Vocational Education: Balancing Compliance With Student Outcomes

2015 VET Industry Drinks | Melbourne Session

BALANCING COMPLIANCE, BUSINESS GOALS, AND STUDENT OUTCOMES

Can We Really Have It All?

Who Am I? Genna-Leigh Adamiec [email protected]

•  former Training Operations Manager, MWT Institute

•  current Head Program Manager, Circulus Education

•  in the RTO industry for over 5 years, mainly with VTG funding

•  my passion is students & innovation


Let’s Talk About The RTO Mentality •  What is RTO

management? •  What are the first few

thoughts that come to mind?


There are a few things that come to mind for me:



Compliance


Operations


Paper


Stress


A world like no other


BUT..


Where does the student fit into this?


Where should the student fit into this? In order to figure that out, we need to understand what training means to students.

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If all children enjoyed equal access to education, per capita income would increase by

23% over 40 years (UNESCO, 2013)


In Australia: Higher level skills acquired through VET give the best economic returns for students throughout their working lives, especially for mature aged students. (Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency, 2012)

Where should the student fit?

•  Priority Number 1 – It’s as simple as that .

•  Do not underestimate the importance of your role, what you do shapes the future for someone else.


Fluff ? •  Yes that’s great but we still have to run a business,

so.. how do we get the balance? •  There is no right or wrong answer, but I do believe

the answer lies in technology


but not just that!

•  Right intentions & vision •  Right trainers & people •  Right course structure & delivery plan •  Right content & strong assessment •  Right process & operational structure •  Right technology & tools


What can technology do for me ?


What can technology do for me ?


• Manage non-value adding tasks • Scalability

• Analyse your business, identify your biggest

time wasters in the business and research what technology is out there that could look after these tasks for you.

Give time back to your students!



Thank You Happy Balancing!

Vocational Education: Balancing Compliance With Student Outcomes

Education

rto industry

student fit

students innovation

business goals

student outcomes

mature aged students

training operations

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