Adult Community Education Provider of the Year

The Adult Community Education Provider of the Year Award recognises organisations that demonstrate outstanding commitment to supporting people in overcoming significant barriers or disadvantage to effectively participate in foundation skills courses. 

Please note this is a South Australia-only award category. Winners of this category are not nominated for the Australian Training Awards.


Eligibility criteria

Your organisation must deliver foundation skills, either in an accredited or non-accredited format, based on the FSK Foundation Skills Training Package. 

Training must have been delivered between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025. 

Your organisation must have a current Skills SA Funded Activities Agreement (FAA).  

Accredited and non-accredited foundation skills training must contribute to increased employability, and demonstrable skills development. Nominees must be able to demonstrate real and tangible participant outcomes. 

To nominate for this Award your organisation must have demonstrated success in supporting students who have experienced significant barriers or disadvantage to effectively participate in foundation skills learning. Your participants may have experienced the following barriers to participation: 

  • low-level of education and skill development 
  • low literacy and numeracy skills 
  • disability 
  • be from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including refugees 
  • long-term unemployment 
  • health issues 
  • returning to the workforce following caregiving, family responsibilities or a change of circumstance 
  • impacted by domestic violence. 

Nominations for the Adult Community Education Provider of the Year Award will be subject to quality assurance checks. The checks will inform the selection process of nominations for this State-based Awards category. 


Conditions of entry

Preparing your application


Section A: Overview

Provide a brief overview covering why you are applying for this Award. Include a description of the training courses or qualifications you have offered, developed, or customised to support students and/or employees to overcome barriers to participating in VET.

(Limit: 400 words)

This information will not be considered or used for judging purposes, but it may be used as your summary throughout the Awards process.

Section B: Selection Criteria

Applicants will be judged against the following criteria:

What are the strategies your organisation has developed and used to ensure participants were able to successfully participate in foundation skills learning? 

Consider:

  • the circumstances that made accessing and participating in foundation skills a challenge for your participants. 
  • personal and/or career barriers that prevented your participants from accessing training and securing sustainable employment or a career/learning pathway
  • how your organisation motivated participants to start their learning journey 
  • the challenges participants faced while completing their course or training and how your organisation addressed them. 

(Limit: 400 words)

How your organisation demonstrates innovation in the design, delivery, and participation strategies for foundation skills learning?

Consider:

  • how innovation and excellence in training design and delivery methods helped participants overcome barriers to accessing and completing training
  • retention and support strategies your organisation implemented to help participants stay engaged and successfully complete their course or training. 

(Limit: 400 words)

Describe how your organisation’s adult community education programs have positively impacted participants. 

Consider: 

  • what your organisation has learned from delivering these programs and how your organisation has applied these learnings to improve outcomes
  • how the courses or training your organisation has developed have assisted participants in achieving their goals 
  • how your organisation measures the success and progress of participants. 

(Limit: 400 words)

Attachments

Up to ten single A4 page attachments to be provided at a 100 per cent ratio, with one document per page.

All attachments need to be referenced in the nomination.

Nominations for the 2025 South Australian Training Awards will be announced soon.