Supporting school-community partnerships
Many people help NAB Schools First behind the scenes and support
to the school-community partnerships involved.
They assist in number of ways including:
- Helping with the program
- Providing ongoing support for winning schools
- Supporting any school-community partnership
Helping with the program
NAB Schools First Advocates
NAB staff who are inspired and excited by the program help their local school-community partnerships activity. They’re also encouraged to proactively share the benefits of NAB Schools First with other staff, customers, schools and community groups.
“I really enjoyed the experience and the enthusiasm of the children involved in the exhibit. It was a small school but a worthy winner”
Megan Dyson, Branch Manager, Maitland NSW
As a national awards program, we’re trying to reach as many schools as possible via the NAB Schools First Partnership Forums. When visiting local communities, NAB staff provide on the ground assistance at these forums.
Learn more about the Partnership Forums.
NAB staff interested in getting involved, please email us at nabstaff@schoolsfirst.edu.au
Providing ongoing support for winning schools
The NAB Schools First team
Our team’s involvement with partnerships doesn’t stop with the cheque. We work closely with winning schools to effectively support the ongoing development of their programs. Depending on what each school needs or wants, this could range from providing tools and resource kits, to having regular phone conferences and site visits.
Meet the NAB Schools First team
NAB Schools First Partnership Managers
Each winning school is assigned a NAB staff member in their local area who is a passionate NAB Schools First Advocate. These Partnership Managers work one-on-one with the school to help celebrate their success, helping bring the program to life in the local community as well as becoming an integral part of the partnership.
“The local award was so exciting. The School was buzzing and so were we. I am so glad that I am involved in the awards and look forward to the next 12 months and hopefully a few more.”
Marilyn Connor, Branch Manager, Victor Harbour SA and SRFM for Victor Harbor High School.
NAB staff interested in getting involved, please email us at nabstaff@schoolsfirst.edu.au
Supporting any school-community partnership
The NAB Schools First team
We provide all schools with a range of opportunities to increase professional learning around:
- building sustaining school-community partnerships
- evaluating partnerships and programs
- identifying collaborative opportunities.
We do this through the Partnerships Forums, this website and our regular e-newsletter. We also provide such opportunities through
our online discussion forums and other resources and activities.
To stay in the loop about all we offer, make sure you're on our mailing list.
Meet the NAB Schools First team
NAB Volunteers
Each year, all NAB staff have two days paid leave to volunteer in non-profit organisations in their local communities. Any school-community partnership that’s eligible can register to be part of the NAB volunteering program.
Find out more about NAB volunteering.
