Professional development
This section provides notes and resources from Skills Highway professional development events.
Presentations and notes from the Skills Highway Forum, Christchurch, 23 May 2019
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Presentation: Gary Sharpe and Hannah Hughson, WITT, 177,000 people can’t all be wrong, or can they?
- Presentation: Literacy Aotearoa: Choice, Change, Freedom – Literacy Aotearoa Embracing the Future
- Presentation: Aspire2 – Excel your people; Excel your business. The story of a successful Aspire2 Business | Workplace Communication Programme
- Employer presentation: Gerard Anngow and team, Foodstuffs SI Distribution Centre
- My Journey: Binod Mishra
- Employer presentation: Robbi Shearer, Kilmarnock Enterprises
Presentations and notes from the Skills Highway Forum, Wellington, 14 February 2019
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Presentation: Helen Steven, Immigration NZ
- Summary paper: Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes for Learners: Summary, Anne Alkema
- Presentation: He Mahi Hau Rua, Makere Derbyshire, Capital Training and Joanna Parker, Porirua City Council
- Presentation: Recognising success with Edubits, Tina Rose and Claire Whitaker, Education Unlimited
Presentations and notes from the Skills Highway Forum, Auckland, 6 December 2018
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation (including Hīnātore project update, Anne Alkema)
- ALNACC team presentation and Pasifika Cultural Centredness Pathway presentation
- Diversity Works Skills Highway Award presentations: Griffin's video and The Labour Exchange presentation
- Diversity Works Chief Executive Racheal Hopkins introduces the Skills Highway Award session
Presentations and notes from the Skills Highway South Island Forum and Roadshow, Dunedin, 26 July 2018
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation (including Digital skills in the workplace, Anne Alkema)
- Pathways Awarua: strengthening literacy and numeracy for work and life, Jenny Ward & Lucy Richardson, Education Technology
- Presentation: Mitzi Austin, Senior Education Adviser, BCITO
- Presentation and notes: Geoff Kemp, Cargill Enterprises
Presentations and notes from the Skills Highway Forum, Auckland, 5 April 2018
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Notes from Vic Johns, MoE VET sector review discussion
- Alison Sutton, Talking Matters presentation
- Discussion paper from Digital Skills presentation, Anne Alkema, Skills Highway, and David O'Connor, The Learning Wave
- Damon Whitten, Ako Aotearoa presentation
Presentations and notes from Skills Highway Workshop, Wellington, 1 February 2018
- Workshop agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Gary Basham, National Manager Migrant Futures presentation
- Claire Matheson, Coffee Educators presentation
- Tina Rose, Education Unlimited, Employers Guides presentation
Presentations and notes from Skills Highway Forum, Christchurch, 16 October 2017
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Mike Styles, PrimaryITO presentation
- Learning differences resource page
- Yvonne Bruce, The Selwyn Foundation presentation
- Laurence Zwimpfer, 20/20 Trust presentation
- Tracey Shepherd, REAP Aotearoa NZ presentation
- Notes from issues discussion.
Presentations from Skills Highway Forum, Auckland, 19 September 2017
- Forum agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Sharon Scott, Waste Management presentation
- Tracey Shepherd, REAPANZ presentation
- Kirsten Long, The Coca-Cola Amatil Story presentation
Presentations from Skills Highway ITO/WLN Provider Workshop, Wellington, 1 June 2017
- Workshop agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Moving forward: What the 'best practice' of tomorrow's workplace programmes might look like. Presenter: Damon Whitten. Below is the video of Damon's presentation (please note that the first few minutes weren't recorded). A PDF of the presentation is available here.
Presentations from Skills Highway ITO/WLN Provider Workshop, Auckland, 16 March 2017
- Workshop agenda and Skills Highway presentation
- Darel Hall, TEC: Metrics presentation
- Upskills/Waste Management: Sustainablity presentation
- David O'Connor, The Learning Wave: Digital literacy presentation
- Mike Styles, The Skills Organisation: Partnerships presentation
- Jo Leach, English Language Partners: ESOL in the workplace presentation
- Marion Drew, The Skills Organisation: Financial literacy presentation
- More information about The Skills Organisation's financial capability work is avilable here.
NZCER LNAAT Webinar, 1 February 2017
- An introduction to the use of the LNAAT in a workplace setting
- Engaging learners (and employers) in the process
- Reporting
- The importance of groups in the LNAAT
- Reports - Gain
- Reports - Data and more data
- How can I use this data?
- LNAAT enhancements - what’s new!
Presentations and notes from Skills Highway South Island WLN Forum, 8 December 2016
South Island WPLN Forum agenda and presentation
Dr Pushpa Wood, Westpac Massey Fin-Ed Centre presentation
Employer 'showcase': Living Earth and Upskills Ltd presentation
Focus session 1: ITOs and WPLN providers presentation
Focus session 2: Measuring what matters presentation
Focus session 3: Sustainability presentation and Libraries project background and results presentations (TEC and Upskills Ltd)
Focus session 4: What matters in the Mainland? Presentation and notes
'Constructing a consortium', Helen Jansen, Literacy North Otago presentation
Employer 'showcase': Sanford presentation and Skills Highway success story
Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Ltd video
Presentations and notes from Skills Highway Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Forum, 4 October 2016
Skills Highway Forum presentation
Notes on numeracy
He Taunga Waka presentation
Employer presentations
DSM Nutritional Products NZ Ltd
Silver Fern Farms Dargaville video
Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Ltd video
Workshops
Workshop 1: ITO/WPLN Provider Interface
Workshop notes
Workshop 2: Measuring what matters: Metrics in workplace LN
Workshop presentation
Workshop notes
Measuring what matters: How to pick a good metric
Workshop 3: Auckland Skills Needs
To come
Workshop 4: The legacy of WPLN programmes
Workshop notes