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APPendixStrategiesStaff of the Department facilitated accountability inservices for people with a disability by:■■■■■■■■■■■■■■continuing discussions with NSW Health, Ageing,Disability and Home Care, and Aspect regardingMemorandums of Understanding to ensure servicesare helping students with disabilities stay at school andprovide families with support to meet needsdeveloping a position paper on the Review of TVETfor Students with Disability, and reviewing the TVETguidelines for 2009continuing to implement the recommendations of theAuditor-General’s Performance Audit, Educating primaryschool students with disabilitiesdeveloping regional strategies to provide online learningfor mainstream teachers to enhance their capacity tomeet the needs of all studentsconducting a conference on Complex Case Managementin Western NSWmanaging discrimination claims so that where realdeficiencies are identified there are appropriatesystemic remediespurchasing adaptive software licenses to cover the wholeof South Western Sydney Institute for easy access toZoomText, JAWS, and Dragon software for all staffand students.Challenges and future directionsTo progress accountability for the provision of services forpeople with a disability, staff of the Department will:■■■■■■continue implementing the accountability frameworkin relation to the School Learning SupportCoordinator Initiativeexplore and develop a more efficient post schooldestination tracking strategyencourage and plan for the use of data driven supportservices with measurable targets and specificprogress indicators.Section 5: Joint Planning InitiativesThe Department develops strategic alliances and a morecoordinated approach to the delivery of services for peoplewith a disability.AchievementsTo further joint planning initiatives with other agenciesaround the provision of services for people with adisability, staff of the Department:■■■■■■■■■■negotiated with NSW Health to provide transition toschool and regular school attendance for children withcomplex medical needs who have spent many yearsin hospitalimplemented a regional interagency Conductive HearingLoss Strategic Planattracted 735 students to four Come and Try track andfield carnivals for students with disabilities; conductedin partnership with the Australian College ofPhysical Educationdeveloped the Employment Strategy for Students withDisability in partnership with Ageing, Disability and HomeCare to determine and follow-up employment outcomescollaborated with Northcott and The Spastic Centre tosupport students with complex physical disabilities inaccessing the school curriculum.StrategiesStaff of the Department engaged in joint planning tosupport students with a disability by:■■■■engaging in partnerships with a wide spectrum ofgovernment and non-government organisations coveringareas such as health, welfare, juvenile justice andcorrections, community relations, Indigenous and ethnicaffairs, advocacy and support for people with specificdisabilities, supported employment, parents and carers,sport, arts, lifestyle, education and trainingparticipating in the Positive Partnerships: supportingschool aged students on the autism spectrum projectto undertake training in Helping Children with Autism,implemented by the Department of Education,Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) andAPPENDICES 143
APPendixAppendix 12:NSW Government;Our Commitmentto Women■■■■■■delivered by the Australian Autism Education andTraining Consortium (AAETC)providing strategic advisory and funding support toorganisations such as the Mental Health CoordinatingCouncil, the NSW School of Volunteering, NSW HumanServices Department and the Community Services andHealth ITAB, to assist over 300 students, staff andcustomers with a disabilitydeveloping and distributing, in partnership withAutism Spectrum Australia and the Disability EducationAssociation NSW/ACT, the Autism Spectrum Disorderonline professional development for TAFE NSW institutesand education providers throughout Australiaimplementing the Language Development Partnership incollaboration with Hunter/New England Health to buildcapacity and provide therapists in the region’sprimary schools.Challenges and future directionsTo progress joint initiatives with other agencies aroundservices for people with a disability, staff of theDepartment will:■■■■■■■■increase interagency cooperation and family casemanagement by using a single case manager tocoordinate all services through the Keep ThemSafe initiativeundertake a joint initiative between TAFE, Adult andCommunity Education, and Ageing, Disability and HomeCare to promote and encourage a greater understandingof training options for adults with disabilities acrossthe stateobtain approval from the NSW Institute of Teachers tocommence 11 courses in 2010 using the newly designedTeaching Physical Activity to Students with Disabilities,which includes modules from the AustralianSports Commissioncontinue to provide additional payments to RegisteredTraining Organisations for apprentices or trainees whoneed additional support for successful completion.IntroductionOur Commitment to Women, the NSW Government’srecord of achievements and plans for the future for thewomen of NSW, was released in 2007. The policy identifiesten key priority areas for the delivery of targeted programsand future plans for women. The concerns and needsaddressed in Our Commitment to Women focus on thedaily experiences of women in NSW: paid and unpaidwork, health and housing, violence and safety, justice andlegal equality, child care, education and training, decisionmaking and leadership, access to information.TAFE NSW’s achievements and future plans respond toa number of the key priority areas in Our Commitmentto Women including balancing work and family, womenin leadership, Aboriginal women, rural women, youngwomen and older women.AchievementsDuring 2009, the Department undertook a range ofinnovative strategies and initiatives to improve women’sand girls’ experience of education and training in linewith the objectives of Our Commitment to Women.Achievements include:■■■■Enhancing Women on Boards (TAFE NSW - HunterInstitute): This program assists in promoting womeninto leadership, decision making and policy roles, indeveloping strategies for women to lead change, andin enhancing women’s ability to participate in decisionmaking activities within their communities. Programswere delivered to rural women working in primaryindustries and to Aboriginal women to support increasedrepresentation of Indigenous women in decisionmaking roles.Sustainability Project (TAFE NSW - New EnglandInstitute): This initiative is aimed at young single womenreturning to rural properties post-school, and womeninvolved in family farming businesses with childrenstarting school, who were looking for greater challenges.The project involved a series of workshops delivered tosmall farming communities in the Tamworth/Gunnedahregion. Workshops promoted awareness of education,144 APPENDICES
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