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

Podcast Peter Roberts

Podcast Diana Khabbaz

 

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/

Kevin Heys

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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