming to finish study in 2020. I also work in hospitality at the Ibis Styles Hotel as part of the Yalari/Accor Pathways partnership. I’m really enjoying it as well. The whole experience of Yalari taught me more about opportunity and mob, more so than I thought I already knew about; and that I could do more for myself and my community with a great education. I felt like I’d become part of something more, a family away from family, and I will be forever grateful for that. My advice to the current scholars is to look to the future and prepare, live the best way possible, make great and lasting memories but don’t forget your past. Your education will become a pathway to something better for yourself and in turn for your family but never lose your roots. That’s the real you and it’s on you to never forget that.
