Berry Street Web Docs Education and Training Strategic Plan 2012-2015

Berry Street
Education and Training
Strategic Plan 2012- 2015
Our Vision

Berry Street believes all children should have a good childhood,
growing up feeling safe, nurtured and with hope for the future.
Research tells us that education provides a pathway to social inclusion and greater life
opportunities, as well as helping children build social connections and resilience.
Berry Street believes that all children have the right to the highest quality education and training.

Our Focus
Berry Street launched its Strategic Directions 2027 in 2010. ‘Improving educational outcomes for
disadvantaged children’ is one of five priorities identified for ‘service innovation, development and
evaluation’.
Within the range of our education programs, our key focus is to enable previously disadvantaged
and disengaged students to flourish educationally. We aim to deliver high quality teaching within
a therapeutic environment, drawing on our own experience as well as local and international
research and expertise.
In line with our ‘stronger public policy and advocacy’ agenda and the establishment of the Berry
Street Childhood Institute, also foreshadowed in Strategic Directions 2027, we plan to take the
learning from our direct experience to the broader education sector to help build the skills, practice
and knowledge of education professionals, and to contribute to systemic change. We are determined
to develop and advocate for the flexible approaches, resources and settings urgently required by
disengaged students.

Our Commitment
Berry Street is committed to providing children and young people with an excellent education
which includes:
• Building the confidence and capacity to engage in the learning process.
• Providing for the highest possible expectation of children and young people’s
educational achievements.
• Providing education and training across the cognitive, affective and psychomotor domains.
• Providing pathways for young people into further education, training and employment.
• Working in partnership with community, business, government, philanthropy and other
education providers.
• Advocating for quality educational outcomes and appropriate educational programs for
children and young people in our care as well as for other marginalised children and
young people.