1. Purpose, Context and Rationale of the Gateway to Industry Schools Program (GISP)
This Memorandum of Understanding is a statement of intent to build and maintain a cooperative arrangement between the parties listed and is not intended to be legally binding.
The Tourism and Hospitality industry has been identified as a priority industry for an industry and school engagement strategy by the Queensland Government. If Queensland industries are to remain viable then planning and developing an industry’s future workforce is critical to that industry’s future.
An industry working closely with schools and their communities to provide students with quality career information, relevant and contextualised education opportunities, industry standard training, work experience and work placement, and post-school pathway opportunities is in the best interests of all participants.
The purpose of GISP is to:
Inform students of participating schools about and have trial experiences in careers and pathways for future learning in priority industries.
Complement the broader VET investment and government’s investment in secondary school education.
Bridge the learning opportunities provided by Queensland schools with the expectations of industry for jobs now and into the future.
Provide opportunities for industry to attract informed and suitable young people to careers in the industry, either directly from school or by way of industry-related post-secondary training and education pathways.
The GISP objectives:
Provide industry focused experiential learning opportunities to provide students an understanding of the industry and for them to trial and self-select into careers.
Provide opportunities for participation in employment and gateways to further training and education for school leavers.
Create sustainable and relevant connections between participating schools and industries to maintain links and opportunities for students into the future.
Provide meaningful and industry relevant Teacher Professional Development, validation, and further training opportunities to assist teachers delivering relevant and industry demanded content to students in the classroom.
2. In-Scope GISP Services
The GISP Tourism and Hospitality Project services:
Create sustainable and relevant industry connections to support GISP member schools to achieve increased industry relevant teaching methods and student opportunities to be work ready upon graduation.
Provide industry focused experiential learning opportunities to provide students with an understanding of the industry and for them to trial and self-select pathways into careers.
Provide opportunities for participation in industry relevant work experience, work placement or scholarship opportunities.
Identify, provide and promote relevant professional development for school teachers to improve their industry related capabilities and the expectation of industry for jobs now and into the future.
3. Roles and Contribution of Participants
Participating school agrees to:
Nominate a leadership team member as a primary contact between the school and the project officer for the GISP Tourism and Hospitality Project.
Build and maintain a productive partnership with the GISP industry connections introduced to your school by GISP.
Work collaboratively with the GISP program managers, partnering industry and participating employers to ensure a strong industry focus to structured learning opportunities provided to participating students.
Encourage and support interested students to participate in opportunities to experience the industry and develop industry-related skills.
Encourage and support teachers to participate in opportunities to experience the industry, develop industry-related skills and maintain currency and competence.
Provide students and parents with access to industry-related information and career advice including post-school options for further training and education and direct entry to the labour market that is provided by your affiliation of the GISP program.
Support and contribute to the annual evaluation of the value of this MOU and the GISP Tourism and Hospitality Project.
Provide details of outcomes and highlights on the benefits GISP Tourism and Hospitality Project has delivered to your school and teachers. This can be done in the way of the GISP event surveys, and annual data collections.
The participating service provider, through the GISP Project Managers, agrees to:
Support the participation of the school and their students, connecting with industry and participating employers in the GISP Tourism and Hospitality Project.
Work collaboratively with the school, partnering industry and participating employers to ensure a strong industry focus to structured learning opportunities.
Work with the school, partnering industry and participating employers to make available a range of industry-endorsed opportunities for students to learn about and experience the industry.
Provide Gateway Member Schools with the opportunity to support their teachers and students with industry engagement and structured learning opportunities the school is requiring.
Provide a calendar of activities and events for each year such as structured learning opportunities including guest speakers, structured workplace training, work experience placements and teaching staff currency opportunities.
Facilitate enduring partnerships that support the future employment of young people in the industry.
Advise on the range of industry organisations and employers with which they are working.
Organise activities that do not duplicate the activities already undertaken by the service provider, participating schools and industry partners.
