Senior Schooling Conference

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Senior Schooling Conference

• VET Where we are at and where we are going?
• Presenter
• Ian Fyfe
• Assistant Director, QSA VET Branch

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Where we are at ?(1)

• Big Picture
• Over a decade of VET in schools
• Much to celebrate
• Rewards of hard work
• VET now mainstream curriculum
• Strong participation rates
• Although mostly at Certificates I and II levels
• Not yet fully aligned to industry/local employer
  needs
• Part of mainstream VET

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Where are we at ?(2)

• State
• Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE)
• VET contribution
• Improving access to education
• Some challenges
• Implementation

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Where are we at ? (3)

• National
• Australasian Curriculum, Certification,
  Assessment and Certification Authorities (ACACA)
• Definitional issues affecting data reporting
• AVETMISS
• Consistency of contributions to Senior Secondary
  Certificates of Education

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Where are we going ? (1)

• Currently
• ATCs, TTCs, Queensland Skills Plan
• QCE
• Record of a pathway to higher education, training
  and employment
• Data
• Improvement in quality needed
• Economic downturn
• Build skills but dont lose workers

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Where are we going ? (2)

• On the horizon
• Bradley Review
• DPM Gillards speeches in response
• Significant reform of higher education, with
  emphasis on access by under-represented groups
• Reforms as big as those of Menzies, Whitlam and
  Hawke

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Where are we going? (2)

• Universities Australia Conference
• Greater participation and achievement targets
  set. Probably a different model e.g. Melbourne
  Uni 323, open entrance
• Closer relationship with higher education,
  especially at Diploma level e.g. Southbank
  Institute of Technology
• Big Skills Conference
• More regulation of VET sector
• Closer relationship with higher education
• Financial Reviews Higher Education Conference
• Equity of access is the issue

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Where are we going ?(2)

• On the horizon (contd)
• Quality Indicators
• Learner engagement/Employer satisfaction/Competenc
  y completion rate
• VET assessment
• Valid, reliable, flexible and fair
• To Training Package standards

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Where are we going ? (2)

• On the horizon (contd)
• Teacher/trainer shortage/Pre-service teacher prep
• Recruitment
• Retention
• Skill sets
• Job Ready Certificate
• Improve the quality of school VET programs
  through mandatory work placement

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Where are we going ? (2)

• On the horizon (contd)
• Green VET
• Green technologies
• Reducing carbon footprints
• Sustainable VET

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Where are we going ?(3)

• Still unresolved school VET issues
• Being an RTO as well as a school
• Linked to industry
• Lack of higher level qualifications being offered
• Narrow range of industry areas
• Timetable/Flexible delivery of schooling
• SATs
• Length of lessons
• Many students still missing out
• Workload on VET coordinators
• Work placement
• VET in tertiary entrance
• Link to Bradley Review

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??? Questions ???

• Welcome panel
• Mark Maddox and Vanessa Pye
• Thank you for attending this session

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