Staff play a critical role in the success of Central TAFE and last night saw some of its outstanding employees honoured at the College's annual award night.
The Minister for Training, the Hon Peter Collier presented several awards at the gala event tonight at the Government House Ballroom to those who have gone the extra mile.
The event, hosted by media personality Verity James, officially recognises, rewards and promotes student and staff excellence.
Vivienne Scott and Cassandra Breton, Professional Development Trainers, took out the Team Award for the pioneering work they have put into the development of an induction course for new lecturing staff.
This invaluable course provides lecturers with all the information they require to make a seamless transition into their new role.
Vivienne and Cassandra reviewed the existing induction program and transformed it into one that was more relevant, flexible and interactive.
They also redesigned the program so it could be completed in a shorter timeframe and developed a comprehensive new lecturers mentoring program. Both programs have made a significant difference to the working lives of our lecturing staff.
College Events Coordinator Lisa De Cesare took out top honours in the Service Award category.
Starting her career with Central TAFE at 17, Lisa has worked in many departments and built up great relationships across numerous areas of the College.
This stood her in good stead for her current role which includes organising the annual graduation events for Central TAFE students. These large scale events require an incredible attention to detail, as well as flawless interpersonal skills.
Lisa’s calm demeanour and ability to handle all the glitches and last minute changes that such events involve made her a popular and worthy recipient of an award celebrating outstanding service.
Kim Siragusa, a Coordinator from the Music portfolio at the Leederville campus, won the Innovation and Leadership award.
Kim completely restructured the delivery of Certificate III and Certificate IV courses in Music (Technical Production) . This not only addressed completion rate issues, but enhanced student satisfaction and compressed a two year course into one, without any drop in quality.
Kim also developed a new music course in response to College, state and national objectives and consistently takes time to mentor and support his colleagues.
Central TAFE Managing Director Neil Fernandes said he was very proud of the efforts of College staff.
"At Central, I am constantly impressed by the passion, innovation and dedication our staff bring to their roles," he said.
"The staff we have honoured tonight are truly worthy of our recognition, consistently giving their all to make Central the leading training organisation in WA."