This paper seeks to provide a rationale for evaluating Technical and Further Education (TAFE) programs by using a management system approach that is based on corporate planning. The first section reviews the sources of increased demands for accountability in TAFE (societal, economic, government, and legislative sources) and examines various management systems that could be used to meet increased demands for accountability (program budgeting, program evaluation, management information systems, management procedures, and corporate planning). The first section concludes with an examination of the Swedish model for self-evaluation. The second part of the report describes the following aspects of the attempt in New South Wales, Australia, to increase accountability by using a corporate planning-based approach in which evaluation is a major component in providing accountability and maintaining quality of educational provision. The following topics are covered: the diversity and scope of TAFE in New South Wales, corporate planning as a management tool, strategic planning (departmental, college/school, and servicing unit strategic plans), staff participation in strategic planning, action or operational planning, evaluation and monitoring, performance indicators and their interpretation, evaluation procedures for program monitoring, comprehensive audits and program evaluation activities, establishment of a directorate of audit and review, program performance evaluation plans, planning and evaluation support to managers, and future directions. (MN)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- TAFE National Centre for Research and Development, Payneham (Australia).
- Location
- Australia
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Information Analyses
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- This paper seeks to provide a rationale for 12
- Such a development is required in 12
- This paper proposes that 13
- To this concept must also 15
- NSW Public 22
- The committee suggests that such audit reviews 22
- Two major 22
- The Kangan Report 31
- TAFEs capacity to 31
- An examination of trends 33
- France Sweden and Denmark - were 33
- Increases in the use of litigation to resolve 34
- These problems of complexity are 36
- The NSW 39
- Other Australian states have given 41
- Departmen Public 41
- Before discussing the evaluation process 45
- These studies sought 47
- To do so 49
- Furamak states succinctly that the purpose of the project 50
- Conferences workshops and personal contacts were used 50
- Australian Committee on 55
- The issuing of 56
- 1983 was seen as 56
- For this purpose 61
- The development of such plans at 66
- In NSW TAFE educational monitoring is based upon criteria 67
- The level of success 69
- ..el of acceptability by 69
- As no single indicator can 70
- The number of 70
- In NSW TAFE the development and 71
- In 1984 Cooper and Craig developed a profile of internal 73
- It was predicted that 73
- Where such review processes are not in existence program 75
- Program Evaluation Plan and 78
- Audit Committee and 78
- Many of 78
- Review projects identified at lower management levels 79
- Support Unit 81
- PESU will be 81
- In addition PESU have developed in cooperation with the 81
- Where problem areas 82
