Community and Business Partners
ENABLE values the role the community plays in the transformation of our region's educational landscape. Through forging links with businesses and community groups, ENABLE has been able to provide opportunities for schools to drive innovation, work on their strengths, extend vocational learning and enrich the curricular and extra-curricular experiences of our students. Our business and community affiliate programs are driven from diverse connections including:
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Logan Chamber of Commerce
- Logan City Council
- Logan Office of Economic Development
- Logan City Futures
- Logan City Studios
- Logan Education Round Table
- Griffith University Logan
The 'Logan Education Round Table' Network Group
In May 2021, ENABLE and Logan City Council's City Transformation Program brought together many organisations under a collaborative network known as the Logan Education Round Table.
This leadership group of school principals, Department of Employment, Small Business and Training, Logan City Council, TAFE Queensland, Griffith University, Workforce Australia and industry employers all work together to make it easier for students to find their meaningful pathway into training or employment.
The Logan Education Round Table organised Bus Tours for school children to visit local businesses and ended the year with the Bridge to Business employer expo event at Beenleigh State High School in November 2022. This involved 16 high schools, 50 local businesses and over 300 students.
'I'm really grateful for this event as it has given me the courage to connect with employers that I wouldn't normally consider.' Student, Beenleigh State High School
LERT Group Griffith 27 April 2023
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In 2020 City Futures - Logan City Council and Future Anything are partnering with Enable schools and providing funding of $1500 per school for our schools to participate in an Innovation and Entrepreneurial Skills Program with Future Anything where students will design, prototype and pitch in a competition to win an experience in Silicon Valley USA.
The success of the ENABLE INNOV8 Logan Network is further evidenced by our students and teachers having the opportunity to participate in various events from Young Change Agent Pitch Nights, Chief Entrepreneur visit to Logan, and the Young Entrepreneurs Summit, and it is clear that there is a strong appetite for future collaborations.
e are currently collaborating as a network to develop a 2020 and Beyond Innovation Ecosystem Map, to build identify any gaps in schools and key stakeholders by engaging with industry experts, business and community groups to understand current programs and develop an Innovation Ecosystem Development Network with our Enable schools.
Tertiary Partners
ENABLE has forged very strong partnerships with Griffith University's Logan and Nathan Campuses, the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the University of Queensland (UQ).
UQ partnered with ENABLE and the Education Queensland's IMPACT Centre to create a Critical Thinking Network with the Centre's Aspiring Thinkers Program. This partnership has created a network of teachers, and middle and senior managers across our schools who are involved in embedding creative and critical thinking into our school's curriculum to create 21st learning communities.
QUT partners with ENABLE to provide school leaders with scholarships to undertake a Masters of Education (Research). Lead Mentoring of Begining Teachers across our network and also to create a STEM Learning partnership with Dr Kate Thompson.
Current joint initiatives
- Days of excellence: Specially catered tertiary experience programs for high achieving students who are interested in pursuing university studies in fields such as Business, ICT, Human Services, Nursing and Midwifery.
- ENABLE Principals breakfast: A once a year breakfast allowing our Principals to connect with a range of staff at Griffith University and learn from leading research in the field of education.
- Preferred placements and scholarships for both students and teachers.
- Curriculum renewal through ongoing professional development and research support from university academics.
- Griffith TEIAG: ENABLE is a member of the Griffith Logan Teacher Education Industry Advisory Group and Peta-Anne McNaught our Regional Project Officer and Michael Smith Deputy Principal Marsden SHS are the Co-Chairs for the group.