Author: Y Connect

Y Connect Partnerships Webinar “Beyond Y Connect – Sustaining Artist/Teacher Partnerships”

Please follow the link below to find out more about partnerships within and beyond Y Connect. It will take you to a webinar presented as part of a partnership series hosted by the CREATE Centre, University of Sydney. The webinar features Julie Dunn, Adrianne Jones and Liesel Zink. It is focused on the Y Connect findings relating to partnerships and also goes on to explore current and future artist/teacher partnerships.

The Y Connect Report is officially launched!

Yesterday saw the official launch of the Y Connect Project report and website. The launch was held at Yeronga State High School to an audience of invited guests. The Hon. Mark Bailey MP, Member for Miller and a Minister in the Queensland Government was the official guest of honour, representing the Queensland Education Minister Grace Grace. In his presentation, Minister Bailey described the Y Connect as being “formidable” and suggested that Yeronga State High School had been the perfect place to implement such an innovative program. He thanked everyone involved and was very pleased to be presented with copies of the Full Report and the Key Findings and Significance Report from Mr Bob Logan, Deputy Principal of Yeronga State High. Within her launch presentation, Professor Julie Dunn (the research team leader) thanked the school, its staff, students and leaders for their outstanding commitment to collaborative research. She suggested that the Y Connect Project should be understood as an experiment in arts infusion – an extended examination of what might happen in one school if arts-based …

Y Connect Launch

The Y Connect team are excited to announce that the Y Connect Reports will be officially launched by the Hon Mark Bailey MP on behalf of the Hon Grace Grace, Minister for Education. The launch will be held this Friday at Yeronga State High School.