The Adult Learning Australia Ltd. Annual Report 2014/2015 is now available. ALA Annual Report Contents: 2015 AGM Agenda Minutes from 2014 AGM President’s Report Treasurers Report CEO’s Report ALA Board ALA Staff AJAL Editorial Board Financial Statements to 31 Dec 2014
At a meeting of ACE organisations 23 Feb 2015, the following sector statement was agreed on by those present: ACE Sector Statement with signatories 5 March 2015
Social Media is an incredibly important tool for connecting with your community and bringing learners into your centre. However it also has the potential to absorb huge amounts of your time for little return. Different platforms are useful for different purposes and even the most useful are changing constantly and can quickly become less valuable. […]
“Teachers of adult EAL learners are smart, busy people and we love text books – such is the Power of the Printed Page. But a book isn’t a lesson – it’s the germ of the beginning of an idea for a lesson, and the author doesn’t know any more about our learners than we do.” […]
The Annual General Meeting of Adult Learning Australia will be held on Friday 20 March 2015, commencing at 1.00pm (AEDT), via teleconference. Download Meeting Agenda. ALA members are invited to register to participate in the AGM, by following this link. (You will need to be logged in via the member portal to register). In addition to […]
As society becomes more inclusive, people with disability are seeking to be better included in our community in a variety of ways. A growing area of interest for them is in becoming volunteers. Can we afford not to include people who may provide us with a valuable source of voluntary labour and skills? There are […]
IAL leads and advocates for the development of an effective, innovative and responsive Continuing Education and Training (CET) sector to meet the needs of industries and the workforce. We do this through research in workforce learning, implementing innovation and development in training and adult education. As a part of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, we […]
ALA LLN Webinar: Validating FSK Assessments. Returning in 2015 by popular demand, this webinar is for foundation skills practitioners to come together as a group to validate your assessment strategies to the FSK. The introduction of the Foundation Skills Training Package (FSK) has provided practitioners with a framework of units of competency to support and […]
Finding alternative sources of income is an increasing pressure in the adult and community education sector. Working out how you’re going to make that added cash can be a challenge. Here some tips shared by Robyn Logan in one of our recent webinars. 1. Be prepared to invest time and effort in planning and […]
Women in Adult and Vocational Education announce their National Conference 2015, in partnership with Manufacturing Skills Australia. Wednesday 8 April 2015 (preceding the AVETRA Conference 9-10 April) Leaders, teachers, learners, leavers: Women in the Australian VET market. Victoria University, City Flinders campus, 12 noon – 5.00pm. Registrations Open February 2015. See WAVE Conference 2015 flyer for […]
On Wednesdays the ‘Adult Literacy for People with a Disability’ class begins with a walk through paddocks and gardens surrounding the Encounter Centre in South Australia’s Victor Harbor. ‘We always start the day with exercise because it stimulates the brain and our students really enjoy it,’ says Leonie Mathews, co-ordinator of the Centre’s adult literacy […]
In the prevailing economic conditions, we need new visions and effective models for lifelong learning. This ASEM forum on Lifelong Learning will be held on 9-12 March 2015 at Grand Nikko, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. The forum seeks to engage representatives from all 32 EU member states and 19 Asian countries under the auspices of […]
Educational tourism is booming. But it’s not new in Australia’s adult education sector. The WEA in Adelaide and Sydney have a long history of offering courses where students travel with a tutor on trips from Egypt to Estonia, Greece to Greenland. Vic Costi went on his first educational group tour with Adelaide WEA in 2005. […]
Congratulations to Freya Merrick dos Santos from Yarraville Community Centre who has won the Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award at the 2014 Australian Training Awards. Freya says she was both surprised and delighted to win. ‘My jaw dropped when they announced my name. There weren’t many small community organisations like ours represented amongst the finalists so it was great to get that […]
