EEE723 - Partnership Development for Applied and Vocational Learning Programs

Unit details

Content

Topics to be addressed in this unit include:

• Youth transitions from education to employment: current situation and future trends in meeting the workforce skills needs of society;
• Contemporary vocational learning programs for young people and the challenges posed for education institutions;
• Secondary school responses to the vocational preparation of young people through VCAL, VCE VET, Work Experience, Structured Workplace Learning, School-based new Apprenticeships, etc;
• Employability and ‘employer-ability’ skills and attributes;
• Developing and teaching work readiness programs;
• Centrality of applied vocational experiences in contemporary programs.
• Broad local community support mechanisms and the shared responsibility for the vocational preparation of young people; 
• Government funded initiatives – Commonwealth, State and Local
• Local networks that facilitate partnership development among providers and with community organisations and employers – LLEN initiative in Victoria
• Dependency on partnerships with employers – role of employer representative organisations
• Partnership building for education providers with industry, and community organisations and agencies - critical factors including relationship developments and the development of protocols;
• Cultural differences between the operations of enterprises in the industry/ business sector and provider organisations in the education and training sector; and
• Organisation and deployment of work experience and work placements in industry for young people.

Assessment

Assignment 1: Partnership Development Written Report & Resource (2000 words or equivalent 50%)

In small groups student teachers will:

• Identify the key institutions and representative organisations in a locality that have a role in the vocational preparation of young people;
• Map the relationships between these local institutions and organisations, education providers, community organisations, and industry and enterprises within a region that support applied and vocational learning programs for young people;
• Develop a resource (using their choice of media – ICTs, Website, print-based and/or visual) for a secondary school detailing the processes involved in building, maintaining and sustaining a successful partnership with these local institutions and organisations from the perspective of a VCAL or VCE VET coordinator in an education institution;
• Identify and examine the critical success factors in the development of a productive school/industry partnership.

Assignment 2: Partnership Development Presentation & Evaluation (2000 words or equivalent 50%)

In small groups student teachers will:

• Organise a presentation event in the relevant community to launch their partnership-building resource from Task 1;
• Develop an evaluation rubric to be completed by participants at the event in evaluating the presentation and the partnership-building resource;
• Based on feedback provided through the completed evaluation rubrics, and a self-evaluation, write a brief (no more than 2 pages) reflective commentary identifying the strengths of the presentation, areas for improvement, and suggesting strategies for improvement;
• Submit a copy of the presentation materials together with the reflective commentary by the due date.

Prescribed texts

Groundwater-Smith, S, Brennan, M, McFadden, M & Mitchell, J 2001, Secondary schooling in a changing world, Harcourt, Marrickville, NSW.
Burnett, B, Meadmore, D, & Tait, G (Eds.) 2004, New Questions for Contemporary Teachers: Taking a Socio-Cultural Approach to Education, Pearson, French’s Forest, NSW

Unit Fee Information

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.