Sustaining the Spark – NSW TAFE August 20076

Reframing the FutureTransforms Practice

Suzy McKenna, National Project Director

Cheryl Bald, Senior Project Officer

What is Reframing the Future?

Reframing the Future is a major workforce development initiative of the Australian and State and Territory Governments.

It assists in building the capacity of the Australian VET sector to support the implementation of the national training system and the aims of COAG and its national reform agenda.

Reframing the Future Projects

• Around 6000 participants per year

• Since 1997 – over 60,000 participants and 2,000 projects

• Funding distributed to date approx $25m

with organisations contributing over $45m

• In NSW, 59 projects in 2006, 53 projects in 2007

2007 COAG and NQC priorities

COAGThe national reform agenda is aimed at further raising living standards and improving services by lifting the nation's productivity and workforce participation over the next decade.

NQC • implementing training packages• implementing AQTF 2007• improving teaching, learning and assessment

capability

Key words

Transform

• make a change

Practice • the habits, customs, techniques,

approaches and beliefs of VET practitioners

(based on Wenger et al. 2002)

New Capabilities in VET

Implementing the national training system:• requires VET practitioners to undertake a very broad range of

activities, from researching industry skill needs, to negotiating with enterprises, adapting Training Packages, designing assessment tools and delivering and assessing in the workplace.

• is also complex because VET is a demand-driven sector, requiring providers to develop and sustain productive relationships with industry clients and individual learners.

• is more complex again, because the training needs of each and every enterprise are potentially unique, requiring providers to develop exceptional capabilities for customising training and assessment.

• requires responsive providers that can continually develop improved resources, processes and strategies and pursue ever-higher quality outcomes from training.

(Mitchell, McKenna et al 2006)

Key question

How can staff development and change management support the development of these new capabilities?

Lets look at 2 examples from New South Wales TAFE ….

Conversation 1

Colin Alcock

Manager, Professional Development and Learning

TAFE NSW – Riverina Institute

Conversation 2

Anne FordAssistant Director (Equity and Western Colleges)

TAFE NSW Western Sydney Institute

Steve ParkinsonProject Coordinator

MEC&T

Activity 1 engaging in change

• What are the stand-out messages for you from the presentations?

• Decide on 2 from your group and why these two.

• Then, share with other groups.

• What 2 things can you do, following this forum, to transform VET practice and innovate to meet industry needs?

Catalysts

PEOPLE AS CATALYSTS“Catalysts are elements or chemicals that can cause

or accelerate reactions that do not, themselves, get used up.

They are, in this case, people who make things happen by their presence and by what they do.

They don’t necessarily do everything themselves but they bring out the best in the rest of us.

They connect the rest of us, and facilitate our interactions so that we all can do great things.”

Dr Gregg Vanderheiden, on presenting a Catalyst Award to Dr Henry Murphy

Activity 2 engaging in change

• Discuss what you will do, and how, with the person next to you.

Reframing the Future Resources

• Human Capital Enhanced by VET• How VET enhances Human Capital - 31

examples• RPL - Done Well in VET• Professional Judgment in VET• New Capabilities in VET• Core Ideas series• 2007 Publications & Resources CD

Thank you from the teamwww.reframingthefuture.net