Dear Colleagues,

Please see attached the Flyer for the workshop on the Skill Australia recent release " Skills for Prosperity - A Roadmap for Vocational Education and Training." This workshop will be held prior to our AGM on 15 June at the Citigate Central.

It will provide members with the opportunity to workshop this crtical paper in relation to future directions for Vocational Education and Training

Please see flyer in the News section with RSVP by 10 June.

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Our Mentoring Program phase four has opened for 2011. Members are invited to nominate as mentors and / or mentees. Mentees will be  put in contact with suitable mentors.

Please refer to the TAFE Managers Mentoring Program attached for more detail, complete nomination forms and promote this program amongst your colleagues.

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Notice of the Annual General meeting has been posted on the website to be held on the Wednesday 15 June at the CITIGATE CENTRAL Ultimo. Nominations are called for office bearers of the Association for half of the representatives for 2011- 2013.

The AGM will be proceeded by a presentation and workshop from Skills Australia. Notice to follow shortly.

 

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We are pleased to provide you with our proposed program for TAFE NSW Managers for 2011. The program has been evolving since January and has been distributed at our Welcome function.

Our Second function will be held at Mt Druitt College WSI this coming Wednesday the 18 May. We welcome members and guest to participate. Register via the Contestable Market Forum brochure listed below.

 

Our AGM is planned for the 15 June to report on the past years activities, to hold a half election and to have a guest speaker and refreshments. Notices will follow in the near future.

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We are pleased to provide you with our membership brochure and letter which provides details on how to pay for your financial membership for the year 2011. The brochure provides details about the Association and it can be used to enable current and new members to become financial members of the Association.

 

Most of our members join both the NSW TAFE Managers Association and AUSTAFE which is done via the AUSTAFE website. Several of our members prefer to join just the NSW TAFE Managers Association, which is done by payment online directly to our account with the Teachers Credit Union.

 

Please refer to the brochure and letter for information on membership payments. We acknowledge that many have already joined and others are encouraged to join for calendar year of 2011.

 

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We are pleased to welcome members and non-members to participate in our second forum for the year which is focusing on Contestable Markets and the VET Labour Market. This will be held in the evening at Mt Druitt College on 18 May 2011.

 

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Phil Toner will be sharing his research with us. Phil is a Senior Research Fellow from the Centre for Industry and Innovation Studies at UWS. We welcome you to join with the panel session and discussion as part of the forum.

 

Please refer to the flyer for registration purposes.

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We are pleased to provide you with the PowerPoint and Podcast from the TAFE Managers Welcome Function which was held at Meadowbank College NSI on 24 March 2011. We wish to thank Paul Callaghan for his presentation on Social Inclusion - Moving to a Value Added Construct. His presentation was gratefully received as it provides new ways of thinking about Social Inclusion.

Kevin Heys

 

http://sydneyinstituteonline.net/blog/2011/03/26/tafe-nsw-managers-networking-event/

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1. AUSTAFE Emerging Leader's Award

2. AUSTAFE Educational Leadership Award

3. AUSTAFE Honorary Life Membership

 

The awards will be presented at the AUSTAFE Conference in October 2011. The awards will be a feature of the AUSTAFE Conference to be held in Canberra. We are looking forward to receiving nominations relating to the Emerging, Educational Leadership and Honorary Life Membership Award categories to enable us to celebrate the work of TAFE Managers.

 

Please download the award nomination forms and encourage relevant colleagues to complete the application and to submit them by 12 September 2011.

Kevin Heys

 

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The 14th AVETRA Annual Conference will be held at the Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne, VIC on Thursday, 28 – Friday, 29 April 2011.  Pre-conference workshops and Welcome Reception will be on Wednesday, 27 April 2011.

 

Over 100 research papers and workshops have been submitted for presentation at this conference.  The conference title for this year is "Research in VET: Janus - Reflecting back, projecting forward".

 

Information about the conference, program and registration can be obtained from the AVETRA website by clicking on the Annual Conference button on the home page. The AVETRA website is: www.avetra.org.au

Kevin Heys

We are pleased to invite you and your relevant colleagues to the Welcome Members Function of the TAFE NSW Managers Association. The function will be held at the SEE Street Gallery at Meadowbank College on the evening of Thursday 24 March 2011.

 

We are delighted that Paul Callaghan, Director, New England Institute TAFE NSW will be the guest speaker addressing the topic of "Social Inclusion  Moving from a Deficit to a Value Added Construct".

 

We welcome you bring prospective new members to join with us at this welcome function and to participate in this function and to enjoy refreshments with colleagues. The function is being hosted by the Association and is free of charge. Please RSVP to Robyn Vidler by Friday 18 March for catering purposes.

 

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Please see attached  link to our submission to Skills Australia's call for comments on its discussion paper 'Creating a future direction for Australian vocational education and training"

I also encourage you to review the Productivity Commission issue paper / report November 2010 - Vocational Education and Training Workforce.

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We are pleased to share with you our mentoring video of approximately 9 minutes in length which was made following phase 3 of the TAFE Managers Association Mentoring Program. The video provides insight to some of the purposes, processes and progress of our mentoring program.

Please click on the link in the Word document to access the mentoring video. The Play button is at the bottom of the screen.

 

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Dear Colleagues,

It  is our pleasure to invite you to participate in our End of Year Cocktail Celebration to be held at the Citigate on Monday 6 December 2010.

We hope you can come along and bring a friend to join with us in celebrating the year that was and to plan for the year to come.

Please see flyer attached and RSVP by 2 December.

 

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We are pleased to announce that the AVETRA 2010 Sydney OctoberVET forum will be held at UTS on Wednesday 27 October 2010 between 4.00 - 7.30 pm. The focus of the forum will be on research relating to literacy, numeracy and learner support.

 

Please see the attached flyer for more information and registration.

 

Kevin Heys

 

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Registration, Sponsorship and call for presentation of papers information is now available on our website. The registration brochure enables people to book in for the conference and related activities. Sponsorship documents enable interested parties and organisations to contribute to and participate in the conference. Refer to the document for opportunities and share these with relevant organisations.

 

Call for Papers and Presentation are still open, inviting interested parties to provide papers, workshops and other activities in the parallel 45-minute session parts of the program. RSVPs are required by 27 August.

 

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We have three Leadership Award categories that are available to TAFE staff in 2010:

 

1. The TAFE NSW Managers Association Leadership Award

2. AUSTAFE Emerging Leader's Award

3. AUSTAFE Educational Leadership Award

 

The awards will be presented at the AUSTAFE Conference Dinner on 14 October 2010. The awards will be a feature of the AUSTAFE Conference Dinner and we are looking forward to having our DD-G Pam Christie present the awards on this occasion.

 

Please download the award nomination forms and encourage relevant colleagues to complete the application and to submit them by the relevant dates in August and September.

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We are pleased to provide a copy of the PowerPoint and Podcast presentation by Hugh Guthrie in relation to NCVER Research on developments in the VET/TAFE practitioner. We are very grateful to Hugh for his presentation which was made prior to the AGM on 17 June 2010.

 

Please click on the links below.

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We invite interested parties to submit abstracts for presentation of papers and workshops at the AUSTAFE Conference to be held on 14 and 15 October 2010. The Conference theme is Leadership, Innovation and Workplace Culture and we are looking for interested parties to make submissions to present sessions in keeping with the conference theme.

 

Please refer to the flyer attached for more information and encourage relevant people and parties to provide abstracts and submissions for presentation at the conference. The call for abstracts closes on Friday 27 August 2010.

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Ann Rolfe has kindly provided us with four Mentoring video clips to upload on our website. You may wish to gain further information about mentoring by visiting ann@mentoring-works.com.

 

We are still keen to receive mentor nominations from our members and to receive mentee request forms from interested TAFE staff who wish to participate in our Phase 3 2010 mentoring program.

 

Please refer to the earlier news item and download Mentor Nomination Forms and Mentee Request Forms, complete details and return to Kevin.Heys@tafensw.edu.au.

 

Please open the attached Word document to view the video clips.

 

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Nominations are invited for the TAFE NSW Managers Leadership Awards for 2010. These awards were introduced in 2004. Last year we received 17 nominations from across Institutes. We granted five leadership awards from the excellent nominations.

We are looking forward to receiving nominations up until 18th September 2010. This will enable us to review the applications and to present the awards at the AUSTAFE Conference which is being held in mid October at the Citigate Central in Sydney.

Please refer to the flyer attached for details and guidelines in relation to the nominations.

Kevin Heys

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AUSTAFE has organised a study tour to London starting from 1 September 2010. There are options for an eight or ten day study tour. Please download flyer and go to the AUSTAFE web site for more information

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Our Mentoring Program phase three has reopened for 2010.

Members are invited to nomimate as Mentors  from 1 June or as Mentees for 2010. Mentees will be offered mentoring arrangements from 1 July.

Please refer to the TAFE Managers Mentoring Program attached information for more detail.

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A VET / TAFE Practitioner Presentation / Workshop will be presented by Hugh Guthrie - Principal Researcher Consultant with NCVER prior to the AGM on Thursday 17 June 2010. Please see the flyer attached for more details and registration requirements. Hugh will be presenting recent NCVER research finding on the contemporary and advanced VET / TAFE Practitioner / Teacher.

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Notice of the Annual General Meeting has been posted on web site to be held  in the evening of the 17 June 2010 at the CITIGATE CENTRAL Ultimo. Nominations are being called for Office Bearers of the Association for 2010 - 2012.  Proxy forms are also available on the site.

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Please see attached AUSTAFE Conference 2010 Promotional information.

The organising team is currently planning the Conference focusing on the theme of "Leadership, Innovation and Workplace Culture". The Conference will be held at the Citigate Hotel in Ultimo with a welcome function on the evening of 13, and two full days of conference on 14 and 15 October 2010.

Early bird registration is now available.  Please note the dates in your diary and follow up on early bird registrations as details unfold.

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Please see attached a report from the 2010 AVETRA Conference. This report provides a brief insight to the Conference recently held in Queensland which adopted the theme "VET Research: Leading and Responding in Turbulent Times".

More information can be found by following the links in the report to the AVETRA website.

Kevin Heys

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We are pleased to report that the Welcome Function held on 25 March 2010 was highly successful and that we have available the PowerPoint and Podcast presentations on the website.

A special thanks to Stephan Ridgway for his technical skills in making the Podcast available and to Pam Christie, DDG TAFE-CE DET NSW for her presentation given her recent appointment to the position, to Peter Roberts for his presentation on the LMBR and to Diana Khabbaz for her presentation on developments with VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) in TAFE.

Please click on the links below in order to access the PowerPoint and Podcast presenations:

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Podcast Pam Christie

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A Renewal notice and information about membership has been added to the News items. Members are invited to renew your membership to AUSTAFE and TAFENSW Managers Association via the AUSTAFE website. Alternatively, to renew or to join membership of the TAFENSW Managers Association via the TAFENSW Managers website.

Please refer to the flyer attached for membership options and details. Please follow the links to renew your membership and to encourage others to join the Association for 2010.

Kevin Heys

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The 13th AVETRA Annual Conference will be held at the Holiday Inn, Surfers Paradise on 8-9 April 2010. Over 100 research papers and workshops have been submitted for presentation at this conference.

 

Information about the conference can be obtained from the flyer titled "VET Research: Leading and Responding in Turbulent Times". More information is available on the AVETRA website for program and registration purposes.

Kevin Heys

 

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TAFE Managers invites renewing and prospective members to our Welcome Function for 2010. This will be held at Meadowbank College and will provide participants with the latest information of how LMBR (Learning Management Business Reform) will impact on your work.

 

We will also be welcoming Pam Christie as the new DDG of TAFE - CE at the function. Pam is keen to meet with our members as she takes on her new leadership responsibilities.

 

Please refer to the flyer attached. RSVPs by 22 March for catering purposes.

 

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The Proposed Program for 2010 has been placed on the News items. Please follow the links to download the Program. Kevin Heys

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Welcome to the new year. Please click on the link below for our newsletter which reports on matters from 2009 and provides information about the Association for 2010. Kevin Heys

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Please see attached the invitation to the TAFE NSW Managers End of Year function. The function has been organised as a celebratory occasion for managers in relation to our work in 2009.

The Directors General have been invited to address TAFE Managers and to provide some comment on TAFE Directors Australia developments.

We will also be acknowledging our Mentoring Program and participants at this occasion.

Please see the invitation attached for more details. An RSVP is required.

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The flyer for the Sydney OctoberVET has been placed on the web site. This
forum will be held at Randwick TAFE College on Friday afternoon of 6 November
2009. The focus will be on "the changing nature of workplaces and
workforce requirements" and on "building VET research capacity".

Please refer to the flyer for more information and registration
details.

Kevin Heys

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"Green Light for Green Skills" TAFE NSW Managers Association Annual Conference 2009 

Keynote presentations have been made available as podcast by following the links listed below. We are very grateful to Stephan Ridgway for his technical expertise in making these presentations available. Please follow the link to access the podcast.

http://sydneyinstituteonline .net/blog/category/tmac09/

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A Building Our Future Forum has been organised to provide snapshots on the VET environment and the TAFE Leadership Development Program. It will be held at Sydney Institute, in The Muse on 23 September 2009. Please refer to the flyer and registration attached for more details.

Kevin Heys

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The TAFE Managers' Mentoring Program was launched at the AGM on 18 June.  Invitations are now extended for members to nominate their availability to be mentors, please nominate by 30 November by completing a Mentor Nomination form.

Mentors will be drawn from  members and available participants in the 2008 program and from those who participated in the mentoring training workshop in 2009.

Invitations are also open for mentees to request a mentor.  The closing date for these requests is 30 November 2009. The mentees will be encouraged to participate in a mentoring conversatoion to address their area of educational  and management leadership interest.

Please refer to the Mentoring Program information and complete nomination and request forms as relevant and return to Kevin Heys by email.

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