TDA Convention 2022 – Presentations

Thank you for attending the TDA Convention 2022. It is our pleasure to provide you with access to all of the presentations. Please note that a very small number of presenters chose not to make their presentations publicly available.

Plenary Sessions

Keynote address: The Changing World of Work: Challenges and Opportunities for the TAFE Sector
Danielle Wood, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute

Industry panel: The words on industry’s lips are ‘skills shortages’. Different industries will provide their perspectives on the solutions.
Panel Members:
• Michelle Gibson, Head of Learning & Development, BHP
• Renee Hindmarsh, South Australian Skills Commissioner
• Tanya Holden, Acting Learning and Engagement Manager, Helping Hand
• Paul Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Industry Standards (AIS)
• Sharon Robertson, Chief Executive, Innovation and Business Skills Australia (IBSA)
• Patrick Kidd, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Skills Organisation (DSO)

International Panel: Lessons for Australia from changes and challenges overseas
Panel Members:
• João Santos, Senior Expert, Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
• Dawn Ward, Chair, World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) and Chief Executive of Burton and South Derbyshire College, UK
• Denise Amyot, President and CEO, Colleges and Institutes, Canada

Breakout Session 1

1A: PANEL The power of partnerships	1B: WORKSHOP TAFE-industry collaboration	1C: PANEL Innovation from Crisis: COVID-19	1D: WORKSHOP Transforming learner engagement	1E: PANEL Access, equity and pathways	1F: WORKSHOP Communities and regions
Gabrielle Koutoukidis, Holmesglen: NENAC – The power of national collaboration	Ashleigh Bryans, BAE Systems & Julie Pisano, TAFE SA: Achieving meaningful stakeholder engagement to generate education and training outcomes that matter	Mish Eastman, RMIT: Innovation from crisis: Accelerated learnings from lockdown city	Husnen Rupani, Infinispark: Engaging Trades Learners in a Virtual and Face-to-Face Class	Kit McMahon, Women’s Health in The South-East: TAFE for Everyone: Moving Beyond “Pink Boots” to Equality in Training and Drawing Lessons From Life	Susie George & Jennifer Mossfield, TAFE NSW: Partnering with communities to rebuild following natural environmental disasters
Serryn O’Regan, Evolve College, Sydney: Public and Private Collaboration	Robert Petheridge, TAFE QLD & Peter Heilbuth, Central Queensland University: The Queensland Future Skills Partnership	Chris Harris, William Angliss: EdEx: A Framework for a Changing Tertiary Education Environment Accelerated with the Advent of COVID-19.	Catherine Ciavarella, RMIT: Engaging students through current industry practices	Clare Dallimore & Karren Raper, TAFE SA: Having the Courage to Change pays handsome dividends	Karen Dickinson, TAFE QLD: TAFE Queensland’s Robina Campus: Embedding Sustainability
Jesse O’Hara, TAFE QLD: Reimagining sports partnerships and shaping our 2032 Olympic legacy	Brenda Micale, South Metropolitan TAFE: Future Skilling of the Maritime Defence Industry: The Defence Industry Pathways Program	Kristen Nyholt & Ruth Hundertmark, TAFE SA: Post COVID 19 – a different way of engaging school students	Kathleen Drew & Caroline Roach, TAFE SA: Transforming the Trades – a case study of courage in radical program transformation	Tammy Micola Von Furstenrecht, TAFE QLD: Back To Work Revitalised	Christopher Morris, TouchNet: Modernizing payments to improve student experiences and staff efficiencies
Wendy Perry, Switch Start Scale: Fostering a Collaborative, Diverse and Inclusive Entrepreneurial Community	Geoff Crittenden & Michael Pitt, Weld Australia: Traction & Momentum: Revolutionising Welder Training in Australia	Sally Curtain & Michelle Johnston, Bendigo Kangan: North Star – Bendigo Kangan Institute’s transformation for the future during the COVID-19 pandemic	Dr Henry Pook & Dr Ross Digby, Holmesglen: Holmesglen Institute and Building 4.0 CRC: a case study of co-operative research to transform the building industry	Anissa Jones, TAFE NSW: Bangaya Bulbuwul Muru – Let’s make strong pathways for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students	Alli Poole, Manuel Duarte & Kelly Edmunds, TAFE NSW: A learning environment built for the future… Our courageous step forward to invest in communities and increase accessibility to VET
Esteban Franco, RMIT: Leadership and Business Training Embedded within a High Performance Sporting Hub		Jaslyn Hughes, Open LMS & Mark Robertson, eWorks: Challenges COVID-19 has Presented for Education Delivery and Assessment, Our Solutions and Preparations for the Future		Michael Hamilton, Charles Darwin University: Vast distance, thin markets… The courage to make it work

Breakout Session 2

2A: PANEL Attracting dual professionals	2B: WORKSHOP Skills for emerging industries	2C: WORKSHOP Championing the student voice	2D: WORKSHOP Innovation in education design	2E: WORKSHOP Strong foundations and pathways	2F: PANEL Current and future health skills needs
Kay Schlesinger, Melbourne Polytechnic: Envisaging a sector that empowers and connects new educators: challenge accepted!	Julia Burns, South Metropolitan TAFE: TAFEcyber: Skilling the nations cyber security workforce through national collaboration and innovation	Stephen Manson, TAFE SA: Harnessing the Student Voice: Engaging with our Students to Shape the Future at TAFE SA	Megan Hill & Shane Woods, TAFE NSW: Embracing curiosity: How human-centered design and deep collaboration can unlock fresh understanding and identify the right problems to solve	Abby Duruz, TAFE NSW: Piloting Innovative Pathway Programs: Reflections on Recent Interventions to Reconnect School Students and Early School Leavers with VET	Dianne Semmens, Victoria University: From pandemic to possibilities – A glimpse into the challenges of training paramedics differently
Julie Healy & Jodie Wong, TAFE QLD: Addressing the challenge of attracting industry experts to become VET educators – TAFE Queensland’s Foundation Educator role	Penny Johnson, TAFE SA: Predicting the skills and training future in Space, Defence, Hydrogen, and Low Carbon Transition	Suzanne McKinnon & Michaela Hosking, Holmesglen: Building learner engagement and partnership in TAFE	Nunzio Gambale, CIT: The disrupted media landscape – realising VET opportunities through adversity and collaboration	Lyndal Carter, TAFE QLD: The Rise of the Lady Tradie	Carole Pondevie-lay, Melbourne Polytechnic: Collaborating to respond to industry and CALD community needs in the North of Melbourne during the COVID health crisis
Robyn O’Brien, Mignon Harris, TAFE SA & Jo Carling, TasTAFE: The Challenge of Recruiting & Retaining the Dual Professional Educator: Obstacle or Opportunity?	Kathleen Drew, Julie Pisano, TAFE SA, Greg Mitchell, TAFE QLD & John Flett South West TAFE: Hydrogen – A case study in meeting a fast-paced emerging industry through collaboration	Vanessa Crawford & Emma Rice, TAFE QLD: Championing the student voice: Travelling the road unknown of an integrated future with students as partners	Dr George Verghese, TAFE NSW: Western Sydney’s Co. F.A.B. Lab Challenges Preconceptions by Asking “What if?”	Sarah Lance, TAFE SA: Creating a regional workforce – place based development and delivery	Helen Hull, North Metropolitan TAFE: Innovative occupational first aid and part-time enrolled nurse training design meeting regulation and FIFO worker/miner needs
Simon Partridge, TasTAFE: Challenge accepted: A digital solution to maintaining teacher credentials		Andrew Scotford, CIT Student Association: Student Feedback – what are our students thinking NOW?	Carley Brennan & Dr Yasmin Chalmers, The Gordon: Educating the Future Workforce: Connection, Collaboration and Co-design	Jaemie Page & Michael Walters, Batchelor Institute: Building strong foundations and pathways for Conservation and Ecosystem Management training with Indigenous Rangers in the NT	Jacqueline Merkel, TAFE SA & Sandra Gilbert, SA Regional Health: Regional Enrolled Nursing Cadetship
Julie Healy, TAFE QLD: Meeting Industry and Teaching currency requirements – how much is enough?					Linda Willington, CIT & Rachel Wassink, RMIT: The Power of National Collaboration for the Future of VET
					David Ball, The Gordon: Future Health Skills – a Health Workforce Development Partnership and Model

Breakout Session 3

3A: PRESENTATIONS Mature VET markets and quality delivery	3B: PRESENTATIONS New skills, new technologies	3C: PRESENTATIONS Accessing VET data for research, policy and reporting	3D: PRESENTATIONS Using data for forecasting skills and apprenticeship planning
Don Zoellner, Charles Darwin University: Accepting the Challenge of Mature VET Markets: Changing 30 Years of Comfortable Complaints	Brent Sarver & Mariana Holliday, Amazon Web Services: Creating Career Pathways for Australia’s Cloud Skills Gap	Tracy Gamlin, NCVER: Understanding Courage, Change and Challenge in VET in Australia and Around the World: Learning Through Knowledge Sharing	Damian Oliver, NSC: Using data from the National Skills Commission and Jobs and Skills Australia to understand the training landscape
Hugh Guthrie, Lusid Pty Ltd: Delivering Quality VET Delivery: Messages for TAFE Leaders and Managers	Phil Clarke, IBSA: Realising the opportunities from new technologies and new skills	Melissa Bennett, DEWR: Better data, faster – VET Data Streamlining	Chris Smith, ReadyTech: The power of information and data in the future of apprenticeships

Breakout Session 4

4A: WORKSHOP Beyond compliance: self-assurance	4B: WORKSHOP Supporting students in challenging times	4C: WORKSHOP Challenges for international VET	4D: WORKSHOP VET Reform: Challenging the status quo
Damian McKenzie McHarg, TAFE NSW: The shift by ASQA towards a self-assurance model of VET regulation and what it will mean for VET providers	Julie Healy & Emma Rice, TAFE QLD: Implementation of innovative early intervention practices to identify and support academically ‘at risk’ students at TAFE Queensland	Helen Kronberger, Austrade: Challenges and opportunities in international VET and skills	Vicki Marchant & Suneeti Rekhari, TAFE NSW: Education Design Patterns in the VET context
Kevin Ekendahl, Audit Express: Academic Governance and self-assurance	Shannon Baldock, TAFE SA: Supporting student mental health through partnerships	Russel McKay, TAFE QLD: International Skills Training on the World Stage	Dr Rhonda Fuzzard, CIT: Are training packages meeting the needs of specific student groups and industry, and can we improve them?
Mark Croft, TAFE SA: Meeting Self Assurance with Self Confidence	Alexandra McPaul & Robyn Gillot, TAFE NSW: Imagining the future: examining current practice in student retention activity to inform new strategic directions for TAFE NSW	Keri Ramirez, Study Move: Data collaboration empowers TAFE Institutes during challenging times – the results of the first TAFE International Student Recruitment Benchmark	Renae Houston, DEWR: Reforms to Enhance the Quality of Training Delivery in Australia
Rob Thomason, VETASSESS: Independent Assessment – When?	David Dean, TAFE NSW: Measuring improved student outcomes through randomised controlled trials of an early intervention process	Laura Jia, TAFE SA & Jane Johnson, Study Adelaide: International student engagement: connection is everything

Breakout Session 5

5A: WORKSHOP Perspectives on micro-credentials	5B: WORKSHOP Respect, equality and wellbeing	5C: WORKSHOP Strategic partnerships with industry	5D: PANEL Building VET educator capability – challenges and solutions
Dr Geethani Nair, Digital Skills Organisation: Examining how TAFE teachers and VET educators make (non)sense of the self-paced, online, micro-credentialing craze.	Yulia Zlatkin, Langley Group Institute: A positive mindset gives courage the chance to prosper.	Norman Baker, TAFE SA: Strategic Alignment of TAFE SA Course Delivery	Robyn O’Brien, TAFE SA, Louise King, CDU, Jo Carling, TasTAFE & Andrew Shaw, TAFE NSW: Collaborating nationally to strengthen VET Educator Capability
Marina Borrello, TAFE SA: Micro-credentials Our Way – The TAFESA approach to micro-credentials – Why they are not just short courses and skill sets	Brandon Taylor, TAFE QLD: TAFE Queensland’s Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy: From Early Development, Practical and Robust Consultation, to Contemporary Employee Engagement and Action.	Steven Atkins, Nerida Volker & Peter Schreiner, TAFE NSW: Building High Impact Collaborative Partner Ecosystems	Cheryl Wilson, Melbourne Polytechnic: A collaborative partnership approach to building educator capability at Melbourne Polytechnic
Katrina Higham & Matthew Dale, Audit Express: Innovation at a time of change in Vocational Education & Training	Kealey Nutt, Beyond Blue: Working with Beyond Blue’s Be You to upskill your learning community on positive mental health, now and in the future	Claudia Baker, North Metropolitan TAFE: Can Third Party Agreements and Industry Partnerships be the solution to some of the challenges in industry training?	Erica Smith, Federation University: The role of formal teaching practice as a catalyst for TAFE teacher learning
Toby Jones, Learning Vault: How cohort specific micro-credentials can support core qualifications	Caro Roach, Our Watch: Respect and Equality in TAFE, a national challenge. Leading gender equality and violence prevention with a whole of TAFE approach		Sam Crowe, TAFE QLD & Angela Ryan, CIT: Exploring National Strategies for Developing Practice in Digital Capability for the VET Workforce
Chris Greentree, Helen Fremlin, Carly Cosmo & Nicholas Beswick, TAFE NSW: Doing Education Differently to meet industry needs – Micro Skills and Micro Credentials			Robyn O’Brien, Katia Lockwood & Olivia Tohi, TAFE SA: Building Digital Capability in VET Educators at TAFE SA
			Bernie Slater, CIT: Fostering digital agility and creative communication skills