Teachers Guide

The Teachers Guide provides essential information for schools, principals, classroom teachers and youth leaders wishing to participate in the Youth Challenge. Over 260 schools and youth groups across the state have participated in the program since the Challenge was launched in Queensland three years ago. The Teachers Guide aims to:

• Reinforce the link between the Youth Challenge and Education Queensland curriculum
  
  
• Provide advice for conducting the Youth Challenge in your school/classroom/organisation
  
  
• Support teachers and facilitators in developing learning activities for conducting the Youth Challenge within the classroom/youth setting
  
  
• Present sample assessment tasks to implement or adapt when conducting the Youth Challenge

DOWNLOAD Teachers Guide 2010 HERE

Hard copies of the Teachers Guide may also be posted to you upon request. To view and download the Teachers Guide online, click to view the file above or, right click then choose "Save Target as" or "Save Link As" to save the PDF to your hard drive. To view PDF files you will need the Free Adobe Reader.

Curriculum connections

Classroom teachers will be able to incorporate the Crime Stoppers Youth Challenge Queensland into their curriculum plans. Assessment tasks and teacher materials have been developed linking the Crime Stoppers Youth Challenge Queensland program to the QSA Senior Secondary Syllabuses and the QCAR Framework Essential Learnings and Standards.

The Teachers Guide has been developed in conjunction with the Department of Education and Training. It further demonstrates the alignment of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment to enable teachers to report on student achievement. The Teachers Guide is available to download via the link above. Alternatively hard copies are also available upon request.

Schools region map

For the 2010 Crime Stoppers Youth Challenge Queensland, the State will be divided into 11 regions. Please review the 2010 Challenge Brochure for a detailed list of the regions. Please note also, Crime Stoppers Queensland Limited have chosen to divide the Greater Brisbane Region into two competing regions; North and South, split by the Brisbane River.

Education Queensland Schools Region Map

School visits

Schools visits can be arranged by the Crime Stoppers Youth Challenge Queensland team to present to school staff, students and youth groups throughout the state. Please contact us if you wish to arrange a visit. You may also like to arrange a visit to your local Police Station. If you have any further queries regarding the program, Teachers Guide, key dates, example tasks, local contacts, student groups, eligible entries and/or judging criteria, please contact us.

Evaluation

To ascertain the effectiveness of the program and to continually improve its delivery, you may be invited to participate in an evaluation process during Semester Two.