Engaging VET Practitioners

Key note speakers

Dr John Mitchell, John Mitchell & Associates
Identifying the new VET practitioner

Sharon Coates, Chief Executive Officer, Innovation and Business Skills Australia
Better Business through Innovative Education and Training

Catherine Vandermark, Acting Branch Manager, Funding & Performance Branch, Department of Education, Science & Training
The New Training System, An Opportunity to Make Positive Changes in VET for the VET Workforce

Concurrent Sessions - themed presentations
In each concurrent session, Reframing the Future project leaders shared their experiences and thoughts on the theme in order to stimulate group discussion about new ways of working in VET.

Some of these PowerPoint presentations are large and may take some time to open.

Theme 1: Capability and capacity building in VET

Presenter	Sponsoring organisation	State/ Territory	Project summary and Reframing the Future sub-program
Rob Young	TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute	NSW	Construction-An Assessment Validation Network Assessor, Teaching & Learning Networks Project Action Plan AN367-2-1-34
Liz Agars	TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute	NSW	RTO Workforce Planning Strategy-importance and advantages. Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW223-2-1-7
Kerryn Smith & Meegan Hill	Polson HR & Training Brokers	SA	Enterprise workforce planning and development - the VET connection Communities of Practice Project Action Plan CP123-5-1-1
Janene Piip	DFEEST	SA	Developing business savvy in TAFE Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW45-5-1-18
Dr Wendy Morrow	SA College of Natural Medicine	SA	Increasing organisational responsiveness to our customers. Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW3-5-1-2
Peta Pash	TAFE SA	SA	A positive approach to creating strategy through Appreciative Enquiry. Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW294-5-1-25
Colin Alcock	TAFE NSW - Riverina Institute	NSW	The 'coaching' conversation - teasing and harnessing our possibilities Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW86-2-1-14
Denise Bell	Gordon Institute of TAFE	VIC	Developing a research capability Applying Information and Research Project Action Plan IR278-7-1-32
Craig Walker	Australian Central Credit Union	SA	Internal team up-skills for competency based framework implementation Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD54-5-1-1

Theme 1: Capability and capacity building in VET (includes TAA04)

Presenter	Sponsoring organisation	State/ Territory	Project summary and Reframing the Future sub-program
Peter LeCornu	St John Ambulance Australia	ACT	Adapting the TAA04 Toolbox, through networked conversations Assessor, Teaching & Learning Networks Project Action Plan AN5-1-1-1
Rose Vallen	Australian Institute of Management	SA	A national approach to implementing TAA04 Training Package Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD347-5-1-1
Cheryll Meade	TAFEWA Challenger	WA	Challenges and Opportunities for change - Implementing our Workforce Management Strategy Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW95-8-1-16
Cairi Robinson	Ballarat Group Training	VIC	Implementing TAA04 Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD85-7-1-2
Robynne Wilson	Care Training Australia	VIC	Staff development for implementing TAA04 Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD8-7-1-2
Jo-Ann Craig	Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE	VIC	Implementing TAA04 Communities of Practice Project Action Plan CP96-7-1-8
Gareth Evans	Victorian Assessors Network	VIC	Implementing TAA04 Assessor, Teaching & Learning Network Project Action Plan AN179-7-1-2
Jane Court	Longbeach PLACE	VIC	Implementing TAA04 Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD158-7-1-1
Tim Dein	TAFE NSW	NSW	Implementing TAA04 Assessor, Teaching & Learning Network Project Action Plan AN299-2-1-18

Theme 2: Industry-led and demand-driven VET

Presenter	Sponsoring organisation	State/ Territory	Project summary and Reframing the Future sub-program
Laurie Miller	TAFE Tasmania	TAS	Enterprise Learning - enhancing workplace learning in Tasmanian industries Communities of Practice Project Action Plan CP313-6-1-30
Bernadette Harris	Institute of Public Administration Australia, NSW Division	NSW	Grass roots implementation of User Choice Industry Training Network Project Action Plan ITN336-2-1-1
David Love	Future Now - Learning for Life, WA Arts, Sport & Recreation ITAB	WA	Horses for courses - but which course do we take? Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP72-8-1-5
Lesley Wemyss	Lesley Wemyss Training Consultancy	QLD	Mining company expansion leads to innovative strategies Strategic Management & Change Management Project Action Plan CMW350-4-1-5
Lin Farrington	Studentworks	TAS	The road to VET is paved with good intentions - maximising the contributions of all partners Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD379-6-1-1
Patrick Gavaghan	Council of Textile & Fashion Industries of Australia	VIC	Floor covering industry and VET National Training Change Agent Project Action Plan CA110-7-1-1
Hilary Hamilton	ASC	SA	Meeting SA Defence Industry training needs Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD59-5-1-1
Corinne Stevenson	JobQuest	NSW	Get in on the action - Retail Assessor Industry Network Assessor, Teaching & Learning Network Project Action Plan AN140-2-1-1
John Molenaar	Manufacturing and Engineering Skills Advisory Body Inc	VIC	Qualified but not skilled - towards quality outcomes in implementing the Competitive Manufacturing Training Package Industry Training Network Project Action Plan ITN201-7-1-8
Michele Dawkins	Queensland Police	QLD	Networking and up-skilling TAA04 change management strategies Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD207-4-1-5
Dominic Schipano	TITAB	National	Industry, enterprises and RTOs sharing expertise, experiences and information to produce quality assessment tools Industry Training Network Project Action Plan AN50-7-1-1
Helen Strickland	South East Education & Training Association	SA	Engaging the local community in engineering training Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP250-5-1-1
Anthony Tyrrel & Christopher Butler	ERTOF - Enterprise Registered Training Organisation Forum	National	Embedded Enterprise RTOs - training providers and industry - good business or a crisis of identity? Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan IR143-2-1-1
Robyn Herdman	Westpac Banking Corporation	NSW	The Westpac Experience Skills Development for VET Practitioners Project Action Plan SD298-2-1-1
Dr Damira Lopes & Elaine Egan	Victoria University of Technology	VIC	Effective Networks - how do we build them? Industry Training Network Project Action Plan ITN208-7-1-20

Theme 3: Learner-centred and community-focused VET

Presenter	Sponsoring organisation	State/ Territory	Project summary and Reframing the Future sub-program

Sue Roy	TAFE NSW	NSW	WELL connected Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP364-2-1-31
Claire Rasmussen	University of Ballarat TAFE Division	VIC	Building LLN capability and capacity Applying Information & Research Project Action Plan IR67-7-1-9
Wing-Yin Chan Lee	TAFE SA - South	SA	Using Professional Judgment to integrate LLN within VET Assessor, Teaching & Learning Networks Project Action Plan AN198-5-1-4
Susan Carey	TAFE NSW - Riverina Institute	NSW	Youth and community work/training Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP89-2-1-17
Pam Jonas	Group Training Association of Victoria	VIC	Promoting youth apprenticeships with parents and community Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP381-7-1-1
Christine Hayes & Penny Corser- Hatten	Swinburne University of Technology - TAFE Division	VIC	HIT - Hanging in there; working with young people in VET Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP311-7-1-25
Dorne Wallace	Central Queensland TAFE	QLD	VET Community Work Community of Practice Project Action Plan CP325-4-1-10
Louisa Ellum	Southern Western Port Regional Council of ACFE	VIC	Learner groups in Adult and Community Education Applying Information & Research Project Action Plan IR129-7-1-2
Sally Thompson & Pat Grosse	Goulburn Ovens Murray Regional Council of ACFE	VIC	Supporting men's engagement in learning Applying Information & Research Project Action Plan IR301-7-1-14

Professional Judgment in VET Forums
These stimulating Forums that go to the heart of VET practice were originally held in Townsville, Newcastle, Melbourne and Perth earlier this year.
Two Professional Judgment in VET Forums were facililtated by Dr John Mitchell, with Dr Anne Jones and Andrea Bateman. The forums addressed a challenge put in the final report of the High Level Review of Training Packages, Moving On that VET practitioners develop "high-order professional expertise" such as the ability to make "context-specific judgments".

Questions discussed included:

What is professional judgment in a VET Training Package context?
Why do we need it?
How do we do it?
How can we develop it further?
How does professional judgment contribute to new practices in VET teaching, learning and assessment?

A Professional Judgment in VET Forum ran each day across both the morning and afternoon concurrent sessions.

Presenter	Topic
Dr Anne Jones, Pro Vice Chancellor (Education Strategy and Enterprise), Victoria University of Technology	VET professionals making good judgments
Andrea Bateman, Bateman & Giles Pty Ltd	Professional judgment and assessment
Dr John Mitchell, John Mitchell and Associates	Professional judgment in teaching and learning in VET Professional judgment in VET

Putting VET Resources to Work
Putting VET Resources to Work workshops were presented by some of the exhibitors. In these sessions participants explored the many ways VET resources are used to support new ways of working in VET.

Presenter	Sponsoring Organisation
Kareena Arthy & Carol Fripp	Australian Training Products AEShareNet
Wendy Buck	DFEEST Training Resource Centre
Michelle Watson	Training Packages@Work
Kim Edgar	EdNA
Margaret Lanchbery	Innovation & Business Skills Australia

Change Agents: Super and Human?
This public conversation on Thursday afternoon was facilitated by Margaret Dix, with a panel of Reframing the Future National Training Change Agents.

Research shows that the change agent role in VET is not to be under-estimated, as change agents need the ability to adopt a range of roles which could include being opportunists, diplomats and networkers. To effectively assist the change process, change agents also need an advanced range of skills and knowledge, as well as courage and sensitivity.

Be challenged, enthralled, and entertained. Hear about life and career enhancing experiences, and the ups and downs of changing the world as we may or may not know it. Theories on change agency were explored, expounded, exploded, and created.

Conversation Cafe
In the Conversation Cafe participants discussed, debated and shared their experiences and knowledge. The cafe was facilitated by 'The VET Translators' (a 2005 Reframing the Future Community of Practice).

Posters
Posters are an effective and popular method for communicating information. Poster presentations make use of graphics such as maps, photographs and charts to describe a Reframing the Future project. Poster presentations provide an opportunity for personal interaction and in-depth discussions between the presenter and the viewer.

Organisation	State/ Territory	Presenter	Poster title
Studentworks, Skills Development for VET Practitioners SD379	TAS	Lin Farrington	Enterprise Education - working smarter in VET to achieve the maximum benefit to both industry and the learner
Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE Skills Development for VET Practitioners SD74	QLD	Kayci Delaney	RPL - SQIT's response to SmartVET and Qld's skills shortage areas
Queensland Ambulance Service Strategic Management and Change Management CMW121	QLD	Rosemary Gore & Elaine Roberts	Strategic and change management in QAS to continue building The Flexible Learning Organisation Initiative
Special Interest Group Professional Judgment in VET	QLD	Andrew Evans	Teaching, Learning and Assessment
TAFE NSW South West Sydney Institute Applying Information and Research IR358	NSW	Joanne Fuller	PUPS: Planning Useful Pathways for Students - workplace learning methodologies for Child Care Workers
The Institute of Public Administration Australia Industry Training Network ITN336	NSW	Leone Cripps	Integrating the VET system with enterprise workforce development to build capability and capacity in the public sector
TAFE NSW Northern Sydney Institute Assessor, Teaching & Learning Network AN118	NSW	Susan Eriksson	The friendly guide to casting the net
TAFE NSW - Northern Sydney Institute Skills Development for VET Practitioners SD114	NSW	Susan Eriksson	The classroom climate - is it temperate for all?
TAFE WA Challenger Applying Information and Research IR92	WA	Jennifer Nevard	Model for fostering innovation and solutions at Challenger
CHARTTES Assessor, Teaching & Learning Network AN159	NT	Marcia Kelly	Remote industry driven RTO partnerships in Queensland and the Northern Territory
TAFEWA Swan Strategic Management and Change Management CMW193	WA	Lyn Farrell	Laying the tracks for change
TAFE SA Regional Strategic Management and Change Management CMW45	SA	Janene Piip	Developing Business Savvy in TAFE
Motor Traders' Association of NSW Industry Training Network ITN248	NSW	Danielle Andrews	AutoNet - Jumpstarting Communication
Gordon Institute of TAFE Applying Information and Research IR278	VIC	Denise Bell	VET Practitioners and VET Professionals
Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation Community of Practice CP335	NT	Kate Lawrence	Nintiringtjaku and English literacy requirements for Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
DESART Industry Training Network ITN242	NT	Jill Gientzotis	The DESART Industry Training Network Towards an industry led system - building VET capability and capacity
ACPET Queensland Community of Practice CP338	QLD	Michael Hall	CHEERS
Australian Institute of Management SA Div. Skills Development for VET Practitioners SD348	SA	Rose Vallen	How does the AQTF affect my job role?
Care Training Australia Skills Development for VET Practitioners SD8	VIC	Robynne Wilson	Implementing TAA04
South Australian Workplace Assessor Network Community of Practice CP270	SA	Ben Hollister	Implementing TAA04
Polson HR & Training Brokers Community of Practice CP123	SA	Bill Trengove	Enterprise workforce planning and development - the VET connection
TAFEWA Challenger National Training Change Agent CA93	WA	Margaret Gannaway	On the wings of change - flying with TAA04
Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE Skills Development for VET Practitioners SD349	QLD	Trisha O'Donnell	Learning support
DFEEST Community of Practice CP265	SA	Isabel Maurer	RPL, skills shortages, traditional trades

Reporters
During the Forum, Andrea Averis, Manager, Research Management Branch, NCVER and Sue Roy, Program Manager, Vocational Literacy, TAFE NSW Access and General Education Curriculum Centre gathered key ideas and strategies from the presentations, professional conversations and other activities throughout the Forum. The reporters discussed and shared their findings in the 'Bringing it all together' plenary session on Friday.

Campus Review article 16 November 2005
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