Institutional Management in TVET


Date : Dec. 15-19, 2014 /
Venue : University of Vocational Technology, Colombo, Sri Lanka /
Program Type: In-Country Program /
Collaborating Organization: Business Development and Research, Department of Technical Education and Training (DTET), Colombo, Sri Lanka /

The delivery of the program design shall follow a spiral learning approach, beginning with an overview of core concepts and followed by progressively deeper application of the concepts and finally, a self-directed learning approach through action planning.

The main contents of the in-country program are:

Theme Papers:

  • Theme Paper 1: Management concepts and paradigms of improving Institutional Managements in TVET systems
  • Theme Paper 2: Strategic Planning and Management Process for Institutional Management of TVET Systems
  • Theme Paper 3: Emerging Trends in ICT integrated Teaching and Learning Environment for TVET
  • Theme Paper 4: Accreditation and Certification of TVET Institutions through APACC process for Quality Assurance
  • Theme Paper 5: Developing and Ensuring Effective Implementation of Action Plan for Institutional Management

Tasks:

  • Task 1: Assess Quality of Institutional Function, Stakeholder Identification, Organizational Vision and Mission Identification
  • Task 2: Critical Issues Identification & SWOT Analysis
  • Task 3: Crafting the Strategic Vision, creating a Mission statement, Constructing Goals and Composing the SMART Objectives & Presentation
  • Task 4: Preparation of Documents for APACC for Quality Assurance
  • Task 5: Project Task:Action Planning for Institutional Management in TVET Systems

National Seminar

Emerging Trends for Institutional Management in TVET Systems

Image Building Mechanism and Strategies in TVET


Date : Nov. 24-28, 2014 /
Venue : Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand /
Program Type: In-Country Program /
Collaborating Organization: Office of the Vocational Education Commission (OVEC), Ministry of Education, Thailand /

The delivery of the program follows a learning approach, beginning with an introduction to the image, corporate image, followed by a corporate building process, image management and strategy, and finally a self-directed learning approach through institution image action plan.

Theme Papers

  • Theme Paper 1: Corporate Image:
    • What and Why? Image, its components and importance
    • Measurement of Corporate Image
  • Theme Paper 2: Building Corporate Image for TVET
    • Corporate Image and Public Relations
    • Mechanism, Process of Corporate Image Building, and Promotion
  • Theme Paper 3: Management of TVET Corporate Image
    • Strategy, Planning and Management of Institution Image
    • Maintenance of Corporate Image, Identity and Reputation
  • Theme Paper 4: Action Planning of Institution Image Building and Promotion
    • Strategic Planning of Institution Image Building
    • Developing an Action Plan

Project Work: Preparation of Institution Image Building Action Plan

Another important part of the program is the conduct of the National Seminar on TVET Image Building: Stakeholders’ Perspective which will be participated in by In-Country Program participants, media, advertising agencies, public relations officers in both public and private sectors and other interested participants.

Educational Leadership and Management


Date : Nov. 17-21, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia. /

Theme Papers
  • Theme Paper 1: Teamwork Building for Enhanced Productivity and Effectiveness
  • Theme Paper 2: Educational Excellence through Accreditation, and Quality Management
  • Theme Paper 3: Developing a Strategic Planning Framework for Educational Organizations
  • Theme Paper 4: Educational Transformation through Leadership
  • Theme Paper 5: Challenges in Education towards the Realization of ASEAN Community 2015

Tasks
  • Task 1: Analysis of Team Role Composition
  • Task 2: Assess Quality of Institutional Functions for Performance and Excellence
  • Task 3: SWOT Analysis on your Institution
  • Task 4A: Identify your Standing on Leadership Scale
  • Task 4B: Leadership Style Survey
  • Task 5: Action

Educational Leadership and Management


Date : Nov. 10-14, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: State Institute for Islamic Studies – IAIN Mataram, Indonesia. /

Theme Papers
  • Theme Paper 1: Teamwork Building for Enhanced Productivity and Effectiveness
  • Theme Paper 2: Educational Excellence through Accreditation, and Quality Management
  • Theme Paper 3: Developing a Strategic Planning Framework for Educational Organizations
  • Theme Paper 4: Educational Transformation through Leadership
  • Theme Paper 5: Challenges in Education towards the Realization of ASEAN Community 2015

Tasks
  • Task 1: Analysis of Team Role Composition
  • Task 2: Assess Quality of Institutional Functions for Performance and Excellence
  • Task 3: SWOT Analysis on your Institution
  • Task 4A: Identify your Standing on Leadership Scale
  • Task 4B: Leadership Style Survey
  • Task 5: Action

Quality Assurance Through International Accreditation


Date : Nov. 3-4, 2014 /
Venue : UTHM, Johor, Malaysia /
Program Type: Regional Program /
Collaborating Organization: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia /

In order to achieve the above objectives, the following topics will be covered:

1. APACC for Accreditation and Certification of TVET Institutions in Asia Pacific Region

  • General Orientation on APACC
  • Conducting and hosting an on-site visit
  • Roles and responsibilities of APACC Accreditors
  • Code of Conduct for APACC Accreditors

2. Interpretation and Workshop on APACC criteria based on the improved APACC instrument

  • Criterion 1: Governance and Management
  • Criterion 2: Teaching and Learning
  • Criterion 3: Faculty and Staff
  • Criterion 4: Research and Development
  • Criterion 5: Extension, Consultancy and Linkages
  • Criterion 6: Resources
  • Criterion 7: Support to Students

Leadership, Management and TVET-Industry Linkages


Date : Oct. 27 - Nov. 7, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: National Apprenticeship and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA), Sri Lanka /

Course Contents

Special Lecture: Emerging Trends and Challenges in TVET

Module 1: Management and Leadership: Principles and Applications in Organizations

  • Management and Leadership Concepts and its Applications in Organizations/Institutions
  • Talent management Principles and practices
  • Total Quality Management: Origin, Evolution and Key Concepts
  • APACC Accreditation System: An Overview
  • Practices of ICT for Organizational Management
  • Current Status and Challenges in Implementing Educational Management Information System (EMIS) in TVET Systems
  • Teamwork Building for Enhanced Productivity and Competitiveness


Module 2: Strengthening TVET – Industry Linkages

  • TVET -Industry Linkages in the Perspective of Dynamic Workplace
  • International Practices for Public-Private Partnership in(TVET) Education
  • Development of Action Plan for TVET-Industry Linkages and the related M&E Framework


Tasks and Project

  • Task 1: Case Study on Talent Management
  • Task 2: Issues, Concerns and Challenges in Fostering TVET-Industry Linkages in the Local Context
  • Task 3: Developing Strategies for Enhancing PPP in Education Sector
  • Task 4: Assess the practices of Use of ICT for Education and Management
  • Task 5A: Identify your Standing on Leadership Scale
  • Task 5B: Leadership Style Survey
  • Task 6: Analysis of SWOT and Potential Indicators for Implementing EMIS in TVET Systems
  • Task 7: Assessment of Institution through Criteria for Educational Excellence
  • Task 8: Assessment of Teaching and Learning Methods Being Practiced in a TVET Institution
  • Task 9: Analysis of Team Role Composition
  • Project Task: Action Plan Development

APACC International Accreditors' Training


Date : October 14-15, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Special Program /
Collaborating Organization: CPSC through the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission /

In order to achieve the above objectives, the following topics will be covered:

1. APACC for Accreditation and Certification of TVET Institutions in Asia Pacific Region

  • General Orientation on APACC
  • Conducting and hosting an on-site visit
  • Roles and responsibilities of APACC Accreditors
  • Code of Conduct for APACC Accreditors

2. Interpretation and Workshop on APACC criteria based on the improved APACC instrument

  • Criterion 1: Governance and Management
  • Criterion 2: Teaching and Learning
  • Criterion 3: Faculty and Staff
  • Criterion 4: Research and Development
  • Criterion 5: Extension, Consultancy and Linkages
  • Criterion 6: Resources
  • Criterion 7: Support to Students

Image Building in TVET


Date : October 7-11, 2014 /
Venue : Thimphu, Bhutan /
Program Type: In-Country Program /
Collaborating Organization: Department of Human Resources, Ministry of Labour and Human Resources, Government of Bhutan /

The delivery of the program design shall follow a spiral learning approach, beginning with an overview of core concepts and followed by progressively deeper application of the concepts and finally, a self-directed learning approach through action planning.

  • Popularizing TVET: Status, Strategies and Mechanisms
  • Models for Improving Access, Equity and Employability
  • Gender Mainstreaming Mechanisms in TVET
  • Developing an Action Plan to Popularize TVET

Theme Paper 1: Popularizing TVET: An overview

  • Current Status and Observed Impediments
  • The Emerging Promise for Employability and Gainful Returns
  • Strategies, Mechanisms and Models for Popularizing TVET

Theme Paper 2: Models for Improving Access, Equity and Employability

  • Segments of Marginalized Population, Gender Specific and Minorities
  • Models for Access, Equity and Employability

Theme Paper 3: Gender Mainstreaming in TVET

  • TVET and Female Participation
  • Avenues for Female Contribution
  • Strategies for Gender Mainstreaming in TVET

Project Work

  • Action Plan for Building Image of TVET

National Seminar

Current Initiatives and Practices in Building TVET Image in Bhutan
10 October 2014, NRDCL Hall, Thimphu, Bhutan

Professional Development and Curriculum Development in Higher Education


Date : September 15-19, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: CPSC in collaboration with State Institute for Islamic Studies – IAIN Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. /

Course Contents

Special Lecture: New Paradigm of Education in Modern Era

Theme Papers

  • Theme Paper 1: Analysis of Needs for Curriculum Development and Training
  • Theme Paper 2: Current Practices in Curriculum Development in Higher Education
  • Theme Paper 3: Pedagogic and Instructional Practices in Current Educational System
  • Theme Paper 4: Training and Development for Continuous Professional Development


Tasks

  • Task 1: Training Needs Analysis
  • Task 2: Curriculum Analysis
  • Task 3: Evaluating your Teaching-Learning System
  • Task 4: Developing Action Plan

Institutional Management in TVET


Date : September 7 - 11, 2014 /
Venue : Dhaka, Bangladesh /
Program Type: In-Country Program /
Directorate of Technical Education, People's Republic of Bangladesh /

Special Lecture: APACC Accreditation as a Means of Assuring Good Institutional Management
Theme Papers

  • Theme Paper 1: Management concepts and paradigms of improving Institutional Managements in TVET systems
  • Theme Paper 2: Demand Supply Gap Analysis of Skilled Workforce
  • Theme Paper 3: Emerging Trends in ICT integrated Teaching and Learning Environment for TVET
  • Theme Paper 4: Accreditation and Certification of TVET Institutions through APACC process for Quality Assurance.
  • Theme Paper 5: Developing and Ensuring Effective Implementation of Action Plan for Institutional Management

Tasks and Project Work

  • Task 1: Assess Quality of Institutional Function, Stakeholder Identification, Organizational Vision and Mission Identification
  • Task 2: Critical Issues Identification & SWOT Analysis
  • Task 3: Crafting the Strategic Vision, creating a Mission statement, Constructing Goals and Composing the SMART Objectives & Presentation
  • Task 4: Preparation of Documents for APACC for Qualty Assurance
  • Project Task : Action Planning for Institutional Management in TVET Systems

Educational Leadership and Management


Date : September 1-5, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: CPSC in collaboration with State Institute for Islamic Studies – IAIN Raden Fatah, Palembang, and Mataram, Indonesia. /

Special Lecture: Challenges in Education towards the Realization of ASEAN Community 2015

Theme Papers
  • Theme Paper 1: Developing a Strategic Planning Framework for Educational Organizations
  • Theme Paper 2: Educational Excellence through Accreditation, Quality Management and Strategic HR
  • Theme Paper 3: Educational Transformation through Leadership
  • Theme Paper 4: Teamwork Building for Enhanced Productivity and Competitiveness

Tasks
  • Task 1: SWOT Analysis for your Institution
  • Task 2: Assess Quality of Institutional Functions using Philippine Quality Award (PQA) Criteria for Performance Excellence
  • Task 3: Identify your Standing on Leadership Scale/ Leadership Style Survey
  • Task 4: Action Planning

TVET for Sustainable Development


Date : August 18-22, 2014 /
Venue : Hotel Midah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia /
Program Type: In-country Program   /
Collaborating Organization: Colombo Plan Staff College for Technician Education (CPSC) and Department of Polytechnic Education (DPE), Ministry of Education, Malaysia   /

Special Lecture
Transforming TVET in Meeting Challenges of the Green Economy

Theme Papers
  • Sustainable Development in TVET: Perspectives & Current Practices
  • Integrating SD into TVET: Practices, Issues and Challenges
  • Government Policies, Regulations and Concepts, Practices and Future Agenda
  • Greening TVET as ESD Strategy: Emerging Green Economy and the TVET Response
  • Green Energy Index for Malaysia
  • Criterion 6: Resources
  • Action Planning for Greening TVET

Another important part of the program is the conduct of the International Seminar on “Green Growth: Policy Interventions, Industrial & Academic Response in Malaysia” which will have a higher participation including the resource persons from local clean and green technology industries and Policy and regulatory agencies under the Government of Malaysia and other interested participants and enthusiasts.

Capacity Building of English Lecturers of RMUTL on TESOL


Date : August 04-13, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: CPSC in collaboration with RMUTL and Ateneo Center for English Language Teaching (ACELT) /

Special Lecture
  • Special Lecture 1: Challenges in Education Towards the Realization of ASEAN Community 2015
  • Special Lecture 2: Teamwork Culture for Productivity and Competitiveness
  • Special Lecture 3: Cross-Cultural Understanding

Theme Papers
  • Theme Paper 1: Introduction to Teaching English as a Second Language
  • Theme Paper 2: Teaching Methodologies in EFL/TESOL
  • Theme Paper 3: Designing Lessons in EFL/TESOL
  • Theme Paper 4: Assessing Learning Outcomes of EFL/TESOL Students

Tasks
  • Task on Theme Paper 1
  • Task on Theme Paper 2
  • Task on Theme Paper 3
  • Task on Theme Paper 4


Educational Leadership and Management


Date : June 2-6, 2014 /
Venue : CPSC, Manila, Philippines /
Program Type: Customized Program /
Collaborating Organization: CPSC in collaboration with State Institute for Islamic Studies – IAIN North Sumatra /

Special Lecture: Challenges in Education towards the Realization of ASEAN Community 2015

Theme Papers
  • Theme Paper 1: Developing a Strategic Planning Framework for Educational Organizations
  • Theme Paper 2: Educational Excellence through Accreditation, Quality Management and Strategic HR
  • Theme Paper 3: Educational Transformation through Leadership
  • Theme Paper 4: Teamwork Building for Enhanced Productivity and Competitiveness

Tasks
  • Task 1: SWOT Analysis for your Institution
  • Task 2: Assess Quality of Institutional Functions using Philippine Quality Award (PQA) Criteria for Performance Excellence
  • Task 3: Identify your Standing on Leadership Scale/ Leadership Style Survey
  • Task 4: Action Planning