State Government VET in Schools initiatives
Ms Katie Bray Principal Policy Consultant, VET in Schools
28 November 2014
WA Election Commitment
• Improve quality and outcomes• Grow employer and industry confidence• Clear pathways into careers
WACE 2016 requirements
• Minimum standard of literacy and numeracy:– Year 9 NAPLAN or– OLNA
• Eligible for ATAR or minimum certificate II requirement
• Credit for completion of full qualification
www.scsa.wa.edu.au
Key strategic priorities
• Student centred system• Stronger industry engagement • Clear pathways into careers - career advice• Improved trust from employers, students and parents• Changes to the WACE – safeguarding quality
Ministerial launch
• Joint Ministerial Statement on VET in Schools• Good Practice Models• VET in Schools Qualifications Register• VET in Schools section on VETinfoNet website
www.vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au
Joint Ministerial Statement on VET in Schools
• Sets clear strategic direction • Affirms VET in Schools as a valuable pathway • Recognition of different cohorts• Critical success factors• Stakeholder responsibilities
Good Practice Models
• Schools demonstrating strong commitment to quality
• Systems, processes and key enablers• Reflect different arrangements – whole of school
to program level• 8 metropolitan• Regional in progress
VET in Schools Qualifications Register
• Suitability of qualifications in a VET in Schools context
• Industry advice via Training Councils• Broad application• Annual update process – term 1:
– currency
– new qualifications
– updated industry advice
VET in Schools Qualifications Register
• Infrastructure, equipment, trainers• Student capacity• Industry preferred pathways• OHS or licensing issues
Current priorities
• High level VET in Schools working group• School and Industry Engagement Framework• VET in Schools fact sheets• Aboriginal School Based Training (ASBT) program
review
Future direction
• Implementation of:– WACE changes – School and Industry Engagement Framework and
strategies– endorsed recommendations from ASBT review
• Outcomes from strategic industry audit of VET in Schools
• National revision of New Framework for Vocational Education in Schools
www.vetinfonet.dtwd.wa.gov.au