SEDA Sports Development Program
This project's parent organization is Sport Education Development Australia (SEDA) Pty Ltd
It operates in Australia
It uses Multiple sports
Entered the Sport for Education Award
More about SEDA Sports Development Program
SEDA uses sport to create songlines that help disengaged young people successfully navigate their transition from school to further education or employment. For young people in the program sport has been a safe haven and they have developed expertise through their experiences in sport. Understanding this relationship, SEDA uses sport as a conduit, connecting learning to sport and through sport. Young people develop literacy and numeracy skills applied to sport.
Real hands on experience with sport industry partners and the local community build knowledge and skills through sport. Key to the program’s success is SEDA’s partnership with high profile sports organisations and the community. Young people embrace the brand, wear it with pride and respond to industry behavioural expectations. Working and applying their skills in the local community through conducting clinics and volunteer work embodies their learning, builds self-efficacy, and shapes their aspirations. There are 1600 students enrolled in the program, in 2012 92% gained a senior secondary certificate and 95% transitioned into further education or employment.
Social outcomes beyond education attainment include social inclusion and childhood obesity through targeted programs addressing physical activity levels in primary school children, disengaged and disadvantaged groups, and indigenous populations.