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Quality Teaching & Learning Framework

Quality Teaching & Learning Framework. Ruth Walker Cooperative Learning Ltd. “People are our greatest asset”. Today. Who are Community Colleges? What is a QTLF for Community Colleges and why would we want one? Research questions Research plan What are the drivers for a QTLF?

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Quality Teaching & Learning Framework

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  1. Quality Teaching & Learning Framework Ruth Walker Cooperative Learning Ltd.

  2. “People are our greatest asset”

  3. Today • Who are Community Colleges? • What is a QTLF for Community Colleges and why would we want one? • Research questions • Research plan • What are the drivers for a QTLF? • Early findings and discussion

  4. Community Colleges in NSW • 43 autonomous RTOs • Over 6 million hours of training (2010) • 102,000 individual students • More than 500 locations (town/suburbs) • Metropolitan, remote and rural locations • Cooperative Learning Ltd is a legal cooperative comprised of 17 Community Colleges in Northern NSW

  5. What is a QTLF and why would we want one? A QTLF might describe capabilities, work expectations and career paths for trainers and assessors. Could be used by Community Colleges for: • Designing job descriptions • Recruitment and selection of staff • Performance appraisal • Supporting new and developing trainers • Professional development plans and career plans • Showing links and pathways between jobs • Improving professionalism, teacher autonomy and capacity in CC

  6. Research questions • What could a quality teaching and learning framework for Community Colleges look like? • How could it be used by managers and by trainers? • How is professional development currently managed in Community Colleges? • Is there any value to having a specific QTLF for Community Colleges? Or would we benefit more from sharing the same QTLF adopted by other VET RTOs?

  7. Research Plan • Literature review - drivers and best practice • Survey Managers and Trainers regarding existing practice and views • Recommendations for framework / draft framework

  8. Drivers for a QTLF National Agenda: Social Inclusion Participation Skills needs Aging workforce Qualification targets Workplace accountability and complexity

  9. What has happened so far? • Productivity Commission (2011) VET Workforce Research Report • Skills Australia (2011) Skills for Prosperity • Mitchell and Ward (2010) National survey of VET practitioner skills • Wheelahan (2010) The quality of teaching in VET • Hugh Guthrie, Berwyn Clayton (2011) Scoping the feasibility of an association for VET professionals • IBSA (2011) Draft VET Capability Framework

  10. Early findings • Focus groups with College Managers reviewing the IBSA Capability Framework • Pros and cons of adopting this framework

  11. ruth.walker@ozemail.com.au

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