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APPendix■■lifting enrolments at Certificate III and above to 239,525,a rise of 11.4% over 2008, with enrolments at Diplomaand above growing by 16.0%■■■■achieving growth in enrolments by Aboriginal people of5.1%, with a rise of 7.0% in enrolments at Certificate IIIand aboveincreasing enrolments by school-based apprentices by24.6%.Ms Persson’s strong leadership resulted in an increase of6% in commercial revenue; the generation of $5.35 millionthrough the TAFE NSW National Business Office (up 27%on 2008); and 32 new training partnerships with clientssuch as Foster’s Group, Bunnings, Mobil Quix, AirservicesAustralia, Country Energy and NSW Health. She alsooversaw successful tenders for 10 Better TAFE Facilitiesprojects worth $63.4 million, seven Training InfrastructureInvestment for Tomorrow projects worth $39.9 millionand four Education Investment Fund projects worth$32.5 million under the Commonwealth’s Building theEducation Revolution.Under Ms Persson’s strategic direction, TAFE Institutessuccessfully implemented new programs and innovativestrategies in 2009, which included:■■■■■■■■■■delivering training for job seekers and existing workers,under the Productivity Places Program, with a strongfocus on tackling skills shortages and supporting theCommonwealth’s Compacts with Young Australians andRetrenched Workersoverseeing the Ministerial Taskforce on InternationalEducation’s work on the quality of education andtraining, social inclusion, welfare and recruitmentincreasing training for clean energy and other greenjobs to help tackle climate change and improveenvironmental sustainabilitydeveloping the Virtual Learning Environment Roadmapand Framework to position Institutes at the forefrontof e-Learningdeploying Careers Connect - a job brokerage servicefor students, with facilities for employers to place jobvacancies online.Ms Persson continued to develop the capabilities of TAFEstaff via the Building our Future Leadership pilot and TAFENSW Workforce Guarantee. In 2009, a sixth capability,‘sustainability’, was added to the guarantee and onlineinduction courses, including skills for sustainability, wereintroduced for TAFE staff and students.During the reporting period, Ms Persson also made asignificant contribution to the negotiations for the newTAFE teachers’ award.Ms Persson oversaw the provision of innovative LinkedSkills programs delivered by the Adult Migrant EnglishService, in partnership with other public and private sectoragencies, to prepare newly-arrived migrants and refugeesfor work in sectors experiencing skill shortages. She alsomanaged the funding of Adult and Community Educationcolleges, which delivered 6.1 million hours of trainingincluding 4.0 million hours of nationally-recognisedvocational training.In addition, Ms Persson is a member of the Skills AustraliaBoard which focused on the development of bold newapproaches to workforce development and governanceof the national training system in 2009. This includedpublication of the ‘Foundations for the Future’ report inJune 2009.Leslie LobleSES Level 6, $300,800Deputy Director-General, Strategic Planning and RegulationMs Loble provided leadership on matters relating toStrategic Planning and Regulation, in particular managingthe Department’s external and intergovernmentalrelationships, overseeing the NSW VET sector, managingthe Department’s strategic planning and statutoryreporting and fostering innovative educational practices inschools and TAFE.Priority objectives for 2009 were: to secureCommonwealth funding for schools and training worthAPPENDICES 95
APPendix$2.2 billion over four years; lead the implementation ofpolicies on school transparency and reporting; strengthenquality and regulation in education and training;drive innovation in connected learning; and continuestreamlining departmental planning and reporting.Ms Loble led negotiations with the Commonwealthto conclude agreements for the three Smarter SchoolsNational Partnerships and the Priority Places NationalPartnership, securing $2.2 billion in funding for NSW.The Smarter Schools Partnerships, which cover all schools(government and non-government) in the State, willsupport schools serving disadvantaged communities,strengthen efforts in literacy and numeracy, and improvethe quality of teachers. Ms Loble also led the first phaseof implementation of the Productivity Places Program,a National Partnership that will deliver $670 million inCommonwealth, State and private investment to fund175,000 extra training places over 4 years.She spearheaded the successful bid to locate the AustralianCurriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority inSydney, led the negotiation of a new National Copyrightagreement for schools which will save $18 million overthree years, and oversaw the passage of legislation toincrease the school leaving age.She provided national leadership in public literacy andnumeracy testing as Chair of the National AssessmentProgram Literacy and Numeracy Steering Group, and alsoled the Steering Group for the evaluation of NationalPartnerships in NSW. She led strategic planning andreporting processes for the Department of Education andTraining and the preparation of high-level input into theDepartment’s revised NSW State Plan.She made a major contribution to the developmentof “green skills” in NSW by organising this focus inthe Premier’s Jobs Summit, and co-chairing the GreenSkills Taskforce, which put proposals for change to theGovernment at the end of 2009.Under Ms Loble’s leadership, the Department of Educationand Training took important steps to mitigate the impactof the global financial crisis on the NSW workforce,launching the Continuing Apprentices Placement Serviceto help out-of-trade apprentices in skill shortage areas, andsupporting retrenched workers through the $7.5 millionRetrenched Workers Assistance Program.She drove improvements in teaching and learning throughinformation technology provisions such as the Teachingand Learning Exchange, which saw a 62% increase inunique visits and a 31% increase in its resource collection.Use of the Connected Learning Advisory Service increasedby 107% in 2009.Peter RiordanSES Level 6, $300,800Deputy Director-General, Workforce Management andSystems ImprovementMr Riordan has responsibility for Employee Performanceand Conduct, Employment Screening, Human Resources,Industrial Relations, Legal Services, Safety and Security,Occupational Health and Safety and the LearningManagement and Business Reform Program.In 2009 Mr Riordan provided strategic leadership tosupport State and Corporate Plan priorities by ensuring therecruitment and retention of a quality teacher workforceand implementing key initiatives under the AboriginalHuman Resource Development Plan 2009 - 2011 and theWorkforce Diversity policy and Plan 2009 - 2011.Mr Riordan continued to drive the implementation of theLearning Management and Business Reform Program, tostreamline and modernise the existing human resources,finance and student administration systems in schools andTAFE, and oversaw the planning for a shared service centrefor finance.Under Mr Riordan’s leadership, the cost of theDepartment’s workers compensations premiums continuedto reduce, and the Safe Working and Learning 2009 - 2012strategy was implemented to continue improvements inoccupational health and safety.96 APPENDICES
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