The Australian Training Awards and Velg Training hosted a webinar for LLN practitioners to address the selection criteria, and apply for the 2017 Australian Training Awards’ Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award on 19 April.

The webinar can be viewed here.

The webinar features 2016 winner of this award, Ms Isabel Osuna-Gatty and previous judge for this award, Mr David Tout, Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Council of Education and Research.

Key topics covered within the webinar:

  • The selection criteria

    • Outline and discuss each section of the award’s selection criteria

    • Highlight the ways in which awards criteria should be addressed in order to maximise impact in an application

  • Process of applying

    • How to commence an application

    • The importance of systematically addressing all components of the award category including type-face and font-size requirements, contact details, word limitations etc.

    • How to directly address award selection criteria clearly and systematically

  • The judging process

    • Understanding the award process from lodging the application through to the shortlisting to the judging day

    • Clear understanding of the standard judging process adopted by the Australian Training Awards procedures

  • The event and beyond

    • What might be expected of finalists particularly at the national event

    • The benefits of applying and participating in the awards (regardless of the outcome) including the prestige and reputation the beholds finalists and winner of the awards (both domestically and on an international stage)

The Australian Training Awards

Winning an Australian Training Award means you will be nationally recognised as a leader in your field of study, training or work. It will help you to:

  • gain national recognition as a leader in your field of study, training or work

  • develop networks within the Australian business sector and build new career opportunities

  • represent your field of study, training or work as an ambassador for the national vocational education and training sector.

Applications for the Australian Training Awards’ Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice Award are made directly to the Australian Training Awards and close on Wednesday 31 May 2017.

The Australian Training Awards will be held in Canberra on Thursday 23 November 2017.