Another quixotic submission

Kangan Batman Institute is joining with Charles Darwin University to undertake a two stage project. One: research 12 remote and very remote schools using ICT to deliver learning outcomes to Indigenous students. Sythesise these results. Two: develop resources to support and advise teachers to better use ICT in their delivery to Indigenous learners. Absolutely great is we got the work. Learn so much from educational researchers at CDU and we can use our experience with the Teaching and Learning Strategies for teachers working with INdingeous learners Guide we did for ANTA.

Victorian Qualifications Framework

Off tomorrow morning with Jennifer Dick from Victoria University's School of Transport and Logistics to hear from VQA how the wish to advance their idea of a Pathways Diploma in Logistics.

This Diploma is a way to add value to the increasingly popular alternatives to VCE. VCAL is proving to be very attractive to more and more students To give these students a meaningful pathway VQA is canvassing ideas for course from various RTOs around the State.

Motivation

'tis a hard concept to be sure: anyway I will simply mention my current projects to demonstrate the magical diversity of some of the thingsd a modern TAFE gets itself into.

• Indigenous Sporting Heroes
• Automotive Toolbox
• Pathways Diploma in Transport and Distribution and Supply Chain Management
• Interpreting Australian Deserts
• Caravan Industry self paced learning materials
• .....and a submission to Department of Defence Housing to develop and deliver online learning to their staff - fingers crossed we get this one.

Pathways Diploma

Currently scouting for employers who can give support to a VQA sponsored project to develop a Pathways Diploma in Supply Chain Management and Logistics - any takers???

Why educators blog

Here is a fab discussion about why educators blog - for me its to reflect on the daily grind and seek self justification for what I do.

Indigenous Small Business Skills Development Project

On Monday I attended the third Reference Group of the project to develop competencies to support Indigenous entrepreneurs and those keen to start up a small business. The project is being funded by indigenous Business Australia and Kim McIlveen attended as their representative.

Duane Vickery, Warwick Moore and Geoff Creek are the consultants undertaking the project work. They have come up with a few new competencies to address the internal and external motivations for starting up a small business.

The most interesting thing to come out of the meeting was a paer from John Mitchell looking at the changing nature of Australia's workforce and the startling fact that more than 30% of Australians are already small/micro businesses.

Just what this means for the Skills Council auspicing this project, IBSA is a change in the fundamentals of Training Package.

Caravans

Spent Thursday and Friday last week in Surfers Paradise attending an industry get together for the caravan and motor home manufacturers, service providers and caravan park operators. My job was to present the CD resource we are developing to supoprt Cert III training in RV servicing.

It was great to get into an industry grappling with the realities of a new type of employee who is keen to have skils recognised.

Our CD and our excellent workplace trainer Vince Panuzzo will deliver what they need.

HECS - chickens coming home to roost

As students start to get offers from unis and TAFEs the reality of increasing HECS, fee paying and decreasing government funding of education are starting to bite. Why do a uni course ? When you leave you have a dept of $25K - whats the point.

Education as the great leveller of society, affording all with an equal chance to succeed is long dead in this country.

Indigenous sporting heroes

Just starting up a new project with Darebin and yarra Councils. We have to write up approximately 40 stories celebrating the sporting achievements of indigenous residents of these two cities.