Training VET sector students is far different from training university students or employees. While the need for theoretical grounding is often different, VET sector students are from diverse cultures, domestic backgrounds and experiences.

The challenge is threefold:
1. Engaging a diverse range of fee paying students to achieve an educational outcome that is higher than basic ‘competence’
2. Creating a learning experience around set curriculum that is nourishing and educationally sound
3. Achieving an interaction and that both the student AND trainer has enjoyed

Challenging Certificate, Diploma or Advanced Diploma students to be the best they can be revolves around great classroom management, engaging teaching-learning activities and a disciplined approach to teaching. A difficult and some would say impossible task.

Workshop outcomes:
You will learn how to:
• Use a variety of methods to engage and integrate those from different cultural backgrounds
• Set a classroom management structure that best relates to the demographic and psychometric profile of your students
• Target working (mature age) learners and non-working learners by using different activities
• Keep students motivated so that they:
- Arrive to class on time (an often difficult task)
- Achieve higher than average attendance rates
- Complete assigned homework tasks
• Keep students on track with set evaluation tasks
• Walk the fine-line between education and entertainment
• Survive the VET sector training challenge with humour and sanity.

Who would benefit?
• Trainers with Certificate IV in Training and Assessment who work with vocational training institutions
• Those who recruit and manage trainers for these institutions and need to implement professional development programs
• Educators who are transitioning from the University or corporate environment to vocational training

Agenda
Morning
• Who are VET sector learners?
• How are they different?
• Expectations from learners / expectations from educators
• Generating discussion
• Classroom management
• The power of story

Afternoon
• Motivational activities for VET sector learners
• Using technology to motivate: practice with a laptop report
• The power of the quiz: practice
• Evaluating to motivate, not to drain
• Using resources and limits on use
• Hands-on activities

About the presenter Phil Dye
As an APM Training Institute head lecturer in Public Relations and Business, Phil has trained thousands of vocational students to communicate more effectively. He was voted ‘Trainer of the year’ by APM students in 2006.

As a corporate trainer, Phil has worked with some of the world’s largest companies such as Oracle, Vivendi and HSBC to help them communicate more effectively. Current local clients include Salmat, Ricoh, Crown Castle International and Computer Associates, with his most popular workshops being ‘Better Business Writing’ and ‘Media Interview Training’.

As a journalist and social commentator, Phil has written on topics as diverse as fatherhood, the role of the mass media in society and corporate citizenship. He is a regular contributor to the Melbourne Age and Sydney Morning Herald opinion pages and his first book, (‘The Father Lode’), was published in 1998 by Allen and Unwin. His next book, ‘101 ways to improve your business writing’ was published in 2004.

Venue
Cliftons Level 23, 288 Edward St

Timing
Brisbane 21 January 2010
9:00am-4:30pm. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided

Fees
Member fee: $500 (incl of GST)
Non-member fee: $620 (incl of GST)
Group booking rate (3 or more) $430 (incl of GST). Email national@aitd.com.au to register your group.