other sa events
National Monday Update Issue:
1. Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo Adelaide (TSCEA), 30-31 May 2010
2. CS&H ISC National Careers and Employment Roadshow - SA
3. DFEEST Quality and Tertiary Education Policy Directorate: Innovation in Assessment Forum
4. DFEEST Professional Development – Internal Audit
5. DFEEST Professional Development - RPL
6. CEDA luncheon - Hon Julia Gillard MP - Australia's Education Reform Agenda
7. Equal Opportunity Commission Training
1. Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo Adelaide (TSCEA), 30-31 May 2010
One of Australia’s longest running and most respected tertiary studies, careers and employment events will be coming to Adelaide in 2010! The Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo Adelaide (TSCEA) is the ideal forum to meet with career seekers wishing to access the latest information on tertiary studies, training and employment options.
TSCEA is managed by Interchange Consultancy Group, specialists in Education and Employment Event Management, and builds on the success of the annual TSXPO (established in 1981). Interchange is dedicated in assisting organisations to attain their recruitment objectives through effective promotions in South Australia.
Where: Adelaide Entertainment Centre
When: 10am – 4pm Sunday 30 May
9.30am – 1pm Monday 31 May
Admission is free!
If you are interested in exhibiting at this event, please contact TSCEA info [at] careersevent [dot] com (by email) for an information pack or visit their website at www.careersevent.com and click on Adelaide icon for more details.
2. CS&H ISC National Careers and Employment Roadshow - SA
The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CS&H ISC) is travelling throughout Australia showcasing its latest resources designed specifically to help you navigate careers in the community services and health industries.
Date: Thursday 6 May
Time: 5pm - 7.30pm
Venue: State Library of South Australia, Lecture Theatre, Cnr North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
These free interactive workshops will launch and demonstrate the following resources:
- MAGIC Resource Kit
- Careers that Matter Website
- Pathways that Matter Website
- Competency Matrix Website
Click here for more information
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3. DFEEST Quality and Tertiary Education Policy Directorate: Innovation in Assessment Forum
– Note the date in your diary (Friday 25 June)
"Focusing on the importance of assessment for the quality outcomes in education and training"
The Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology together with the Australian Flexible Learning Framework is convening a specialist professional development forum for the South Australian vocational education and training sector.
The forum offers practitioners and managers in RTOs and industry:
- professional development and networking opportunities with colleagues from the education and training sector,
- introduction to lead assessors from the Capability Builders – Assessment program 2009,
- models of good practice and capability building in assessment for learning,
- tools for flexible assessment methods,
- creative practice in assessment for learning,
- the assessment for learning principles and strategies, and
- an opportunity to experience innovation in e-Learning and assessment.
The full program will be available in May.
When: Friday 25 June 2010, 9.00 am - 4.30 pm
Where: Hilton Adelaide, Victoria Square
For further information:
Please contact Forum Coordinator on (08) 8226 4358 or dfeestqualitypd [at] sa [dot] gov [dot] au (email the Quality and Tertiary Education Policy Directorate)
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4. DFEEST Professional Development – Internal Audit
Conducting an internal audit is not just about meeting AQTF 2007 and State Training Authority requirements - it is about creating positive and identifiable outcomes.
Participants will learn about the process of AQTF RTO Internal audits, become familiar with and take away tools to assist with the processes, identify how they can use the process to benefit their organisation, staff and clients, how to utilise the outcomes from the internal audits and embed the process within their existing systems or create their own.
Target audience
VET Professionals: Staff who provide leadership, management and support for teaching, training and assessment within RTO’s, but who are not directly involved in delivery of nationally accredited training. This includes roles such as RTO Managers and Compliance Officers.
VET Support and Administrative Staff who will be administering, collecting and producing reports that will assist the RTO in providing quality training and assessment services to clients.
VET Practitioners: Staff directly involved in delivery of teaching, training and/or assessment programs.
Workshop Date(s) and Time(s)
Thursday, 20 May 2010 (9:30am – 12:30pm)
Thursday, 28 October 2010 (1:00pm – 4:00pm)
Click here for more information
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5. DFEEST Professional Development - RPL
Do you want to know more about assessment including recognition of prior learning?
Are you confident you conduct RPL in accordance with principles of assessment and rules of evidence?
Do you systematically validate RPL and meet workplace, industry and regulatory requirements?
Are you trying to develop a culture of change in RPL and assessment Practice?
Do you ever find yourself, staff, clients or industry stakeholders asking “What can I use for evidence?” or “How much evidence is enough?
Target audience
These sessions are for RTOs who deliver and assess vocational competencies and are continuously improving their learning and assessment strategies to meet both the requirements of the Training Package and industry.
Pre-requisites
To participate it is expected that as well as your industry currency and trainer/assessor competence you will be continuing to develop your VET knowledge and skills.
Workshop Date(s) and Time(s)
Tuesday, 1 June 2010 (9:30am – 12:30pm)
Tuesday, 7 September 2010 (1:00pm – 4:00pm)
Click here for more information
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6. CEDA luncheon - Hon Julia Gillard MP - Australia's Education Reform Agenda
Venue: Intercontinental Adelaide, North Terrace Adelaide
Date and time: Tuesday, 4 May - 12pm to 2pm with lunch
Speaker: Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations
EVENT OVERVIEW
The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations will be in Adelaide to deliver a keynote address on one of the Federal Government's key policy platforms to be taken to the next election - Australia's Education Reform Agenda.
CEDA's Education Reform Agenda luncheon will provide CEDA members and guests with the opportunity to receive an up-to-the minute briefing and discussion led by the Hon Julia Gillard on how the Education Revolution has built the foundations for a new era of achievement and improvement, building on the investments in educational facilities, in technology, in teachers, in curriculum and assessment.
Click here for more information and to register
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7. Equal Opportunity Commission Training
11 May, 9am - 12pm - Workplace bullying, discrimination and harassment
This workshop for staff identifies appropriate and inappropriate behaviours and some low key, but effective, ways of intervening early. By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe what is meant by discrimination, harassment and bullying
- Understand its impact in the workplace
- Understand their rights and responsibilities
- Know what to do and where to go for help
19 May, 9am - 12pm - (NEW) Advanced skills for managers and supervisors
This workshop is designed to enhance the skills of experienced managers and supervisors in the early intervention of disputes and complaint handling. The workshop assumes a sound knowledge of equal opportunity laws and focuses on preventing inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. By the end of the workshop, participants will have gained the following skills:
- Early intervention in workplace disputes
- Confidence in dealing with situations of conflict
- Role modelling respectful behaviours
- Complaint handling skills
Click here to find out more, or to register, or call 8207 1977
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