The Victorian Adult Community Education (ACE) Scholarships Program is part of the National Skills Agreement (NSA) Ensuring Access to Foundation Skills initiative, which includes an action to build the capacity and capabilities of the Learn Local workforce to deliver foundation skills training.
The Program is open to prospective, new and existing Learn Local pre-accredited teachers/trainers to undertake qualifications, specialist training and upskilling in language, literacy and numeracy.
1.1 What is pre-accredited training?
Pre-accredited training provides opportunities for adult learners in Victoria to gain the educational capacity and core skills they need for study, work and life.
Core skills also known as foundation skills are defined as:
- language
- literacy
- numeracy
- employability
- digital skills.
Learn Local providers delivering pre-accredited training are registered with the Adult Community Further Education Board or covered under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.
1.2 Role of Learn Local
Learn Locals are among Victoria’s most valuable community assets, improving the lives and prospects of many Victorians, and playing a positive role in strengthening local economies and communities.
The Learn Local sector is an essential part of Victoria’s post-compulsory education system. It plays four (4) crucial roles in supporting learners to enter and succeed in further study and employment:
- Building confidence and skills for participation in education and training.
- Supporting successful attainment in accredited nationally recognised training.
- Building confidence and skills for participation in work.
- Upskilling and reskilling vulnerable workers.
1.3 Program objectives and outcomes
The objective of the Victorian ACE Scholarships program is to increase:
- the quality, capacity and capability of core foundation skills training through community-based adult education
- attraction and retention of foundation skills teachers/trainers
- access to foundation skills in the adult, further and community education sector.
The following outcomes are expected to be achieved by the end of the program and will form the basis for evaluation of the program.
- Victoria’s adult community education workforce has increased capacity and capability to teach pre-accredited foundation skills programs
- More foundation skills trainers are attracted to, and retained in, Victoria’s adult community education workforce
- Adults seeking community-based education have greater access to training in foundation skills.
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