Securing Jobs for Your Future - Skills For Victoria (ACFE)

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September 2008 Briefing to ACE providers
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Todays presentation

• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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The ongoing strength of the Victorian economy
depends on the skills of the Victorian workforce
Projected need
Projected Shortfall
Projected supply, based on current model

• If training delivery continues at the current
  level, Victoria is facing a projected shortfall
  of over 120,000 VET graduates at the highest
  skill levels Diploma and Advanced Diploma by
  2015
• 1.64 million adult Victorians have no post-school
  qualification

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The objectives are clear

• An increase in the number of Victorians
  undertaking training in the right skill areas,
  and at the levels needed
• A system that engages more effectively and is
  easier to understand
• Responsiveness to changing needs
• Creating a culture of lifelong skills development

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• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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Securing Jobs for Your Future is a fundamental
change to the way the system works
The package
Total
316m
8m
178m
33m
97m
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• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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Benefits for Adult Community Education

• Increased funding for training delivery
• Student contact hour price will rise to an
  average of around 7.19
• Greater contestability for delivery of
  government-subsidised training
• Opportunity for ACE organisations to be rewarded
  for existing efficiency and adaptability
• Continued support for ACE organisations to
  deliver to the most disadvantaged learners
  pre-accredited delivery quarantined from
  contestable market
• Recognition of the unique learning environment
  ACE providers offer to pre-accredited learners
• 4 million in additional funds to lift the price
  paid for pre-accredited training to 7.19 per SCH
• 10.8 million over 4 years for new strategies to
  strengthen ACE providers and extend their reach
  and delivery to learners

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• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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Skills for Life - The Victorian Training Guarantee

• For the first time, all eligible Victorians will
  be guaranteed a place in training

Exemptions for training in specified skill
shortage areas and for significant labour market
disadvantage
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Reforms will allow users to access government
funding through a greater range of providers

• TAFE institutions
• ACE providers
• Private providers

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Fairer Fees

• Fees will vary depending on the level and
  qualification and expected benefits
• From 1 July 2009, courses will be divided into
  the following categories
• Providers will be able to offer training at fees
  less than the maximum set amount
• Income Contingent Loans will be available for
  Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas

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• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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Increased funding for delivery in ACE

• Increased funding for training delivery from July
  2009
• Parity with private providers

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Pre-accredited delivery

• Recognition of ACE providers strength in
  delivering to people with different learning
  styles and abilities
• 25 of the current ACFE budget retained and
  allocated directly to ACE providers for
  pre-accredited delivery
• An additional 4 million invested by Government
  to lift the student contact hour price to 7.19

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Stronger Adult Community and Further Education
providers

• 10.8 million to build the capacity of ACFE
  providers to
• Compete in the new contestable training
  environment
• Deliver to learners in their community
• Initiatives will be developed in three broad
  areas
• Building business skills in a contestable
  environment
• Technology for teaching
• Responding to hard to reach learners

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Stronger Adult Community and Further Education
providers Building business skills for a
contestable environment

• ACE Business Models
• Expand the ACE Sustainable Community Businesses
  and ACE Business Models frameworks and workshops
• Shared Services Pilots
• Establish shared service centres demonstration
  projects
• Focus on assisting smaller providers to be better
  positioned to compete for funding and to respond
  to increased demand

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Stronger Adult Community and Further Education
providers Technology for teaching

• Continued access to the ACFE Microsoft Agreement
• Supports the competitive position of the sector
• Up to date teaching and learning resources
• Efficiency in administrative and management
  systems

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Stronger Adult Community and Further Education
providers Quality responses to client needs

• Three related projects
• Responding to hard to reach learners
• build the professional capacity of ACE teachers
• improve the outcomes for learners
• delivery models based on the Circles of
  Professional Practice and related ACE strategies
• Improving the quality of pre-accredited delivery
• Expand and strengthen the use of the A-frame and
  related strategies
• Support the professional skills development of
  ACE practitioners
• Responding to specific learner cohorts CALD/ESL
• Provide leadership to build provider capacity to
  deliver ESL and other services to CALD learners
• Focus on areas of new settlement and/or rapid
  growth and new CALD groups

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• The context
• The response Securing Jobs for Your Future
  Skills for Victoria
• Key gains for Adult Community Education
• The detail reform package
• The detail specifics for Adult Community
  Education
• Implementation

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Implementation 1 January to 30 June 2009
Continuing arrangements
Reforms to be rolled out

• The average SCH price remains at 6.23.
• Annual purchasing and performance agreements are
  made between Regional Councils and providers.
• The agreements cover delivery of pre-accredited
  and all levels of accredited training.
• The tuition contribution levels and Ministerial
  Direction on Fees and Charges that applied for
  2008 (1.37 per SCH, 55 minimum fee,
  concessions) apply.
• Existing programs such as Community Learning
  Partnerships continue.

• Stronger Adult Community and Further Education
  providers Building ACE capability projects
  commence
• Purchasing and performance agreements and
  purchasing guidelines reflect the new categories
  of skills
• Pre-accredited
• Foundation
• Skills Creation (Certificate I II)
• Skills Building (Certificate III IV)
• Skills Deepening (Dip Adv Dip)

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Implementation July 2009 onwards
Continuing arrangements
Reforms to be rolled out

• Annual purchasing and performance agreements
  between providers and ACFE Regional Councils for
  delivery in
• Pre-accredited
• Foundation
• Skills Creation (Certificate I II)
• Skills Building (Certificate III IV)

• Delivery of Skills Deepening (Diploma Advanced
  Diploma) courses subject to competitive delivery
• Skills for Life Victorian Training Guarantee
  commences for Skills Deepening (Diploma
  Advanced Diploma)
• New eligibility criteria for students at Diploma
  Advanced Diploma level in place
• Income Contingent Loans available for students at
  this level
• New Government funding rates in place
• New student fee structure introduced

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Implementation 2010

• Arrangements implemented in 2009 are reviewed
• Stronger Adult Community and Further Education
  providers Building ACE capability projects
  continue
• Purchasing and performance agreements with ACFE
  Regional Councils are in place for delivery of
• Pre-accredited
• Foundation
• Skills Creation (Certificate I II)
• Skills Building (Certificate III IV)
• Competitive delivery arrangements for the
  delivery of Skills Deepening (Diploma Advanced
  Diploma) courses continue

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Implementation 2011/12 onwards
Continuing arrangements
Reforms to be rolled out

• Annual purchasing and performance agreements with
  ACFE Regional Councils in place for
  pre-accredited delivery

• Delivery of Foundation Skills, Skills Creation
  (Cert I II), Skills Building (Cert III IV)
  and Skills Deepening (Diploma Advanced Diploma)
  courses subject to competitive delivery
• Skills for Life Victorian Training Guarantee in
  place for all students
• Eligibility criteria applied for all students
• New fees and charges arrangements maintained

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Other activity to be aware of

• Skills Victoria Student Fees and Charges
  guidelines consultations
• To commence September 2008
• Development of new Ministerial Statement for ACE
• Planned release early 2009

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Highlights for ACE

• Implementation of a new system in stages from
  2009 for full implementation in 2011
• Demand driven, focussed on individual and
  business needs
• Four new skills categories
• Greater contestability for delivery of
  government-subsidised training
• Opportunity for ACE organisations to be rewarded
  for existing efficiency and adapability
• Increased funding for ACFE
• The student contact hour will rise and there will
  be parity between ACE and private providers)
• Continued support for ACE organisations to
  deliver to the most disadvantaged learners
  pre-accredited delivery quarantined from
  contestable market
• 4 million in additional funds to lift the price
  paid by the ACFE Board for pre-accredited
  delivery to 7.19 per SCH
• 10.8 million over 4 years for new strategies to
  strengthen the capability of ACE

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Questions?
Next ACE provider briefing October 2008