Schedule 1 - 2007
Thu, Sep 20, 2007; by Bill Coppinger.VLESC LLEN PERFORMANCE AGREEMENT 2007
The VLESC - LLEN performance agreement is the key document that the Central Ranges LLEN Board of Directors commits to support.
A set of Key Performance Indicators [KPI's] are agreed to in each planning cycle and a contract is established with the VLESC based on these indicators. All funded work and all planning relates DIRECTLY to the "Schedule 1 Agreement".
CONTEXT
Schedule 1 provides details of the outcomes and related performance indicators to be achieved by the LLEN within each specified year of the VLESC LLEN Performance Agreement.
In 2006, the Minister for Education and Training reaffirmed that the role of LLEN is the creation and development of sustainable relationships, partnerships and the brokering of initiatives between local education providers, industry and community.
A particular focus is on the education and training opportunities for young people who are at risk of disengaging or who have already disengaged from education, training and are not in full time employment.
The purpose of these partnerships is to:
- provide integrated planning which identifies gaps and articulates priorities and strategies including input into TAFE area planning processes
- expand pathways to further education, training and employment and coordinate support on offer at the local level for young people, linked to local employment opportunity and skill needs;
- provide a local platform for implementing, integrating and linking Government initiatives including the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning, VET in Schools programs, Youth Training Guarantee, Technical Education Centres, Managed Individual Pathways and the Youth Transition Support Workers initiative (where appropriate); and
- provide advice on state-wide policy and program issues to VLESC to improve local service delivery.
The LLENs’ role excludes the direct provision of services to young people. The purpose of this exclusion is to maintain the capacity of LLENs to effectively perform their facilitation and brokerage role.
Targets
In undertaking this work, the LLENs will be making individual and collective contributions to the Government’s goals and targets for education and training articulated in “A Vision for Victoria to 2010 and Beyond, Growing Victoria Together”, particularly its targets:
- That by 2010, 90 per cent of young people in Victoria will successfully complete Year 12 or its educational equivalent.
- That the number of early school leavers who are unemployed after six months will decline.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREAS FOR LLENs
For 2007 the LLENs are required to deliver outcomes, measures and targets against two strategic priorities.
These are:
- Developing sustainable relationships, partnerships and brokering of initiatives
- Governance
1. The LLEN will facilitate partnerships and broker initiatives between education and training providers, other local service providers, local communities, industry and other LLENs.
The primary focus of the partnerships and initiatives is to improve education, training and employment outcomes for all young people 15 to 19 years old, with a particular focus on those young people who are at risk of disengaging, or who have already disengaged from education and training and are not in meaningful employment. In performing this task, LLENs are expected to achieve each of the four purposes described in the overview [above]. Schedule 1 provides a framework within which the LLEN and the VLESC can agree on specific targets and performance measures in these areas. The performance measures and targets are to be based on the LLEN research of the local environment, and enable the LLEN to build on the partnerships and initiatives that have already been established.
2. The LLEN will follow Good Governance principles.
Good governance is an essential element of LLENs achieving their purpose, goals, and objectives and is also necessary to meet all of the LLENs’ legal and legislative requirements.
Governance is about how Board members behave and carry out their responsibilities. Governance is the process by which organisations are directed, controlled and held to account, and is underpinned by the principles of openness, integrity and accountability.
Contract Deliverables
The Targets identified in the following pages define the deliverables to be provided in 2007 under this contract.
Contract deliverables will include advice to VLESC on policy and programs to improve local delivery of education and training services and input into TAFE area planning processes.
A. DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIPS, PARTNERSHIPS AND BROKERING OF INITIATIVE
B. GOVERNANCE
