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At Aerie College, we believe that sustainable change starts with empowering youth to live a different low cost lifestyle. Through education, training, and access to resources, we work with individuals and groups to build capacity and create lasting change. From supporting small business owners to providing vocational training for youth, we are committed to helping communities thrive. Join us in our mission to create a brighter future for all.
Mundoo Station, cradled by National parks within the Murray estuary islands, provides the ideal environment for youth to thrive and learn the sustainability lessons of nature in the everchanging environment at the Murray mouth, and the Coorong Dunes at the end of Australia's mighty Murray River.
Whether you want to volunteer your time, host a fundraiser, or simply spread the word about our work, there are many ways to get involved with Aerie Transition College. Contact us today to learn more.
Distressed? Depressed? Angry? Miserable? Unhappy? They will benefit from complete change. Their unsatisfied need is usually adventure.
Change is usually the key, change of school, change of sleeping space, to the safety of a YHA style college can open their life to time needed to explore a new path towards their young adult future. Family is not lost, just back a bit.
Aerie College residential change can press their restart button.
Aerie College provides different learning, new thinking, a safe home, good food, adventure challenge learning spaces and safe shelter for sleeping, We help them build new friendships with the help of young teachers to reactivate healthy adventure and wellness, and experienced older teachers to guide them in the large extended family model on full time holiday learning adventures. We do not keep them in classroom cages.
A Time Out mental reset is of great value to a young person.
Aerie provides the places, and the teachers for change that can satisfy their needs, AND the legal requirements to attend school to age 17.
We use time in beautiful places to encourage happy thoughts. Wellness and enthusiasm returns, and good learning can occur.
We are a school using the SACE curriculum, the essentials
and many good learning options selected with a progression of good living skills selected from the 2 years of SACE.
This two year SACE reset leads into a further 3 years of Vocational Training to VET Diploma. Staying on with Aerie offers new learning adventures challenging them with mental and physical work including music to excite and hold the young traveler's interest and generate income. The older Aerie Students will become team leaders for the younger students as part of their outdoor adventure leadership skills training and some may earn from community enterprise.
Aerie offers a five year collegiate team living and learning adventure.
Does your child need change? Perhaps different subject selections to keep them interested? - - - Cut the Branch - - - CHANGE SCHOOL
"Come and Try" Aerie residential school, our total immersion learning targets are; wellness, confidence building, practical competencies and supportive friendship skills. When hitting those targets, anything is possible for the child. We offer total care in a small, friendly home school with family/team groups of target size 16, each managed by a Mentor/teacher couple. (The large family home group model.)
Aerie College provides total support for children who need "Time out" from their school or home. Sometimes this is important just to give everyone in the family a break, perhaps just time out to cut the apron strings. Aerie Residential College relieves the busy family of grumpy teenager stress and provides the kids with a safe sleeping space, good food and understanding care. It holds them in education and helps them to find learning success, maintain wellness, and keeps them out of trouble. It sets them on a positive adventure path to a good future. We expect them to return to family as responsible young adults. We help them all to keep in touch.
Living together as partners and teams, all sharing the same swag sleeping spaces, is a skill not often taught. We believe these social skills of shared safe living and sleeping are an essential part of older teen learning. We teach and manage these skills throughout their time with Aerie. It is likely the lack of teaching these essential social and safe living skills is the cause of unwanted pregnancies, child and partner abuse, and family breakup.
The Aerie College change starts with "Time Out" a ten week river cruise school camp between Mannum and Renmark, designed to provide time away from their past life. They will carry no baggage except their immediate needs in their backpack and swag. Our discussion program will stimulate their thinking, with their young team leaders providing care, leadership and opportunities to chat of many things, with a few oldies willing to tag along and share the chat experience.
"Come and try" Aerie is "Time out" on a one term river cruise school.
Then a decision meeting with Aerie Principal, stay or leave.
Student: YES/NO - - - Family: YES/NO - - - Aerie Principal: YES/NO
Families will always be welcome at Aerie House, Mannum to talk about Aerie College expectations, the purpose of our first school term Time Out cruise and the benefits of the Aerie Learning approach for their child. At this meeting, families can decide to enroll their child in the Time Out cruise as a come and try. This program is presented as a school camp service. The child continues their required school attendance during the cruise.
After the "Time out" Cruise: Family and child meets with the principal for family conference. If the decision is Stay, they enroll in Aerie and purchase the essentials for living with Aerie teams, a set of suitable clothes, shoes, laptop computer, backpack and swag. Students are issued with their Aerie student ID card and a small Eagle pin to be displayed on their clothes at all times to identify them as Earie College students. There is no school uniform, only recommended fit for lifestyle clothing. They either wear their clothes or pack them in their Swag or backpack. Aerie students travel light.
The Aerie tribal learning-living lifestyle is followed throughout their time with Aerie College. They move camp with their team leader, according to their learning needs and interests. Changing teams is an option if needed.
Aerie Tribe will learn how to help AND will all help where they can.
Aerie essential safe living skills learning:- All Aerie students learn indoor and outdoor Cookery, Housekeeping skills and healthy living as part of their SACE studies They are all rostered to provide peer meal service and hospitality cleaning services in our shelter houses and spaces.
Aerie safe shelter spaces - safe houses:- swag sleeping is the Aerie student style in our members only sleeping spaces, in houses close to a business learning opportunity. All Aerie students share our sleeping spaces following the YHA accepted youth behavior standard. Aerie displays a Safe House sign.
Work teams and partners:- We create work teams and encourage close friend partnerships for all living and learning tasks. We discuss likes and dislikes. Students learn how to take great care of each other to ensure everyone is safe, happy and well. We talk about good shared living, keeping clean, eating well, working and sleeping behaviors, and personal privacy when needed, asking and giving permission, providing personal help when asked and close living by the rules.
Making babies is outside of the rules at this time in their life. We talk about that. It is an adventure for later when the time is right.
Aerie student discipline:- Aerie teachers manage student behavior. If other college staff have student behavior matters to discuss they must chat with the group teacher. It is expected that all discipline matter will be resolved through discussion. (Teachers will keep private email notes of essential discussions with copy to main students records when appropriate. Teacher and Principal access only.)
Aerie College Emulates the White bellied Sea Eagle of the Lower Murray.
A Master of the Skies - excellent at education and caring for young.
The White-bellied Sea Eagle is a majestic bird of prey renowned for its powerful build and impressive wingspan. It is a coastal and river dweller, typically found near bodies of water. Several have made permanent nests high in the river redgums along the Murray River. These magnificent birds are at risk from environmental degradation of the food source and habitat. Aerie college will make special focus on conservation education and assistance to prevent further environmental degradation in the Murray Darling basin.
Diet and Hunting - for opportunities
In essence, the White-bellied Sea Eagle is a formidable predator adapted to a coastal lifestyle. Its ability to thrive in diverse environments, coupled with its impressive hunting skills, makes it a captivating species to observe.
Young people, Live like the Eagles and you will be OK.
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