ALA Podcast: Show me the money – winning grants applications

This webinar is for ACE Providers and practitioners looking for alternate revenue streams. Find out what’s out there and how it could fund your idea, by spending an hour with Keith Whelan, the Grants Guy. Think fundraising, grants, crowd-sourcing –

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Adult and Community Education (ACE) Sector Statement – Victoria

Adult and community education peak bodies – Adult and Community Education Victoria (ACEVic), Neighbourhood Houses Victoria (NHV), Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and Community Colleges Australia (CCA) welcome The Future of Adult and Community Education in Victoria 2020-2025 Ministerial Statement which

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Media release: Victorian Government recognises the essential role of adult and community education

Future of ACE in Vic

Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult community education (ACE), welcomes the Victorian Government’s commitment to ACE through a Ministerial Statement that acknowledges its transformative power and unique strengths. In launching the Ministerial Statement on the Future of

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ALA LLN Webinar: Validation of ACSF assessment resources

This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF).

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ALA Webinar: The principles of adult learning

Suitable for Anyone working in training or education in a management or practitioner role. Description In this interactive webinar we’ll re-define the principles of adult learning and discuss how they apply in 21st century learning environments. We’ll cover key techniques

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ALA Podcast: Basic numeracy concepts

About this podcast This session is designed for Literacy teachers who also teach some numeracy. It will cover how to deliver basic numeracy concepts such as fractions and basic operations. The session will look at what students might be struggling

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ALA podcast: Social procurement – A great opportunity for new and existing social enterprises

About this podcast Social procurement is a rapidly emerging opportunity for social enterprises to start, grow and scale their businesses and their social impact. In 2017, Social Traders worked with 15 corporate and government buyers to support their procurement teams

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ALA Webinar: ‘Plan a Project’ for jobseeking EAL/D learners

‘Plan a project’ is a weekly, project-based program designed specifically for the EAL/D (ESOL) learner who is also a job seeker. In a nutshell, the program develops language, literacy and numeracy skills as well as employability skills, and creates a

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A celebration of outstanding achievement in adult education

A young father who can now read stories to his daughter, a formerly homeless mother of five who now has a bright future, and a young woman with severe hearing loss who can now communicate using Auslan are the recipients

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Adult education is the key to tackling some of Australia’s major challenges

Digital transformation, an ageing population and growing inequality are urgent challenges in Australia that adult education can solve according to Adult Learning Australia, the national peak body for adult and community education. Downloads: Adult education is the key to tackling

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Position Vacant: Research consultant – expressions of interest

Brimbank City Council is seeking the services of an experienced researcher to undertake action research to document barriers and opportunities from the Brimbank Learning Futures experience. Brimbank Learning Futures is a learning hub that implements a place-based partnership approach to

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ALA Webinar: Basic Numeracy Concepts

This session is designed for Literacy teachers who also teach some numeracy. It will cover how to deliver basic numeracy concepts such as fractions and basic operations. The session will look at what students might be struggling with. It will

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Position vacant: Short course trainer opportunity at Asylum Seeker Resource Centre

The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre currently has a position available in their Pathways to Employment program for an Industry Specific Short Course Trainer. They invite expressions of interest from suitably qualified and/or experienced trainers who may be interested in delivering

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New issue of Australian Journal of Adult Learning out now!

Volume 59, Number 2, July 2019 Interactivity, connectedness and ‘teacher-presence’: Engaging and retaining students online Cathy Stone & Matthew Springer A picture paints a thousand words: Collage-making in higher education problem-based learning Sarah Gat, Margalit Pade & Michael Averech Bar

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ALA LLN Webinar: Validation of ACSF assessment resources

This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF).

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ALA Webinar: Use foundation skills to improve training outcomes

Suitable for Vocational trainers or training managers. Description As a vocational trainer or training manager, you play a crucial role in the lives of the people you train. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discover how a focus on foundation skills

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Asia Pacific Civil Society Spotlight Reports on SDG 4

ACED Members

The Asia Pacific Civil Society Spotlight Reports on SDG 4 prepared by ASPBAE and national education coalitions in 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific Region (including ACED) were launched during the side event on ‘Education to End Inequality and Promote Peace’

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ALA Webinar: The Flavorite Employment Course

With sustainable employment so hard to secure, this webinar will focus on learning employability skills to be successful in obtaining employment with large local employer in Gippsland – Flavorite Tomatoes .

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Empowerment to compliance

Stephen Black

Dr Stephen Black, UTS

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ALA Webinar: Radical Ideas for Reluctant Writers

In this workshop, teachers will try out a range of activities that encourage students to dive straight into writing without fear of failure.

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