Community Colleges Australia (CCA) has released its Sydney Conference program, which features more than 40 speakers across a wide range of disciplines, on the theme of “Rebuilding Community”. Download a copy of the draft program here (PDF).
CCA’s conference on 13-14 September – its first since Brisbane in late 2019 – addresses many of the most pressing skills and training issues for facing Australian adult and community education (ACE) providers, including aged care workforce training, foundation skills, organisational leadership in a time of crisis, education and workforce challenges facing young people, and how to transform our educational facilities to meet learner needs in the “late COVID” era.
Conference highlights include:
- George Liacos, Chair and Founder of Spark Strategy, who will discuss innovative and strategic changes facing community organisations
- National VET regulator ASQA update from CEO Saxon Rice and a workshop with Carmen Basilicata, Executive Director, Quality Assessment and Compliance.
- Presentations on young people from Lex Nadine Lutherborrow (CEO) and John Martin (College Principal), Youth Off The Streets; and Kira Clarke and Elle McLachlan (Brotherhood of St Laurence).
- Crisis leadership, with former Royal Australian Navy Officer Hugh Simpson, who will speak of his experiences leading a team of more than 200 staff in Kyiv during the current Ukraine war.
- Digital skills and digital literacy, with Patrick Kidd OBE OAM, CEO of Digital Skills Organisation (DSO).
- Activities and opportunities with TAFE NSW, with Stephen Brady, Managing Director, TAFE NSW.
- How Victoria has approached skills planning – with reflections on current national training issues, by Craig Robertson, CEO, Victorian Skills Authority.
- Aged care workforce training, with Jodi Schmidt, CEO of HSSO; Susan Scowcroft, CEO, CS&H ITAB; and Professor Gabrielle Meagher, Macquarie University expert on aged care workforce and markets.
- NSW Training update from David Collins, Executive Director, Training Services NSW.
- Update on Commonwealth skills policy development, including foundation skills and outcomes from the upcoming Jobs and Skills Summit, with Clare Sharp, First Assistant Secretary, Apprenticeships & Foundation Skills, Australian Government Department of Employment and Workforce Relations (DEWR).
- New Commonwealth employment services model by Dr Simone Casey, ACOSS Senior Employment Adviser
- What’s new in foundation skills, with Vanessa Iles (The Reading Writing Hotline), Jo Medlin (ACAL) and a research summary from Robin Miles (Social Equity Works).
- Special guest, who will talk about COVID-safe training environments: Professor Lidia Morawska, a Time magazine “100 Most Influential People in the World in 2021” and consultant to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
These speakers and more will deal with both big and small questions: What’s next in ACE, post-secondary education, training and skills? How do we “build back better”?
Download the draft program (PDF).
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