Open Learning Campus
Service Commitment
The service commitment of the Cairns SDE Open Learning Campus is to ensure every young person has a clearly defined pathway that focuses on engagement, wellbeing and academic achievement leading towards:
- Transitioning to quality paid employment, or
- Achieving a QLD Certificate of Education (QCE) or QLD Certificate of Individual Education (QCIA), or
- Transitioning to a clearly articulated Vocational Education, Training (VET) or University pathway
As part of this service commitment and delivery of programs, young people will have:
- A personalised learning program
- Access to an online learning
- Access to face-to-face on-campus contact sessions (within enrolment criteria)
- Access to engagement and educational case management to support identified needs.
The OLC delivers programs via blended learning (online and face-to-face) to young people residing in Cairns.
An agreed long term transport plan is required for all students accessing the OLC to ensure regular attendance and continuous learning for the student.
Fulltime OLC enrolment
Enrolment at the OLC is available to students in Years 9 - 12 (aged 14 - 18 years old) who are:
- Disconnected from education (not enrolled in school).
- Disengaged from education (school attendance less than 50%).
And specifically if the student
- has stopped going to school regularly
- lives in the Cairns area
- can organise their own transport to 90 Clarke Street, Manunda
- wants to learn!
Who to contact
For enrolment enquiries, please contact the Cairns School of Distance Education administration office on (07) 4080 9111 or email olcadmin@cairnssde.eq.edu.au.