Partnerships,People,Productivity cOMMUNITY cOLLEGES AUSTRALIA

Partnerships,People,Productivity
cOMMUNITY
COLLEGES
AUSTRALIA
Conference 2014
15 -16 October
Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
Partnerships,People,Productivity
A word from our Chairman
David Martin, Executive Officer, Western Riverina Community College
It is with great pleasure that I take the opportunity to invite and welcome you to attend the
2014 CCA (Community Colleges Australia) Annual Conference. The conference as always will
provide a great opportunity to network and catch up with old friends, deepen friendships,
and of course make new acquaintances.
This year’s conference theme ‘Partnerships, People, Productivity’ represents three key of areas
of focus for the Community Education sector within Australia. Many of you will consider that ‘people’ should
occupy the first position within the conference theme. The positioning has been deliberate, placing people as
central within the context of the community education sector. Undeniably, and of equal importance, is the need
to also appreciate the value of partnerships in achieving our goals.
Additionally there is a need to grasp the political needs as related to the requirements of existing within a
global economy. Productivity will continue to drive education and economic policy within Australia. It is here
as community education providers we can adapt to and continue to be a sector that provides the all-important
‘leg-up’, empowering people to achieve and become everything they can imagine and want to be.
The CCA conference is the annual event where all key stakeholders will gather to trigger thought, and
encourage continual improvement within a context of not losing sight of our organisational purpose.
This conference is the best professional development opportunity on the calendar. I encourage you to promote
the conference within your respective organisations and facilitate attendance which is fully representative of
all the people within your organisation.
I look forward to catching up with you in Melbourne.
David Martin
Chair, Community Colleges Australia
We would like to thank our sponsors for their generous contribution and support of the CCA Annual Conference
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COLLEGES
AUSTRALIA
Conference
2014
Conference Venue
sofitel melbourne on collins
25 Collins Street, Melbourne
Accommodation
Accommodation is to be organised by
delegates. CCA have negotiated special
rates with the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
online registrations
We are pleased to announce that
fees are being held at 2013 prices.
Register online at:
www.regonline.com.au/ccaconference2014
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of 19th century grandeur renowned for its vibrant cultural life, leading
events and festivals, sport and racing, high fashion and dining. In its
very centre, beautiful Collins Street, a tree lined boulevard of grand
heritage, international fashion houses, historic churches and
magnificent theatres. Sofitel Melbourne On Collins, located at the
prestigious ‘Paris end’ of Collins Street, provides a central address
surrounded by galleries and gardens, architectural masterpieces and
the city’s finest attractions.
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Return enclosed booking reservation form to Sofitel Melbourne on Collins.
CCA Members
Full Conference (incl. networking function & Gala Dinner) $685.00 1 day Conference $465.00
Non CCA Members
Full Conference (incl. networking function & Gala Dinner) $900.00 1 day Conference $615.00
Getting around Melbourne - MYKI
In order to use trams in Melbourne, you must purchase a MYKI card. Interstate visitors can purchase a MYKI Visitor Pack, which comes
pre-loaded with enough value for one day’s travel in Zone 1. At $14 full fare (includes $8.00 MYKI money for travel), or $7 for concession
holders (includes $4.00 MYKI money for travel), this is the cheapest option available for a short trip to Melbourne.
MYKI Visitor Packs are available at the SkyBuS terminals at Melbourne Airport and Southern Cross Station, the Sofitel Melbourne on
Collins Concierge desk (and other hotel concierges), and the Visitor Centre at Federation Square.
You can use your MYKI to travel on bus routes 478, 479, 500 and 901 to and from Melbourne Airport. If you use your Visitor Pack
from the airport, you will need to top up your MYKI at a 7-Eleven Store, to use it to get to and from the social events. Of course, as an
alternative, you may wish to organise taxi pooling to the social events with colleagues.
Program
Partnerships,People,Productivity
Tuesday 14 October
3.00 - 5.00 pm Registration for CCA Conference | Delegates – Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
5.30 pm Cocktail Reception | Please refer to page 7 for details
7.30 pm Free evening for delegates
Wednesday 15 October
8.00 am Registration for CCA Conference | Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
8.45 am Opening Remarks | David Martin, Chair, CCA | Welcome to Country
9.00 am Official Opening and Address on VET Reform | The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP, Minister for Industry
9.45 am Meeting Employers’ Productivity Needs | Megan Lilly, Director – Education & Training, Australian Industry Group
A presentation on critical areas for community educators to consider in addressing productivity requirements, whilst
remaining true to their mission of recognising, encouraging and increasing individuals’ personal and professional
development, as well as working collaboratively with local employers’ training needs.
Morning Tea
10.45 am CEO & Governance
Workshop
Hot Governance Issues
11.15 am
John Peacock, General Manager,
WORKSHOPS
Associations Forum
VET Workshops
Dual diploma in TAE50111 and TAE50211
Robert Bluer, Industry Manager Education, IBSA
IBSA’s professional view on who in your organisation needs these qualifications
and methods on how to assess management teams to gain these qualifications.
12.15 pm
WORKSHOPS
Run over 3 sessions, these workshops
will investigate the ‘hot governance
issues’ including reporting,
risk management, social media at
Board level, membership clauses
and constitutions.
1.00 pm lunch
1.45 pm Expanding Partnering Horizons | Matt Little, Chief Executive Officer, Job Futures
The importance of VET Managers in 2015 | Debbie Littlehales, CCA
How has the concept and roles of VET/Training Managers in community education
providers changed from the historic models? What’s different between NSW & VIC
providers? What impacts will the new National VET Standards have from 1/1/2015?
A presentation on the increasing importance of identifying opportunities with other community not-for-profit organisations,
particularly around disability, education and employment, and project tendering opportunities.
CEO & Governance
Workshop
VET Workshop
Hot Governance Issues
Planning your approach to Validation | Patrick Foley, CCA
2.30 pm
(continued)
An important standard for RTOs to adhere to in ensuring continuous
WORKSHOPS
John Peacock,
improvement of assessment; how do managers ensure trainer participation? This
General Manager, Associations Forum
workshop will review and evaluate options including shared management models.
3.30 pm afternoon Tea
The changing face of Government subsidised VET ~ is the market driven approach working? Facilitator: John Ross, The Australian
Panellists: Professor Mark Considine, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at The University of Melbourne; Rod Cooke, CEO, CS&HISC;
Claire Field, Former CEO of ACPET; Pam Caven, Director, Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, TAFE Directors Australia
4.00 pm
Victoria is the state which has adopted the most open market approach to VET. Data shows that enrolments have increased,
Q&A PANEL
including amongst the most disadvantaged groups. Providers are, however, reporting financial losses and more and more
community education providers have shut or given up their RTO status. Is the market driven model working for Victorian
learners? Are we seeing signs of market failure in VET? What are the lessons that other states can take away from the Victorian
experience? Are there international models or experiences to learn from?
5.15 pm Close of Day One
6.30 pm Gala Dinner | Berth Restaurant, Docklands
Including presentation by Coverforce for ‘Outstanding Contribution by an Individual’
Thursday 16 October
8.30 am Review of Day 1 ~ Thoughts from the ‘Boundary Riders’
Dr. Barry Golding, President Adult Learning Australia & Bernadette O’Connor, Executive Director, Management Governance Australia
Two individuals with extensive depth of knowledge on the adult learning and community education sector will sum up the
views of delegates from the Wednesday plenaries and workshops and thoughts provided at the Gala Dinner.
9.00 am People Who Respond to Learning and Life from Music and Art
Dr. Jonathon Welch AM, School of Hard Knocks Institute
A presentation to inspire delegates to consider different and innovative methods to offer learning opportunities
for ‘hard to reach’ clients.
10.00 am widening participation ~ Why Data and statistics Matter for Our Sector
Rod Camm, Managing Director, NCVER
Changing structures in vocational education may prove to be of limited benefit to disadvantaged groups, but research now
shows the value of education for these learners. Exploring the benefits from a data perspective.
Morning Tea
10.45 am RTO Performance
Forming strategic
Facing The New World
Indicator Trial
alliances with human
One Step at a Time
service organisations
Karen Kisala, CEO, Healesville Living
Lee-Anne Fisher, Director, Market
& Learning Centre
11.15 am
Information & Analysis, HESG, DEECD
Dr. Robbie Lloyd, BDM, SkillsLink Training
WORKSHOPS
Surviving a series of calamitous events
Enhancing student and employer
Forming strategic alliances with human
requires resilience. A case study in how
choice, this pilot project will update
service organisations, for sustainable
to do it and the support mechanisms
members on quality RTOs and
social enterprising outcomes, including
required.
student and employer choice.
integrated education & training.
12.00 pm CCA Benchmarking Project and What It Means
David Tout, Manager, Vocational, Adult and Workplace Education Services, The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
The results of CCA’s 2014 Benchmarking and Capability Survey undertaken by ACER provided in the context of the greater
debate around the value of the sector. How ‘empirical’ statistics ensure that our broader stakeholders are more
cognisant of our importance. This session aims to stimulate debate on survival and sustainability through and with PPP.
lunch
1.00 pm CEO & Governance
Workshop
Are You Ready for When the
Unexpected Happens
Justine McDonald,
1.45 pm
EGM, Business Development, Coverforce
WORKSHOPS
This presentation will remind Directors of the need for
them to be abreast of the organisation’s insurances,
as well as the CEO. Specific policies and the assistance
Coverforce offers to members will be addressed.
VET Workshop
Foundation Skills Assessment Tool (FSAT)
David Tout, ACER
ACER has been commissioned by the Dept of Innovation to
develop an online FSAT. The tool will be available free to assist
learners, job seekers, trainers, educators and employment services
practitioners to assess foundation skill levels, and identify gaps
in skills & knowledge. A discussion on the development of FSAT
and opportunities for CCA members to be FSAT training deliverers.
2.30 pm What Counts as Quality in VET
Virginia Simmons AO, Virsis Consulting
Virginia will present the case that the concept of quality in VET has been debased. A national bi-partisan fixation on markets,
competition and cost-cutting has been brought to bear on VET in a way that sets it apart from all other educational sectors
- primary, secondary and higher education. This fixation has replaced the quality agenda and neutralised its applicability in
VET systems. What should count as quality will be the response from the learner.
3.30 pm Final Comments from the ‘Boundary Riders’
Dr. Barry Golding, President Adult Learning Australia & Bernadette O’Connor, Executive Director, Management Governance Australia
3.45 pm afternoon Tea
4.15 pm COMMUNITY COLLEGES AUSTRALIA LIMITED | Annual General Meeting
Authorised representatives of Members as voting delegates and all others as observers are most welcome
4.45 pm
Close of the 2014 CCA Conference
Keynote Speakers
The Hon Ian Macfarlane MP
Minister for Industry
Ian Macfarlane was first elected to federal Parliament in 1998.
As a Minister in the Howard Government he held the portfolio of Small
Business (2001) before being promoted to the Cabinet role of Industry,
Tourism and Resources (2001-2007).
Ian is now the Minister for Industry and brings his extensive experience
and pragmatic approach to policy work in two of Australia’s most
important industries.
Megan Lilly
Director of Education and Training for
the Australian Industry Group
Megan Lilly is the Director of Education and Training for the Australian
Industry Group (Ai Group) and Chief Executive of the Australian Industry
Group Training Services (AiGTS). She has a Masters in Educational Policy
and Administration.
Ms Lilly is Chair of Manufacturing Skills Australia, a member of the
Australian Qualifications Framework Council, the Australia India
Education Council, the Australia Pacific Technical College Advisory
Board, Queensland Ministerial Commission as well as the Australian
College of Education.
John Peacock
General Manager, Associations Forum
John Peacock is one of Australia’s most experienced advisors to
associations and charities and is a thought leader for the not-for-profit
sector. Since 2000, John has trained and consulted to hundreds of
associations and charities, large and small, on strategic, governance,
board effectiveness, operations, restructuring and financial issues.
John has led the expansion of Associations Forum beyond Australia
with conferences, training and consulting.
John Peacock strongly believes that the freedom to associate is a core
foundation of democracy. Strong and well-governed associations and
charities support their members or their cause, are independent of
government and bureaucracy, plus generate jobs for employees and
income for suppliers.
Matt Little
Chief Executive Officer, Job Futures
Matt Little has been involved in the Employment Services Industry
since 1999. Commencing in Disability Employment, Matt moved to
the Job Network arena where his commitment to quality employment
outcomes for job seekers was quickly recognised. Maintaining the
5 Star performance rating over 4 years, Matt’s Brisbane based service
was regularly in the top 3% of providers nationally. Since moving to
Job Futures in 2007, Matt also held the role of General Manager,
Operations during a period of incredible change. Implementing a new
level of performance management across the Job Futures Network with
the introduction of web based performance and operational tools, Matt
has driven vastly increased performance and consistency in both the Job
Services Australia and Disability Employment Services Programs.
Dr Jonathon Welch AM
Jonathon Welch AM is a multi award winning singer, conductor, teacher,
songwriter and recording artist with a career spanning over thirty years.
In 2007, Jonathon’s work creating choirs for the homeless and
disadvantaged in Australia was the subject of the internationally
acclaimed ARIA, Logie and Helpmann award winning TV documentary
‘Choir of Hard Knocks’.
Jonathon has been recognised for his outstanding thirty year
commitment to the music industry, youth music education and his work
with marginalised and homeless communities with the Australian of the
Year Local Hero 2008, ANZAC of the Year 2009, an Honourary Doctorate
and an Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2009 and
an Honourary Fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Leaders.
Rod Camm
Managing Director, National Centre
for Vocational Education Research
Rod Camm is the Managing Director of the National Centre for
Vocational Education Research. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive
Officer leading Skills Queensland where he drove the reform of skills
and workforce development investment and policy.
As Chief Executive Officer at Construction Skills Queensland he held
responsibility for establishing the centre, ensuring Construction Skills
Queensland played a critical role in influencing public and industry
policy, and in helping industry develop and implement workforce
development strategies to meet its future skills needs.
David Tout
Senior Research Fellow and Manager,
Vocational, Adult and Workplace Education, Australian Council for Educational Research
Dave has over 40 year’s experience working in education, mostly in
adult and youth education and training. He has wide experience not only
in teaching and training, but also in working at a state, national and
international level in research, curriculum, assessment and materials
development.
He is currently overseeing the development by ACER of a new national
Foundation Skills Assessment Tool for the Federal Department of Industry.
Prior to joining ACER, Dave was the Manager, Education Quality and
Compliance at the Centre for Adult Education (CAE) in Melbourne.
Virginia Simmons, AO
Virsis Consulting
Virginia Simmons AO established Virsis Consulting in 2010, specialising
in tertiary education policy and strategy and working for peak bodies,
institutes, universities, interstate VET systems and internationally.
Previously she held senior positions in the Victorian TAFE system,
including CEO of Kangan Institute for 11.5 years, Deputy VC (TAFE) at
Swinburne University of Technology and CEO of Chisholm Institute for
9 years. Throughout her career she has played an active role in
contributing to VET policy. She has received several awards for her
work in education, including an Officer in the Order of Australia.
Social Events
Networking drinks
Tuesday 14th October
5.30pm – 7.30pm
Portico Room & Balcony
Melbourne Town Hall
Level 2, Cnr Swanston & Collins Streets
Join us for a networking evening at the Melbourne Town Hall, to catch
up with your industry colleagues and commence conference activities
in a relaxed atmosphere.
For over 135 years, Melbourne Town Hall has been at the heart of
events which have shaped the city’s future and celebrated monumental
milestones. Here, Federation was debated, Nellie Melba debuted and
the Beatles greeted adoring fans.
The grand interiors echo with countless celebrations, gala occasions,
festivals, and commemorations - the imprints of a community life across
generations.
Please make your own way to the venue, trams run regularly down
Collins Street from the Sofitel Melbourne on Collins to the Town Hall.
gala dinner
Situated on Victoria Harbour, Berth offers spectacular panoramic views
from Melbourne’s CBD, past Etihad Stadium & beyond the Bolte Bridge.
Wednesday 15th October
Please make your own way to the venue.
6.30pm – 11.00pm
Berth Restaurant
Tram: No. 86 – Corner of Bourke & Spring Streets
This tram runs down Bourke Street, to Latrobe Street (via Spencer St),
before heading along the Harbour Esplanade to Docklands Drive.
45 New Quay Promenade, Docklands
Please allow at least ½ hour for this trip.
award presentation
At the Gala Dinner, CCA and Coverforce will be presenting the award
for ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Sector’. The award, sponsored by
Coverforce, is to recognise teachers, trainers, staff or volunteers of
community colleges for their contribution to the not-for-profit education
sector. It recognises the achievements and contribution by an individual
beyond their requirements as either a volunteer or paid employee within
the industry.
‘outstanding contribution
to the sector’
If you know someone who fits this description, please take a few
moments to help them be recognised by completing the enclosed
nomination form.
What did previous delegates
think of Conference 2013
It is always good to come and meet with representatives from other colleges and share/hear about their experiences,
as I find, despite widespread locations, we are all facing similar challenges.
Thank you to the team who organised the conference.
It was extremely informative and well worth the trip.
Great conference - best ever.
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The conference program in 2013 proved to be particularly engaging.
Evidence of the strength of the program was demonstrated by
the attendance at each session. Great content, great conference.
Keep up the good work!
Partnerships,People,Productivity
cOMMUNITY COLLEGES AUSTRALIA Conference 2014 | 15 -16 October Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
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