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.

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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.

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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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