ACFE Gippsland Regional Project

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ACFE Gippsland Regional Project Bridging Learning
Communities Communities of Practice
Dana Hughes Walter Aich Janine Pickersgill
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The Question

• What would it take to....
• deliver accredited VET Further Education
  programs in small and/or isolated communities?
• broaden local learning opportunities?
• develop understanding, skills and partnerships?

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The Vision

• Delivery partnerships bringing VET accredited
  delivery to small isolated communities in
  Gippsland
• The delivery partnerships would
• Share resources, including financial
• Use a variety of blended delivery modes
• Raise the skills of both the learners the
  delivery agencies

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The Background I

• The Gippsland Region of ACFE consists of
• 41 ACE Providers 10 RTOs, 31 non-RTOs
• 10 RTOs deliver a blend of accredited non-
  accredited delivery
• 31 non-RTOs deliver almost exclusively
  non-accredited programs (minimal delivery in
  First Aid Modules form Cert II in Aged Care via
  contracts)
• Total delivery 60 non-accredited

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The Background II

• Emerging needs
• More people looking for learning opportunities in
  their own communities
• Research demonstrating need to increase skills in
  a range of employment community related skills
  areas
• State Government response to COAG Skills Agenda
  suggests greater focus on accredited outcomes
  in-place training opportunities

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The Methodology

• Bring together the community
• Build the domain of knowledge
• Develop the practice

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The Community

• 17 ACE Providers from Gippsland, covering the
  whole of Gippsland
• 5 RTOs
• 1 Koorie Organisation non-RTO
• 11 community based organisations
• Participants included managers members of
  Committees of Management

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The Domain of Knowledge

• The domain of knowledge needed to operate at a
  number of levels
• Managing accredited non-accredited delivery
• Managing delivery partnerships
• Managing knowledge understanding

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Managing Accredited Non-accredited delivery

• The requirements of AQTF
• The requirements of A-Frame A curriculum
  framework for Non-accredited delivery
• Mapping non-accredited programs to training
  packages establishing learning outcomes
  pathways

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Managing delivery partnerships

• Understanding the types of partnerships
• Understanding the benefits of partnerships
• Understanding the negotiations needed to
  establish appropriate delivery partnerships

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Managing knowledge understanding

• Developing an understanding of establish
  processes to address
• Knowledge gaps
• Different understanding of roles
  responsibilities under AQTF A-frame framework
• Communications

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The Practice

• During the project
• After the project

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During the project

• Three forums
• Forum 1 using Open Space Technology the
  explore the Question potential protocols
• Forum 2 - establish the communications,
  understanding trust to develop delivery
  partnerships
• Forum 3 explore in some detail knowledge
  underpinning AQTF, A-frame partnerships

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After the project

• Develop delivery partnerships reflect these in
  planning documents
• Continue the dialogue
• Extend the community to include other ACE
  organisations other stakeholders

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Outcomes

• Three delivery partnerships established during
  the project
• Four new partnerships to be reflected in delivery
  plans
• Increased level of skill within ACE organisations
  around curriculum mapping, AQTF A-frame,
  partnerships understanding pathways
• Expect a greater level of accredited VET delivery
  to occur in the smaller isolated communities of
  Gippsland

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Final Comment

• The project has been invaluable to the region
  while it has not yet met outcomes to anticipated
  levels the signs are very strong
• ACFE Gippsland is grateful for the added value
  the Reframing the Future Grant was able to give
  the project