For the first time in at least eight years a TAFE NSW teacher has been appointed to join the TAFE NSW board, as it helps guide TAFE NSW through recommendations to the Minister on services, priorities, and operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Metal Fabrication and Welding Teacher Stuart McKinder\u2019s appointment to the TAFE Commission Board has been welcomed by Deputy Premier, and Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Prue Car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr McKinder has a long affiliation with TAFE NSW after completing a five-year apprenticeship in 1992, and becoming a welding and metal fabrication teacher in 2008. He currently teaches at TAFE NSW in Wetherill Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While on the board, Mr McKinder will be supported by a panel of teachers who will act as an advisory group, providing a diverse range of perspectives across regional and industry skill areas to ensure all facets of teaching are considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deputy Premier and Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education Prue Car said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe skills crisis in NSW means there\u2019s never been a more important time to rebuild TAFE NSW. That starts with hearing directly from teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis appointment will ensure TAFE NSW teachers are empowered to shape the future of Australia\u2019s largest vocational education and training provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to ensure the NSW Government benefits from advisors who are at the coalface of helping learners, businesses, and communities to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chair of the TAFE Commission Board Danny O\u2019Connor said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis appointment will ensure the advisory board gains a deeper understanding of the things that matter most to the educational workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMr McKinder\u2019s appointment will round out the professional depth already on the Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAmong the Board, we already have a wealth of diversity and industry experience with members coming from critical skills sectors including IT, construction, hospitality, community services, health, and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHearing directly from teachers will boost the Board\u2019s ability to advocate on behalf of the teaching workforce, ensuring TAFE NSW can deliver skills-based training that provides individuals with access to meaningful jobs, and which is aligned to the skills needs of industry and communities across NSW.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For the first time in at least eight years a TAFE NSW teacher has been appointed to join the TAFE NSW board, as it helps guide TAFE NSW through recommendations to the Minister on services, priorities, and operations. Metal Fabrication and Welding Teacher Stuart McKinder\u2019s appointment to the TAFE Commission Board has been welcomed by … Continue reading “TAFE NSW teacher appointed to key advisory board for the first time in eight years”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22520,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22519\/revisions\/22520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}