Newsletter Number 58 - July 2008

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EDUCATION REVOLUTION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH

The Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council (CSHISC) will hold an innovative and exciting conference in Adelaide on the 15th & 16th of October entitled Making a Difference... ...The Education Revolution - It's Happening!

The conference will bring the Health and Community Services sectors together to focus on what the Skilling Australia for the Future Policy will mean for our sectors. The CS&H Industry Skills Council is leading the way to ensure that industry needs are addressed and Registered Training Organisation standards are met during the implementation of the Productivity Places Program.

Speakers on the preliminary program include the Hon. Julia Gillard, Dr. Estelle Irving (Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne), Peter Carver (National Health Workforce Taskforce), Jonathon Welch (The Choir of Hard Knocks), Joan Hughes (Carers Australia), and Nicole Highet (beyondblue). Early Bird registration is available until Friday 29th August - you can find a registration form at the following link on the CSHISC website: Making a Difference 2008 Conference Early Bird Registration.

To find out more about the theme of October's conference, click on the following link to download a word document: Conference theme>>

To see the preliminary program, or for further general information about the conference, click on the following link: Read More>>

Australian Apprenticeships NT will be holding events over the remainder of 2008 in most major Territory locations including Careers Expo showcases, Employer Forums and Awards Ceremonies. To see their Calendar of Events for the second half of 2008, please click on the following link: Calendar of Events>>

THE HUM @ HSTAC

As we reported in the June edition of Humbytes, the creative team behind the Stand Up multimedia resource collected the prize for the LearnX Asia Pacific 2008 Best Cultural Diversity Training Program. The trophy was awarded to the team in Melbourne on Friday 13th of June and now takes pride of place on the HSTAC mantlepiece.

HSTAC's Executive Officer Barbara Pitman accepts the LearnX award on behalf of the Stand Up creative team.

The Stand Up team at the awards. From left: Graeme Parsons (Teams for Tasks), Leonie Molloy (Redeye Media), and Barbara Pitman (EO, HSTAC).

The 31st Annual Conference of the Austalian Council for Adult Literacy will run between October 2nd and 4th this year at the Crowne Plaza in Surfers' Paradise on the Gold Coast. The title of this year's conference is Surfing outside the flags: Catching waves, avoiding rips. The conference is open to anybody with an interest in adult literacy and numeracy in communities, workplaces, educational and training institutions, and governments. It will cover themes such as Indigenous literacy and numeracy, vocational and workplace literacy and numeracy, community literacy, and the literacy and numeracy needs of the African refugee community.

Keynote speakers for the conference include Noyona Chanda (Assistant Director Language & Literacy Unit at London Southbank University) and Dr Hermine Scheeres (Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney). There are also a number of seminars and workshops planned, which will be presented by practitioners, teachers and researchers. A pre-conference forum will be held on October 2nd to focus on establishing a cross-sectoral dialogue. For further information on the conference, click on the following link which takes you to the website: ACAL October Conference>>

The 2008 Careers Expos are less than a month away, with the first Expo set to kick off in Darwin on Wednesday 6th of August. The Expos aim to be a forum for Year 10 - 12 students to find information about training, employment, and careers. They are also a great place for business, industry, and training providers to develop networks and relationships.

This year HSTAC will focus on the theme of Early Childcare Work, and we are currently putting together the finishing touches for a bright, colourful, interesting and informative booth. You can find HSTAC at the following venues on the following dates:

• Tennant Creek: Civic Hall, Peko Street - Wednesday 13th August,
• Alice Springs: St Philips College, Schwartz Cres - Thursday 14th August (evening).
• Katherine: Katherine High School, Grevillea Road - Monday 18th August.
• Nhulunbuy: Town Hall, Chesterfield Circuit - Wednesday 20th August.

HSTAC won't be at the Darwin Careers Expo this year, but will have a booth at all of the above venues. For further information you can call us on 08 8981 2550.

For further general information about this year's Careers Expos, you can contact the following people:

• Darwin, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy & Katherine: Call Jenny Richardson or Belinda Green on 8941 1956.
• Alice Springs: Call Jill Jansons on 8950 4561.

To see the Department of Employment, Education & Training's Careers Expo website, click on the following link: DEET Careers Expo>>