The Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions is offering scholarships to people pursuing a rewarding career as an adult literacy and numeracy educator in the Learn Local sector in Victoria.

The Victorian ACE scholarships are for prospective, new and existing Learn Local teachers/staff to undertake qualifications in teaching adult language, literacy and numeracy.

Scholarship obligation requirements

Selected ACE scholarships include an obligation where the recipient is required to undertake 200 hours of pre-accredited teaching activities at a Learn Local.

Scholarship recipients have up to two (2) years to complete the teaching activities at a Learn Local provider.

Scholarship obligation requirements may be voluntary or paid. All arrangements are strictly between the scholarship recipient and Learn Local provider.

The scholarship recipient is solely responsible for achieving their scholarship obligation milestones.

To support scholarship recipient to make the right connections to achieve their scholarship obligation requirements, Learn Local providers can express interest in becoming a host Learn Local.

Scholarship recipients will then be given the contact details of a suitable host Learn Local, so they can make the necessary arrangements directly.

Host Learn Locals will need to meet the requirements outlined in Appendix A of the Victorian ACE Scholarship Program Guidelines.

Participating Learn Locals are eligible for a host incentive payment of $1,500.00 per scholarship recipient.
Applicant details

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* 1. Coordinator/manager name

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* 3. Contact phone number

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* 4. Learn Local address

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* 5. I can confirm that my Learn Local:
  • has a current Adult Community Further Education Board pre-accredited service agreement
  • complies with all relevant Victorian and federal workplace laws / regulations relating to employing paid or volunteer staff
  • has all the necessary insurances required for staff including volunteers
  • can provide evidence to the Dept of the scholarship recipient’s commencement date and total hours worked in the teaching year.

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* 6. I can confirm that scholarship recipients will be given the opportunity to perform some or all of the following teaching activities with some mentoring at this Learn Local:
  • pre-accredited program delivery
  • pre-accredited program design and development
  • pre-accredited resource development
  • pre-accredited classroom support
  • pre-accredited learner support, interview or pre-assessment.

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