Employability skills: key messages in the articles

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Employability skills key messages in the
articles

• This work has been produced on behalf of the
  National Quality Council with funding provided
  through the Australian Government Department of
  Education Employment and Workplace Relations and
  state and territory governments.
• Disclaimer the views expressed herein are not
  necessarily those of the Australian Government or
  state and territory governments.

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• NOTE TO USERS AND PRESENTERS
• This set of PowerPoint slides can be used in
  conjunction with the articles, to reinforce the
  key messages in the articles.
• The slides are designed to be used by a
  facilitator who has read and understood the
  articles and is promoting them to a group.
• The slides can be used before or after members of
  your group have read any one or more of the
  articles.

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Origin and purpose of slides

• These slides were produced in early 2008 by the
  National Quality project on employability skills.
• The purpose of the slides is to promote the
  messages contained in a set of nine articles
  produced in that project.

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Audiences for slides

• The expected audiences for these slides are
  groups of VET practitioners interested in
  employability skills
• particularly the model for assessing and
  reporting employability skills developed in the
  NQC project

Read through each TP
Examine how ES are incorporated
Look for relationships between ES
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Content of the nine articles

• The articles provide concrete exemplars of how
  trainers/assessors are effectively responding to
  the inclusion of employability skills in Training
  Packages.
• In the articles, these responses are related to
  the model for assessing and reporting
  employability skills.

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To access the model

• The model is contained within handout No.11 of
  the resource Level 1 workshop for implementing
  the model for assessing and reporting
  employability skills, available at
  www.employabilityskillsresources.com

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Overview of this presentation

• Following are two slides on each of the nine
  articles
• One slide introduces the RTO profiled
• The second slide identifies some key messages.
• I will elaborate on each slide and invite
  discussion.
• A concluding slide links the articles to the
  model.

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Article No.1 Assisting learners to develop
employability skills

• Profiles First Impressions Resources, a retail
  training provider
• Gwen Moroney (pictured)

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Article No.1 Assisting learners to develop
employability skills key messages

• Providers such as First Impressions are assisting
  learners to develop employability skills through
  strategies such as modifying their learning
  materials and providing important information to
  learners.
• They are also encouraging learners to have an
  holistic approach to the development of their
  technical and employability skills.

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Article No.2 Encouraging learners to develop a
portfolio of employability skills

• Profiles Sunshine Coast TAFE
• Teressa Schmidt (pictured)

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Article No.2 Encouraging learners to develop a
portfolio of employability skills key messages

• The development of a portfolio is a compelling
  way for learners to develop and record examples
  of employability skills they acquire, as
  advocated in the model.
• Ideally, such a collection of their work will
  also assist them when seeking to demonstrate
  their employability skills to employers.

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Article No.3 Partnering industry to ensure
job-ready graduates

• Profiles MEGT, Sydney
• Mark Holtom (pictured)

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Article No.3 Partnering industry to ensure
job-ready graduates key messages

• Training providers such as MEGT are
• interviewing or consulting with industry
• seeking advice such as which employability skills
  are particularly significant in various aspects
  of different jobs in an enterprise
• ensuring that employers are clear about the
  critical value attached to employability skills
  within Training Packages.

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Article No.4 Communicating with industry about
employability skills

• Profiles Arnhemland Progress Association (ALPA)
• Henry Harper (pictured)

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Article No.4 Communicating with industry about
employability skills key messages

• ALPA provides a concrete example of how to relate
  to industry concerning employability skills.
• In the case of ALPA, the topic of employability
  skills has proven to be an excellent topic for
  opening up dialogue about employers expectations
  and how training and assessing approaches can be
  customised to suit the individual enterprise.

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Article No.5 Collaborating with employers to
improve employability skills

• Profiles TAFESA
• Rob Denton (pictured)

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Article No.5 Collaborating with employers to
improve employability skills key messages

• LINKup is one way to collaborate with industry to
  improve employability skills, which TAFESA has
  tailored to suit the local electronics industry.
• The model for assessing and reporting
  employability skills advocates that providers
  select from a range of collaborative strategies
  to link providers and industry.

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Article No.6 Reviewing training and assessment
strategies for employability skills

• Profiles
• University of Ballarat, Irene Warfe (pictured)
• First Impressions Resources, Gwen Moroney
• IAG, Chris Butler (pictured)

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Article No.6 Reviewing training and assessment
strategies for employability skills key messages

• Training organisations such as the University of
  Ballarat, First Impressions Resources and IAG are
  reviewing their existing strategies in a range of
  ways that suit their context, including their
  learners and workplaces.
• In each case, the training provider is developing
  good practice principles and practices to ensure
  the quality of training and assessment.

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Article No.7 Guiding part-time trainers about
employability skills

• Profiles AIM SA
• Rose Vallen (pictured)

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Article No.7 Guiding part-time trainers about
employability skills key messages

• Good practice includes inducting part-time
  trainers and assessors into the issues arising
  from the embedding of employability skills in
  Training Packages.
• Good practice for AIM SA includes developing
  customised assessment tools which provide many
  benefits, including specific information for the
  learner and assessor about how employability
  skills are being assessed.

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Article No.8 Customising professional
development for employability skills

• Profiles
• TAFE TAS, Laurie Miller (pictured)
• Sarina Russo Schools Australia, Bernadette
  Dunnett

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Article No.8 Customising professional
development for employability skills key messages

• TAFE Tasmania has modified the model and
  developed two customised workshop programs to
  assist staff to develop skills and knowledge.
• Sarina Russo Schools Australia has also developed
  PD strategies which suit its staff and the
  contexts within which they work

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Article No.9 Designing state-wide professional
development for employability skills

• Profiles Queensland Department of Education,
  Training and the Arts, and a range of other VET
  organisations
• Judy Gronold (pictured)

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Article No.9 Designing state-wide professional
development for employability skills key messages

• The approach taken by the Queensland group has
  many elements of good practice, including
• the identification of a shared goal
• the dissemination of information
• the collaborative sharing of ideas
• the use of multiple communication strategies
• the testing and development of new knowledge

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Linking our context to the model

• Lets discuss
• Which elements of the model for assessing and
  reporting employability skills are most relevant
  to our context?
• Which case studies and articles are most
  relevant?
• What can we plan to do now?