Rotary District 9570

VOCATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS

FOUR WAY TEST YOUTH SPEAKING COMPETITION The aim of the FOUR WAY TEST YOUTH SPEAKING COMPETITION is to provide Grade 10 students the opportunity to improve their speaking presentation skills through competition and mentoring.

Competitors present a 6-minute speech, which seeks to apply the 4 WAY TEST to their chosen material. A panel of 3 adjudicators will assess and critique all presentations as well as provide personal follow-up with helpful ideas (for future presentations). The implemented processes begin with each participating Rotary Club recruiting year 10 students interested in entering
this competition.

Each Club then runs its own competition, with a finalist chosen from each participating school. These students then compete in the District Preliminary finals from which 3 students and 1 reserve are chosen. The successful competitors are then invited to the District finals, which may be held at either the District Conference or a special event prior to this. If the latter occurs, the winning finalist may be invited to perform their speech at the District Conference. Certificates of participation are awarded to all entrants. Trophies can be awarded to finalists from each stage. The overall winner receives a personal trophy in conjunction with a perpetual trophy, which is to be presented and displayed at the winning student's school.

For further information contact:
David Barton, D9460
Ph: 08 9364 4429 • Fax: 08 9364 4999
Email: southcon@iinet.net.au

OUTBACK ROTARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS (OUTREDS) Originating in 1992 as a reciprocal work experience program between two Rotary Clubs, Silverwater – Homebush Bay (D.9690 and Bourke (D. 9670), this program has grown to encompass wider applications and considerable Rotary support.

OUTREDS is aimed at training young people of secondary school age from remote communities to obtain skills applicable to their own areas but not available in local training programs. With the involvement and support of the Rotary family, a management plan has been approved and adopted directed to attacking the deep rooted problems of unemployment that have lead to the lack of social cohesion and socio economic division in some rural communities. An OUTREDS Trust, offering taxation deductibility for donations, has been established by the Rotary Club of Silverwater–Homebush Bay and administered by the Rotary Club of Concord. Under its management plan, a tri-partite approach seeks to identify:

1. identification of applicants matched with actual job opportunities in the home district
2. identification of appropriate learning institutions in communities offering appropriate
courses
3. identification of host clubs near to the chosen training institutions to offer surrogate family
support services.

The constant demands placed upon remote communities through drought, flood, fire and the subsequent economic crises across all aspects of rural society, make this project a vital vocational program accessible to all clubs.

Contact :
Albert Zenere
R.C . of Concord
Ph. 02 9743 1717 • Mob: 0418 653 176 • Fax 02 9736 1325

PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP Fitting very appropriately within the vocational service portfolio, this program
seeks to identify individuals whose exemplary contributions to their vocations are worthy of public acknowledgement. Initiated in District 9680, the program has gained wide recognition both in Australia and overseas for its encouragement of excellence in the workplace.

Following the distribution of application forms to business organisations in the local community, the Rotary club identifies award recipients and programs a special presentation ceremony. Awardees, accompanied by family and business associates, are invited to be present as club guests to witness the presentation of a plaque the reading of a citation. The Rotary Club of Pennant Hills N.S.W., has prepared a comprehensive manual, including a check list of procedural items, directed towards the presentation of a successful Pride of Workmanship program. They also have available plaques recognised as the official award for the program. To highlight this special club occasion, it is suggested that an excellent appropriately qualified guest speaker be invited to address the meeting.

Pride of Workmanship presentations provide an excellent opportunity for Rotary to promote its image, gain access to organisations for vocational visits and develop potential membership, whilst at the same time providing an avenue for small business to recognise individual effort.

Contact:
The Secretary,
Rotary Club of Pennant Hills D. 9680