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Reframing the Future is the national staff development and change management program underpinning the implementation of the national training system in Australia. It provides a professional learning framework for educational change, staff learning and organisational capacity building in vocational education and training.
Reframing the Future provides dollar-for-dollar funding for organisations undertaking workbased learning staff development projects of up to $25,000 per project. Funding details are available from the website.
A wide range of publications can be downloaded or ordered from the Reframing the Future website, including the Publications CD - a compilation of all Reframing the Future publications.
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Reframing the Future
Reframing the Future provides funding for organisations to undertake staff development and change management projects to support the implementation of the national training system. A range of publications to assist these activities are available through the website.
Publications
Reframing the Future 2001, Evidence of High-skilled VET Practitioners and High-performing VET Organisations – 2001
This publication provides a long-term impact study of Framing the Future
1999-2000.
Reframing the Future 2001, A New Model of Workbased Learning in the VET Sector
This research compared the workbased learning methodology used in Reframing the Future projects since 1997 with new and emerging theories about organisational learning and communities of practice and refinement to theories about adult learning.
MITCHELL, J G 2003, Effectively Structuring Communities of Practice in VET, ANTA, Melbourne.
Findings from the 48 communities of practice conducted in 2002.
MITCHELL, J G 2003, Strategy making in Turbulent Times, ANTA, Melbourne.
Findings from the 28 Strategic Management and Change Management projects conducted in 2002.
MITCHELL, J G 2004, The Skilling of VET Change Agents, ANTA, Melbourne.
Findings from an evaluation of 11 change agents who were supported by Reframing the Future and funded through the Australian National Training Authority in 2003.
MITCHELL, J G 2004, Building Industry Training Networks, ANTA, Melbourne.
Findings from an evaluation of 24 industry training networks that were supported by Reframing the Future and funded through the Australian National Training Authority in 2003.
McKENNA, S 2004, Making the Connections, ANTA, Melbourne.
48 ways to progress equity in the national vocational education and training system, ANTA, Melbourne. These analyses of the outputs and immediate outcomes of 48 project teams provide models for future project teams.
MITCHELL, J G McKENNA, S PERRY, W & BALD, C 2005, New Ways of Working in VET, ANTA, Melbourne.
A report on staff development and change management projects that were supported by Reframing the Future and funded through the Australian National Training Authority in 2004.
ANTA, 2004, A Report on the Strategic Evaluation of Reframing the Future, ANTA, Melbourne.
This independent report on an evaluation, conducted by Dench, McClean, Carlson for ANTA, found that Reframing the Future is widely acknowledged as successful in pursuing its mission and, for the relatively low levels of funding available to it, has produced very valuable outcomes.