November 01, 2004

The vocational education and training workforce: New roles and ways of working - At a glance

link to pdf

from NCVER

"Reforms to Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector over the past few years have brought about significant changes to the work of VET staff and the focus of their roles. This publication summarises recent research into the changing roles of VET leaders, managers, teaching and support staff, and the way they work. The role of senior managers is increasingly focused on the external environment and building links with stakeholder organisations. Front-line managers focus on internal business practices and how to modify these to meet new clients' needs. The role of VET teachers is becoming more diverse and team-based. Within these teams, teaching support staff play a critical part. The publication also summarises a range of human resource and professional development issues, identified by VET staff, which need to be tackled to help them work more effectively in the future."

I found this a solid summary of various issues that have been covered in more detail elsewhere, covering both the changes that are needed, and the capability building that is required to get there.


Posted by Kirsty at November 1, 2004 01:26 PM