Schools Program

The future of Australian science and agricultural lies with the youth of today. The Cotton CRC partnered with Primary Science Matters and provided science kits and training for teachers in primary schools in Northern NSW. Training was provided for teachers and follow up visits were made to the Australian Cotton Research Institute by all the Narrabri and Wee Waa Primary Schools. The program with secondary school students saw the Cotton CRC host the Moree Rotary annual youth camp promoting science career opportunities for
year 10 students. The Cotton CRC also provided sponsorship for ‘Go Agro’ and Rotary North West Region Science & Engineering Challenge. ‘Go Agro’ is a program based in Emerald, which enables students to see the range of agricultural career opportunities available in Queensland.

VETiS program and resources .
Neil Jacobsen and the Cotton Industry Skills Development Pilot Program funded by NSW DET and managed by Cotton Australia developed a set of resources for pre vocational training that schools participating in the VETiS program could access.

Cotton Basics is a Certificate II in Agriculture (specialising in Cotton production)

The below link is the resources that a teacher can use to implement the program within the School curriculum.

    Products containing "cotton basics" Training Package Support Materials

https://www.skillsonline.net.au/clearhse/Course?Command=GetKeywordSearch&reqFrom=searchPage&KEYWORD=cotton+basics




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Trudy Staines with students at the Tamworth Careers Expo