CoEd. Tech College on Murray River school ships.

Aerie Tech college student access to the New Ferry Maintenance workshops for riverboat maintenance skills training is an excellent dual function use of facilities. 

• A young skilled workforce for riverboats maintenance will be appreciated by the Riverboat owner community.
• There is a potential high demand for skilled young recreational Boat Helpers available to assist aging owners and hire operators of the large river houseboat fleet.

While Aerie Tech college curriculum focus is river tourism and hospitality, delivered on the school ships,  there are a very large number of water moored recreational and commercial river boats on the Murray needing quality slipway maintenance facilities.

• Most of the Existing boat maintenance facilities throughout the SA Riverlands are old and closed
• Most Skilled riverboat builders and maintenance workforce are aged. They have the knowledge to give, but the physical work is too difficult for many.
• With the expected large increase in ship industry workers in Adelaide for the submarine project, there is an anticipated increase in moored river boat recreation on the Murray.
• Shipbuilding workforce is expected to be good future employment for upward skilling Aerie Tech students.

Formal Registration of a river boat tech College could be available as part of the new Morgan Ferry Maintenance facility.

• Central location within the houseboat maintenance market - up and down river, within reasonable cruise distance.
• Suitable building for admin and group meeting rooms
• Training access to Technical workshops
• Skilled trades people to teach tech skills - slipway + college staff.

Residential schoolship accommodation is ideal for a Murray tech campus. 

• Residential School ships are an ideal residence management option for the student target age 15-18 
• Much of the planned curriculum focus is river tourism and hospitality, delivered in the school ship
• Residential schoolship home port is an ideal co-location, as part of the proposed major government refit of the Morgan River ferries service facilities. Potential to include River boat fabrication and maintenance tech skills training.
• The school ship team can be a relocatable skills team for salvage work anywhere on the Murray with capability to Tow back to slipway for repair works.

The Avoca Trust "time out" remote residential cruise camp will focus on personal growth and academic continuity

• Avoca Boarding School ships operate in remote river as a complete change of living environment & lifestyle.
• Environmental focus "Education about and conservation of the Murray River environment"

"Time Out" entry program is a workable student team of 16 students with two adults (Teacher?) on a river school ship.

• Group residential capacity: Our river school ships have double bunk beds for 16 student berths and a staff cabin. 
• Duration: The intensive start program runs for one fulltime residential cruise term (approximately 10 weeks).
• Focus: The curriculum combines maintenance of essential SACE subjects with specialized Environmental Adventure Challenge Studies focused on the ecology, conservation of the Murray-Darling River and remediation of mental health.
• Student Enrolment: Students (Years 10,11,12) will be enrolled in the Aerie Tech. School, base Morgan Slipway, to comply with education regulations to age 17. Their home and "Homework" space with be on the houseboats.
• Activities: The structured schoolship schedule includes river tech skills, ferry towing & maintenance, and houseboat tech skills, recovery, salvage, repair and maintenance, skills supervised kayaking, for exercise, reflection, kayak tour guiding escort, group team-building exercises, and competency development in areas like food preparation and healthy adult living skills.

• The program is managed by specialist teachers to help students recover stability and re-engage positively in a teams living learning environment.
• Technology Management: Students’ mobile phones are managed by teachers and are available only with permission for essential communication, minimizing distraction and addressing the problem of isolation exacerbated by constant mobile use. Laptop computers are part of student learning kit.
• The Logbook: Each student is required to maintain a personal daily Log summary of their time and thoughts. This log is private and confidential between the student and the Avoca teacher/mentor. Disclosure to parents is solely at the student's discretion.
• The unique setting of a river schoolship to facilitate personal growth and continuous learning
• The remote isolation of the  river cruise provides the complete "Change" needed 
• No fences or lock gates, just water and skilled teachers, full time residential supervision, team building on a river schoolship cruise.

Enrolment in "Time Out" is accepted from any school:- Individual student enrolment at the start of any term. 

• Continuation with Aerie Tech. College is an option, to be discussed with Principal at the end of their time out. 

Judicial Referral -  (send them - up the creek with Aerie School ships)

• Every child in Gaol, is evidence of State Government's failure to provide quality education.
• The Avoca residential College and Schoolship Student Hostel Program is available to the SA Youth Court as a therapeutic and rehabilitative option for young people, off track, and requiring a significant intervention outside their current environment.

• Referral: Individual teachers or school counsellors may advise parents of this opportunity as a solution for a student's ongoing disengagement or mental health issues related to either home or school bully programs.
• Responsible adult Decision: The decision to enrol a child in a school is ultimately made by parents or guardians who have the right to change school for their child. Some schools are not in the best interest of the child. The "Time Out" start with Aerie College is a first term reset in preparation for their new learning and supported living lifestyle.
• Team Building: Students meet and collaborate with other adolescents facing similar challenges, fostering a positive, mutually supportive peer group, in safety, remote from their previous unfriendly spaces.

• Enhanced Mental Well-being and Confidence: Recovery from depression and misery, leading to greater mental stability and self-belief.
• Positive Life Skills: Competency in healthy adult living, food/cooking, and balancing work, rest, and recreation.
• Social and Partnership Skills: Strong group team skills and the ability to form positive relationships.
• Educational Re-engagement: A "reboot" of their thinking, leading to a renewed positive path toward their future and continued SACE studies.

Any teen from any school can enrol in the "Time out School ship Camp" it isn't just a trip; it's a life-saving intervention

• DGR "Time out" school camp Curriculum: "Education about and conservation of the Murray Darling river basin" 
• Mental Reset: Expert guidance to help teens change damaging thought patterns.
• Lasting Bonds: The creation of strong, inseparable friendships.
• Lifelong Support: An essential, peer-led support network to guide them toward a successful, happier adult future.
• Next, continuing normal school programs with Aerie Tec. College: 

                  - Resident on school ships, based at Morgan?

                  - Theory classes wherever, meeting with teacher

                  - Technical skills while operating school ships  

                  - Cruising the Murray river in SA.  

Continuation with Aerie Tech is a round table decision, (Principal, Student, Responsible adult)