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Vocational Education & Training

Diary Dates for 2012

 

Vocational Education Coordinators' Professional Development & Network Day

Friday 16 March 2012

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2012 VET and Careers' Advisers Network and Professional Development Meetings

Venues to be advised

Term 1: Friday 16 March 
Term 2: Monday 21 May
Term 3: Friday 17 August
Term 4: Monday 5 November

2012 Certificate IV Training & Assessment TAE40110 3-day Workshops

Maximum 10 places available for each series of workshops
Venue: TAFE SA (Port Adelaide Campus) 1 Mundy Street, Port Adelaide

Term 2: Wednesday 2 May, Thursday 10 May and Friday 18 May
Term 3: Monday 23 July, Wednesday 1 August and Thursday 9 August


Funding

VET in Schools (VETiS) Funding 2010 - 2012
Vocational Education and Training programs are defined as ‘VET in Schools (VETiS) programs’ if they are undertaken as part of the Senior Secondary Certificate and provide credit towards a recognised VET qualification within the Australian Qualifications Framework. A funding contact between the Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education (DFEEST) and the SA Independent Schools Targeted Programs Authority has been negotiated for a three year period, 2010 – 2012. Schools who offer VET in Schools (VETiS) programs are eligible for funding to support aspects of programs which meet the identified priority areas.
Distribution of Funds
Funds are distributed to schools in the form of grants based on an annual submission process. Schools are encouraged to integrate VET programs into the School’s strategic planning processes. Sustainability is a feature that should be addressed in relation to the projects being proposed for funding.
Priority Areas
The priority areas for action and for reporting in 2011 include, at least, a mix of:
  1. developing strategies to maintain quality standards in delivery, assessment and administration of VET in Schools (including professional development).
  2. increasing the development of meaningful and quality VET programs in schools, through:
    1. establishing VETiS programs in schools not previously involved in the delivery of VET
    2. expanding the range and spread of VETiS programs offered across industry sectors
    3. establishing VETiS programs in new industry areas and in industry areas that meet local needs, and state / national skill shortages.
  3. increasing participation in VETiS by students facing barriers. This includes improving access for students in rural and remote areas and for educationally disadvantaged students including Indigenous students, young people from a culturally and linguistically diverse background and students with a disability.
  4. improving the information (including career and labour market) about a range of VETiS options and pathways through SACE or its equivalent.
  5. increasing the awareness and uptake of pathways that lead to Australian School-based Apprenticeships (ASBA) in trades, particularly those in skill shortage areas.
Data Reporting and Accountability
Schools report to AISSA each December on the activity of VETiS program in 2 ways:
1.      A Summary of Statistics of Student data
2.      An Educational Accountability of the allocated VETiS Funding Grant
 

 2012 VETiS Funding Memo.doc
 2012 VETiS Funding Submission.doc
 2011 VETiS Educational Accountability Report.docx

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VET and Careers Scholarship Program

Funded through the Commonwealth Youth Attainment and Transitions, National Partnership.

Information

A range of VET and Career scholarships will be available to staff in Independent Schools in 2012 under the VET and Careers Scholarship Program.  The 3 categories of scholarship available include:

  1. Industry Accreditation Scholarships
  2. Recognised Post Graduate Qualification in Career Development Scholarships
  3. Certificate IV in Career Development Scholarship

Further information/ Submission of Applications:

Marilyn Wall
AISSA: Vocational Education and Training Adviser
301 Unley Road, Malvern
8179 1400 or wallm@ais.sa.edu.au.

 

 2012 Industry Accredited Qualification Scholarship Application.docx
 2012 Recognised Post Graduate Qualification in Career Development Scholarship Application.docx
 2012 Cert IV Career Development Scholarships Info and Application.docx

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Teacher Work Placement in Industry 2011 – 2012 Pilot

 
1.      This professional development project is available to Teachers (Yrs 9 – 12) in Independent Schools. Its goal is to provide opportunities to build knowledge and skill to further enhance quality delivery and assessment of training, aiming to maximise the engagement of students, leading to successful transitions from school.
2.      To maintain professional learning aligned to current industry practice, schools with Trade Training Centres are particularly encouraged to consider this project for teachers delivering the training programs. However, applications will be considered across a range of curriculum areas.
3.      Teachers will be required to negotiate between their school and work place to spend between 5 – 10 days in industry (multiple placements encouraged), related to their VET training delivery / curriculum area.
4.      Teachers retain their ‘Teacher’ status throughout the project, with the School fully responsible for duty of care, salary, insurances and associated employment costs.
5.      AISSA will provide TRT reimbursement for up to 10 days work placement, plus up to 3 days administration to schools endorsing the application and supporting the staff member throughout the project.
6.      AISSA advisory support will be provided for school-endorsed applicants.
7.      This project commences July 1, 2011 with all placements and reporting requirements completed and reimbursements claimed by 30 June 2012.
8.      Funding for this pilot project is supported by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Youth Attainment and Transitions (YAT) National Partnership, Maximising Engagement and Achievement for Successful Transitions (MEAST).
 
 
 
Further information is available from Marilyn Wall (8179 1428 or wallm@ais.sa.edu.au).
Please forward endorsed applications to VET Adviser, AISSA, 301 Unley Road, Malvern, or fax 8373 1116. Note: This includes applications for completed work placements up until 30 June, 2012.
Early applications are eligible for priority consideration.

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Workplace Learning

A copy of the Workplace Learning Guidelines 2004 (updated in 2008) is available for downloading from the DECS website CLICK HERE.

For a copy of the Workplace Learning Induction Program 2007 CD-Rom please contact Marilyn Wall.

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2012 ‘On-The-Job’ Workplace Learning Funding

Under the Youth Attainment and Transitions (YAT) National Partnership funding arrangement with the Commonwealth Government, AISSA is providing in 2011, grants of up to a maximum of $10,000 to independent schools in SA that offer a VET in Schools (VETiS) program.
 
This funding is to support meaningful ‘On-The-Job’ Workplace Learning opportunities of 20 days for an identified cohort of students. This cohort focus includes students at risk of not making a successful transition from school to further training, education or employment.
 
For further information and application details please contact Marilyn Wall VET Adviser, 8179 1400 or email wallm@ais.sa.edu.au

 2012 OTJ Workplace Learning School Application.docx

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