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Monday, October 19, 2009


VELG 2010 Qld VET Symposium

Registrations open

Voc Ed Learning Group (VELG) is holding a professional development (PD) opportunity that is totally dedicated to vocational education and training (VET) in Queensland schools.

The VELG 2010 QLD VET Symposium is being held on 15-16 April 2010 at the Hilton Brisbane and is shaping up to be a PD event not to be missed by Queensland school VET practitioners.
VELG has been conducting PD across Australia for registered training organisations (RTOs) for many years and has successfully facilitated three national conferences and nearly 400 workshops with more than 10,500 attendees.

This symposium has been especially designed to cater for three unique groups within Queensland schools - Principals, VET Coordinators and VET Teachers. During the two days, attendees will have the opportunity to attend eight key learning sessions designed to cover VET issues specific to their roles/responsibilities within their RTO.

For Teachers of VET qualifications, this is a great opportunity to ensure that knowledge of current training and assessment practices is maintained and that they 'continue developing their vocational and training and assessment competencies to support continuous improvements in delivery of the RTO’s services' (Source: Standard 1.4 - AQTF 2007 Essential Standards for Registration).

Combined, the six presenters for the key learning sessions hold extensive knowledge of VET in Schools and are passionate, keen and ready to share their expertise/experience. They include the much sought after presenters John Price, Sandra Harrington and John Dwyer.

VELG Director Michelle Weaver, who is also presenting, said: “I would encourage all schools to consider investing in VET in 2010 by sending their Principal, VET Coordinator and at least one VET Teacher to this symposium to maximise the range of topics the school is exposed to. Together they can go back to school and professionally develop the whole of their RTO and we will give them the knowledge and resources to do this.”

As with all VELG PD, delegates will be given hard copy and electronic templates, resources, checklists and presentations so they can implement their new skills straight away.

To find out more about the VELG 2010 QLD VET Symposium go to www.velg.com.au
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