ICVET is about...
Promoting new ideas and practice in teaching and learning.
We provide support to teachers and trainers in a large and complex industry – vocational education and training. Organisations in VET face continual change and pressure to adapt, compete and lead skills acquisition for the future workforce. The emphasis in VET is on the quality of provision and a major factor in this is the professional development of staff and the research that guides and challenges practice.
In this context, our focus is on new promoting new ideas and practice in VET teaching and learning – local, national and international.
We do this by…
- researching and supporting teaching, learning and assessment
- leading state-wide and national professional development initiatives
- providing strategic information in teaching and learning in VET
Areas we target
Within these key areas we provide
How we work
The Team
Contact us
Areas we target
Areas we target are defined annually as part of a review of stakeholder requirements, in particular those of TAFE NSW Institutes. In 2008, our work will focus primarily on:
- Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
- Workplace learning
- Partnerships and Entrepreneurships
- Workforce Development
- Life based learning
We also manage the innovation program for the Flexible Learning Framework for all states and territories, as well as:
- NSW Toolbox Champion
- NSW Framework Co-ordination
Within these key areas we provide:
- Thinkpieces to promote discussion and understanding
- Exemplars of practice, including case studies, shared storiesd, interviews and podcaset interviews
- Reserarch updates
- Annotated websites
How we work
We undertake both core project work for TAFE NSW and contracted externally funded projects for the broader VET sector.
Our strategic directions and business plan has been endorsed by the TAFE Peak Executive Group. We regularly meet with our key client group TAFE Institutes. Our current target areas and underpinning theme areas have been determined in this way.
We consult, network and collaborate extensively, forming strategic alliances and partnerships to ensure that all our work is timely, relevant and strategic to meet our customer requirements.
We communicate and share knowledge through a wide range of media such as:
- Our website www.icvet.edu.au
- articles in journals
- forums - face to face and online
- showcases
- conferences
- communities of practice and practitioner networks