Challenger TAFE | Annual Report 2006 - Parliament of Western ...

60 Challenger TAFE | Annual Report 2006
Outcomes for 2006 have included:
• Completion of the fi t-out of the Capo d’Orlando site to allow for the WA Maritime Training Centre - Fremantle to improve access
to, and security of, their training vessels berthed there.
• Completed the fi t-out of offi ces in the Chamber of Commerce building to house the Fremantle Career Development Centre.
• Completed the relocation and reappointment of the Bookshop at the Rockingham Campus.
• Completed works for the creation of an e-Link Centre in the Administration areas of Fremantle and Rockingham Campuses so
students can access on-line facilities.
• Finalised the fi t-out of joint facilities at the Murdoch campus for the following student support programs: CareerConnect,
Student Services, Disability Services and an International Student Offi ce.
• Refurbishment of a seminar room at Murdoch campus and installation of additional shade gazebo areas in the student
courtyard at Rockingham Campus.
• Provided support and advice on provision of utilities, security and the management of Occupational Safety and Health issues
for the construction of the initial Wet Trades Facility at Peel Education and TAFE Campus
10.2 Teaching and Learning
10.2.1 Teaching and Learning Team
In 2006, the Teaching and Learning Directorate supported a range of products and learning and development opportunities for
lecturers, to allow them to provide high value training and assessment services
Outcomes for 2006 include the following activities:
• establishment of Teaching and Learning Campus Mentors at the fi ve major campuses to enhance and support
workplace learning opportunities for lecturing staff at the local level, including sharing and disseminating of quality teaching,
learning and assessment materials
• design and provision of different delivery options for lecturers to complete a Certifi cate IV and/or Diploma of Training and
Assessment allowing 56 lecturers to access the program
• to enhance teaching strategies and classroom management of young people, 19 lecturers participated a learning project
undertaking Instructional Intelligence design training
• provision of more than 130 different learning and development events designed for Challenger lecturers and coordinated by the
Teaching and Learning Division
• co-ordinated programs through Kadadjiny Mia: Centre for Aboriginal Learning for Indigenous students off-campus in culturally
appropriate settings close to public transport and where the programs were modifi ed to suit individual learning styles, and
included additional literacy and numeracy support
• consulted widely with TAFEWA practitioners, WA Department of Education and Training representatives and the WA branch of
the Australian Education Union, to determine the capabilities required of educational leaders for the TAFE sector, in developing
a TAFEWA Lecturers Qualifi cation Framework. Once endorsed by stakeholders, these capabilities were developed into
competency standards and included in new vocational graduate qualifi cations in educational leadership.
• designed and implemented a Reframing the Future project around Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), working with VET
practitioners to identify current RPL research and how fi ndings might be applied to industries relevant to Challenger TAFE’s
Industry Training Centres.
• researched, developed and piloted a Mobile Technology initiative involving training programs content and assessment accessed
through mobile technology devices. These were designed to be used either on campus or in workplaces.
• designed and implemented a Web 2.0 technologies project to assess the potential of a range of new web tools for e-business
and e-learning both on- and off-campus