our core programs at a glance

secondary school programs

Accelerate

  • School year(s) 11, 12 and 13
  • Impact area Leadership
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Targeted mentoring and financial support over three years.

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My Career Rules

  • School year(s) 8-12
  • Impact area(s) Pathways
  • Delivery format Digital only

Interactive online careers Q&A.

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Focus & Focus2

  • School year(s) 10-11
  • Impact area(s) Life skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Leadership skills for young women.

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Aspirations

  • School year(s) 10-11
  • Impact area(s) Enterprise skills, life skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Broadens awareness of post-school career pathways.

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Interview 2 Impress

  • School year(s) 10-11
  • Impact area Enterprise skills, life skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Interactive workshop to build confidence and interview skills.

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Find Your Purpose

  • School year(s) 9-10
  • Impact area Enterprise skills, life skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Builds student confidence in career decisions

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Future Thinkers

  • School year(s) 9-10
  • Impact area(s) Enterprise skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Problem-solving and design thinking skills.

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GOALS

  • School year(s) 9
  • Impact area(s) Life skills, enterprise skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Self-management encouraging completion of Year 12.

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Innovate

  • School year(s) 7-8
  • Impact area(s) Pathways, enterprise skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Encourages the uptake of STEM subjects by bringing opportunities to life.

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Partners in Learning

  • Participants Principals and C-suite executives
  • Impact area Leadership
  • Delivery format Face-to-face and digital

Co-mentoring between business leaders and school principals.

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primary school programs

Spark

  • School year 1-2
  • Impact area Life skills
  • Delivery format Face-to-face only

Assists with the development of basic reading and comprehension skills.

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Development Hub programs

Our Development Hub is a centre for innovation, design and development. In addition to our core mentoring programs, we collaborate with our member companies and schools to pilot new programs and concepts to respond to the needs of the changing world of work.

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our stories
Carolyn Ralph, mentor

‘Mentoring is not a job, or a tick-the-box exercise to confirm I am “giving back” – it is a privilege.’

Carolyn Ralph discovered a love of mentoring back in 2010. She was paired with our first-ever scholar, Jennifer Truong, who was awarded the KPMG and ABCN Doug Jukes Memorial Scholarship – the framework of which inspired ABCN’s Scholarship Foundation. Almost 10 years later, their initial three-year mentoring commitment has grown into a mutually respectful friendship and Carolyn is justifiably proud of Jennifer’s achievements. ‘I would unequivocally recommend mentoring,’ she says. ‘Jennifer and I met when she was a teenager, but I am the one who is richer from knowing her. Be open to learning from your mentee – there are valuable lessons from everyone.’

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our stories
Karlee, alumna

‘I completed Year 12, something I previously wasn't sure I would do.’

Karlee divides her life to date between pre and post her participation in ABCN programs. Pre-ABCN, she says she felt unmotivated and disinterested in school. She had no goals and lacked self-confidence. Post-ABCN, her life is a different story, for which she credits the mentors she met on ABCN programs. ‘I entered Aspirations with little direction and exited with a clear career in mind, armed with the skills required for the future,’ she says. ‘He may not know it, but the efforts my mentor made to go above and beyond for me has made a big difference in my life.’

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Yusuf, Accelerate Scholar

‘I learned not to dwell on what's happened, but to focus on the future.'

Eighteen-year-old Yusuf Arpaci faces a number of challenges. One of five siblings, he often has to take care of his little brother because his mother isn’t well. He also suffers from asthma and a knee injury. One of the main things he learned from his mentor is that he often uses these challenges as an excuse for not attending something, or procrastinating. His mentor advised him ‘not to dwell on what has happened but to focus on the future’. His dream is to become a pilot, while also eyeing careers in engineering or IT.

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